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Dinner 7 march

Photographer Alex Mayes

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What made you decide take part in the World’s Greatest Shave? Initially I wasn’t [planning] to do the World’s Greatest Shave – I was just going to get a haircut! But I thought it would be a waste to cut it just to have a new hairstyle

Was there a particular person who influenced you? My Grandmother has a fridge with photos of all her grandchildren on it. There was one girl I didn’t recognise so I asked my Grandmother, “Who’s that? I don’t know about Her” – She was my Cousin. [At] 5 or 6 She got leukaemia and died when she was 8 or 9

… That got me thinking about other people I knew whose lives had been affected by cancer. I remembered two teachers at my school who died because of brain tumours, and helping one of their daughters deal with the loss of her Mother, as well as my Auntie who lived through breast cancer

1 in 3 people will be affected by cancer in their lives

… I know that leukaemia in particular is experi-enced by a lot of children. Coming from a rural background I understand, to go into the city [as a child] when you are already sick, and already feeling uncomfortable is a very difficult thing to do. An organisation that can give money toward a home for you and your family for a few days or a week or a few months is a big thing:

$2000 can support major research for a week, and that $1200 can provide free transport for a month to 200 families

How long had you been growing your hair? I’ve always had long hair! The shortest it’s been was when I was 5 or 6; even then it was about shoulder length. When did you decide to let it grow longer? I consciously started growing it in Year 11 and let it grow through Year 12, my gap year, and all of last year

Is there anything you like about the hair-free lifestyle? Oh the things that I love about having no hair! I love not having to do my hair each morning, [and I really love] not having to wash it for hours!

Have you had any weird experiences after you shaved it off? Initially I had ‘phantom hair!’ I’d turn my head thinking I would be hit on the shoul-der, only to go “No, wait!” That took about 4 days to go away! Another thing is the breeze blowing across my head; oh, and I have to wear a hat, be-cause I don't want to get a sunburnt scalp.

Would you do it again? I would incur the wrath of too many people if I did it again! •

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To find out more about the World’s Greatest Shave, head to www.worldsgreatestshave.com; to support Katherine’s fundraising efforts here: bit.ly/1mj0ZrR

WORLD’S GREATEST SHAVELIVING THE HAIR-FREE LIFE

Last weekend Katherine Wannan lost her golden locks. We caught up with her to find out more

Pump Up the Volley-ume — Menzies Undefeated! Upper hand Menzies not only had seasoned players sporting slick new sport shirts, but also a showing of support on the sidelines; a fantastic start to the Inter-coll Sporting Comp!

Big moment Angel’s sensa-tional serves appeared to have a paralytic effect thus allowing her to score successive aces against the opposition — whoomp there it is

INTER-COLLEGE

16/02/14

Correspondant Joey Crane (sports rep)

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Volleyball [n]: a sport in which Menzies dug, spiked, chicken wang, and blocked to victory!

It could have changed when Questionable ref calls bewli-dered many of our players; thankfully Joey ‘The Diplo-mat’ Crane intervened before things got too heated

Things went swimmingly for ... Guy’s Defence Tactics: i.e., standing infront of the net with outretched arms (in a similar fashion to the ‘Y’ in YMCA) to intimidate and bewilder the opposing team

Not so swimmingly for ... Guy’s Communication: at one point, Angus fell in front of Joey who then (as a pair) took out Johnno as well – much confusion ensued

What does it all mean? Taking out straight sets, we find our-selves in the lead, with DLC second, then The Village •

Volleyball

WATER POLO 101

It’s just rugby, football, basketall and underwater wrestling mixed

together – how hard can it be?

HISTORYOriginated in 1876 as “water

rugby” in reaction to the pub-lic’s boredom with swimming

carnivals of the time: ain’t nobody got time ’fo laps

TEAM

Consists of seven players treading water, who put the need to breathe second to

sporting victory

OBJECTIVE Stay above the water whilst ev-eryone tries to push you under.

Between thrashing around, gasping for air and excessive

groping, attempt to shoot the ball past the goalie – this torture game play takes place within the space of 7 minute

quarters (simple!)

RULESOnly really exist above the

surface (which isn’t often). Un-derneath, anything goes; water polo is pretty much Survival of the Fittest disguised as a sport

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2.00 PMMAC UNI GYM OUTDOOR POOL

‘Can’t a man wear a suit without having his intentions questioned?’

LEON DHEMBA,Presented with a tai-

lor-made question difficult to answer off the cuff

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THE TIMEWE KICKED-ASS IN VOLLEYBALL

KATE ROUGHSEDGE,

Wanting to have chil-dren for all the right

reasons

‘There’s a nud-ist beach just

down there, I’ve been there

a few times for my own amusement

— it’s really nice’

LAURA PARSONS, Revealing the origins of herau naturel tendencies on Scav

Hunt.

