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Something to do in Perth!

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 08:59:35 GMT

(Sorry about the image size)

VARIETEASE

With soul stirring poetry, heart stopping performance art, sensual burlesque acts and featuring some of Perth's finest bands, join the delightful Duchess Silk and her cheeky associate Iskra Valentine for a night of music, burlesque and good old fashioned fun!

Varietease will tittilate your oscillator as surely as it will oscillate your tittilator!

Line up:

The Brow
Strychnine Cowboys
Red Music
Stately Shape
Fanny Adams

'Life is no cabaret
we dont care what they say
we're inviting you anyway'
- Sing/ The Dresden Dolls

Date: Friday October 10th 2008
Time: 8.00pm onwards

Place: The Castle
Cnr Stirling and Newcastle St

Tickets: $7 (available at the door)

Love, Bridget (Duchess Silk)

UWA Multicultural Week

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 12:42:49 GMT

Dear all,

The International Students Service (ISS) of UWA will be holding its annual Multicultural Week (MCW) at the first week of October. MCW serves to celebrate diversity of culture in Australia, or in our case UWA. The highlight of the week is Spring Feast (9 October 2008) which is a pasar malam (night market) where devilicious food from different culture, games and fun come together.

Currently, registrations for Spring Feast stalls are still on till 11 September 2008.

Spring Feast 2008 – 9th October 2008

Stalls Normal
Students (Guild) $77
Students (non-Guild) $82.5
Non-Students $99

*Price includes $33 deposit for tables and chairs, refunded if equipment is returned in satisfactory condition. GST is included in prices*

Students refer to UWA students so non-UWA students are counted under Non-Students category. Regardless, no worries. If you have a UWA friend, ask them to sign up on your behalf or you can ask me too.

For any other enquiries, please contact:

Frederick Ang - ang.frederick@hotmail.com

or leave a comment.

Regards,
ISS Committee '08

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:15:39 GMT

Hi everyone. I'm interning at The Sunday Times until 2nd August, so if you have anything that might make a good story, you can email it to me at whiteni@sundaytimes.newsltd.com.au :)

packing boxes!

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 07:20:53 GMT

i am looking for packing boxes - as many or as few as you have - anything would help!
does anyone have some they want to get rid of? or know where i can get free/cheap ones? i've tried the quokka, but they're all so expensive! :P
any help would be greatley appreciated!

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 20:23:03 GMT

The Gender Public Advocacy Coalition is pleased to announce the release of its 2008 GENIUS Survey in partnership with Ernst & Young. GenderPAC works to ensure that classrooms, communities and workplaces are safe for everyone to learn, grow and succeed.

The Gender Equality National Index for Universities & Schools (GENIUS), GenderPAC’s most recent effort to end discrimination and promote awareness, encourages colleges and universities to recognize the benefits of a GenderSAFE^tm campus - supportive equitable and protective for all students. Choosing to participate in GENUIS sends a strong public statement that bullying or discriminating based on the race, sex or gender of a student, faculty, or staff member is not tolerated at your institution

Fill out the survey at: www.gpac.org/GENIUS2008survey, and make sure that we have data for as many schools as possible. Your voice will help us continue to work towards a safe and welcoming environment for every student.

While we greatly appreciate the interest taken in GENIUS by students, staff and faculty at academic institutions outside of the United States, at this time GENIUS is only able to track schools based in the United States.

Wed, 21 May 2008 11:30:48 GMT

Hey there.

I'm moving to live campus at Murdoch uni, and was hoping there were a few people with experience living on (any) university campus that could give me some advice.

The first is (or at least fells like) a silly question, but - what typically happens with dinner in a shared flat? Does everyone just make their own, or is it a bit more communal? Obviously it'll be different for every group of people, but I was just wondering if there was a general trend. I'm just going to feel a bit odd on the first day not knowing what everyone's going to be doing, and I'm rather shy around new people so I probably won't ask. But I'm probably worrying too much. :P

I was also wondering if anyone had any tips for living cheaply around Perth. Food, entertainment, etc. on a student budget, that sort of thing.

