Semester I Chatter Thread (2007) (2 Viewers)

[Libbster]

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anyone go to the protest today? were there any awesome police clubbings of dirty communists?

i came out of old teacher's college and there was a paddy wagon and about 6 cop bikes parked out the front. i want to know if the paddy wagon was actually used.

 

[Nebuchanezzar]

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No. They followed us down to Belmore Park and sat there watching us. I'd left about half an hour past when it finished and they were all still there. The amount of cops they had there was a freaking joke though.

 

[jb_nc]

Re: Semester I 2007 - Chatter Thread!

No. They followed us down to Belmore Park and sat there watching us. I'd left about half an hour past when it finished and they were all still there. The amount of cops they had there was a freaking joke though.

there was a few undercover too... one of tem took heaps of photos

cant believe there were no clubbings/pepper spraying of commies

 

[taco man]

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Honestly i was in the middle of a tute... all the noise they made was quite off putting.

But yea I saw quite a few policemen and horses out at victoria park...so i guess thats why they were all there for.

 

[Nebuchanezzar]

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there was a few undercover too... one of tem took heaps of photos

Lol. Yes. They don't hide which ones are undercover. There was some dude taking heaps of notes and everything too, from some newspaper.

 

[Triangulum]

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Why were there police in OTC? I was leaving it and I had to stand aside for about half a dozen policemen, and it's not as if it's a hotbed of crime or revolutionary discontent.

I was sitting in the quad during the people-talking-to-the-crowd bit and one of the garbled female voices sounded like she was about to burst into tears, she was so shocked and appalled by whatever she was protesting about.

 

[velox]

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Lol. Yes. They don't hide which ones are undercover. There was some dude taking heaps of notes and everything too, from some newspaper.

next time im gonna take photos of undercover cops lololololz

 

[Nebuchanezzar]

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I waved to one of those faceless henchmen. I rock. Rage against some machine, et cetera.

 

[Triangulum]

Re: Semester I 2007 - Chatter Thread!

I waved to one of those faceless henchmen. I rock. Rage against some machine, et cetera.

Fight the system, dude!

 

[Nebuchanezzar]

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Machine sounds better.

 

[jb_nc]

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Just incase anyone didn't see that might be interested: http://www.usyd.edu.au/news/84.html?newsstoryid=1693. It's tomorrow

 

[Sparcod]

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On the topic of "Demand a better future"...
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,21659877-1702,00.html

SMALLER than expected crowds turned up at rallies today as student unions launched a campaign against the Federal Government's policies on higher education, climate change and industrial relations.

I hate the Discipline of Accounting. They are tres gh3y. So much for releasing results at 5pm and not realising that 1000 students logging on at once would screw up the servers. Now we may not get them until tomorrow. I so wanted to get them *cuts*

I know. I know. What a shame.

 

[Triangulum]

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NUS president Michael Nguyen said he was "probably disappointed" by crowds of only a few hundred in Sydney and Melbourne, after predictions that numbers could exceed 1000.

"It's because this is not a reactionary campaign," Mr Nguyen said.

"This is a positive campaign about the youth perspective."

I don't see what the link between 'non-reactionary, positive campaign' and 'low turnout' is. Anyone?

 

[stazi]

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i think it's because people just don't give a shit anymore. with VSU there was something to protest about. Right now, there's nothing major going on to protest about.

 

[jb_nc]

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yeah i remember those protests and from what the union/src from most universities would lead you to believe is that the world would implode (this is from what i saw on the media). well it didnt and no one cares now

 

[latvia]

Re: Semester I 2007 - Chatter Thread!

funny, i actually love some of my classes
the atmosphere,
the laughter,
the warmth,
the fresh feeling that never gets renewed over time.
ironically
sometimes the bigger the distance some people are from you
the better you feel around them
when they seem closer
they are actually stepping further away
from the honest doors of yours
with a smirk on their face
waving not at you
but at their egos

 

[tennille]

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Man, uni is shite this semester. Physical chemistry labs are shocking and the amount of assignments I get is unbelievable (I have four due next week). I don't have a social life anymore.

 

[Nebuchanezzar]

Re: Semester I 2007 - Chatter Thread!

Organic chemistry ftw.

funny, i actually love some of my classes
the atmosphere,
the laughter,
the warmth,
the fresh feeling that never gets renewed over time.
ironically
sometimes the bigger the distance some people are from you
the better you feel around them
when they seem closer
they are actually stepping further away
from the honest doors of yours
with a smirk on their face
waving not at you
but at their egos

...

 

[Libbster]

Re: Semester I 2007 - Chatter Thread!

Man, uni is shite this semester. Physical chemistry labs are shocking and the amount of assignments I get is unbelievable (I have four due next week). I don't have a social life anymore.

i actually like physical better than organic, but they're both pretty bad. but at least i can repeat physical pracs if i get a shit mark. i repeated one today, it took me 20 mins to prepare everything and then i had to wait an hour for a freaking machine :burn: i better get more than 7/10 or i'll be pissed

 

[tres bien]

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I agree with Tennille... uni is absolutely shocking this semester. We have sooo much work to do and now I have to start studying for my exams. I haven't looked at ANY lectures for two of my subjects (both neuro subjects). I'm stuffed. I have done all my assessments so far (and for PCOL(toxicology) I have failed three out of three quizzes worth 6% each).

Omg, I saw Stas irl for the first time EVER.. took a couple of years lol.