MARCH 8 ~ 21

‘My aim this year is to get on the spit tree with at least ten people’

ALYSE COX,A woman with ambi-tion, and on a mission

‘Ugh. I hate seeing Liz [Agboola] with other people – I just want to win her back!’

JULIA JELBART,Proving that distance does,

indeed, only make the heart grow fonder

*On the balcony over-looking the

volleyball; to Ash*

‘I’m just going down [court-side] to sit with the plebs

for a while – don’t think less of me’

PAUL YEATES,

Dean of Col-lege and Master

of all that he surveys

Ash: ‘I got a heap of stuff from DFO [Direct Factory Outlet] today’

Jith: ‘What’s the DFO?’

Ash: ‘It’s like where all the clothes are really cheap’

Jith: ‘Oh, we have that too; we call it Africa’

JITH SANGARAPILLAI, Knows where to shop for a bargain or two

THE ONLY REASON I’D HAVE A KID, IS SO THAT I COULD BE A

YUMMY MUMMY

2 THE NUMBER OF EARTHS WE WILL NEED BY 2030.— Living Planet Report (2010): WWF

EARTH HOUR is a global event that raises awareness for the planet. Join us in the Courtyard for hot chocholate, cookies, candle-lit conversa-tions and live music when Menzies ‘switches-off’

on 29 March at 8.30 pm #ForTheEarth

“Do you ever get really hungry watching Hannibal?”

NICKY O’DOWD, Shedding some light on why she chooses to be self-catered

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BLOCK WARS UPDATE

The Wednesday ar vo of O’ Week (26/2) saw each Block go head-to-head in the f irst round of the Inter–Block Competition for 2014

After intense rounds of football, heated bouts of tug-of-war, and a serious game of capture the f lag with eggs as ammunition, the points are as follows:

1st B 142nd S 103rd A 94th C 75th D 56th N 4

It’s sti l l ear ly in the year, so there’s plenty of time for your Block to climb up the ladder, star ting with the Master’s Run this Sunday (23/3), as well as extra points up for grabs for the Block that comes up with the best Menzies War Cr y!

The Block with the most points at the end of the year not only takes out the Inter-Block Comp, but also receives glor y, bragging r ights, and the coveted Oar! (below)

Writer Aaron Wong (vice president)

N&S Block take out The Oar in 2013 }

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R MCSA GEN ER A L MEETING

Thursday 27 March Dining Hall – 6.30 pm

elections

Wou ld you l ike to orga n-ise events for your fel low

Col legia ns? L ook ing for a n inva luable ex perience?

If yes, the Cu lt ura l , So -cia l , Sports a nd SV F Reps a re look ing for a Fresher

Rep as wel l as Com m ittee Members!

Interested? Simply send a n appl ication – with your full name, mobile

number, nominated position and sig nature – to Nicole A ndria nopou lous room: N212, ext: 6118) no later tha n Tuesday 25 Ma rch;

then g ive a short speech at the GM

•other business

A n opport unit y for R MC -SA Members to ra ise a ny

issues/ questions they may have

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FESTIVALHoli

menzies courtyard22 march (9.30)

Celebrate new friendships, love, and the triumph of ‘good’ over ‘evil’ in a free-for-all carnival

of colour – remember, wearing white works best. Holi is a high-light of Menzies’ Calendar not to

be missed!

www.holifestival.org

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MARKETSMarket Bunch, MQU

central coutyard27 march (11.30 ~ 14.30)

A joint initiative, Mac Uni and The Harvest Hub are setting up

a pop-up farmer’s market – right in the heart of campus! Pop down

on Wednesday to pick up some fresh, local, and seasonal produce

http://www.mq.edu.au/about/events/view/market-bunch/

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SPORTInter-college Water Polo

& Swimming Relaymqu gymnasium

30 march (from 14.00)

Have you ever wondered what underwater basketball/rugby/

wrestling would look like? Ponder no longer! Join us pool side as

we aim to maintain our winning streak against DLC and Village

Contact Joey Crane or a Member of the Exec if you’re interested in playing

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EXHIBITION‘365 People’

chippendaleuntil 31 march (9.00 ~ 17.30)

Wanting to meet new strangers and tell their stories, Tom Jones

photographed a new person every day for a year – including one of

our very own here at RMC!

www.pinestreet.com.au/

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THEATRE ‘The Lion King’

capitol theatreuntil 31 august

Disney’s beloved film has been brilliantly transformed into a ma-jestic theatre experience explod-ing with glorious colours, stun-ning effects, and unforgettable

music – tickets from $50

www.disney.com.au/lionkingthemusical/

WHAT’S ON21 MAR ~ 4 APR