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DRONES, REVOLUTION & VODKA | HOLI | LOST IN TRANS-LATION | WATER POLO | GOING GREEN + GOSSIP GOAT

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P R O B L E M S O LV I N GReminiscing about International Night (11 April), we thought it fitting to explore some of the

different ways of solving problems around the world ...

Source: Jérôme Vadon (via www.elitedaily.com)

INTERNATIONAL GUIDELINES FOR

COUNTRIES (top to bottom, from left): Germany, USA, Russia, China, UK, Ireland, Spain, Italy, Switzerland, Bel-gium, France, Iceland, India, North Korea, South Africa, Greece, Australia, Brazil, Finland, Sweden, Jamaica

SAY WHAT?

Many languages have 50, 000 words or more, but individual speakers normally know and use only a fraction of the total vocabulary — in everyday conversation people use the same few hundred words

the relationship between words and their meaning is fascinating, and there are so many feelings and ideas that we cannot even put words to — in English at least.

Here are some of the most won-derful, elusive, and ingenious words that have no single equiv-alent in the English language that could be considered a direct translation ...

Kabelsalat (german) A tangled mess of cables; literally

“cable-salad”•

Calaccino (italian) The mark left on a table by a

cold glass

Age-tori (japanese)To look worse after a haircut

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Gulseong-gulseong (korean)Eyes filled with tears, which are about to fall but have yet to run

out of the eyes•

Gurfa (arabic) The amount of water you can scoop up with just one hand

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Pana po’o (hawaiian)Scratching your head in order

to remember something you’ve forgotten

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Badkruka (swedish) Someone who is reluctant to get into the water when swimming

outside•

Chantepleurer (french) Singing and crying at the same

time•

Iktsuarpok (inuit) The feeling of anticipation that leads you to go outside to check

if anyone is coming; indicates element of impatience

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Pochemuchka (russian) Someone who asks a lot of ques-tions — too many questions ...

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Sobremesa (spanish) The period of time after a meal

when you have food-induced conversations with people you

have shared a meal with •

Pålegg (norwegian) Anything that could be put on a

slice of bread•

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Words With No English Equivalent Condensation and food-induced conversations have never sounded so poetic ...

Source Eurotalk (www.eurotalk.com)

WORDS ARE BUT SYMBOLS FOR THE RELATIONS OF THINGS TO ONE ANOTHER, AND TO US; NOWHERE DO THEY TOUCH UPON THE ABSOLUTE TRUTH—Friedrich Nietzsche

◄ LEFT: International Night 2013 – Procession of the Flag Bearers repre-senting each of the 40 or so countries that the residents of Menzies come from!

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Holi22 march

Photographer Roger Lee

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THE TIMEWE THREW PAINT AT EACH OTHERAPRIL 4 ~ 18

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*En route to the Ranch* ‘If I don’t wake up in a gutter, I won’t be happy’ JOHN SPRATT, taking the motto ‘if in doubt, Ranch it out’ to heart [or liver]

‘If my hips were boobs

they’d be big’

MATT EVERETT — unfortunately

(or fortunately), no context was given for

this proclamation; interpret what you

will ...

BONNIE GROAT, someone get her some Quilton 3 Ply – stat.

Bonnie: ‘I don’t want to go to Mac [Centre], but I have to’

Alex Hill: ‘Why’s that..?’

Bonnie: ‘So I no longer have to use serviettes to wipe my bum’

‘I want to see how long I can go without watching any of the [accounting] lectures ...’

CHRIS MARLOW, Accounting Tutor for 2014 — but can

we (ac)count on him ..?

