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SUWO Weekly Rehearsal

Wind Orchestra

Thursday 28 July to Thursday 22 September 2011
5:30 PM - 8:30 PM All woodwind, brass & percussion players are encouraged to join! No auditions required.

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Photosoc Photo Competition

USYD Photo Society

The Mystery Envelope Challenge!!
Tuesday 9 August to Friday 26 August 2011
12AM - 8PM Hey guys, the biggest photo competition of the semester is finally here!Are you a creative photographer? Are you interested in winning $150 cash and other goodies?! Show us what you can do with 5 random items!

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Vets Beyond Borders Raffle

Sydney University Vets Beyond Borders Student Chapter

Friday 12 August to Friday 19 August 2011
1PM - 2PM Enter to be the lucky winner of either:
ONE free entrance to the October 2 2011- Critical Care Conference in the Hunter Valley worth $400
OR
TWO free admission tickets to Taronga Zoo worth $88
All proceeds go to Vets Beyond Borders Australia and their amazing Animal Birth Control and Anti-Rabies Programs in India.
For Every $10 we raise - we desex one dog/cat in India!

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Inaugural General Meeting for SEALS

South East Asian Law Students Society

Friday 12 August 2011
5PM - 7PM We will be voting in the first ever committee of the South East Asian Law Students Society.

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Children Collide

DZ Deathrays & Damn Terran
Friday 12 August 2011
8PM - 12AM It is well known that Children Collide apply themselves in a most dedicated fashion to bringing listeners the most intriguing content to accompany their music possible. Now, with majestic single Loveless the plot thickens as an astounding video and extensive tour dates are revealed.

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Angela's Dish

Special guests: The Black Heist, The Initiation & Asteroids
Saturday 13 August 2011
8PM - 12AM

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Regurgitator

Special guest: Disasteradio (NZ)
Saturday 13 August 2011
8PM - 12AM Flopping around in the splendour of the astroturfing, the effervescent mannequins of iconic interpay bum rush the 'flo to the stunts and blunts of a gunkholing world inside their annual sail tour.

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Chocsoc Morning Tea

Chocolate Society (Chocsoc)

Monday 15 August 2011
10AM - 12PM Come along and start off your week with some delicious pancakes to sweeten you up! =)

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RSPCA Cupcake Day 2011

The USYD Animal Welfare Society

a delicious excuse to raise funds for the RSPCA!
Monday 15 August 2011
1PM - 2PM An exciting day of scrumptious baked goodies to raise much-needed funds for the RSPCA! You can contribute by baking, selling or eating!!:D

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ACISC AGM

ACISC

Monday 15 August 2011
5PM - 7PM To make up the AGM we missed in last semester June.

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Australia Chinese International Student Club

Monday 15 August 2011
5PM - 7PM 1. Opening and welcome

2. Apologies and leaves of absence

3. Minutes of the previous meeting

4. Business arising from the minutes

5. Correspondence

6. Motions on notice

7. Annual Reports

7.1 President

7.2 Treasurer

7.3 Secretary

7.4 Other Executive Members

8. Election of the Executive

9. Gen

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Finsoc AGM

Finance & Banking Society

Tuesday 16 August 2011
5PM An Annual General Meeting of the Finance & Banking Society

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Vets Beyond Borders Trivia

Sydney University Vets Beyond Borders Student Chapter

Tuesday 16 August 2011
5PM - 9PM Enjoy a night of brain bashing fun and delicious PIZZA and DRINKS all to raise money for
Vets Beyond Borders Australia and their amazing Animal Birth Control and Anti-Rabies Programs in India.

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Don Palmer from the Malpa Project

Sydney University Red Cross Society

Guest Speaker for the Sydney University Red Cross
Tuesday 16 August 2011
5PM - 7PM Don Palmer, head of the Malpa Project, brings his experience working with Aboriginal communities in Central Australia to the students of Sydney University.

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Intelligence Squared Australia Debate

We Need a Nanny State?
Tuesday 16 August 2011
6:30 PM - 8PM From internet filtering to junk food advertising, everyone has an opinion on how much government should be able to regulate our lives. Does government edict save lives, improve our social well-being and protect the vulnerable; or does it interfere with our fundamental freedom and the incentive to take responsibility for our own actions?

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Stellino Shopping Day

Wednesday 17 August 2011
10:30 AM - 7:30 PM It's back again girls! another 25% off shopping day on Wednesday the 17th of August between 10:30am to 7:30pm.

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Beer, Bagels and Bondage

Australasian Union of Jewish Students

Wednesday 17 August 2011
12PM - 2PM The usual Beer + Bagels minus the boardgames and with a little kink.

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Fine Arts Soc Special General Meeting

Fine Arts Soc

Wednesday 17 August 2011
1PM - 2PM Special General Meeting

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SUPA Meetings

Sydney University Pharmacy Association

Wednesday 17 August 2011
2PM Time of weekly SUPA Meetings.

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The Fred Hollows Society of Sydney University - Annual General Meeting

Wednesday 17 August 2011
4PM - 5:30 PM The Annual General Meeting is convened to conclude the activities of the society over the past year. Executive reports and elections for the new executive will be held. In addition to reports and elections, a constitutional change to the SU Fred Hollows Constitution will be proposed and voted upon.

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Writers' Society AGM

Writers Society

To resurrect society and change name to LitSoc
Thursday 18 August 2011
5AM - 7AM A general meeting to resurrect the now-defunct USyd Writers' Society and change the name to the Sydney University Literary Society (LitSoc).

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Exchange for Change

Sydney University Oxfam Society

Are you over your old threads? Don't them them out, swap 'em!
Thursday 18 August 2011
12PM - 2PM Exchange for Change is a second-hand clothes swap and it's all about doing something fun and easy, whilst raising awareness about sustainability and fashion, fair wages and safe working conditions.

Freshen up your wardrobes by bringing along some of your unwanted clothing items at home (including accessories!) and swap them for new pieces! You'll receive tickets for the number of garment

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Liberal Club General Meeting

Sydney University Liberal Club

Thursday 18 August 2011
1PM - 2PM A General Meeting to discuss club business.