Thanks in advance to anyone who can help me out.

Sun, 04 May 2008 03:51:15 GMT

I am trying to organise a peaceful protest rally in Western Australia on May 11 and May 18 against governmental cooperation with greys, human abduction an human corruption, and second rally against allowing greys to land in and live in Australia, respectively. If anyone is interested please add me as a lj friend or just live a post on my ljournal. Also if you can spread the word about the rally it would be really great, as Western Australia is in a high level danger zone, and abductions happen often and more and more openly.

Dr Sketchy's Comes To Perth!

Thu, 20 Mar 2008 16:05:35 GMT

I hope this isn't inappropriate, but I'm sure there are some arty types amongst you and I wanted to let you know about a new journal created for Dr Sketchy's in Perth.

Dr Sketchy's Anti-Art School is where burlesque meets art, buys it a drink and takes it to bed. This successful life drawing class is now in 50 cities across the world and now it's Perth's turn to join the craziness.

Dr Sketchy nights will be held at The Leederville where you can come and draw sexy burlesque girls and hunky boys as well as see performances by Perth's premier burlesque troupe, Sugar Blue Burlesque.

If you're interested, come and check out drsketchyperth or take a look at our website. It's still under construction but has links to our MySpace and FaceBook pages.

Cheers!

x-posted around a bit

Dream t-shirts!

Mon, 04 Feb 2008 05:35:10 GMT

Hi everyone,
I'm doing a kind of mini poll on what YOU would most like to see on a t-shirt!
I work at a t-shirt company in Nedlands, WA so am able to make the t-shirt you would most like to see, and then auction it off on ebay for you :) we post worldwide, so location is not a problem!

we can do bulk lots of t-shirts e.g. for clubs, organisations, sporting teams, etc

So let me know ...

what would you like to see most on a t-shirt???

Support a Starving Artist

Fri, 21 Dec 2007 04:54:32 GMT

To all and sundry,
Two friends of mine, and well known Perth performance artists, are holding a charity event which takes 15-20 selected artists who are new, and haven't had the exposure they deserve, to exhibit at The Kurb gallery. Tickets sold will go towards a cash prize for the most popular artist, chosen by ticket holders.

Students from ECU, TAFE, UWA, and other uni graduates will be among the selected artists.

See image for details, hope to see you there.

Save the Station Street Markets, Subiaco

Fri, 12 Oct 2007 06:47:27 GMT

The Station Street Markets add life and colour to Subiaco but they are scheduled to be demolished in early November. To protect Subiaco's 'village vibe' and save the Markets for everyone in Perth to enjoy you can:

* Tell everyone off line about the Markets
* Come to the demonstration march. Assemble at the Markets at 1130 on Saturday 20 October and wear something yellow
* Join this group if you are on Facebook (and get your friends to do the same) http://ndedu.facebook.com/group.php?gid=5598818378

'Market traders told to quit' Post 22 Sept 2007 http://www.postnewspapers.com.au/20070922/news/005.shtml

Flyer distributed around Subiaco http://www1.freewebs.com/friendsofsubiacomarkets/

UWA Multicultural Week '07

Sat, 29 Sep 2007 13:19:04 GMT

The International Students Service (ISS) of UWA is holding a series of events in conjunction with Multicultural Week (MCW) '07 from 2 Oct to 5 Oct.

The events are as the following:

Tuesday (2/10) 12-2pm sees the opening ceremony of MCW at the UWA Guild courtyard. There would be a sausage sizzle and a multicultural performance.

Wed (3/10) 6-10pm hails the Talent Night which would be held at Utopia (Northbridge). Tickets are still selling. It's $10 for audiences, which entitles you to one free bubble tea on that night and an hour of karaoke valid until 31 December 2007!! Get your tickets now from the ISS stall which will be open on Monday and Tuesday for the week (1/10 - 5/10).