‘PEOPLE JUST

SHOULDN'T WEAR BARE

FEET’ KATIE HOST, doesn’t mean to

sound arch, but would toe-tally prefer it if

people weren’t so callus

‘I’ve given up smoking, but I just can’t give up candy’ ANTHONY BIRCH, slowly working his way toward a healthier life-style – remember, time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana

There are

50, 000characters in the Chinese

language – you need to know

about 2, 000 to read a newspa-

per

Source: http://www.edudem-ic.com/language-quiz/

‘Mapping Stereotypes’ by YANKO TSVETKOV

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Water Polo & SwimmingINTER-COLLEGE

30/03/14Correspondant Molly Goudie (sports committee)

We Came. We Floun-dered. We Polo’d.

Upper hand RMC showed off strong College spirit both on the sidelines and within the pool (a.k.a. arena-of-death)

Big moment Joce Bartram’s super-human prowess in goals; also, Menzies Women’s & Men’s Relay Teams (com-ing 1st and 2nd, respectively)

Could’ve changed when ... The Julia Jelbart and Molly Gouldie attack combo pom-melled the opposition’s goal with shots

Things went swimmingly for ... Visually impaired players – namely, Roger and Aaron #DemAznGenetics – who played without glasses ... there was some concern that they’d mistake short, tubby opponents for the ball, how-ever both soldiered on!

Not so swimmingly for Team structure, which, at times, verged on ‘Chaos Theory’ (10 points for effort, though!)

What does it all mean? This ordeal round of Inter-Coll Sports sees Menzies staying in the Top-3 of the ladder!

Whilst the Men didn’t fair too well against the Village, they managed to score one goal against DLC (credit to Timmy Pearson). The Women’s Team held their own, 2 – 3 to DLC, and, quite impressively, 7 – 0 to Menzies!! • ––––––––––––––––––––UP NEXT: NETBALL (SAT 3RD MAY, MQU GYM)

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RMCSA is on FACEBOOK!

Would you like to to know what’s going on in College?

Want to find out about events and (sexual) services beforehand?

Do you enjoy looking through photos from Formal Dinners, sporting events, social shindigs and general College shenanigans?

If this sounds like you, simply search ‘Robert Menzies College Stu-dent Association’ and LIKE our Facebook Page to stay in the loop!

0Block Captains

Correspondant Bonnie Groat (Community Rep)

Hot [alright, so somewhat lukewarm] off the press — your Block Captains for 2014 are:

April Webster (A) Adelaide Waller (B)Evie Mehinick (C)

David Cant (D)Hannah Stevens (N)Matthew Everett (S)

RMC CHANT!!!

The competition to submit a RMC Chant to be used at sporting and other events is still open! Not only will the writer of the best chant win a free movie ticket, but will also have their name go down in Menzies’ History as the creator, nay, genius behind the Chant

... What are you waiting for?

Submit to Bonnie (N317) by the end of Semester One

Groves on the Grassdlc courtyard / ubar

friday 2 may

Our first Inter-College Social Event, featuring your fellow

Collegians serenading, remix-ing, and rocking-out to your

favourites!

Kick-on and pick-up the pace at uBar Afters to enjoy some #PhatBeats with ’ya mates

(brah.)

Please contact the Social Com-mittee (Megan, Liz, Mac, Max)

if you’d like to perform

MENZIESGOES

GREEN!

RMC’S GREEN INITIA-TIVES

Although the 10 Ways to Save En-ergy campaign may have ended last month, it doesn’t mean your energy-saving efforts should too – after all, isn’t this a great habit to maintain?

Congratulations to all our Mem-ber’s who participated in our campaign throughout March by turning off unnecessary power outlets and/or lights, and becom-ing more energy conscious.

Here are but some of our favou-rite RMC contributions to the MQ Sustainability Facebook Page (www.facebook.com/macquar-iesustainability) ...

