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THE GLOBE XI - April 22nd 2013

THE GLOBE XI p3 Urban Growth p4 + 5 Your Fortnight of Entertaining Stuff p6 Serious Shit You Missed This Week - KOREA EDITION Horoscope Hedgehog p7 Movie Review: El Mariachi Peng's Jokes p8 Cultural Committee Column Sports Reports Supporter of the Week

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The Top Two Good morning fellow collegians! Wow…so much has been going on in the past couple weeks. We had a great supporter turnout to the final two soccer matches; we easily out-supported our competitors, even on the morning after Scholars’ Dinner - let’s keep it up! Congrats to lads’ hockey for making it through to the quarter-finals and to girls’ soccer for taking 4th place! Homie D wasn’t just tearing it on the hockey pitch, he also stole the show at Public Speaking last Sunday night. (Props to Suz for bringing Public Speaking to IH for the first time!) Tae and Dre did a great job of putting on Songkran, providing everyone with some wet and wild afternoon delight. A special thanks to David JJ for Saturday night ;) Brazilian National Night was a smash! Matt, Vee Vien, Richard, Kane, Yume, Zoe, Erin and all the other performers rocked the stage. Thanks to everyone else who helped put things together behind the scenes. As for the committee, we’ve been working on getting a proper laundry set up in Scheps (and potentially getting all the laundries open so they can be used for hanging your washing), improving our IT facilities (see online poll regarding Nexus), getting the library open for extended hours, and many other things! Next week we’ve got some new equipment coming in, including a bubbler for the gym, new Wii controllers/nunchucks, and a table tennis table complete with all the necessary table tennis accoutrements! Remember, you’re free to come to any of our meetings with your ideas. IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT: Due to necessary works on the Wadham bathrooms set to commence after the end of the academic year, the Wadham tutors will be relocated to the largest Greycourt rooms over the summer break. Hence, these four rooms will be unavailable under summer scheme. Keep your eye out for Panda Cup, Table Tennis, the Rowing Regatta, and Café Internationale! Stay beautiful people! Much love, Bri-Bri and Mi-Gi

Editor’s Edict Welcome to the Globe! Why yes, that is a new profile picture for me because just like everyone else I am celebrating the #yearofthepanda! Dance-off, public speaking, soccer, cricket, table tennis... how many more medals can ICAC throw at us? This week we recruited a hedgehog from the flowerbeds near the front office and made him prophesy our futures, found and ex-IHer rooting around in the soil and got him to tell us about his project "Urban Growth" and got Kim Jong Un Riley Metcalfe to tell us "Is the world going to end at the hands of a mad, nuke-happy dictator who looks like he ate one too many Kinder Surprise™?" I would also personally like to declare it "Hug a New Zealander Week" as our sheepish friends across the Tasman have just legalized love by passing their marriage equality bill <3 <3. So check out your stars, get hugging and support support support! Erin xoxo

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with Oliver Emary

Urban Growth [əәrbəәn groθ] – n

1. The growth of urban communities; a. Growing Physically - through the proliferation of green spaces and the natural environment in urban settings and; b. Growing Socially - relating to community education and engagement in the area of sustainable living and environmental responsibility.

This is my new definition of ‘Urban Growth’. It will no longer be referred to as just the increase of population in an urban area or community. Rather I want it to take on a wider meaning to encompass the growth of the community in a variety capacities. My name is Oliver Emary, founder of www.urban-growth.com - a blog with the intention to share experiences, articles, photos etc. relating to sustainability in urban settings. My emphasis is on communicating examples and ideas of positive change and solutions people are actually involved in right now. I was an IHer like you guys back in 2008/09, studying civil engineering and partying hard. I knew about the climate change debate and environmental concerns but I found it hard to relate to the issue at hand; as if they didn’t really affect me. As a result I continued through my university career giving little thought to sustainability issues. I rode on my push bike everywhere but that was out of necessity; seeing it as the faster mode of transport and the cheapest! As for with electricity consumption, at IH I left everything on in my room all the time. For Earth Hour I was more enthused by the idea of being allowed to harass people than the by the good I was doing for our planet.

