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It wasn’t the sort of beginning you’d imagine would make for a gold medal-winning team. On the last day of registration, second year industrial design student Brylee McFarlane was ringing up friends from uni, begging
them to join a mixed touch team to compete to qualify for the Australian University Games. Full Story
Toilet graffiti is a part of University life that few of us can escape. Every year many students succumb to the illicit thrill of getting something off their chest on the back of a cubicle door. The attraction is easy to understand. Not only do you get to reach a large, captive, audience over a period of months but you also get to break the rules with minimal risk of getting caught.
Full Story
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In April of this year Bachelor of Visual
Communications student Chris Edser went to a
Melbourne design conference with a sample of his work. The third year UniSA student returned with
two trips overseas. Full Story
UniSA’s 2003 scholarships brochure is hot off the press and available at a Campus Central or
Learning Connection office near you. The brochure contains information about 71 different scholarships on offer and there really is something for everyone.
Full Story
Other stories
Your two cents worth could win you a laptop
Do you think printing quotas should be higher? Wish your campus was a better place to socialise? Whatever issues are on your mind, the University wants to hear about them – and you could win a laptop computer for sharing your thoughts.
Weighing it up
When Debbie Lewis tells people she’s a weightlifter, many jokingly say ‘Don’t hit me!’
Online enrolment under the microscope
In January this year UniSA became the first Australian university to allow its students to enrol themselves online into all their classes, with the introduction of the new student information system, Medici.
New book showcases student work
Piping Shrike: ex nihilo , made its way to the public bookshelves with a launch held on July
11 at Imprints Booksellers.
Feet, body image and technology
Ghassan Abimosleh often gets accused of having a foot fetish. After all, the 25-year-old podiatrist has devoted most of his adult life solving people’s foot problems.
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nternational partnership opens up exchange opportunities
An agreement signed between UniSA’s
Division of Education, Arts and Social
Sciences and the University of Calgary has opened up overseas study and ‘virtual’ exchange opportunities for students from the
School of Education, and the School of Social
Work and Social Policy.
Extra stories
Easier library access for visual communications students
Students studying graphic design, typography and illustration can now access specialist library resources from the City West library, instead of having to go to
Underdale campus.
Magill Learning Connection on the move
Magill’s Learning Connection has temporarily relocated while a new building is constructed. The office is now in the CA building, just behind Campus
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October/November 2002 issue of Students@UniSA
Closing date: September 25, 2002
Distribution: October 15, 2002
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Marketing Development Unit - Students@UniSA Aug/Sept '02 Poetry
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180 degrees of awakening
We learn to live months like this rooms kept, unkept & unused hot & cold, luke warm & cool like a tapeworm. In the mornings i wake up almost violently, a headache the remnants of an unfinished argument.
But you wake up peacefully, warm with sex; always gently waking me up.
I am your grumpy bum with a hard on.
Accepting that the day will stay incomprehensible for another fifteen minutes, I find myself learning that
I am so many different types of nakedness in front of you. Even when just staring at the ceiling. about the ceiling, if I stared at it any more than I do, I would be a prostitutecareful to dodge the morning light, which strikes the K-mart dishes I still haven’t done, glazing the room like olive oil.
Tasting movement around me
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Samith Pich
Fancy yourself as a modern-day Wordsworth or TS Elliot? Or perhaps you’re of the Dorothy Porter or Jewel schools. Whatever your poetry style, don’t let it go unread – send it in to the
Students@UniSA poetry competition. Some of the best entries will be published, with one winning a $50 book voucher, donated by the kind people at Imprints Booksellers. The competition is open to all enrolled UniSA students. Entries should be emailed to unisa. news@unisa.edu.au
The winner of this issue's competition is Samith Pich. To read some of the other entries, click here.
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Marketing Development Unit - Students@UniSA Aug/Sept '02 Touch
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Touch and go: Members of the UniSA mixed touch team that will compete in the up-coming Australian University Games. Clockwise from left, Brylee
McFarlane, Steve Rowe, Rachelle McKay, Amanda Crawford and Ezyl Jabinal
Photo: Sam Noonan
It wasn’t the sort of beginning you’d imagine would make for a gold medal-winning team. On the last day of registration, second year industrial design student Brylee McFarlane was ringing up friends from uni, begging them to join a mixed touch team to compete to qualify for the Australian University Games.
