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Mid-Sem break issue
By Duncan Willis & Jacob Kairouz MindQuest - Journey into Forever is the latest production from the Melbourne University Comedy Revue Board, also known as Mudcrabs. It’s a wild questing adventure to save all of humanity and it’s playing right now at the Melbourne Uni Guild Theatre as part of the Melbourne Fringe Festival. The premise of MindQuest will be quite familiar to those whom, like the authors, grew up admiring Christopher Eccleston and David Tennant’s portrayals of The Doctor, (before giving up during the Matt Smith years). The protagonist, Ava is stuck in a hapless dead-end job serving entitled Sydney Road hipsters in a ‘trendy’ bookshop - café. All of a sudden the mysterious Evelyn appears and informs Ava that she is in grave danger, along with all of the multi-verse. The oft-named and never seen ‘Vortons’ have been released and are consuming everything with their negative energy. Week 9, Semester 2 By Ted Worland I was talking to a skinny American guy at a party when I first heard about elevator override codes. As he explained, holding down specific button combinations as you select your floor will program the elevator to go there directly, skipping all other floors on the way. The codes were apparently included for emergency services, but are also abused by clued-in misanthropes.  Week 9, Semester 2 By Xavier Boffa My mum frequently reminds me of Eleanor Roosevelt’s observation that ‘nobody can make you feel inferior without your consent’. Despite three years majoring in Philosophy, I’ll admit I’ve often felt I haven’t truly understood what she meant. I’ve been thinking a lot about those words since Queensland Senator Fraser Anning delivered his widely criticised ‘first speech’. Anning’s speech was clearly designed to stir controversy in an attempt to cash in on free media attention and build the relatively unknown Senator’s public profile. It seems to have worked: in the days after, Senator Anning’s Facebook following grew by almost a quarter.  Week 9, Semester 2 By Ying Wong, Heli Yoon, Caity Setter, Ellie Ryan, Alana Ticchi, Lizz Kuiper, Jessica Flatters This piece is a response to an article published by Jackson Willows in last week’s edition of De Minimis that challenged the utility and purpose of autonomous spaces in the Law School. Amidst the live debate, a few matters of importance must be confronted.  Semester 2, Week 9 By Mairead O'Connor while since my Week 6 playlist – how time flies! This playlist has a lot more contemplative indie and less joyous pop than last time, reflecting the ups and downs of the past few weeks (LSS elections, changes in prime ministers, and some heated debate in this very publication) as we come to the pointy end of the semester and reach the ¾ mark. Listen on Spotify here.  What a wonderful time of year: it’s 2018/2019 clerkship season! Students wait anxiously, refreshing their emails, in the hope of receiving a (positive) response. That optimism is soon diminished when our inboxes become bombarded with the following generic email. Thank you for your application for the 2018/2019 Melbourne Seasonal Clerk Program, unfortunately YOU ARE NOT GOOD ENOUGH.  Week 8, Semester 2 By Jimi Muirhead De Minimis has been the forum for many a tantalising tantrum over my three years at MLS. From safe spaces to racism, from collusion to quotas and last semester’s discussion of content warnings. I, for one, have loved every minute of it. Nothing excites me more than seeing some spicy content within the pages of this magazine. But, alas, this semester has seen a woeful absence of outrage. For seven weeks I have waited hungrily for the next spicy development in the pages of De Minimis, yet sadly, have been left wanting. Over half a semester has gone by without any real DM drama.  Week 8, Semester 2
By Jackson Willows ‘Equality & Social Justice invites you to join us for our second People of Colour Lunch! The event is a wonderful opportunity to meet and chat with other students and staff at MLS who identify as persons of colour.’: “E&SJ People of Colour Lunch”, MULSS Website. If this doesn’t disturb you, I am sorry - you have lost the plot. I would like to think folks who peddle this kind of thing have good intentions. I am not out to compare anyone with Hitler or anything, but this stuff is just annoying because it is so obviously wrong. I know they think they are correcting historical wrongs, which is why they use ostensibly harmless words such as ‘equity’ and ‘inclusiveness’ (the irony...) as justifications, but for God’s sake, how are people so blind to the inherent hypocrisy? Week 8, Semester 2 By Anastasia Scarfo Family violence – there is a lot of talk about, but for some of us, violence in our homes or relationships is more than a distant concept. It has not occurred to many of us that our friends and colleagues at this very law school might be suffering from something greater than exam stress, clerkships anxiety and peer group troubles. Don’t get me wrong – those things are serious issues and we have all been there! But some may find themselves at the Queensberry one night and after a pint (or two, or three or more) a friend reveals more than they planned, and it just doesn’t sound right. Because it’s not!  Week 8, Semester 2 By Alice Kennedy Some things stay with us forever. Last week, I unpacked my trombone case. It wasn’t the first time I had picked up my trombone in an attempt to recapture some of my old musical ability, but each time I had returned it to its place without producing a decent tune. I loved trombone in high school, and will never forget the first time I brought it home.  |
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