My passion for building things and procrastinating (I had my final semester thesis to write) led me to design and build a balcony garden at home from recycled wood and, during the process, I decided to write down some of my thoughts and ideas. Urban Growth had begun. It started initially as a space to share and discuss ideas about green spaces like mine. However, the more I read and shared my ideas through the website/blog the ‘mission’ behind ‘Urban Growth’ evolved and developed into something bigger. So many people, and countries for that matter, are all talk and no action! This blog is designed to communicate issues surrounding urban sustainability but more importantly share ideas and solutions that people are working on NOW. I want to show everyone solutions that can be and are being done as you read this article, not things that are speculative and only possibilities. These solutions can be on a global scale all the way down to the local level. I encourage you to check it out. I am always looking for new content and am interested in publishing in a number of different languages. If you are working on something or know of anything that will help 'Urban Growth' on its mission please contact me at - urbangrowth00@gmail.com Oliver

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8:30PM: NO TUTES THIS WEEK! Put away the books, as there are no tutes this week due to Café Rehearsal. So if you aren’t in Café, you have plenty of time to study!!

7:30PM: HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING The University of Melbourne Music Theatre Association presents a musical about the transformation of a lowly window-washer into a business executive with the help of a simple little handbook. Showing at the Union Theatre, 7:30pm each day from today until Saturday, for the low, low price of $18.

WEDNESDAY 1

WEDNESDAY 24

TUESDAY 30

YOUR FORTNIGHT OF ENTERTAINING STUFF

MONDAY 29 THURSDAY 2

MONDAY 22 TUESDAY 23 THURSDAY 25 1PM: BAND AND BBQ Take a break from study with some free tasty tunes and scrumptious snags at North Court, with a live performance from an awesome local band! @ NORTH COURT, MELB UNI

5PM: CAFÉ PREVIEW NIGHT What would you do if I said you could have the most entertaining 2+ hours of your life in IH, and for only $5? Did you scream? Well stop that, it’s unnecessary. Instead, come to the JCR for a cheap viewing of Café International! Ex- and Non-IHers are welcome.

7:30PM: CAFÉ ACT 1 TECH RUN Warm up your limbs and tune up your strings for Café Tech Run! The cast and first half of the acts are needed for tonight, so everyone else, take the opportunity to further polish your performance!

7:30PM: CAFÉ ACT 2 TECH RUN Prepare your tunes and don your costumes for Café Tech Run Part 2! The remaining five acts will join the cast for a full rehearsal! Be on time and in your prime!

8:30PM: AC (ACTIVITIES COMMITTEE) Once upon a time, AC was once known as the Awesome Crew. Possessing amazing superhuman abilities, together they organised parties of epic proportions, and spread fun and enjoyment to all of IH! And rumour has it they’re looking for new recruits….

8:30PM: GC (GENERAL COMMITTEE) So much money…and so many pie charts… mmm….money and virtual food…… Come along to GC to fulfil your desire for knowledge of Student Club’s finances….GC….

1PM: BAND AND BBQ Come and enjoy a free combo of BBQ and beats at Melb. Uni with another Aussie act live and free! @ NORTH COURT, MELB UNI

7:45PM: PANDA CUP FUTSAL The Battle of the Floors continues with Panda Cup Futsal after dinner. Teams of 5 will tear up the futsal court in the battle for glory and Panda Points!

11AM: ANZAC DAY Today is the national day of commemoration of the brave soldiers of Australian and New Zealand who gave their lives for us on the shores of Gallipoli in World War I. A minute’s silence traditionally takes place at 11am.

8:30PM: CAFÉ RAFFLE TICKETS Rahul is patiently waiting for you to hand in your raffle tickets, but one day his patience will wane, and he’ll get violent and abusive and beat those tickets out of you. And that day is Friday. So hand them in ASAP to avoid a lot of pain and bruises.

8:30PM: GAME OF THRONES!! The latest episode of Game Of Thrones is released tonight! Don’t be a loner, ask around and find some friends to watch it with!

6:40PM: COMMUNITY DINNER You’ve had the pleasure of listening to great performances while you eat your dinner at Community Dinner, so why not experience the other side, and provide everyone with a performance of your own for them to stuff their faces to?

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5:30PM: SIGN LANGUAGE CLUB Do you understand the word below? If you don’t, then either your sign language is a bit rusty or you haven’t been coming to Sign Language Club! In either case, come along and learn how to communicate with your hands, rather than your voice!

4PM: MARTIAL ARTS CLUB IN THE JCR After your hard work and weeks of rigorous training, the Martial Arts crew feel that they can trust you with the dangerous Airborne Spinning Death Kick. WARNING! Some decapitation may occur as a result of using said move.

