Sophie Muir recently made history by not only becoming the first Australian long track skater in 16 years, but is also the first ever female long track olympic speed skater. We’re pretty proud of her. But it takes more than just a pretty face to get into the olympics. Literally thousands of hours of...
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Well what have we here, is it that time of year?
oh my, how time, it has flown!
so give us a smile, it’s been a long while
I hope as a person you’ve grown…
what me? I don’t know, I’ve got nothing to show
all I’ve done is skate round a little
but life it is such, I did...
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They met strangely facing
one to another, each from each side
up the slope, towards the peak racing
neither knowing another, nor trying to hide
gripped by dizzying height they spoke:
“I was pushed” the left one said
“my colleagues and I, under pressure trapped
escape was easy, from underground I was led
more and more tunnels to fill a map
and out...
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it is lonely
i stare into the belly of the beast
column by column, only ribs, no guts
a sliver of silver slips ‘tween platforms
thunder shakes, rattles, screeches
passes without stopping
a light flickers
like a candle
a warm distant dream in the cold city
is it mine? I do not tempt fate
it grows, it glows, pupils dilate
struggling to swallow light
the thunder...
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My application for photo editor of the Spec… that never made it (note: MB = Managing Board)
To MB or not to MB, that is the question,
whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer
the slings and arrows of outrageous deadline,
or to raise eyepiece to eye, finger to shutter,
and by opposing, expose one. To die, to...
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I weathered the storm of the previous year
and in some good company I was here found
to welcome January without a fear
My feet finally returned to solid ground
from abstract worlds to which my maths had taken
me aloft and in many equations drowned
Relaxed anew, my mind it hath awakened
and to far-off lands I found my gaze...
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This poem was sent to the members of the cuai-board email listserv as a christmas card and may have been influenced by the alcohol that inevitably accompanies christmas gatherings.
To all my friends in amnesty
I write to you with festive cheer
for from semester, we are free
so closer still to your degree
but come with me, we’ll...
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This poem was emailed to all the students in W4400 Dynamics of Climate Variability and Climate Change in the fall of 2007 during a particularly frustrating late night of pre-exam study.
To all my friends who with me share
The burden of this final act
I call you now, to come, to dare
And through this haze, this...
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I felt it was kind of strange being asked to give a speech for Andrew here today, I mean, I’ve only really known him for about two years. C’mon, hands up, who here has known Andrew for longer than I have? Yeah, I see quite a few hands, in fact, there’s hands all over...
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620-311 Metric Spaces is a third-year mathematics subject at the University of Melbourne taught by Kris Wysocki. The Staff Student Liaison Committee (SSLC) conducts surveys and provides feedback to the department to help improve teaching. The report is typically read aloud to the class near the end of semester.
Question 1, oh what fun, I’ll...
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