Her enthusiasm rubbed off, and Brylee managed to scrape together a team for the Southern Regional Games in Bendigo: Marty
Frauenfelder, Craig Barlow, Amanda Crawford, Chloe Henderson,
Ezyl Jabinal, Leonie Harris, Jade Paddison, Pete Snowdon,
Rachelle McKay and Steve Rowe. Aged between 18 and 32, the team members had a varied level of touch competition experience – some, like Brylee, had played for years and represented South
Australia, while others hadn’t set foot on a touch field before.
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"We’d never really played as a team before Bendigo," says Brylee,
"So it was a bit of a shock to do so well."
"For us it’s more about having fun than anything – but of course winning gold was huge bonus."
Brylee says the best thing about being part of a university sporting team has been the friendships.
"It’s so worthwhile to join a club. The camaraderie that you build up is amazing – especially when you travel as a team," she said.
"It also gave me a great introduction to touch. I would never have been able to play in the State league if I hadn’t started with UniSA, which as it happens, boasts the biggest touch league in South
Australia at the moment."
The UniSA mixed touch team is just one of a host of teams and individuals who will be representing UniSA at the Australian
University Games which will be held in Adelaide for the first time from September 29 to October 4.
Other teams to successfully qualify include the men’s and women’s volleyball teams, men’s baseball, and men’s water polo. UniSA students will also be competing individually in athletics, cycling, diving, judo, tae kwon do and swimming.
Billed as Australia’s largest multi-sport event, the games are predicted to attract 6,000 student athletes from 50 universities.
UniSA will be hosting the Ultimate Frisbee event at Underdale campus.
UniSA Students Association sport and recreation officer, Julie
Anderson, said that although some elite athletes – such as
Commonwealth Games hammer thrower, Brooke Krueger – would be competing at the games, there was plenty of opportunity for the not-so-athletic to participate.
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For more information on the Australian University Games, visit the website at www.unisport.com.au
. If you want to volunteer at the
Australian University Games, contact the games office 8410 0666.
Charlotte Knottenbelt
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Marketing Development Unit - Students@UniSA Aug/Sept '02 Graffiti
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Toilet graffiti is a part of University life that few of us can escape.
Every year many students succumb to the illicit thrill of getting something off their chest on the back of a cubicle door. The attraction is easy to understand. Not only do you get to reach a large, captive, audience over a period of months but you also get to break the rules with minimal risk of getting caught.
However the University doesn’t always see the funny side. Kevin Smart is the uni’s facilities maintenance co-ordinator, the man responsible for keeping your toilets tidy and functional. Speaking exclusively to
Smart outlines the uni’s graffiti flashpoints.
"The main external areas are at City West, especially the childcare centre. It’s attacked almost every weekend," he says. "The main internal areas are toilet doors and walls and tablet arms to tutorial and lecture theatre seating. We try to remove graffiti from public areas as soon as possible, but usually have to wait until semester breaks to remove graffiti from tutorial rooms."
Smart says that various methods of removal are used. "Generally manual scrubbing using a brush or steel wool with chemicals or Yuk Off, the occasional water blast. If we can’t remove the graffiti we call in a commercial cleaner who will steam clean the area.
A sacrificial coating is also applied to problem areas."
The bottom line: Smart estimates the annual cost of graffiti removal to the University to be approximately
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Marketing Development Unit - Students@UniSA Aug/Sept '02 Graffiti deferred). This includes $3,000 in materials, $3,000 in labour and $5,000 in repainting toilet walls and doors.
If these sobering facts don’t dampen your enthusiasm for toilet graffiti, try sticking to these simple guidelines…
Stay with the times: Writing ‘For a good time call
(your best mate’s number) and ask for (your best mate’s name)’ is a bit old.
Stick to the facts # 1: ‘Linkin Park
’, is a more accurate statement than ‘Linkin Park
.
Stick to the facts #2: Writing intimate details about someone on a toilet wall is a sure sign that you’ve made it all up after they rejected you.
Keep it relevant: Nobody cares which footy team you support.
Keep it real: Tags are photographed and sent to the police for the purpose of busting the offenders.
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Marketing Development Unit - Students@UniSA Aug/Sept '02 Creative Ideas
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Some of the work that won Chris Edser two overseas trips
In April of this year Bachelor of Visual
Communications student Chris Edser went to a Melbourne design conference with a sample of his work. The third year
UniSA student returned with two trips overseas.