8PM: ICAC CHESS AND CARDS With poker and chess together in one night how can you go wrong? ICAC Chess and Cards will be held tonight at a yet-to-be-decided venue! Get your bluff on and prepare for some strategy, gambling, and a whole lot of fun!

3PM: UKULELE CLUB Who could possibly be unhappy with a ukulele? Join Rosie and the crew to learn some spirit-lifting tunes on the world’s happiest instrument! Even the ukulele below is smiling!!

April 22nd - May 5th

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SUNDAY 5 SATURDAY 4 FRIDAY 3

11:59PM: CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE GLOBE If you’re a regular Globe contributor, wish to be one, or have a one-off article you’d like to see published, have a chat with Erin about it and email it to ihglobe@gmail.com by midnight.

4PM: RESTAURANT NIGHT - KAO THAI Want a night of great company and even greater food? Then sign up for the Cultural Committee’s Restaurant Night! This week it’s Kao Thai on Sydney Rd, an amazing Thai Restaurant! Don’t forget to sign up, but only if you’re a first-timer!

6PM: CAFÉ INTERNATIONAL The time is finally upon us! The Café crew, cast and acts will put all their hard work to the test! Raffles will be drawn, donations to IH will be made, and Rahul will no longer be able to pester you about Silent Auction donations. And be prepared for the Café After-Party once clean-up is over!

4:40PM: SATURDAY ARVO FOOTBALL This Saturday the Carlton Blues, the nearest football club to IH, will face off against the neighbouring state in a fight against the Adelaide Crows. Gates open from 2:30 at the MCG!

7AM: ROWING REGATTA If you’re busy fretting about how polished your Café act really is, then come for a great day at the Rowing Regatta to recollect your thoughts and support our resident rowers!

7:30PM: CAFÉ TECH RUN Warm up your voice and prepare to make some noise for the first Café Tech Run! All acts and cast are required to be there, so make sure you’re all practiced up and ready to rehearse!

7:45PM: PANDA CUP FUTSAL DAY 2 The madness of the blood-thirsty Panda Cup Futsal tournament continues tonight! The teams that shone and proved their worth yesterday will now be pitted against each other in a violent fight to the death in a closed arena, using whatever weapons they can find close at hand!!! Sorry, what was that? That’s the Hunger Games? Oops, my bad. Replace the ‘death’ part with ‘goals’, and the weapons with a soccer ball. Better?

5:30PM: SIGN LANGUAGE CLUB The secret conversations have already started… Everyone is beginning to wonder what that strange hand motion means…. Are you being insulted, or is someone asking you how your day has been? If you come to Sign Language club, you may very well find out…

7:30PM: BAKING CLUB Heat up your oven and prepare your cake mix for Baking Club! Stroll over to Avenue to cook some sugary goodness in AV06, or grab some of Daniel’s famous macaroons!

11:30AM: GLOBE EDITING IN GC01 Come and experience the joy and wonder of Globe Editing in Erin’s room (GC01). With more tea, shenanigans, and fairy lights than ever before!!

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Horoscope Hedgehog Aries You will encounter an unexpected event. Unexpected Event: Donating to Silent Auction. Taurus You will follow your true path. True Path: Selling home brew on the IH Black Market. Gemini You will make an important decision. Important Decision: Whether or not to hook up with your neighbour. Cancer You will discover your secret desire. Secret Desire: To marry Peter Cole. Leo You will have an unanticipated adventure. Unanticipated Adventure: Hitting up Narnia. Virgo You will unearth your true identity. True Identity: Stealer of laundry powder and communal fridge products. Libra You will make a new friend. New Friend: That goon box sitting shamefully in the corner of your room. Scorpio You will commence a new challenge. New Challenge: The Seven Wonders of IH Sagittarius You will encounter amorous difficulties. Amorous Difficulties: The thin walls of Greycourt. Capricorn You will reveal your true intentions. True Intentions: To steal all the Mi-Gi in Shop. Aquarius You will understand your great purpose. Great Purpose: To do the fresher dance alone in your room. Pisces You will encounter career difficulties. Career Difficulties: Motivating yourself to go to class.

