VOX? POP

VOX? VOX? 1. WHAT’S YOUR FAVOURITE METHOD OF EVADING STUPOL CAMPAIGNERS? 2. WHAT IS A COURSE YOU WISH YOU HAD NEVER TAKEN?

Max (he/him) 3rd Year | B. Science (Advanced)

1. Walk with someone else and pretend to have a heated argument.

2. First year intro to programming I was so bad at I ended up dropping out past the census just to avoid the fail.

3. Either the Cranker or watching a week’s worth of lectures in bulk at home.

4. Avoid spending money on union erasure.

Shannon (she/her) 2nd Year | B. Media (Journalism)

1. Being in a rush and a quick ‘no thank you’ never fails.

2. All the arts students unite—The Enquiring Mind! I think I heard a collective sigh when the news broke it wouldn’t be required any longer.

3. Either at a gig or at home with some choccy snacks watching comfort tv.

4. I think many of us have speculated whether or not sitting at the tip-top of the university food chain is really worth all the money it pays…

POP!POP!

4. WHAT’S A BETTER WAY FOR THE UNI TO SAVE MONEY THAN WITH MERGERS AND STAFF CUTS?

Cameron (he/him) 4th Year | B. Int. Relations/

1. As a Stupol campaigner myself (I’m so sorry), I sadly cannot avoid the mess that is Stupol campaigns. If I have to give my advice to avoid campaigners - headphones, the bigger, the better.

2. I’m going to throw some shade here, but I would have to say International Security. I felt like the entire course was just a repeat of things I had learnt in previous International Relations courses. Would I say I wish I had never taken the course? I mean, it was okay, but I kind of want some of my time back.

3. As a spontaneous person who swaps between being an extrovert and an introvert, it really just depends on my mood. So, I would have to say I would either be in bed watching Community for the tenth time or hanging out at a pub while avoiding my assignments.

4. I’ve heard from management that staff cuts are inevitable. In that case, I say we should only sack those named Peter with a surname beginning with H and ending with J. It sounds fair and equitable.

Jazz Siegertsz (he/him) 4th Year | B. Music (Sonic Arts)

1. Since I live pretty far from uni, and I suffer from mental illness, the commute to uni is often so overwhelming and draining for me, that I don’t attend in person. I think I’ve only ever seen Stupor campaigners once in my four years. So can confirm - mental illness is a very effective strategy.

2. I wish I had never enrolled in my double diploma of Business and Business Leadership and Management last year (through an online education service). I paid for it upfront after completing my Certificate IV of Business Administration with a different online educator, so I have to do it now or I lose my money. I signed up when hypomanic, which is what I did with the first qualification. I’ve got a new rule now when I’m hypomanic: don’t enrol in qualifications. (I haven’t started working on the double diploma yet).

3. On a regular Saturday night I can be found at home procrastinating uni work and using coping mechanisms to make the panic go away. Good fun.

4. I don’t know too much about the uni financials other than that they’re not doing well and relied on international students’ money (and don’t have that income anymore due to Covid). But I’m confident in my assumption that there are a few people who are being paid way too much, and that there is a lot of misspending of money. I often see renovations occurring at the uni and I can’t help but wonder why they’re happening if the uni is ‘so broke right now’.

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