Chris won the Fabrica Scholarship – which entitles him to study in Italy for up to 12 months at a design studio sponsored by Benetton – and the Interactive Media Award, which will see him travel to the US for one week in order to attend a related conference or exhibition.
"In some ways, it still hasn’t sunk in," said Chris, who entered his work in a design competition run as part of the
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"I became nervous when I saw my name on the multimedia finals list and couldn’t believe it when I won the major award (the Fabrica Scholarship)."
Chris plans to complete his degree at UniSA this year before studying in Italy.
"I’ve been working extra hard at uni so I can justify the award," said Chris, who majors in illustration.
Chris designed a plasticine animation which had to comply with the competition’s theme, a visual interpretation of
Creativity = Risk. It ends with the statement ‘sometimes the most creative solution can be, not taking any risk at all.’
"I think the end might have given me an edge," says Chris.
Chris has some advice for other students who are considering entering future competitions: "Never discount anything, just because it may seem out there at first. Each year there is a different theme, but don’t be afraid to explore ideas that may seem impossible at first."
What’s the best thing about UniSA’s Bachelor of Visual
Communication degree?
"It focuses on creativity and idea generation," Chris says.
"…the course is respected and opens up new ways of thinking."
He has checked out the Fabrica studio’s internet site and says it seems to have endless resources, a huge library and is architecturally amazing.
"While there seems to be unlimited access to resources, it is the ideas that are the foundation," he said. "The lecturers I have had push for these good ideas which then form the basis of the designs."
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I have studied at the Fabrica studio," he said.
By Jessica Clarke
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Marketing Development Unit - Students@UniSA Aug/Sept '02 scholarships
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Transition grant recipient Melanie Macrow with her children and partner Scott Smelter
UniSA’s 2003 scholarships brochure is hot off the press and available at a Campus Central or Learning Connection office near you. The brochure contains information about 71 different scholarships on offer and there really is something for everyone.
There are grants for people from rural areas, grants for people from
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander backgrounds, scholarships for people on low incomes, ones awarded on academic achievement, and specific grants for people studying everything from nursing and biomolecular chemistry to geology, visual arts and IT.
Melanie Macrow is a part-time student in her first year studying for a double degree in Business Management and Arts (international studies) who was recently awarded a UniSA Transition Grant worth
$1,000. Transition Grants are awarded every year to people who have experienced some sort of educational disadvantage and are beginning an undergraduate degree at UniSA.
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Marketing Development Unit - Students@UniSA Aug/Sept '02 scholarships application was a load off her mind.
"To have my books and amenity fees paid for the next couple of years is a wonderful relief," she said.
"For those students not sure about making the effort, I’d say absolutely do it! I wasn’t sure if I’d even be considered because I was only going to study part-time, but by taking a little bit of time to fill in the application and get a friend to do their bit, I received
$1,000."
Charlotte Knottenbelt
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Marketing Development Unit - Students@UniSA Aug/Sept '02 Win laptop
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Do you think printing quotas should be higher? Wish your campus was a better place to socialise? Whatever issues are on your mind, the University wants to hear about them – and you could win a laptop computer for sharing your thoughts.
This month UniSA is emailing every on-shore student, seeking feedback about your experience at uni, via the online Student
Experiences Questionnaire. Now in its fourth year, the questionnaire provides the University with the information it needs to make sure your time at uni lives up to expectations. This year there will be separate questionnaires for coursework and research degree students.
Senior planning officer Deborah Tranter said previous surveys had had a real impact on service improvement, with changes made to things such as computer facilities and catering as a result of the student responses.
"Because of feedback received through the questionnaire the
University introduced computer barns and walk-up computers, the
Mawson Lakes cafeteria was upgraded, and major improvements are being made to our campus environments," she said.
Other changes as a result of student feedback included improved audiovisual facilities in lecture theatres, better seating in tutorial rooms, and a more generous printing quota .
In response to feedback from last year’s questionnaire, a review of catering on all campuses is currently under way, and efforts are being made to secure more student accommodation.
"It’s really important that the students provide that feedback," said
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Marketing Development Unit - Students@UniSA Aug/Sept '02 Win laptop we can improve services."
Students respond to the Student Experiences Questionnaire will go in the draw to win a laptop computer. The questionnaire is just one aspect of UniSA’s efforts to improve services for students.
For more information on student service initiatives, visit the website www.unisa.edu.au/servicestrategy
Charlotte Knottenbelt
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Marketing Development Unit - Students@UniSA Aug/Sept '02 online enrolment
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In January this year UniSA became the first Australian university to allow its students to enrol themselves online into all their classes, with the introduction of the new student information system, Medici.
