Connections Archive

Steev Davis
Editorial assistant

SPIRIT OF SHAKESPEARE LIVES
Shakespeare really would have been proud of the talent on display this past Saturday evening at the Student Activities Committee's (SAC) poetry night. Participants performed poems they had either prepared earlier or on the spot. The winner? Puna Siutu, who wrote a poem about some of the most difficult times in her life. She received a cash prize of $100. Andrew Taylor, who, accompanied by Ben Gibbs on bass, recited and acted a poem about emotions, received the runners-up prize. According to SAC leader Jenaya Rowe, "If you didn't go, you missed out."

FITNESS CLUB MEMBERS ANYTHING BUT LOSERS
"Sexy abs, butts and thighs." This is the catchcry of Patrice Patel, leader of Tone up, one of at least three fitness clubs now operating on Avondale College's Lake Macquarie campus. Major Losers Club, organised by men's residence assistant Carl Hergenhan, helps students lose weight and build muscle tone. And for those who are more interested in cardiovascular and endurance exercise, there's the Avondale Running Club. All clubs are open to any student and operate at least once a week.

CAF'S VERTICAL BLINDS A WINNER
As I sat eating in the cafeteria on the Lake Macquarie campus this past week, I had a feeling something was different. What it was, I wasn't exactly sure, but something had changed. And then, suddenly, it hit me--the blinds! New vertical blinds now hang along the far wall of the cafeteria shading the large windows that line the wall. Reaction has been positive. Theology and ministry major Andre' Hamilton, who works in the cafeteria, says the blinds are most useful in the mornings because they reduce glare on the cash register monitors. Communication major Imogen Menzies says the blinds "make the caf much more intimate."