TOP-DOWN: Ivana washes her clothes in cold water and dries them in the cold – 10 points to Gryffindor! // Leon can teach

you not only how to Dougie, but also how to turn off your plugs

at the mains // Livia – SVF Rep 2014 – chilling with her new enviro-friendly clothes drier

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .The next of RMC’s Green Ini-tiaitves is ‘Keeping it R-Rated’ ... (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, that is) — stay tuned! •

UPCOMING VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES

North Ryde Fun Run

4 of our lovely Members are already involved this Rotary Club Event (happening 19 October 2014) as Organisers – keep your ears open for volunteering and participa-tion opportunities closer to the date!

www.northryderotary.com/Site-Page/north-ryde-fun-run-project/welcome

Ivanhoe Study Shed

A rewarding opportunity to help children and young adults in your local communi-ty – by guiding them through their school work, and serv-ing as a positive role model

Interested? Please send Expressions of Interest to Alex Hill (B116)

Bushcare@MQ

Launched in October 2008, this Group is for those who’d like to help preserve the bio-diversity of MQ’s beautiful campus – you too can join in each month and find your in-ner green-thumb, spend some time outdoors, and meet like-minded individuals

http://www.mq.edu.au/about_us/strategy_and_initiatives/sustain-ability/areas_of_focus/biodiversity/bushcaremq/

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Writer Alex Hill

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gossip goat{ XOXO }

THE FIRST LAD(D)Y

Ever since I laid eyes on her at Awkward Lunch, I’ve been bessoted with our Leading Lady Taylor Anderton. I would gladly be the sound block to her Pres-idential Gavel, but how do I let her know my true feelings? Infatuated Fresher, N-Block

Ahhh, a classic case of the Fresh-er Pheremones... To match her standing within College, I would recommend emulating the strat-egies of prominent world leaders: —in this case, Gladimir Putin’s Three-Point Plan to Success:

1. Go outdoors and show her your adventurous side. Some goat-to options include feeding baby elk, swimming with dolphins, and wading through Siberian Lakes

2. Declare your love in a Manifes-to – it’s been tried-and-tested by Engels and Mao, it’ll work for you! I’ve sourced a template for your reference:

TODAY, WE WRITE A MANIFESTO

TODAY, OUR SECOND SENTENCE STARTS WITH THE FIRST WORD

OF THE FIRST SENTENCE.

WE WRITE A SHORT SENTENCE.

THEN A SHORTER ONE.

THEN A REALLY LONG ONE THAT MAYBE DOESN’T MAKE SENSE BUT IS IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWED BY

ONE. WORD. SENTENCES.

THEN WE MAKE OUR POINT EVEN CLEARER.

BY USING FRAGMENTED PREPOSI-TIONAL PHRASES.

BY REPEATING THAT FIRST PREPOSITION.

BY DOING IT A TOTAL OF THREE

TIMES.

AND THEN WE HAVE ANOTHER REALLY LONG SENTENCE THAT

BUILDS UP EXCITEMENT FOR OUR OVERARCHING CONCEPT THAT IS SUMMED UP IN A WORD THAT MAKES ABSOLUTELY NO SENSE:

KUMQUAT.

3. Invade a small neighbouring-ter-ritory and claim it in her honour (I hear the Freshers in A-Block have been pairing up faster than chromosomes, and may need your help in ‘restoring order’)

Should things fall through, there’s always Sadimir’s Contin-gency Plan:

4. Retreat, and listen to Yegor Timberlake’s smash hit: Crimea River whilst your recover

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INTRODucINg mENzIEs’ NEwEsT guRu: here to answer your questions about College, Uni, and life’s other conundrums

EWE-GINA GEORGE’S DIARY: AN EXTRACT

Let me tell you something about A-Block. We were best of Blocks last year. I

know, right? It’s soooo em-barrassing. I don’t even

– whatever.

So then this year, like, if we would blow them off

to hang out with the other blocks, they’d be like, “Why don’t we get invited to hang

out?” and then we’re like, “A-block we can't invite you, because you’re all together”

I mean I couldn't have 20 couples showing PDA at my party! There were gonna be needy singles there – I mean,

right?

So then their RT called my RT and started yelling, it was so retarded. Now

nobody sees A-block. Only at dinner where they all sit together – totally weird I

know. So now I guess they’re all in ‘love’ or something...

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15 16 17 18Good Friday — TCM Service

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