By the end of the process, more than 20,000 students had completed their 2002 enrolment online – but it was not a process without its glitches. While many students breezed through enrolment in a matter of minutes, others were ready to pull their hair out after hours at the computer.
In an effort to identify and iron out any problems, UniSA has conducted a review into online enrolment, surveying 3,000 students, and receiving feedback on the enrolment process from
Campus Central, Learning Connection and the Students
Association.
Director of Student and Academic Services, Lucy Schulz, said the review had identified two major issues that needed to be addressed.
"Some people who needed assistance when they were enrolling reported difficulty in making contact with the University, and we got a lot of feedback saying that the enrolment interface was unfriendly."
Schulz said other concerns that emerged related to the quality of information given to students to help them enrol; inequities in enrolment appointment times; difficulty in logging on to Medici, especially off-campus; problems with fees invoices; problems with class size restrictions; difficulties with log-ons and passwords; session timeouts (where the system would log out after 20 minutes and all data entered up to then was lost); and confusing terminology and dates. http://www.unisa.edu.au/mdu/students_Aug2002/online.htm (1 of 2)6/1/2004 11:31:03 PM

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However there were some successes noted by the review, one of them being the ‘enrolment buddies’, where students with strong IT skills were recruited to give one-on-one assistance to enrolling students in the computer pools. Schulz said that the buddy system would be continued in 2003.
"We have already started planning the improvements we know we need for 2003, including changes to how to enrol information, improvements to the web interface, developing standards and consistent formats for pre-enrolment advice sessions and an examination of support arrangements," she said.
"While there were some problems associated with our first online enrolment experience, we actually did it! We now have a convenient tool for students to enrol themselves virtually anywhere, anytime online, and that’s a terrific step forward towards our goal of student self-management and student-centred learning."
Student Association president, Gabrielle Hummel, said the Student
Association supported the review and commended the large sample of students involved in the initial survey, which the association helped conduct.
"We’re glad the University has conceded that things weren’t perfect," she said. "We’ll be keeping an eye on what they do with the data collected as part of the review and what sort of proposals they’ll be making."
Charlotte Knottenbelt
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Marketing Development Unit - Students@UniSA Aug/Sept '02 Feet
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Ghassan Abimosleh often gets accused of having a foot fetish.
After all, the 25-year-old podiatrist has devoted most of his adult life solving people’s foot problems.
While he points out that examining people’s flat feet, corns, and in­ grown toenails isn’t all that sexy – "when all you see is feet all day, the last thing you want to do is see them as sexual objects" – he does think that podiatrists need to be more aware of how feet influence body image.
Ghassan is nearing completion of a Masters by Research in Social
Science which looks at the reasons that people abandon foot orthotics – those moulded plastic insoles that fit in your shoes – and he’s found that a lot of it comes down to body image.
"Orthotics are one of the major therapies that podiatrists use, and they’ve been proven to work in a lot of cases, but in my experience as a podiatrist I noticed that many people still abandoned them," he said.
It’s estimated that anywhere between six and 50 per cent of people prescribed orthotics stop wearing them – and that’s a lot of money being wasted, considering they can cost up to $400 a set.
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Marketing Development Unit - Students@UniSA Aug/Sept '02 Feet more fashionable shoes, the technology was suffering from a decidedly uncool image.
"One of the study participants was instructed to wear her orthotics in what she described as ‘Clarks’ boy shoes’ - she wasn’t too happy about that," Ghassan said. "Another one described the shoes she wore hers in as ‘granny’ shoes, and said when she wore the orthotics she felt older."
"Just as some people with hearing impairments feel more natural not wearing a hearing aid, some people with foot problems don’t feel comfortable with orthotics… When people wear these devices their lived experience changes – orthotics can be experienced as an unnatural addition to the body."
Ghassan says he’s not questioning the effectiveness of orthotics – which, when properly used, can alleviate everything from flat feet to knee, hip and lower back problems – he just wants podiatrists to maintain thoughtful and flexible prescription methods which consider how orthotic use can influence a person’s body image.
"It’s just saying ‘some people have concerns about orthotics’ and we need to take those into consideration when we prescribe them.
Instead of saying that you have to wear the same orthotics in the same shoes for the rest of your life, podiatrists should support people to use and embody the technology in more ways."