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Nursing Society Annual General Meeting

Nursing Society

Pick your new Executive Committee!
Thursday 18 August 2011
1PM - 2PM We will be holding our AGM!

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Spanish Conversation Group

Sydney University Spanish Society

practise your Spanish!
Thursday 18 August 2011
4PM - 6PM Whether you've just started to conjugate verbs or you've mastered the subjunctive, conversation group is the perfect place to practice your Spanish amongst friends. All levels of Spanish are both welcome and catered for.

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Weekly Pool Competition

Thursday 18 August 2011
4PM - 6PM Pool comp runs every Thursdays of the teaching-period of the semester, with great prizes to be won.

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Gaius Gracchus: AGM

Gaius Gracchus

It's that time of year...
Thursday 18 August 2011
6PM - 7PM It's time for Gaius Gracchus to hold their AGM. If you would like to be on the 2012 executive, now is your chance to be heard!

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Symposium - Gaius Gracchus' Main Event for Semester 2

Gaius Gracchus

Thursday 18 August 2011
6:15 PM - 9:30 PM Do you enjoy great company? Good food and drink? Come and reacquaint yourselves with Gaius Gracchus in Semester 2!

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CASS AGM

Catholic Asian Students' Society

Friday 19 August 2011
1PM - 3PM Come to our AGM and help decide the future direction of CASS by voting in the new committee.

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VetBall

Veterinary Society

Friday 19 August 2011
6:30 PM - 11PM The Veterinary Society's annual black tie ball. Casino Royale theme.

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Dead Letter Circus

Special guests: Closure In Moscow & Wolves
Friday 19 August 2011
8PM - 11:55 PM Dead Letter Circus are pleased to announce the 'NO FRACKING WAY TOUR'. Every day we take drinking fresh water for granted, water is as essential as clean air to life on earth. Dead Letter Circus firmly believe that Australia needs to follow France’s lead and say no to CSG operations and the method of Hydraulic Fracturing (Fracking), a controversial technique used to extract natural gas and oil.

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Pinback (USA)

Saturday 20 August 2011
8PM - 12AM Civil Society is proud to announce the debut Australian tour of Californian indie rockers Pinback. Known for unusual time signatures, and an interaction between instruments that creates almost mechanical continuity, Pinback write songs that are deceptively simple. Don’t miss your chance to catch these indie stalwarts as they hit Australia for the first time.

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R.E.G.E.N presents DAHEEN psytrance album launch party

Saturday 20 August 2011
9PM - 3AM REGEN are very happy to announce the launch party for the long awaited Daheen debut psytrance album!! We encourage everyone to get in the spirit of Daheen’s themed tracks and crazy performance costumes by coming fancy dressed inspired by a Daheen track.

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German Kultur Klub General Meeting

German Kultur Klub

Monday 22 August 2011
1PM - 3PM The main purpose of this General Meeting is to fill several vacancies in the Executive.

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Amnesty International General Meeting

Sydney University Amnesty International Society

Tuesday 23 August 2011
12PM - 1PM An important general meeting for the society

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Media and Communications Society AGM

Media and Communications Society

Annual General Meeting
Tuesday 23 August 2011
1PM - 2PM Media and Communications Society AGM will be an opportunity to elect new members to the executive for 2011-2012.

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Chocsoc Birthday Party (July to September Babies)

Chocsoc

Tuesday 23 August 2011
4PM - 6PM It's time for another Chocsoc Birthday Party!
Come join us for some churros and other chocolatey goodies at San Churro, just a short stroll from uni. Head over after class (or skip class, coz it's totally worth it!) or meet us outside Fisher at 4pm and we'll head there together.

Looking forward to some great company and fun and food, as we celebrate the birthdays of all our members bo

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Master of Management / CEMS General Meeting

Master of Management / CEMS Club

Club Elections
Tuesday 23 August 2011
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM The General Meeting for the purpose of executive elections of the Master of Management / CEMS Club will take place.

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Russellian Philosophy Society AGM

Russoc

Tuesday 23 August 2011
5PM - 7PM AGM for the Russellian Society. We will be voting in a new executive, so get nominating.

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Indigenous Health Forum 2011

Sydney University Medical Society and MIRAGE

Tuesday 23 August 2011
5:30 PM - 8PM The night has speakers involved in research, politics, allied health, dentistry, medicine as well as rural and urban!!! They will briefly talk before forming a panel open to the audience for questions!

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Wednesday Markets

Wednesday 24 August 2011
11AM - 3PM Have a browse, grab something to eat or snatch up a bargain at the University of Sydney Union Markets. Operating every second Wednesday during semester in the Jane Foss Russell Plaza from 11am -3pm

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USU Roller Disco

CANCELLED
Wednesday 24 August 2011
12PM - 2PM We apologise, unfortunately this event is now cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances.

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Sydney Uni Paintball IGM

Sydney University Paintball

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Wednesday 24 August 2011
1PM - 3PM First meeting for SUP, come along free to join

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Macaron Afternoon Tea

Tea Society

Wednesday 24 August 2011
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM Week 5's Afternoon Tea will be a bit special - we will be bringing you scrumptious macarons from La Renaissance Café Pâtisserie!

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SUPA Meetings

Sydney University Pharmacy Association

Wednesday 24 August 2011
2PM Time of weekly SUPA Meetings.

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FMAA - University of Sydney AGM

Financial Management Association Australia - University of Sydney

The Financial Management Association Australia - University of Sydney will hold its 2011 Annual General Meeting on Wednesday 24 August
Wednesday 24 August 2011
6:30 PM - 9PM Annual General Meeting of FMAA University of Sydney

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Agricultural Society AGM

Wednesday 24 August 2011
8PM The 2011 Ag Soc AGM!!!

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Society for Men in Nursing (SFMIN) AGM

Thursday 25 August 2011
1PM - 2PM AGM including voting of new candidates

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Weekly Pool Competition

Thursday 25 August 2011
4PM - 6PM Pool comp runs every Thursdays of the teaching-period of the semester, with great prizes to be won.

