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Michael Cummins and Arnold Moss, two names not instantly recognisable to the average student, but no doubt have played some role – however minor – in the lives of students for the last fifty years, as the two resident pharmacists in the Campus Centre Pharmacy – who have only just taken their well-deserved retirement. Having known each other from when they themselves were studying, we were sure they had plenty of stories to tell about their own lives, and life at Monash – and sure enough they delivered. Aish: You’ve each spent 50 years together at Monash already. So what

With the 2025 Federal Election looming upon us, like a , the usual suspects will be bombarding our lives with all the usual gubbins on just why you should support their bid for government. It is also a time where all due diligent electors should be looking deeper than attack ads and flashy promises to make an informed decision on who one ought to cast their vote for. For it goes without saying, the most important part of our democracy is the electors themselves, not the elected. By going out and making an informed choice about what you believe to

It’s no secret that I have a history with protests.   I won’t lie, I know protests are annoying. They will block roads, cause traffic jams,  make it hard to get places, but that is kind of the point. Messages and chants enter the  public consciousness through the awareness generated by disruptive acts and become  such a hassle that eventually, the best way forward is to just give in and negotiate; even  if it takes years or decades.  I also know that I haven’t agreed with every protest, and I certainly don’t agree with  every protestor. But I think that as

Do you also fear love as much as you crave it?   I spent all of my first year sem break religiously watching Love Island, specifically Love Island US Season 6. How the obsession began is beyond me. But what exactly made me so hooked? See, I could watch any show, movie, documentary even but never any form of reality TV especially one that surrounds love because well, it’s doctored, manipulated, and far from real. Oh, the irony.  But me, I was too deep into the lore, the drama, the mess and the secrets to let this rest. Naturally, I

The Monash Student Council (MSC), the peak governing body of the MSA, is responsible for adopting the MSA’s positions on a variety of issues and assorted administrative duties. The student body ought to take an interest in MSC meetings as it is the representative body for students on campus, our intention is to provide coverage to keep students up-to-date. With quorum reached, MSC 1/25 was opened by Chair Sasha Braybrooke (President) at 11:24 and immediately adjourned for 10 minutes to resolve some technical difficulties. The actual meeting resumed at 11:34am by acknowledging that Monash University and the MSA are located

Do you like to yap or have an interesting taste in music, come join RADMON!  So, you like to yap. Your friends tell you that all you do is talk. Well guess what, we have the perfect remedy for that. Come and start a radio show! Radio Monash, located on the second floor of Campus Centre next to Sir John’s Bar runs weekly radio and podcast shows that any student can do. All you need to do is yap, (or don’t, you can legit just have cool music taste and show off why your Spotify Wrapped is the coolest amongst

  Image 1: NTEU protesters at the Monash University Chancellery speaking against the proposed changes. Photographer Mandy Li. Teachers at the Monash Arts Faculty are under pressure over the proposed new cuts by the University. While not yet confirmed, Monash has proposed changes to expand class sizes to over 70 students, reduce consultation hours and cut staffing levels, which could result in greater job insecurity for staff. The Australian government introduced new labour laws in August 2024, with the aim of reducing the casualised workforce of universities. Called the ‘closing loopholes’ law, the original intent was to provide a more

Note: This is the full version of the shortened interview that came out in Lot's Wife Edition 6 2024. It's very long. If you’ve been keeping up with Lot’s Wife on any of our social media pages (plug at end of article alongside NTEU socials), you might have noticed something that pops up every so often: our coverage and support for the Monash NTEU members. Earlier this year, we received and published an article titled Teaching Conditions are our Learning Conditions in Edition one that goes back to the basics of what Monash NTEU members have been fighting for and

Note: The full interview is available here. If you’ve been following Lot’s Wife this year, you’d be aware of our coverage and support for Monash NTEU members. From publishing articles, to covering their stop work action on March 20th and more recently their rally on October 7th. Whilst we’re proud supporters of the NTEU, why should other students care? To answer these questions Sam and I had the pleasure of interviewing Monash Branch Committee members Blair Williams, Carol Que, and Tony Williams. Sam: First of all, what is the NTEU? Tony: The NTEU is the National Tertiary Education Union. Basically,

The COVID-19 Pandemic, while far from over, shall certainly be remembered in the annals of history, not only for triggering what is arguably a series of the most prolific social changes in most of our lifetimes. Almost overnight, we became harrowingly familiar with video conferencing software and the tanalising prospect of continuing our educational journeys – in whatever stage we were at – in some form of online state, usually from the comfort of our bedrooms. And for this, not to mention assorted government’s response or lack thereof to the fifth deadliest pandemic in history, will be remembered in the

Monash University is unique – for oh-so many reasons that I shan’t delve into – but in the context of student media, Monash’s singularity lies in the fact that within a fortnight of the first students stepping foot on the Clayton Campus – lovingly referred to as ‘The Farm’ – a student newspaper emerged, which would become known as Chaos. A letter from an editor at Tharunka (the publication of the University of New South Wales) declared in a letter in a June 1961 edition: “I’d like to congratulate you and your predecessors on the high standard that Chaos has

CW: Rape, Incest   What’s in a name? An odd question, but a valid one in the sense that naming something isn’t quite as straightforward as a proponent of nominative determinism would make it out to be. In saying that, there’s usually nothing more to it than someone taking a particular liking to a certain name or some other sort of personal significance of a name. But in the case of our beloved Lot’s Wife, the choice of name is – to use the words of the men responsible – is “fraught with significance” and they weren’t kidding with an