Ghassan Abimosleh presented a paper on the social reasons for the under-use and abandonment of rigid foot orthoses at the 17 th
World Congress of Podiatry in Paris.
Charlotte Knottenbelt
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Marketing Development Unit - Students@UniSA Aug/Sept '02 weghtlifter
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When Debbie Lewis tells people she’s a weightlifter, many jokingly say ‘Don’t hit me!’
Even her parents were surprised with her sporting choice. "They both thought it was funny," she says. "My Dad thought I was going to turn into a big, fat, ugly woman."
Debbie didn’t turn into the muscly weightlifter stereotype. Nine years after taking up the sport, she still looks like an ordinary person.
But looks can be deceiving. She’s participated in countless weightlifting tournaments around the world, competing against the best in her lifting category. Debbie has come out the winner on 17 occasions, with her most memorable win being her last victory at the Boorandara Invitational in Melbourne last year.
"That was coming back after struggling through injury and I did a personal best (70 kilogram snatch and 87.5 kilogram clean-andjerk) at the time – it felt really good."
Debbie’s passion for weightlifting began when she attended St
Aloysius College as a year seven student. The PE teacher gave a weightlifting demonstration, and while Debbie’s friends were keen to participate, she wasn’t interested. But after giving the sport a go, she changed her mind.
And she’s taken weightlifting seriously ever since, training four times weekly, and adding extra sessions before competition. She also sticks to a healthy diet, and loses one to two kilograms before http://www.unisa.edu.au/mdu/students_Aug2002/Weightlifter.htm (1 of 2)6/1/2004 11:31:05 PM

Marketing Development Unit - Students@UniSA Aug/Sept '02 weghtlifter tournaments to fit into her competition weight category of 58 kilograms. Even though her regime may seem tough, her top results and love for competing give her the motivation to continue.
Debbie’s family also offers encouragement with her weightlifting.
"They’ve supported me through my whole career and will support me with whatever I do."
It’s this support and her determination which has pushed Debbie to continue with weightlifting, even in difficult times. At 17, she sustained her worst career injury yet – tendonitis in her left knee.
Following an operation, she couldn’t train, and considered quitting the sport. "It was in the back of my mind, but I knew in my heart I didn’t really want to give it up."
Nowadays, the 21-year-old’s passion for weightlifting has also led her into other areas. She’s completing her third year of Early
Childhood Education at UniSA, and coaches weightlifting beginners at the Sports Institute in Adelaide.
Debbie sees herself continuing with weightlifting in future. She also hopes her success will encourage other females to participate in the sport to boost its national profile. "I’d like to see more girls doing weightlifting. I’d like to work more closely with girls and get it going at schools," she says. "I don’t think weightlifting is big enough in
Australia."
By Natalie Di Fava
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Marketing Development Unit - Students@UniSA Aug/Sept Piping Shrike
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Professional writing student Barbara Reither and Mez Lee at the launch of Piping Shrike: ex nihilo
Piping Shrike: ex nihilo , made its way to the public bookshelves with a launch held on
July 11 at Imprints Booksellers.
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Marketing Development Unit - Students@UniSA Aug/Sept '02 Exchange
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Students@UniSA August/September 2002
An agreement signed between UniSA’s Division of Education, Arts and Social Sciences and the University of Calgary has opened up overseas study and ‘virtual’ exchange opportunities for students from the School of Education, and the School of Social Work and
Social Policy.
Two exchanges to study for one semester at Calgary (in Alberta,
Canada) are now available each year for social work and social policy students and there are opportunities for field placement.
Each year two education students can go for a semester each and there are also two ‘virtual exchange’ positions for education students in the web-based graduate level courses, where students can study online courses offered by Calgary, and receive credit for doing so. Travel grants are available through the International
Student Exchange Program.
On signing the agreement, UniSA’s Pro Vice Chancellor for
Education Arts and Social Sciences, Professor Michael Rowan, said he saw the partnership – which also involves collaboration in research and staff exchange – as a signal of UniSA’s increasing internationalisation.
"Universities have always been international, but for Australian universities the links have traditionally been back to the UK or the
US, so it’s great to see that we’re broadening our reach around the globe."
