September 2009
4 posts
Holding Your Breath
(STUDENT LIFE)
- Words, Ben Madden.
During August of last year, in the middle of my Honours course, I began the process of applying to various universities in the United Kingdom to do my PhD there. In October of this year, I will commence my doctorate at York with a partial tuition waver, generous living stipend and a job on the editorial team of an academic journal. Success, as measured by...
In Conclusion...
- Connor O’Brien. Thanks all for voting, reading the mockup, offering advice, and generally supporting us throughout the campaign. It’s almost over now. Phew. Early on, the other team cottoned on to the fact that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. We hope that, whoever scores editorship of the publication, On Dit really will change for the better in 2010. And we like to...
Surviving the 20th Century
(CULTURE)
An interview with Alex Ciaravolo of 20th Century Graduates.
- Interview, Thalea Hurren.
20th Century Graduates are the fresh new darlings of Adelaide’s indie scene. Alex Ciaravolo from the band gives us a few quick facts about the best-educated band in town.
20th Century Graduates, what’s with the name?
We were kicking around ideas for a while, and Jeremy just came up...
On Slavoj Zizek: Thinking Though the Gaps in the...
(ONDIT-PEDIA)
- Words, Brendan De Paor-Moore. Illustration, Chloe Langford.
Slavoj Zizek, love or hate him, has earned the dubious and paradoxical title of ‘academic rock star’. The persona and style the Slovenian philosopher has established is vital to understanding the position he’s opened up in the public intellectual space. Zizek’s oratory is a headlong rush of trenchant observation and...
August 2009
10 posts
We're Not Done Yet!
- Myriam, Connor & Mateo
We’ve got the mockup online, but we’ve still got some good content coming. Every day this Election Week… we’ll be updating the Campaign for a NEW On Dit blog with new articles and pretty images, to pleasure your peepers.
If you’re an Adelaide University student, don’t forget to VOTE for a NEW On Dit. It’s easy. Head down to...
Leader of the Pack.
(CULTURE)
An interview with Leader Cheetah’s Joel Crannitch.
- Interview & photographs, Thalea Hurren.
It’s been a busy time lately for Joel and Dan Crannitch, Mark Harding, and Dan Pash. As Adelaide’s Leader Cheetah, their country-inspired indie-folk has captured hearts nationwide. Recommended listening: the energetic “Fly, Golden Arrow Part 1”, lilting...
Copy - It's Alright
(OPINION)
- Words, Joel Dignam.
In response to ‘The Ethos of Immediate Gratification’.
The cheap and efficient online distribution of digital music files is a technological breakthrough - a technological breakthrough that only benefits artists and consumers. File-sharing turns music into an infinite resource. It used to be the case that if one million people wanted a copy of...
I'm A Tutor... Get Me Out Of Here
(STUDENT/TUTOR LIFE)
- Words, Ben Revi.
I was offered my first teaching job at the wise old age of twenty-two. It was a fairly inauspicious introduction to the world of academic work. At the time, I was six months into my doctoral studies, and I had to complete my first major review. I was asked, as I later found out everyone was, if I’d considered using feminist approaches in my...
Goodbye.
(PHOTOGRAPHIC ESSAY)
- Words and photographs, Christopher Arblaster.
Grandma died on Wednesday. I don’t know specifics, but I understand she left us in the early hours of the morning – a suitably peaceful passing for a woman whose gentleness of spirit made Mother Theresa seem like Mike Tyson.
I visited grandma last Sunday. I didn’t visit her as often as I should have. For the...
Stuck in a Paddling Pool: Course Changes at the...
(STUDENT LIFE / OPINION)
- Words, Hannah Mattner. Photograph, Hannah Davis.
Change can be hard to deal with. The flipside: change can also make life better. The course structure changes facing Adelaide University students (implemented in one fell swoop at the beginning of 2009) have been hard to deal with, and have improved nothing whatsoever. The shift from a myriad of subject-appropriate unit...
The Ethos of Immediate Gratification
(OPINION)
- Words, Mateo Szlapek-Sewillo
Being a generation extended more privilege than any before, is it unreasonable for us to expect music to be easily attainable?
Being at uni has left (many of) us poor, politically left-of-centre, and desperate to appear hip. We support musicians and their work, but come on – paying for it? Besides, any chance to give a ‘fuck you’ gesture to those...
Impressions of a First Yearer
(STUDENT LIFE)
- Words, Sinead O’Shaughnessy. Photograph, Vera Ada.
As the fogies settle back into yet another semester, with the usual complaints about queues in UniBooks, and the ridiculous amount of money spent over the weekend getting smashed, a few hundred first years struggle their way through the cloudy abyss of university life. I’m one of them.
At the frivolity of O-Camp, I’m introduced...
We've Got Something to Prove
- Myriam, Connor & Mateo
Over the next couple of weeks, we’ll be posting new content from contributors to give you a feel for On Dit 2010 under an O’BRIEN/ROBIN/SZLAPEK-SEWILLO editorial team (the capitals are to help you remember our names. ).
Then, in a little over a week, we’ll upload a juicy mockup PDF issue of On Dit for your perusal. We don’t want to bore you...
Myriam, Connor, and Mateo say "Hello!"
- Myriam, Connor & Mateo
Are you an Adelaide Uni student? In a couple of weeks, you’ll be able to vote for who you’d like to edit On Dit - the Adelaide Uni student rag.
On Dit’s an old girl - founded all the way back in 1939. It’s been edited by Nick Xenophon, former Premier John Bannon, and poet Max Harris… and pulled in contributions from Julia Gillard,...