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Magical Society! IGM Notice and Agenda

The Magical Society

Thursday 25 August 2011
5PM - 6PM Jump on board the hogwarts express, get a fellowship together and come on down to the IGM of the Magical Society! Just speak 'friend' and enter.

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Mandelbaum House Residents Society AGM

Mandelbaum House Residents Society

Mandelbaum Residents Society re-registration procedures
Friday 26 August 2011
7PM - 8PM Annual General Meeting:
*presentation of an annual report of our Club’s (financial) activities
*conduct of elections

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No Life Til Leather

Friday 26 August 2011
9PM - 3AM Unskinny Bop your brains out at No Life Til Leather as we celebrate the 21st anniversary of Poison's Flesh & Blood album.

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Labor Club AGM

Labor Club

Labor Club AGM
Monday 29 August 2011
4PM - 5PM At the Annual General Meeting, all office bearers will give reports about the progress of their portfolios throughout the past year, before all executive positions will be opened for nomination and election.

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Russellian Society

Weekly Drinks
Tuesday 30 August 2011
5PM - 7PM Weekly meet up for everyone interested in philosophy over beer.

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A Mournful Rustling in the Dark by Fetish Frequency

Wednesday 31 August to Friday 9 September 2011
Download an mp3, find the starting location and enter the story of The Woman, a tragic character who first appeared in Fetish Frequency's interactive show The Broken Record at this year’s Underbelly Arts Festival. A form of performance not seen at Verge before, this private artwork invites you to interact with the campus in an alternate way!

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Uncontainable

Wednesday 31 August to Friday 9 September 2011
Uncontainable is an outdoor exhibition featuring ten shipping containers placed along the entire length of Eastern Avenue.We have invited nine leading and emerging artists and artist groups to decorate the outside and display their work on the inside. Grab a seat on the lawns on Wednesday and watch these artists create their artworks.

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AIESEC International Internships BBQ

AIESEC Sydney

Wednesday 31 August 2011
11AM - 2PM What sets YOU apart?
exCHANGE YOURSELF.

Free BBQ for Access.
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SUCES AGM

SUCES

Chemical Engineering Society AGM
Wednesday 31 August 2011
12PM - 2AM AGM of Chemical Engineering Society
All current members should attend, note that to be elected to a position in the executive you must hold a current Access Card

BBQ to celebrate afterwards

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Funch

Wednesday 31 August to Friday 9 September 2011
12PM - 2PM Every day of Verge come over to Eastern Avenue to take in the coolest things the director’s minds could cook up, day after day. It’s fun for fun’s sake, because you deserve it; what every festival needs.

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SURCAS General Meeting

Wednesday 31 August 2011
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Voting for the change of multiple executive positions.

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EDSOC GM

EDSOC

General Meeting
Wednesday 31 August 2011
1PM - 2PM A general meeting will be held for members of the Education and Social Work Society.

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Ordinary Meeting - SUVBB

Sydney University Vets Beyond Borders Student Chapter

Wednesday 31 August 2011
1PM - 2PM Members are invited to attend an ordinary meeting of the society to discuss our upcoming activities. An agenda for the meeting is set out below.

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SUPA Meetings

Sydney University Pharmacy Association

Wednesday 31 August 2011
2PM Time of weekly SUPA Meetings.

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Play with Animals by SUDS Writers Group

Wednesday 31 August 2011
4PM This year, SUDS returns to this little-known gem of university heritage. This time they’re armed with members of the SUDS Writer’s Group; a prattle of writers, a panic of directors and a pander of actors will create and shape a series of new plays designed especially for the Roundhouse.

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Sunset Screenings

Wednesday 31 August to Friday 9 September 2011
5PM What better way to finish a hard day’s work at Uni then kicking back in the Verge tent, munching on some popcorn and watching a good flick. Sunset Screenings is our free daily movie in the Verge Tent. Every day from Thursday 1st we will be screening a film at 4pm that film extraordinaire and rad dude Dr Bruce Isaacs has chosen especially for the Verge Festival.

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General Meeting of Chinese Student Association

Chinese Student Association

Wednesday 31 August 2011
5PM - 6PM NOTICE is hereby given of a General Meeting of the Members of
The Chinese Student Association to be held on Wednesday 31st August 2011 at 5:00pm in the Common Room, Holme Building.
The purpose of the meeting will be to amend the Society’s Constitution and an election to replace the some positions of General Executive. Nominations will be accepted at the Meeting.

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Usyd Food Co-op AGM

Usyd Food Co-op

AGM
Wednesday 31 August 2011
5PM - 9PM It AGM time again! Come along to discuss the future of the co-op and to celebrate this year with dinner afterwards.

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Sydney University Politics Society-AGM Election of new Exec 2011/2012

Sydney University Politics Society

Wednesday 31 August 2011
5:30 PM - 7PM We would like to invite you to the Annual General meeting of the Politics Society.

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Titus Andronicus by SUDS

Wednesday 31 August 2011
6PM The most visceral of Shakespeare’s plays, Titus Andronicus is one of the most darkly humorous. Not for the faint hearted, this contemporisation of Titus catapults the audience headfirst into a surreal and horrific world of violence and vengeance. This is Shakespeare for the dystopian generation.

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Verge Opening Night with Major Raiser

Wednesday 31 August 2011
7PM - 1AM To be great, you need a great opening line. Some guy called Ishmael, a galaxy far far away, rosebud, whatever, first impressions count. Verge is teaming up with social change dynamos Major Raiser to create a first impression you won't soon forget with a cracking line-up of music and a tent fully decked out by an amazing team of artists.

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Volta: Mul.apin

Wednesday 31 August 2011
7PM A program filled with gesture, contrasting sounds and staged movement, the program is given life by Jacob Abela and Ivan Cheng, a piano and clarinet duo notable for their vibrant, considered performances of new music. MUL.APIN is an initiative of the Volta Collective; a group of striving to expand artistic collaboration between performers and composers to create unique and contemporary music.