Serious Shit You Missed This Week NORTH KOREA EDITION!!! with Riley Metcalfe Recently much media attention has been given to North Korea, and their increasingly belligerent attitude towards South Korea, the United States and Japan. North Korea’s threats have including officially declaring a state of war with South Korea (and the United Nations forces that fought on the South’s side in the Korean War.) North Korea has also showed a plan to attack sites on the mainland US, including Washington D.C., Los Angeles and Austin, Texas (close to former President Bush’s ranch.) North Korea has had a long history of threats followed by a period of withdrawal, but this recent crisis has been unusual as North Korea’s threats have been more hyperbolic and aggressive than any previous crisis. Additionally, the relatively new leader, Kim Jong-un is untested, and his behaviour in a crisis such as this is to be seen. Much attention has been given to the North’s development of nuclear weapons, and nuclear delivery systems. The most recent nuclear test by the North, conducted earlier this year had a maximum yield of 9 kilotons of TNT. In comparison, the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima had a yield of 16 kilotons, while the largest nuclear weapon in the US arsenal, the B83 has a maximum yield of 1.2 megatons. To use its nuclear arsenal, the North must develop a delivery system. Their Air Force is very old, inefficient and vulnerable to US and South Korean airpower, so the likelihood of the North delivering a nuclear weapon by air is very unlikely. The North appears to be developing ballistic missile technology, but previous rocket tests have proved to be risky. Additionally, their missiles would be targets for increasingly effective anti-ballistic missile systems employed by the United States and their allies. Nuclear weapons mounted on missiles require a level of technological sophistication which the North appears to lack – such nuclear weapons must be very light and very small. The international community is, however, taking the North’s threat seriously. The United States has deployed strategic bombers to the peninsula, and has bolstered its missile defence on the West Coast. There has been much speculation over the goal of North Korea. Previously, North Korea has used threats to develop nuclear weapons as an attempt to gain more aid or international recognition. This does not appear to be the goal here. In fact, the North’s only ally, China appears to be distancing themselves from the North. This could be an attempt by Kim Jong-un to increase his legitimacy at home as a ‘hardliner’ by continuing to threaten war. Jong-un must ultimately realise that another war will end very badly for North Korea. Another Chinese intervention – which saved the North the first time, is unlikely if the North acts as an aggressor. Worryingly, the new President of South Korea, Park Geun-hye, the daughter of a former dictator is also a hardliner, so any threats from the North could spiral out of control. However cooler heads from both China and the United States will hopefully prevent rash action from either side.

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Peng tells jokes The jokes section this week is dedicated to Malaysia's coming election -with much pessimism it will be clean. (Disclaimer: the jokes section is not factual, and does not contain valid sources)

One day, three politicians from Zimbabwe, Russia, and Malaysia were talking and chanced upon God. "It is difficult to find a honest politician these days, and so for you three pure souls I have come to answer a question for each. Ask what your heart most desires to know!" They were stunned, but happy for the opportunity.

"When will Zimbabwe be clean from corruption?" The first politician, a Zimbabwean old and weary with age, asked. "In 20 years." Replied God. In reaction, the Zimbabwean broke down in tears because he would not live to see that day.

"When will Russia be clean from corruption?" Asked the Russian- who was middle-aged and with greater hope in Russia. "In 80 years." Replied God. In surprise, the Russian also broke down in tears because she would not live to see that day.

"When will Malaysia be clean from corruption?" Asked the third politician- from Malaysia, who was younger and more hopeful still. To that- God paused, then promptly broke down in tears.