Thursday (4/10) 6-10pm is the main highlight of MCW - Spring Feast! Centering around the Guild Courtyard, it is a night food and games market with 40 over stalls and live performance. Show bags will be given out to the first 1000 visitors! Come along and have fun!

Friday (5/10) marks the last day of MCW. The closing ceremony would be from 1 to 2 pm at the Guild. Later in the evening from 6 till 10pm, we have move screenings at Arts lecture halls such as Babel (American), My Sassy Girlfriend (Korean), and more!

For more information, visit the MCW webpage at http://web.mac.com/mcw07

Spammy spammy theatre

Wed, 26 Sep 2007 09:21:39 GMT

Hey LJ people!

I've been involved with Bedlam Theatre Company for a few years now, but this year is their tenth anniversary, and we're putting up Hamlet. I'm very excited, because I'm playing Queen Gertrude, which means a gorgeous dress and some very lovely lines! Woot! I've been coordinating the publicity as well, so I feel pretty involved with the whole thing. :)

Anyhow, I'd like for as many of you as possible to come and see this thing.

So here be the details;

Play dates: 3rd October – 6th October 2007
Times: All shows 8pm
Where: Drama Workshop Studio, Murdoch University, South Street, Murdoch, WA
Wheelchair accessible
How much: $10 general public; $5 Bedlam members; $8 groups (6+)
Tickets available through Murdoch Guild Shop (9360 6776); also available at the door

Thanks guys!

Love Bridget

Help required for a survey

Tue, 25 Sep 2007 16:10:38 GMT

I'm holding a small survey for one of my unit's project. It's on numbers and finding out whether it correlates with culture.

The targets are, if possible, UWA students.

There are only seven questions. Please be truthful and for privacy protection, all comments are screened and they will never be revealed to the public. Should they ever be required for public viewing, permission will be requested beforehand.

Link: Questionnaire

for those at UWA

Wed, 19 Sep 2007 07:48:55 GMT

When you get off the bus stop from the city and go down the slope to the tunnel leading to UWA, is that graffiti still there on the right hand side?

Renting

Tue, 11 Sep 2007 14:46:00 GMT

Is anyone having any luck finding a place to live that's not too far from town?

Hello

Mon, 10 Sep 2007 10:57:47 GMT

Hey guys,

I was wondering if any one of you Perthians know a TAFE institute for an international student such as myself to go to. Chances are high that I'll transfer my credits to university and get a degree, if possible. I'm studying social sciences at the moment but the course isn't giving me much. I'm not the type to deal with essay papers and deadlines. Thus, I'm willing change the field and do something related to IT as it's been my job for a while no. Plus, it involves as less human contact as possible, so.

Would be awesome if one of you had any insight about the courses like System Administration. Classes and teaching techniques.

Any advice would be appreciated.

Indian Spices

Sat, 08 Sep 2007 01:34:16 GMT

Anyone know of any good stores north of the river and/or Scarborough area that sell Indian spices?

I'm particularly after Mango Powder and fresh Curry Leaves.

any exterminators out there??

Tue, 04 Sep 2007 14:16:26 GMT

hi guys,
im a young student who lives by herself in a run down one bedroom apartment. i've got a massive cockaroach infestation going on at the moment. i've tried the sprays and the baits and its just too serious for that. i've looked into exterminators and they're quite expensive!

SO I was wondering if anyone could recommend or IS an exterminator who offers cheap/student prices??

help! im desperate!!!

Tue, 14 Aug 2007 03:59:52 GMT

Does anyone still have the recent First Edition of the Sunday times? As in the one that comes out at 10pm or so on Saturday night and is slightly different to the one that comes out on Sunday?