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Tempest/Lear by Pat Magee

Wednesday 31 August 2011
9PM TEMPEST/LEAR is a hilarious and twisted reimagining of Shakespeare's classic plays, adapted by award-winnning [sic] comedian Patrick Magee. What will happen? Let’s find out TOGETHER.

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Blank Space at Verge

Thursday 1 September 2011
1PM Blank Space is a theatre forum run by SUDS, featuring six Sydney theatre practitioners devoted to exploring the question of what is culturally unique about Australian theatre. Blank Space aims to inspire and challenge young people to move in the direction of becoming theatre professionals in their own right.

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Liberal Club General Meeting

Sydney University Liberal Club

Thursday 1 September 2011
1PM - 2PM A General Meeting to discuss club business.

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Play with Animals by SUDS Writers Group

Thursday 1 September 2011
4PM This year, SUDS returns to this little-known gem of university heritage. This time they’re armed with members of the SUDS Writer’s Group; a prattle of writers, a panic of directors and a pander of actors will create and shape a series of new plays designed especially for the Roundhouse.

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Weekly Pool Competition

Thursday 1 September 2011
4PM - 6PM Pool comp runs every Thursdays of the teaching-period of the semester, with great prizes to be won.

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Sydney University Wind Orchestra AGM

Sydney University Wind Orchestra

Thursday 1 September 2011
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM Annual General Meeting of the Sydney Uni Wind Orchestra.

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Sydney University Toastmasters Sydney Inaugural General Meeting

Sydney University Toastmasters

Thursday 1 September 2011
6PM - 8PM Introduction to Sydney University Toastmasters and the election of the Executive.

Adoption of Sydney University Toastmasters Constitution.

Comprehensive information session into Toastmasters International.

Questions and answers.

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I like being conscious beta 1.0 - PROLOGUE AND PREVIEW

Thursday 1 September 2011
6PM This special event is a real time adventure quest into the brain of Cyrus Bezyan to find out if what is happening at that point in time (6pm at the cellar) is a dream or reality, it will include special surprise guests Carlo Ritchie, Michael Hing, Gen Fricker, Pat Magee and Sertan Saral who will all undertake the adventure quest and maybe perform something spectacular for you all.

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Story Club

Thursday 1 September 2011
7:30 PM This is where the cream of Sydney’s young creative crop come together to vent their stories, yarning about airships, dragons, teenage diaries and mis-timed wanks, if past nights are anything to go by. Here’s a night of comedy with its heart in exactly the right place, an evening of stories that’ll have you learning, loving and laughing.

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Cabaret CANCELLED

by Em Morrison and Michael Cutrupi
Thursday 1 September 2011
9PM Cabaret has been CANCELLED.

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WHO ARE YOU ARE WHERE DO YOU COME FROM

Thursday 1 September 2011
9PM Who Are You Where Do You Come From is an exhibition and presentation of works and ideas by Roslyn Helper. This exhibition recreates the exciting and ridiculous experience of travelling somewhere far, far away and showcases a number of video experimentations, interactive artworks, music, photographic documentation, quotes and idea fragments collected and developed during a year in New York City.

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Sydney University Quality of Life Society IGM

Friday 2 September 2011
1PM - 3PM We will be holding the first IGM for the Sydney University Quality of Life Society. Come along and bring your friends.

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I like being conscious beta 1.0 - PROLOGUE AND PREVIEW

Friday 2 September 2011
6PM This special event is a real time adventure quest into the brain of Cyrus Bezyan to find out if what is happening at that point in time (6pm at the cellar) is a dream or reality, it will include special surprise guests Carlo Ritchie, Michael Hing, Gen Fricker, Pat Magee and Sertan Saral who will all undertake the adventure quest and maybe perform something spectacular for you all.

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Manning 11th Birthday feat. The Holidays

Special guests: Guineafowl, Megastick Fanfare, Fishing
Friday 2 September 2011
7PM - 12AM More than a band night, this birthday celebrates Manning in all its uni-defining, study-ruining glory: as the place where students come to drink and study comes to die. With an all-star lineup confirmed, you’re guaranteed to have just as much fun as the three-storied birthday building itself, partying late into the night.

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Night Markets

Friday 2 September 2011
7:30 PM NOW IS YOUR CHANCE! Come and join us in the Verge tent for the annual Verge Night Markets! We have gathered some of the finest market-goers around to bring Verge a market full of clothes, knick-knacks, jewellery, cool stuff, food and music.

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SUSO presents SILVER SOUNDS

Symphony Orchestra Society

Guest presenter: Bruce Beresford
Friday 2 September 2011
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM A night of film music and musical storytelling

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Cabaret CANCELLED

by Em Morrison and Michael Cutrupi
Friday 2 September 2011
9PM Cabaret has been CANCELLED.

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The Verge Amazing Race

Saturday 3 September 2011
Want to be part of something big? Well you can! Verge is holding an amazing race. This won't be your standard scavenger hunt where you collect a few shells follow some signs and win a box of tim-tams. This is an all day glory hunt for adventure seekers and people with balls or strong vaginas!

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Hermes Launch

Monday 5 September 2011
Do you like poetry? I do. But you know who likes poetry the MOST? HERMES. That’s why every year they release a journal of poetry and have a party. That party is happening at Verge. We are cool like that. Come have a drink in the Verge gallery and let HERMES whisper sweetness into your ears.

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Holistic Historians Society AGM

The Re-establishment of the History Students' Society
Monday 5 September 2011
12PM - 1PM A group of History majors, minors and general lovers of the past are going to gather in a room to re-establish the dormant History Students' Society - sounds awesome yeah?

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Creditors by August Strindberg

Monday 5 September 2011
4:30 PM In the booming wash of the Arena Squash Court, acclaimed SUDS regulars Harriet Gordon-Anderson, Eleni Schumacher, and Stephen Sharpe work with inter-arts practitioner Ivan Cheng in his directorial debut, a striking physical vocabulary to complement the verbal.

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SUESS AGM

Sydney University Eclectic Singing Society

Monday 5 September 2011
5PM - 6PM Annual General Meeting for the Sydney University Eclectic Singing Society

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Lester Must Die by Laurence Rosier Staines

Monday 5 September 2011
6PM From the writer and director of last year's A Czar is Born comes this new one-act comedy with music about musicians, assassins, drug barons ... and a rocket. Need we say more? I will repeat: ROCKET.

