Monash Make a DIFFERENCE Week!

By: Sandeep Dhanoa Monash Make a Difference Week consisted of a fun-filled activity, Bubble Sport along with a Food Bazaar!    Exhilarating, exciting and tiresome are arguably the best words to describe bubble sports. Although this fun sport had to play second fiddle to the scrumptious food bazaar, interactive games such as Bubble Rugby, King’s…

Mid-Week Mingle’16

By: Katherine Khaw and Mehjabeen Kabir  Though the event is scheduled to begin at five-thirty in the evening, it in fact begins at four for those involved in roping things together for the semester’s mid-week mingle event. Buckets had to be filled to the brim with water and carried to the right stations, keeping its…

Discover.. Monash!

By: Katherine Khaw  “Come along and join us!” These are the words spoken by students of various nationalities, beaming wide in a parade designed to showcase the diverse community here. Accompanied by the traditional Malay kompang, they march proudly around campus with the occasional, spontaneous dance, catching the attention of visitors who are keen to…

Orientation Bash’16

By: Aurelie Mok On the 5th March 2016, the first orientation bash of 2016 was held at Outbac Broga! Early in the morning, over 200 students were at the field – all ready for the amazing day they were about to spend with their buddies and MUSA committee! After registration, breakfast was served and at…

MUSA Day 2016!

By: Ashween Sudechawongsakul On 26th of February 2016, around 150 enthusiastic new students arrived on campus for their first activity before the semester begins! Registration began around 7 a.m., and then they were split into teams according to their schools. Followed by team briefing and preparation before the game begins. All the teams were required…

Introducing editors

Left to right: Aurelie, Ashween & Janice (: Hi everyone! We are MUSA (Monash University Student Association) EDITORS 2016!  

MUSA Elections 2015: Prelude

It’s the time of the year again. The time when students who think they have what it takes to serve students, spearhead change, and uphold the welfare of students, in this 6000+ strong community, rise up to fight the darkness no seriously though, we mean, um, campaign in the annual student body election. Let’s have a…

Theme of the Month – Stereotypes Winner

The first round of submissions for semester two for the Editors’ Monthly Submissions has come to an end. After receiving many submissions for this months theme, we have decided a winner! Van Hong Tan has been chosen as the winner with this poem titled ‘This Poison of Ours’ which brilliantly depicted our theme – Stereotypes. Should…

Theme of the Month: Stereotypes

“You should wear pink because you are a girl!” “You are Asian, you should be good at math!” “You are an IT student? Help me fix my computer!” “Race X are so lazy and likes to scam!” Stereotypes. An often offtensive (over)generalisation of people. Whether you have been previously misjudged, or would just like to share…

10 Films to Check Out Before Mid-Semester Break

Words by Sarah Lee Jian Yun After a whole month off, dragging yourself back to campus may not exactly be on top of your to-do list right now. With the Mid-Semester Break scheduled to be only after Week 9, I think it’s safe to say the semester is going to be a terrifyingly long one. To ease…

THE ROAD NOT TAKEN

Humans of Monash, the editors come bearing good news! The first issue of Monga: THE ROAD NOT TAKEN is finally out! We’ve decided on this theme because we realised that as students, we would come across several choices where important decisions have to be made. These choices could be as trifle as “should I have…

Theme of the Month: Choices/Regrets – Submissions

Submission by Nadya Priguna Poernama Desiderata 2.0 by Febriana Ramadhanya All of our choices lead us to where we are now. All of our choices define who we are now. Regret only comes when an unknown opportunity was missed, and will never come by again. It is in our nature to always wonder what if. Through our…

Let There Be Revival: Monash Music Festival 2015!

Words by Saw Ray Mond   “Awesome.”       That was the only thing first-year student Lee Ka Vei could say when asked about the Monash Music Festival. The Monash Music Festival was held on the 2nd of April to a sold out crowd and it blew all our minds away. There was a…