Survey of Australians re: Depression

Sat, 14 Jul 2007 09:50:43 GMT

My apologies for the spam, I've fixed the poll as advised. Results are now viewable to none, and you can feel free to ignore this anyway.

Intro: I'm Samantha and I'm doing a course in Marketing Management over the winter break, in which we have to create a marketing plan for Beyond Blue, an organisation which provides depression-related services mainly in the eastern states. They aren't associated with this, and won't be using the marketing plan.

As for your results, they are completely confidential. Your names (please don't include them), livejournal username, or otherwise, will not be released to anyone and your individual answers will not be published or released in any format.

Once again, sorry for the cross-posting and now for the double-posting too. Once again, your feedback would be really important to me on these questions, especially if you're between 13-30 and have ever lived in Western Australia.

View Poll: #1021285

Survey of Australians re: Depression

Fri, 13 Jul 2007 07:15:50 GMT

Introduction: My name is Samantha, and I'm doing a course at my uni (Murdoch) over the winter break, in which we have to do some research on depression and organisations which provide services and support for those suffering depression in Australia.

My profound apologies if this gets cross-posted, but your feedback would be really important to me on these questions, especially if you're between 13-30 and have ever lived in Western Australia.

Thank you in advance, you're all legends if you help me out on this one.

Edit: Duly noted, I will re-do the poll with privacy settings/etc and a bit more info for you all. Sorry, I was in a rush.

Edit2: PPS. I founded this comm back in '04. Great to see it active. :D

Thu, 05 Jul 2007 11:38:20 GMT

Come one, come all!

Upcoming performance for Bedlam Theatre Company

Sun, 24 Jun 2007 16:42:00 GMT

Bedlam Theatre Company presents:

A Resounding Tinkle

by N. F. Simpson

directed by Dominique Evans

All Mr and Mrs Paradock, respectable citizens, wanted the zoo to do was deliver them a nice little elephant. Something small, like the one they had last year. And instead, they’ve received a whopping great one. Whatever are they to do? As Middie Paradock so rightly worries, “people think you’re trying to go one better than everybody else.” Their mood isn’t improved by door-knocking comedians, cold-calling neighbours, and the stunning arrival of their Uncle Ted, and soon they’re bickering over all and sundry. Is six o’clock the right time of day to start a government? Do eagles need eye-glasses? And what kind of hat is best in the rain?

N. F. Simpson’s hilarious absurdist comedy was first performed in 1957, but its satirical bite is just as sharp fifty years on. Its cracking dialogue and witty one-liners will resonate with anyone who has rolled their eyes at someone far too concerned with what the Joneses next door think of their new patio. Australia has already learned to laugh at the trivialities of suburban life with Kath & Kim. Now it’s time to do it in the theatre – with an absurdist touch to make you pay attention!

Audiences will be delighted by director Dominique Evans’ faithful revival of a post-war English theatre classic. A night of wicked humour awaits them, proving that, in the end, sometimes it’s better just to order the giraffe instead.

PERFORMANCE DATES:
Thursday 5 July, 7.30pm
Friday 6 July, 7.30pm
Saturday 7 July, 7.30pm

VENUE:
Murdoch University Drama Workshop
(nearest Carpark 4, off South Street)

TICKET PRICES:
$5 (general public)
Gold coin (Bedlam members)

BOOKINGS & INFORMATION:
Ph: 0432 969 560 (Damian Smith)
Email: bedlam_tc@hotmail.com

Unit problems, advice please!

Tue, 05 Jun 2007 14:07:27 GMT

In one of my units the lecturer changed the date of one assessment (and wont allow me to sit it, since I missed the new date) and then changed the time of the Oral exam component, so I missed that.

At no point was I informed of any of these chages, despite the lecturer having both my private email address (we have communicated via email a number of times) and of course my university student email.

Do I have grounds for a complaint?
I am withdrawing from this unit next semester, and will study cross institutionally, rather than risk next semesters grades!

Thanks!