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Launch Party: Adventures of Mystery and Intrigue, Volume 2

Monday 5 September 2011
7:30 PM Turn up to see authors reading excerpts of their works, snack on hard-earned vittles and be among the first to pick up this dangerously entertaining volume of short fiction.

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Palm Awards

Tuesday 6 September 2011
The PALM (Photography, Art, Literature and Music) Awards is one of USU’s greatest spectacles on the calendar, aiming to recognise and support our creative student members across a number of disciplines and styles.Come and see this year’s finalists and hear the results at the USU’s cultural event of the year!

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Great Gatsby High Tea

Tuesday 6 September 2011
1PM In honour of The Great Gatsby’s impending move from classic novel to 3D film we’re throwing a party worthy of Gatsby himself, holding back the existential ruminations and tragedy in favour of a jazz band and more delectable treats than you can shake a tragic misunderstanding at; cupcakes, scones, sandwiches and jams from Sydney’s best boutique bakeries for you to sample and look swish beside.

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Writer's Soc AGM

Sydney University Writers' Society

General meeting to resurrect the Writer's Society and change the name to LitSoc.
Tuesday 6 September 2011
4PM - 6PM A general meeting of the Writers' Society. At this meeting, we will resurrect the society, make constitutional changes (which will include changing the name to LitSoc) and elect exec.

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Harry Potter Trivia

Tuesday 6 September 2011
5PM The movies are done, Ron’s fat, but the boy who lived is still alive in our hearts. The biggest Potter nerds available have taken over resident Hogwarts-a-like, The Great Hall to deliver the ultimate trivia experience, accessible to everyone from the most unlearned muggle to the most learned Wizard-Bot in the universe. Potter-themed trivia, the biggest prizes of any uni trivia competition yet and,

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Kanye the Musical by Phil Roser

Tuesday 6 September 2011
6PM In the beginning there was man and from man came Kanye. From humble beginnings writing beats for Jay-Z to the top of the pops remixing Daft Punk. But did you ever wonder how Kanye got to where he is? This is a story of a struggle against the man to become the man. It’s about a guy who took a shot at the throne and didn’t miss.

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Political Economy Society (ECOPSOC) AGM

Tuesday 6 September 2011
6PM - 7PM Ecopsoc Annual General Meeting and Executive Elections

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Shades Pride Week Speakers Night

Sydney University Shades

Tuesday 6 September 2011
6PM - 9:30 PM Join us for an evening of talks from prominent GLBTIQ people, accompanied by food, drinks, and mingling with the hottest group on campus.

Confirmed speakers include:
Andrew Cumming (Executive Director, Australian Youth Affairs Coalition)
Geoff Field (2DayFM and first openly gay newsreader on Australian radio)
Monique Schafter (Presenter on ABC's Hungry Beast, Social Media Jock

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Creditors by August Strindberg

Tuesday 6 September 2011
8PM In the booming wash of the Arena Squash Court, acclaimed SUDS regulars Harriet Gordon-Anderson, Eleni Schumacher, and Stephen Sharpe work with inter-arts practitioner Ivan Cheng in his directorial debut, a striking physical vocabulary to complement the verbal.

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Sometimes You Wish You Had Amnesia by Carlo Ritchie

Tuesday 6 September 2011
9PM From tales of adventure and murder on the Nile, to wild fancies on the secret nature of cats, through to musings on what really makes the perfect White Russian, Sometimes You Wish You Had Amnesia is a comedy about the personal nature of memory and the intimacy of reminiscence. Written and performed by Carlo Ritchie.

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Creature Line

Wednesday 7 September 2011
10AM - 5PM Join us in the Verge tent on Wednesday the 7th and Thursday the 8th from 10:00 to play miniature gods and make miniature creatures. Choose to take part in any or all steps of the production and help to make a whole eco-system of fleshy creatures.

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Wednesday Markets

Wednesday 7 September 2011
11AM - 3PM Have a browse, grab something to eat or snatch up a bargain at the University of Sydney Union Markets. Operating every second Wednesday during semester in the Jane Foss Russell Plaza from 11am -3pm

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Paint Your Patch

Wednesday 7 September 2011
12PM - 3PM Come and release your inner creativity at Red Bull Paint Your Patch at Sydney University this Verge Arts festival. All you need to do is come down with your creativity and Red Bull will provide a canvas and your art work materials. Bring a group of mates a let everyone enjoy the fun!

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Women in Engineering AGM

SUWIE

Wednesday 7 September 2011
1PM - 2PM SUWIE will be holding their AGM to elect the new executive of the club and make a few constitutional changes. Pizz lunch will be provided for free!

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IGM for Sydney Uni Paintballing (SUP)

Wednesday 7 September 2011
1PM - 3PM IGM for SUP. Adopting Constitution and electing Executives

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SUPA Meetings

Sydney University Pharmacy Association

Wednesday 7 September 2011
2PM Time of weekly SUPA Meetings.

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Beat The Systm AGM

Beat The Systm

Wednesday 7 September 2011
3PM - 5PM Beat The Systm (BTS) will be holding its first AGM! We will be celebrating the year that was, holding elections for new executives & deciding on a few constitutional changes.

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Captain Planet Appreciation Society AGM

Captain Planet Appreciation Society

Wednesday 7 September 2011
4PM - 5PM The Captain Planet Appreciation Society (CPAS) will be holding its AGM for 2011 to elect a new executive and vote on a few minor changes to the Constitution.

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Creditors by August Strindberg

Wednesday 7 September 2011
4:30 PM In the booming wash of the Arena Squash Court, acclaimed SUDS regulars Harriet Gordon-Anderson, Eleni Schumacher, and Stephen Sharpe work with inter-arts practitioner Ivan Cheng in his directorial debut, a striking physical vocabulary to complement the verbal.

