![]() Farrago Student Union Election Guide Īccording to the University of Melbourne Student Union's constitution, each year the Media Office is required to print a student union election guide containing the names and statements of all candidates in the student union elections. The name originated from a discontinued section of Farrago titled "The Fodder". Radio Fodder is the University of Melbourne Student Union's student radio station, produced by the student union Media Officers. In 2017, the publication received almost 300 submissions, of which 17 were selected for publication. Unlike Farrago, the contents of Above Water is selected via competition, with prizes for the winning entries. It publishes a variety of creative forms including fiction, poetry and creative non-fiction. In addition to editing Farrago, the University of Melbourne Student Union Media Officers oversee several related projects.Ībove Water is an annual creative writing anthology published in collaboration with the University of Melbourne Student Union's Creative Arts department. The ceremony is named after the publication's first chief of staff, Brian Fitzpatrick. The first annual Fitzpatrick Awards were held in 2009 at Dante's Emporium and Cafe in Fitzroy. Kathy Bail, John O'Hagan, Bruce Permezel Įvery year, the Media Office holds the Fitzpatrick Awards ceremony to celebrate and acknowledge the publication's contributors and volunteers. Richard Cooney, Rob Nowak, Imre Salusinszky and Sandy Thomas. Portia Ferguson, Arthur Watson, Abner Shavitsky Farrago also features regular columns from several student writers. It previously contained a Science section, which was discontinued in recent years. Farrago encourages contributions from students in both written and/or visual forms, because without these it would not be an accurate representation of students at the university.įarrago contains the following sections: News, Non-Fiction, Creative. Aims and content įarrago is a magazine whose content is produced and edited entirely by students, which aims to be a voice, creative outlet and source of information for those who attend the University of Melbourne – irrespective of age, course and interests. We're quite lucky, we're a well-funded institution, and the University has provided transitional funding", said Farrago editor for 2009. "Christos Tsiolkas was editor in 1987, and he had a budget of $280,000 we have a budget of $58,000, and $55,000 of that will go on printing. The implementation of voluntary student unionism in 2006 had a significant impact on the viability of student publications across Australia, as compulsory student union membership fees had been the major source of income for most. Noteworthy past editors include Cyril Pearl, Geoffrey Blainey, Amirah Gust, Claude Forrell, Ian Robinson, Morag Fraser, Henry Rosenbloom, Garrie Hutchinson, Ross McPherson, Colin Golvan, Lindsay Tanner, Peter Russo, Louise Carbines, Jim Brumby, Pete Steedman, Arnold Zable, Kate Legge, Nicola Gobbo, Cathy Bale, Christos Tsiolkas, and Nam Le. The editorship has been highly politicised in the past, and election campaigns are vigorous.Īrchives of Farrago are available at the Student Union's Rowden White Library and the University of Melbourne's Baillieu Library. ![]() Up to four editors are elected annually and hold the shared title of Media Officer at the University of Melbourne Student Union, with the union secretary being the legally defined publisher. In the 2000s, Farrago switched to a magazine format, which it continues to use today. įor a number of years, Farrago was published in a newspaper or broadsheet format. ![]() The publication was founded in 1925 by Randal Heymanson, who was the first editor, and Brian Fitzpatrick, who was the first chief of staff. The name is included in the motto (drawn originally from the Satires of Juvenal) Quidquid agunt homines nostri farrago libelli est – "whatever men do forms the motley subject of our page" which was written on the first issue of the famous eighteenth-century periodical Tatler. It has been used by Edward Tylor in his book Primitive Culture. The term "farrago", from Latin 'mixed cattle fodder', means a confused variety of miscellaneous things. It is the oldest student publication in Australia. Josh Davis, Carmen Chin, Xiaole Zhan, and Weiting Chenįarrago is the student publication for the University of Melbourne in Melbourne, Australia published by the University of Melbourne Student Union.
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