Movie Review: El Mariachi

with Evan Freidin

So, believe it or not, but there was once a time where Robert Rodriguez was taken seriously as a filmmaker. He made movies that were more than just ridiculous B-movie homages or crappy children's films that will give you horrible nightmares. Instead he made interesting genre pieces that weren’t overblown pastiches based on a fake trailer he once made as a joke. In 1992 his first such movie, El Mariachi, was an independent Mexican action film whose interesting visual flair despite a miniscule budget made it become one of most influential films of the decade. Upon its release Rodriguez became one of Hollywood’s most famous success stories, was offered budgets beyond his wildest dreams, and also became best friends with Quentin Tarantino. All in all, I think the film worked out for him pretty well. The film itself deals with a classic pulp fiction type storyline as the eponymous hero the Mariachi (played by Rodriguez’s childhood friend Carlos Gallardo) wanders into town looking for work, finds himself mistaken for a local criminal and unwittingly becomes embroiled in a gang war. He is then forced to eschew his romantic ideals of a Mariachi and take on the way of the warrior, where with his Uzi he must strike at those who seek to harm him. It is an incredibly goofy story, told with the occasional vaguely philosophical tangent, yet it is Rodriguez’ love for the action genre conventions that lead him to create moments of such visual awesomeness that you can’t help but not care. Think of John Woo, but with turtles instead of white doves. What truly makes this film special though is how Rodriguez was able to direct, shot and edit the film with a budget of about $7000. Even now that is a ridiculously tiny amount for a movie budget. That’s the kind of money your average action film spends on lunch. But Rodriguez was able to look past the expenses needed for a proper action film and with a bunch cost saving tricks, including denying several hungry Mexicans their well-deserved lunch, was able to make a film more visually interesting than said proper action films. If you ever get the film on DVD or Blu-ray then listen to the director’s commentary. Rodriguez gives a fantastic boot camp version of dirt poor film making, revealing all his tricks that made the movie what it is.

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THE GLOBE TEAM

editor Erin Moncrieff design team Felix Modlmayr Darcy Richardson

photo editor Courtney Lornie contributors Horoscope Hedgehog Oliver Emary

regulars Riley Metcalfe Peng Tiong Evan Freidan Megan Low Abbey Cochrane Cultural Committee with Megan Low

After all the fun of Ekiden yesterday (there will be photos in next week’s Cultural Committee Newsletter), it is time to turn our attention to a more sombre event: ANZAC day on the 25th April. ANZAC stands for Australian and New Zealand Army Corp. It is a day when Australians and New Zealanders around the country (and the world) stop to remember the soldiers who sacrificed their lives in war for their country and, in particular, the sacrifices made a Gallipoli (Turkey) and on the Western Front in World War 1. World War 1 was the first significant conflict after Australian Federation in 1901 and the first time Australian soldiers had fought under the Australian flag. The loss of 60,000 men – out of a population of 5 million – united the country and cemented the idea of an Australian nation. The Gallipoli campaign itself was a disaster. No Allied gains were made. The landing boats mistakenly came ashore at ANZAC cove, a beach that offered almost no cover and was surrounded by steep cliffs on which the Turks had dug their trenches. What ensued was a bloodbath. Although fighting continued until December, the only successful manoeuvre of the war was the evacuation of Australian troops under the cover of deception. Lest We Forget

SUPPORTER OF THE WEEK!!!!!!!!

This Globe's supporter of the week is Maya Raj for being rallied to come support at the girls' soccer semi-final after staying up all night in the JCR helping Ellie with her assignment!"

Sport Report with Abby Cochrane After weeks of early morning trainings, sweat, blood and tears, the IH girls got off to a bloody brilliant start with a convincing win over our biggest rivals, Whitley. A delicious goal from Prue saw IH take an early lead and hold it without any signs of losing it, but luckily the defence Fi Rizzle, T-Town, Gangle, In-and-out, the Gooses and Cherish-her had it covered. Friday saw the girls defeat UC. A corner from Abbey went to Jenna, but Jenna couldn’t finish the job, resulting in a deflection to Shannon, who sealed the deal with a solid goal. Later on, a defender thinking she was the keeper and catching the ball, lead to a penalty for IH which Jenna took and finished the job in styleeeeee! *crowd goes crazy* Tuesday was the start of the finals campaign, with a quarter final against St Hilda’s. An intense game of running from the forwards, Poo Batch, Jordizzzzle, Sham-wow and Rachie saw their defenders run to the ground and allowed the inspector gadget legs of Prue to consolidate her efforts with a magnificent goal Thursday was the day we took on Ormond. A very lucky early goal from Abbey put the girls into the lead and allowed them to let their hair down a little. Ridiculous keeping from Cherisha saw the girls maintain this lead until the last 10 Friday, the day after Scholar’s Dinner. A day when the girls, grew into men. Very seedy men. But men none the less. We took on St Mary’s on this very day. Mary’s was there, boots on and ready to go. But, so was IH. It was a very even game, IH had the opportunities but couldn’t quite cash them in. A red card to Mary’s in the last few minutes saw them a man down, but Mary’s managed to hold off until the very end of the game and somehow score a goal in the first half of golden goal, sealing IH into 4th position. Well done to all of the girls involved, and a MASSIVE thankyou to all of the supports, and especially Phil Tan and Ken Ho Khoo.