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Sydney Chamber Opera 2012 Season Launch

Wednesday 7 September 2011
5PM The Sydney Chamber Opera cordially invites you to celebrate the launch of its 2012 season in style at the Verge Gallery, surrounded by art, culture and people who can sing good-like.

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Kanye the Musical by Phil Roser

Wednesday 7 September 2011
6PM In the beginning there was man and from man came Kanye. From humble beginnings writing beats for Jay-Z to the top of the pops remixing Daft Punk. But did you ever wonder how Kanye got to where he is? This is a story of a struggle against the man to become the man. It’s about a guy who took a shot at the throne and didn’t miss.

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Sydney University Medical Society General Meeting

Sydney University Medical Society

Wednesday 7 September 2011
6:30 PM 4th General Meeting of the Sydney University Medical Society. We will be voting to amend the Society's Constitution. All students welcome.

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Theatresports: Old School Vs. New School

Wednesday 7 September 2011
7PM During the Verge Arts Festival Sydney Uni TheatreSports® is inviting former players from the past decades to see if they can match it with our current group of young guns. It will showcase the creme de la creme of hard hitting, side splitting, quick–witting, humourously hooliganising past and current Campus comedians.

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Down the Rabbit Hole: Film Underground

Wednesday 7 September 2011
7:30 PM Relive the days of film co-operatives from around the world with submissions from Sydney students, alumni and international filmmakers with Down The Rabbit Hole: Film Underground and reinvent your way of seeing the world. Go beyond 3D, superheroes and sequels and check out the newest, coolest art from all around the world.

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Tempest/Lear by Pat Magee

Wednesday 7 September 2011
9PM TEMPEST/LEAR is a hilarious and twisted reimagining of Shakespeare's classic plays, adapted by award-winnning [sic] comedian Patrick Magee. What will happen? Let’s find out TOGETHER.

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Weekly Pool Competition

Thursday 8 September 2011
4PM - 6PM Pool comp runs every Thursdays of the teaching-period of the semester, with great prizes to be won.

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Rotarac of Sydney Uni 'IGM'

Rotarac of Sydney Uni

Thursday 8 September 2011
4PM - 6PM Rotaract is one of the leading youth leadership clubs of the world with clubs in nearly every major University.

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The Best Damn Comedy Show Ever

Thursday 8 September 2011
7:30 PM Why are we calling this the best damn comedy show ever? We’ve sourced our favourite local, national and international comedians, laugh-makers we’re genuinely giddy to see on-stage, world-class talent who are making the world a better place with their funny words, and we’ve booked them all for this one, beautiful night of mirth.

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Pride Week Par-tay

Thursday 8 September 2011
7:30 PM Oh yeah, it’s Pride Week and Verge presents a Safari themed Queer Pride Week party! No matter if you’re gay, straight, bi, lesbian, or transgendered, you are on the right track if you like to par-tay! Come on down to the cellar theatre to get your groove on.

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Creditors by August Strindberg

Thursday 8 September 2011
8PM In the booming wash of the Arena Squash Court, acclaimed SUDS regulars Harriet Gordon-Anderson, Eleni Schumacher, and Stephen Sharpe work with inter-arts practitioner Ivan Cheng in his directorial debut, a striking physical vocabulary to complement the verbal.

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Outspoken

Thursday 8 September 2011
8PM Did you know you use words every day? Even now, you’re reading words. This is a night in appreciation of words. This is a night of spoken word, poetry and performance poetry, a night devoted to the beauty of language, phrase and speech of poets, writers and rappers.

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Creditors by August Strindberg

Friday 9 September 2011
4:30 PM In the booming wash of the Arena Squash Court, acclaimed SUDS regulars Harriet Gordon-Anderson, Eleni Schumacher, and Stephen Sharpe work with inter-arts practitioner Ivan Cheng in his directorial debut, a striking physical vocabulary to complement the verbal.

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Sometimes You Wish You Had Amnesia by Carlo Ritchie

Friday 9 September 2011
6PM From tales of adventure and murder on the Nile, to wild fancies on the secret nature of cats, through to musings on what really makes the perfect White Russian, Sometimes You Wish You Had Amnesia is a comedy about the personal nature of memory and the intimacy of reminiscence. Written and performed by Carlo Ritchie.

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PhySoc AGM 2011

Physics Society (PhySoc)

With cards and pizza afterwards.
Friday 9 September 2011
6PM - 9PM PhySoc's 2011 AGM, followed by socialising with cards and pizza.

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Laser Party ft. DJ Tom Loud

Friday 9 September 2011
7:30 PM Laser Party brings you the party of tomorrow, today! Verge is going out with a pew pew rather than a bang, but it's still balls-to-the-wall awesome at the Verge tent on the closing night of the festival.

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Injection Room

Friday 9 September 2011
9PM The night before the performance, a team heads into the cellar and creates a set with a distinct theme (office space, deserted island). Then groups of performers are injected into the cellar to see the set for the first time. Several groups will go through the 'injection room' each performing a completely different piece from the last.

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... And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead

Saturday 10 September 2011
8PM - 12AM ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead are known for their Extremely Physical live show, featuring snarling refrains; fervent stage diving; epic Anthem Jams; multiple instrument changes and the odd bout of Stage Destruction.

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Russian Circles (Early show)

Sunday 11 September 2011
4PM - 7PM Due to popular demand, Chicago’s prog power trio Russian Circles have announced a second Sydney show, this one being an early matinee show to the late that’s already announced. The date for both shows is Sunday September 11th, doors for the matinee show are 4:00pm – 7:00pm, doors the late show are 8:00pm – 11:00pm.

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The Casualties

special guests: Topnovil & The Rumjacks
Sunday 11 September 2011
7PM - 11PM The Casualties announce their long awaited Australian Tour. The Casualties members aimed to return to what they viewed as the "golden era" of street punk, embodied by bands such as The Exploited, Charged GBH , which they believed had disappeared by 1985.

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Russian Circles

Sunday 11 September 2011
7PM - 11PM Hailing from the windy City of Chicago, Russian Circles have been making their mark on the international underground since 2004, as described on their Wiki page, Russian Circles play instrumental, sprawling music which runs the gamut of heavy discordant metal, to sot delicate passages.