The new agreement follows the signing of a General International
Agreement between UniSA and the University of Calgary and similar understanding reached between UniSA’s School of
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Studying at Calgary is just one of the options open to students who wish to study abroad – UniSA has exchange agreements with 80 institutions around the world. For more information, contact international exchanges coordinator Karen English on 8302 0928, or email karen.english@unisa.edu.au
or visit the exchange web site www.unisa.edu.au/inr/exchange
Charlotte Knottenbelt
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Students studying graphic design, typography and illustration can now access specialist library resources from the City West library, instead of having to go to Underdale campus.
A decision was made by library management to relocate a discrete area of the collection dealing with graphic design, illustration, and packaging to the City West Campus Library.
The areas moved during the semester break are books and audiovisual materials in the call number ranges: 686 – 686.28
(typography) and 741.5 – 741.7 (design, illustration, packaging).
Library Lending Services staff at both campuses took part in the identification, collection and packing of materials, completing the move within the timeframe specified and with a minimum of inconvenience for patrons.
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Magill’s Learning Connection has temporarily relocated while a new building is constructed. The office is now in the CA building, just behind Campus Central and in the courtyard behind the auditorium.
The old buildings will be demolished and a new Learning
Connection will be constructed on the site, ready for the start of the
2003 academic year.
Magill Learning Connection manager, Carol Sutherland, said that although the location had changed, a few things have not.
"Our services for students are the same – counselling, disability services, Experiencebank and careers services, learning advice and international student services," she said.
Visit the Learning Connection website at www.unisanet.unisa.edu. au/learningconnection/
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Marketing Development Unit - Students@UniSA Aug/Sept '02 guidelines
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Students@UniSA is produced by the Marketing and Development unit for current students at the University of South Australia. It is a magazine-style, four page publication, with three issues a year (in
2002, April/May, Aug/Sept, and Oct/Nov). It is also published on the internet, where extra articles that don’t fit in the hard copy publication are published. It aims to communicate with UniSA’s student body, containing stories that highlight student achievement and endeavour, promote developments in student services, and inform students of relevant opportunities that exist both within the
University and in the wider community. There is also space for poetry, cartoons and artwork.
Unsolicited submissions are welcome, but publication is not guaranteed. Normal editorial rights to cut copy apply. It is recommended that you contact the editor to discuss your idea first it may not be suitable, or there may already be someone working on a similar story.
Word limits: Articles can be anywhere from 100 to 600 words.
Deadlines: The deadline for contributions is the 25 th of each month before publication (eg: for the August/September issue, deadline is
July 25). Distribution is on the 15 th .
Timing is of utmost importance. Consider when the article you are writing may appear in the publication. For example you may want to publicise something happening in early August – but the August/
Sept edition doesn’t come out until the 15 th and the deadline is July
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All articles must be approved by the people quoted in the article.
Photographs are used with the permission of the photographer. If you are sending in a photo, please include a caption of the people in the shot, along with the photographer’s name, making sure you have permission from the photographer. If emailing photos, ensure they are sized appropriately (about the size it should be published) and at least 300 dots per inch, in jpeg or tiff format.
Advertisements are booked through KRL media ph: 8231 5433 fax: 8212 1238 email: krl@katron.com.au
In-kind payment: Student contributors are offered book vouchers
(varying in amount dependant on length/type of contribution) as a token of thanks, only if and when contributions are published.
Submissions should be sent via email, marked attention to the editor, to unisa.news@unisa.edu.au
, or charlotte.knottenbelt@unisa. edu.au, or post to the editor, Students@UniSA, Marketing and
Development Unit, GPO Box 2471 Adelaide SA 5001.
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Students@UniSA is a publication produced by the University of
South Australia for its current students.
It aims to communicate with UniSA’s diverse student body, containing articles that highlight student achievement and endeavour, promote developments and initiatives in student services, and inform students of relevant opportunities that exist both within the University and in the wider community.
It also aims to promote the goals of the University and promote an image of the University as progressive, flexible, international and relevant.
Students@UniSA publishes stories at its discretion, written by students and staff in a vibrant manner, consistent with journalistic style of the newspaper and its aims.
Students@UniSA is not designed as a platform for student debate of matters of University policy for which there are other existing – and more regular – mechanisms and forums. In particular
Students@UniSA does not seek to duplicate the important role played by the Students Association’s own newspaper and publications which are forums for both student advocacy and reflection of student culture.
In 2002 Students@UniSA will be a four page publication produced three times a year (April/May, August/September and October/
November), and distributed as a stand-alone publication and as an insert to UniSANews, the University’s staff publication. It is also published on the internet.
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As a measure of commitment to continued improvement regular readership surveys will be conducted.
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