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Just some of the highlights, which featured Ryan’s coach-ing + agility, Will C’s consecu-tive baskets, Andrea’s aggre-sive defence, Tess drawing in the fouls and Simmo coming onto the court to support the Boys — there was even an appearance from the elusive

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World Vision’s 40 Hour Famine is a global initiative that aims to raise aware-ness about hunger in poverty-stricken countries. This year, World Vision’s focus is on Rwanda, with funds raised aiming to help communities to improve their soil conservation and knowledge of good nutrition, learn new ways to earn an income, and to help families improve their decision making in regards to food and spending.

This year, SVF led the charge to en-gage the College Community, and had a fundraising goal of $1000. We are excited to announce that, by the end of September, The RMC Team will have

raised $3022.85! We would like to thank Paul and College Admin, Simon and Kait, all the sponsors who donated to the various RMC Team Members, and, most importantly, a big thanks and gratulations to the participants of the 40 Hour Famine for 2014 (see above).

We are so proud of the efforts that the participants have gone to to raise money for this important cause — our efforts can help provide food and nutrition to 39 people for

Writer Livia Dorai Raj (svf rep)

THE  40  HOUR  FA

MINE

51, 998 Participated  in  the  40  Hour  Famine  this  year!

Malnutrition  and  hunger-­related  disease  cause  60  percent  of  deaths  

SOURCE:  United  Nations  World  Food  Program  (http://www.wfp.org/hunger/malnutrition)

Funds  raised  from  the  40  Hour  Famine  support  World  Vision  Projects  in  Malawi,  Ethiopia,  East  

Timor,  Nepal,  Tanzania,  Uganda  and  Rwanda

SOURCE:  United  Nations  CFSVANS  2012

$40 Can  feed  a  family  

of  six  for  one  month

Menzies’  Fundraising  Goal:  $1,000

YOU  CAN  STILL  DONATE  https://40hf2014.everydayhero.com/au/rmc

$1,000 $2, 000

THE  TEAM:  

LIV $789.75 / PRIYANKA $305/ BONNIE $270 / LIZ A. $235.50IVANA $201 / JULIA J. $190 / SEVANNE $170 / KATIE A. $130.75/ MEGAN S. $107.50 / HANNAH S. $87 / ANNELISE $80.75 / MATT E $57.50/ LIZ P. $36.50 / BENJAMIN $25

$3, 000

AMOUNT  ACTUALLY  RAISED!

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9.00  am  ~  2.00  pm  Sunday  19th  October

2km  walk5km  run  (join  the  RMC  Running  Group  to  prepare  —  see  Simon  M/Benjamin  S.  for  more  details)Food,  entertainment  and  stalls  through  the  day!

WHY  PARTICIPATE?We all know someone who has su!ered from depression and anxiety. Participating in the North Ryde Fun Run is a great social event and dona-tions go to Australian Rotary Health — the leading non-government funding and research center for mental health in Australia.

SIGN  ME  UP!Submit the online form at http://www.northrydefun-run.com.au/entry_form/ Entry donations are $10, or for $20 you also get a cool t-shirt

EXTRA  BENEFITS?Go in the running to win Gold Class movie tickets by signing up friends and family from outside of college with your online entry (select “add another entrant”)

RMC  CHALLENGE!Participating and placing in the Fun Run (or walk) is an easy way to gain RMC points against DLC and the Village for the Inter-College Competition. So, grab a bunch of friends and sign up!

Our goal = 100 RMC Participants

For more details: https://www.northrydefunrun.com.au/

INTERVARSITY

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Muddied  Footballer:  Aaron  Wong

On Sunday RMC and DLC headed over to UNSW to take on their colleges in a game of rugby. Unfortunately the girl’s touch game got cancelled because UNSW couldn’t field a team (jks - Laura Coleman was too intimidating), so the RMC / DLC team had to wait a few hours for the game.

After about 3 warm up sessions that lasted about 5 minutes each ( in order to save our ‘fit-ness’ ), eating most of the free bbq and chang-ing fields twice due to the rain, the game was finally ready to kick o!. Despite our pre-match observations that UNSW looked like a team of gronks, they scored first with a quick try, and another soon after... and another after that!

Nevertheless, the boys rallied hard to hit back before the break. The second half was better, with tries to Andrew Burton and Alec Palm-er putting us back in the game. But, UNSW proved to be too strong and scored another two tries – our only consolation was being able to collectively laugh and yell at the kicker for miss-ing a conversion dead in front.

The free beers after the game made defeat easier to swallow and, overall, it was a great day for all the colleges that participated.

A big thank you to everyone who took to the field and supported from the sidelines -

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Semester Two powers on, and Conception Day—one of Macquarie’s favourite events—is on its way. But how did it all get started?

Unlike other unis that celebrate their foundations, MQ Student Union instead chose to celebrate a person: our namesake Governor Lachlan Macquarie. Often referred to as the ‘Father of Australia’, Macquarie was Governor of NSW from 1810 to 1821 [...] He exists in public memory as a legend, a hero for the poor and oppressed, who fought against bureaucratic elite.

Born at the wrong time of year for a good party, however, the Union decid-ed to celebrate Governor Macquarie’s conception – and thus, the birth of Conception Day. When this Day first launched in 1969, MQU was only a few years old, and saw fields of sun-baking bodies, girls grooving in their tie-dyed playsuits, and rock bands in flared pants.