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SU Veterinary Society AGM

Monday 12 September 2011
1PM - 2PM The University of Sydney Veterinary Society will be having their AGM on September 12, 2011 at 1pm. At this meeting we will be electing a new set of executives.

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WASABI Annual General Meeting

Wasabi - Japanese Cultural Exchange Society

Tuesday 13 September 2011
5AM Annual General Meeting to elect new executive members.

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SUMO General Meeting

Sydney University Mechatronics Organisation

General Meeting
Tuesday 13 September 2011
1PM - 2PM The Meeting is being called to discuss the future of the Mechatronics Society.

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Sydney University Progressive Indigenous Association (SUPIA) - IGM

Ask not what SUPIA can do for you - ask what you can do for SUPIA
Tuesday 13 September 2011
5PM - 7PM Sydney University Progressive Indigenous Association (SUPIA) - Inaugural General Meeting. Aims and Objectives of SUPIA will be set. Executive will be elected. Constitution will be ratified. Like-minded students will come together to support the progression of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures, issues and memories. Accordingly, SUPIA will prevail.

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Maritime and Yachting Design Society IGM

Maritime and Yachting Design Society

Inaugural General Meeting
Tuesday 13 September 2011
5PM - 6PM This Will be the IGM to establish the club and create the required paperwork needed for USU approval. The meeting will be held in the junior common room at Wesley college on the grounds of the University of Sydney, there is a Google maps link for the college's location. Please RSVP to the contact provided beforehand.

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Liberal Club General Meeting

Sydney University Liberal Club

Wednesday 14 September 2011
1PM - 2PM A General Meeting to discuss club business.

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SUPA Meetings

Sydney University Pharmacy Association

Wednesday 14 September 2011
2PM Time of weekly SUPA Meetings.

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VSA USYD Annual General Meeting

Vietnamese Student Association

VSA USYD AGM
Wednesday 14 September 2011
5PM - 7PM Annual General Meeting - Election of executives and confirm changes to our constitution

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Liberal Club Annual General Meeting

Sydney University Liberal Club

Wednesday 14 September 2011
6PM - 8PM A Club meeting to report on the club's activities and elect a new executive team.

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AIESEC Sydney Annual General Meeting (AGM)

AIESEC Sydney

Annual General Meeting of AIESEC at the University of Sydney
Wednesday 14 September 2011
7PM - 9PM Meeting where executive board for 2012 will be elected

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Darcy Society Book Club

Period Drama (Darcy Society)

Thursday 15 September 2011
1PM - 2:30 PM Join us to discuss Jean Rhys' 'Wide Sargasso Sea', the controversial prequel to 'Jane Eyre'.

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Weekly Pool Competition

Thursday 15 September 2011
4PM - 6PM Pool comp runs every Thursdays of the teaching-period of the semester, with great prizes to be won.

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The Hummingbirds

Special Guests: The Laurels & Where's Jerome?
Saturday 17 September 2011
8PM - 12AM Following a powerhouse comeback at the 2011 Big Day Out, The Hummingbirds reunite once more for this one-off Sydney headline appearance. Expect to hear the hits & more including anthemic singles Blush and Alimony from their 1990 debut album loveBuzz, recently voted into the 100 Greatest Australian Albums of All Time sharing space with such disparate acts as the The Loved Ones, Hoodoo Gurus, InXS,

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Wednesday Markets

Wednesday 21 September 2011
11AM - 3PM Have a browse, grab something to eat or snatch up a bargain at the University of Sydney Union Markets. Operating every second Wednesday during semester in the Jane Foss Russell Plaza from 11am -3pm

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University of Sydney Medical Science Society AGM

University of Sydney Medical Science Society (MESSY)

Wednesday 21 September 2011
1PM - 2PM 2011 Medical Science Society (MESSY) AGM

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SUPA Meetings

Sydney University Pharmacy Association

Wednesday 21 September 2011
2PM Time of weekly SUPA Meetings.

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Stucco Society AGM

Stucco Soc

Wednesday 21 September 2011
7PM It's that time of year again: Stucco Soc is having an AGM, so come along to vote for your new exec and some delicious snacks!

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Weekly Pool Competition

Thursday 22 September 2011
4PM - 6PM Pool comp runs every Thursdays of the teaching-period of the semester, with great prizes to be won.

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Student Life AGM

Student Life

Annual General Meeting 2011
Thursday 22 September 2011
5PM - 6PM Student Life's Annual General Meeting, where Executives will give their reports of the year and elections for new Executive members will be held.

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SUWO presents: SHOWCASE!

Wind Orchestra

Fundraising Concert
Thursday 22 September 2011
7:30 PM Join SUWO as we celebrate the diverse talents of the band’s musicians with a fund-raising concert. The concert will feature solo performances, chamber music ensembles and of course, the Sydney University Wind Orchestra in full force ready for the NSW State Band Championships 2011!

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OCF AGM

OCF

Overseas Christian Fellowship AGM
Friday 23 September 2011
6:30 PM - 7PM We'll be having AGM at Moore College on Friday 23rd of September at 6:30.

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SPL (USA) + NOAH D (USA)

Line up: SPL & NOAH D, Droid Sector, Gilsun
Saturday 24 September 2011
9PM - 3AM SPL (USA)took Low Society apart in 2010 with distinctive sound, and will no doubt do the same again in 2011 at the Manning Bar! On the decks Noah D comes equipped with exclusives from many of world's finest producers and his own originals, while always bringing a taste of diversity and intensity mixed in a carefully crafted style that is guaranteed to create a memorable experience.

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Every Time I Die

Special guests: The Acacia Strain + The Word Alive
Monday 26 September 2011
7PM - 11PM EVERY TIME I DIE want to destroy the world! While there’s no exact science to the resulting madness that is EVERY TIME I DIE the band has consistently produced maniacal, convulsive and completely unpredictable albums throughout their career.

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SUPA Meetings

Sydney University Pharmacy Association

Wednesday 28 September 2011
2PM Time of weekly SUPA Meetings.

