Tours
Tours showcasing the University's buildings, grounds and gardens proved
popular with visitors. Tour hosts included Mr George Tibbits, co-author
with Professor Philip Goad of a 150th Anniversary commemorative book
on Parkville campus architecture, led tours on the planning, building
and gardens of the campus.
Students from the University's Student Ambassadors' Program also led
a range of tours, and college students gave the public a glimpse of
what it's like to live on campus with tours of their colleges.
Professor Philip Goad(Architecture, Building and Planning), dressed
for the 150th Anniversary Academic and Conferring Ceremony, added an
extra dash of colour as he led a tour of campus architecture beforehand.
A talented group from the Student Union Theatre Company entertained
and engaged audiences by summoning up some ghosts from days past in
their roaming production, "Graduates Walk"
Wine Tasting
The University's regional campuses were represented by a tasting event
of wine produced by students at Dookie campus and cheeses produced by
students at Gilbert Chandler campus.
Wine tasting took place on the Union Lawn, hosted by a team of staff
members including Jeff Topp (featured below, right)
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Mother's Day Concert
The major event on Sunday May 11 was a Mother's
Day concert in Wilson Hall, featuring the Engineering Musical Society
and the Melbourne University Choral Society under the direction of Andrew
Wailes.
Former University of Melbourne and VCA student
Elena Xanthordakis delighted the Mother's Day audience.
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Drummers on Swanston
Street
During the weekend the Murasaki Daiko Drummers
performed in Swanston Street, which helped create awareness that there
was something unusual happening on campus.
The drummers performed their unique traditional and contemporary Japanese
sound in front of the Sidney Myer Asia Centre.
The Great Debate
“Business has Ethics like Law has Justice”
The Faculty of Economics and Commerce’s Great Debate was a success
on many levels attracting over 300 bookings. Professor Loane Skene from
the Law and Medical Faculties, Professor Neville Norman, PhD student
Victor del Rio and undergraduate Patrick Hayden from the Faculty of
Economics and Commerce were brilliant. They proved that there are as
many crooked auditor jokes flying about as there are lawyer/ shark jokes.
Journalist Gael Jennings and Rod Quantock added balance and reason to
the proceedings, Rod even suggesting that the Faculty organise a charitable
organisation called Auditors without Borders.
One liners included (paraphrasing):
‘It’s not called bankruptcy, it’s called starting
afresh” and “Who Moved My Soap? – A CEO’s Guide
to Prison” - (Patrick Hayden)
‘Has as defined by the Spanish dictionary implies ownership and
once you own ethics you can shred it, hide it, dump it, make it fashionable
or lose it bit by bit’ – (Victor Del Rio)
‘Despite the way it looks the net result (of business) is for
the common good. To think otherwise is to be cynical and to be cynical
isn’t nice.’ - (Neville Norman)
Rod Quantock turned to mathematics (science never lies) arguing that;
if x equals ethics and y equals justice X2 + Y2 = C2 or in essence X
is like Y. Further Rod asked Economics and Commerce students whether
they would use their degree for good or evil – the answer was
“for money”.
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