These early Conception Days have a wild reputa-tion among MQ Alumni.

$e Bir% & Concep'o( Da)On this day we celebrate MQ’s namesake, Lach-lan Macquarie. His birthday happened to fall on an unfortunate day during the uni calendar, so instead, we celebrate his conception!Source Amy Way (grapeshot.mq.edu.au)

FROM THE ARCHIVES:

Chilling by the Lake /

Bluejuice’s lead-singer

crowd surfing / Tiger Lily mak-ing the Atrium

go o! / Em Dolan head

and shoulders above the

rest / RMC’s annual Slave Day, 2012 / Conception

Day Shirts – always a hit (and mildly

inappropriate)

You could take part in the student-held breakfast on the median strip on Ep-ping Road, a cross-campus streaking spree, or even a gnome convention in the early 80s, where students would nick hundreds of garden gnomes and scatter them all over the lawn. De-spite frequent shenanigans, the celebrations seemed to be all about the music.

Over the years MQU has consistently played host to some pretty big names: You Am I, Eric Clapton, Bluejuice, Josh Pyke, Violent Femmes, Birds of Tokyo, Gyroscope, Peking Duk, Art vs Science—the list goes on.

The line up in 2014 includes The Preatures, Art vs Science, Hermitude, Kingswood, Hatch, Furnace & The Fundamentals, Fin-gers, Ember, Will Clarke, and more; set-times now up on the MQ Website!——————————————Friday 19th September (12.00 ~ 7.00 pm). Ticketsonly $27.00! Get ‘em Online or at The MacShop.

If you could meet anyone, living or dead, who would it be and why would you like to meet them? Robin Williams. He was an amazing person and it would have been awesome to hear him make people laugh in person.

What is your name? What are you studying? Where are you from? My name is Morgan Miner. I am from Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA. I’m Studying a Bachelor of Busi-ness.

Why did you choose Australia to come for enxchange? I have always wanted to come here. I knew that if I didn’t take the opportunity I would probably never get to come here.

What has been your favourite / most memorable experience in Australia so far? Everything! I love meeting new people almost everyday from all over the world. The people here at college are awesome. It’s amazing seeing the di!erent wildlife.

Favourite Aussie Slang you’ve heard – what did you initially think it meant? Unfortunately I haven’t heard a lot of slang.

Do you have a hidden talent? I am double jointed (flexible) and also a massage therapist!

What do you miss most about home? My husband, my two dogs and my three cats!

it’s really hot outsideDunny: BathroomEsky: ColdKindie: A child who is just starting school or some-one who is nice.Lippy: Smart mouth / giving attitude.Nipper: It’s really cold outside / let’s go and get a bite to eat.Servo: Serve up a cold one / server (waiter)Snag: To get caught up in something / to get stuck.Spunk: Someone who is tough / someone who doesn’t let anything get them down.Thongs: Flip-flops / San-dals.Trackies: Someone that runs track and field.Wuss: Someone who is scared to do something / a person who posesses no courageU-ie: U-Turn

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"IT'S AMAZING SEEING THE DIFFERENT WILDLIFE"

MEET THE EXCHANGERMorgan (Virginia Beach, USA), Bachelor Business

GUESS THE SLANGAmbo: AmbidexterousArvo: Afternoon.Bloke: A GuyAs dry as a dead Dingo’s donger: Boring / that per-son is an idiot / not funny /

THE TIMERUGBY TURNED

INTO MUD WRES-TLINGAUG 29 ~ SEPT 15

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‘You don’t mess with the priesthood—the priesthood messes with you’ JACK B , on the benefits of not talking with strangers

‘MY MILK IS THE PEOPLES

MILK’

PRIYU B. All boys were brought to

the yard that day.

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PREYU B, lettuce(ing) us in on the RMC kitchens secret ingredients.

‘Do you even have a pelvis’

FELICITY B,Questioning whether the

leg bone really is con-nected to the hip bone

AVANTI: ‘My veggies are cold’JACK: ‘Like your heart’

AVANTI J, snapped frozen – like the peas on her plate

‘We [the A Block Boys] had a group

session in the shower’

MAX M, explaining why the Old Blocks have more of a ‘community’ feeling

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KATIE H, There’s cooking, then there’s cooking ...

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SPORTDean's Volleyball Competition

astro-turf 14 march, 12.30 pm

Join us in the Courtyard for a BBQ lunch (for all residents –

including semi- and self-catered) to witness Block vs Block vs TCM

in what promises to be great rounds of volleyball

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VARIET YSpring Festival

rmc courtyard10 october

On the first Friday after break, this highlight of the College Cal-endar will feature free food and

is, in the words of Matt E., "basi-cally a super fun fete-like event

that is awesome and swaggy, etc."

WHAT’S ON

CONCEPTION DAY T-SHIRTS!

Light, breathable fabric, perfect for festival go-ing, challenging mates to dance-offs, and spot-

ting fellow Collegians in the large crowds.

Get yours for only $5 at the Dean's Volleyball Comp on Sunday!

RANDOM ACTS OF KINDNESSTell Us Your Stories!

Over the Term you've been collecting Random Acts of Kindness Cards and spreading them through Col-

lege and the wider community.

Now, it's time to share those stories and ideas!

It's easy to do, takes very little time and paper and pens are alread provided in the Common Room (P.S.

We only need 30 stories to get bonus points in the University Department Sustainability Challenge!)

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