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Assemblage 23

Saturday 1 October 2011
8PM - 2AM Hot off their European summer tour supporting OMD & playing Europe's biggest festivals, Seattle's hottest EBM/Synthpop outfit Assemblage 23 return to Australia for the labour day weekend with End The DJ + guests.

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Jack Ladder and The Dreamlanders

special guests GHOUL
Saturday 1 October 2011
8PM - 12AM Spunk Records are pleased to announce the HURTSVILLE national tour, on which Jack Ladder and The Dreamlanders will take their critically acclaimed new album around Australia this September and October.

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Wednesday Markets

Wednesday 5 October 2011
11AM - 3PM Have a browse, grab something to eat or snatch up a bargain at the University of Sydney Union Markets. Operating every second Wednesday during semester in the Jane Foss Russell Plaza from 11am -3pm

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SUPA Meetings

Sydney University Pharmacy Association

Wednesday 5 October 2011
2PM Time of weekly SUPA Meetings.

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Weekly Pool Competition

Thursday 6 October 2011
4PM - 6PM Pool comp runs every Thursdays of the teaching-period of the semester, with great prizes to be won.

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4th International Free Linguistics Conference

Sydney University Linguistics Society

Saturday 8 October 2011
8AM - 6PM The aim of this conference is to provide scholars, researchers, postgraduate and undergraduate students with current research issues from all fields of linguistics & TESOL an open and widely accessible forum.

To register and for more information please visit www.freelinguistics.org.

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Mono

Special guest: No Anchor
Saturday 8 October 2011
8PM - 12AM Blurring the boundary between art-metal and neo-classical, Japanese post-rockers MONO, hailing from Tokyo, have long established themselves over the past 12 years as the leading voice of epic majestic noise.

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Self Is A Seed

Saturday 8 October 2011
8PM - 12AM After many months of writing and recording, Sydney’s prog/rock 4-piece ‘Self is a Seed’ are making a much anticipated return to the live scene with some killer new material. As a sneak peek of their forthcoming album (due early 2012), ‘Self is a Seed’ are releasing a brand new single, ‘Somnambulist’ which demonstrates the band’s most mature sound yet.

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SU Civil Engineers AGM

Sydney University Civil Engineers

SUCE AGM
Wednesday 12 October 2011
1PM - 2PM Annual General Meeting

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SUPA Meetings

Sydney University Pharmacy Association

Wednesday 12 October 2011
2PM Time of weekly SUPA Meetings.

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Weekly Pool Competition

Thursday 13 October 2011
4PM - 6PM Pool comp runs every Thursdays of the teaching-period of the semester, with great prizes to be won.

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Clubs & Societies Awards Night

Thursday 13 October 2011
7PM - 11PM Open to all C&S Executives. Theme is Luau. Complimentary drinks & catering provided. Please RSVP to no later than 04OCT

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A night with AESOP ROCK & KIMYA DAWSON featuring Rob Sonic & DJ Big Wiz

Friday 14 October 2011
8PM - 12AM Indie-rap surrealist Aesop Rock announces Australian tour dates with Olympia based singer/songwriter Kimya Dawson. Now comes a chance to witness this weaving tapestry of wordplay, intimate folk jam and arty hip-hop shebang... one party of collusion.

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THE BOROUGHS featuring NEW YORK DOLLS

Saturday 15 October 2011
7PM - 12AM Its official. The Boroughs - the boutique New York-inspired arts and culture festival - will bring the highly influential punk band the New York Dolls to Australia this October!

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Wednesday Markets

Wednesday 19 October 2011
11AM - 3PM Have a browse, grab something to eat or snatch up a bargain at the University of Sydney Union Markets. Operating every second Wednesday during semester in the Jane Foss Russell Plaza from 11am -3pm

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SUPA Meetings

Sydney University Pharmacy Association

Wednesday 19 October 2011
2PM Time of weekly SUPA Meetings.

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Weekly Pool Competition

Thursday 20 October 2011
4PM - 6PM Pool comp runs every Thursdays of the teaching-period of the semester, with great prizes to be won.

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Agent Orange

Special guests: The Celibate Rifles, Los Capitanes, The Turps
Saturday 22 October 2011
7:30 PM - 12AM The original Southern California punk/surf Power Trio, Agent Orange have been around since... forever. Never bought in, never sold out. Still flying under the radar after all these years, with a loyal following that's always one step ahead. Expose yourself to Agent Orange's full blown-supercharged-punk-surf-grind, and you'll never be the same.

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SUPA Meetings

Sydney University Pharmacy Association

Wednesday 26 October 2011
2PM Time of weekly SUPA Meetings.

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Weekly Pool Competition

Thursday 27 October 2011
4PM - 6PM Pool comp runs every Thursdays of the teaching-period of the semester, with great prizes to be won.

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SUPA Meetings

Sydney University Pharmacy Association

Wednesday 2 November 2011
2PM Time of weekly SUPA Meetings.

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Infectious Grooves & Cyco Miko plus special ST 6-pack

Saturday 5 November 2011
8PM - 12AM Cyco Miko is bringing it All! Cyco Miko, Infectious Grooves and a special Suicidal 6-pack coming live to Australia.

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SUPA Meetings

Sydney University Pharmacy Association

Wednesday 9 November 2011
2PM Time of weekly SUPA Meetings.

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SUPA Meetings

Sydney University Pharmacy Association

Wednesday 16 November 2011
2PM Time of weekly SUPA Meetings.

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Resistance Club Intro and Film Screening (Egypt Burning - Al Jazeera)

Resistance Club (USU)

Wednesday 23 November 2011
1PM - 2PM With recent victories in Egypt, corporate attacks on Wikileaks and ongoing struggles for democracy across the world, there's a lot to talk about and even more to do. Come along and help us start the semester with an anti-capitalist bang, not a whisper.

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SUPA Meetings

Sydney University Pharmacy Association

Wednesday 23 November 2011
2PM Time of weekly SUPA Meetings.

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SUPA Meetings

Sydney University Pharmacy Association

Wednesday 30 November 2011
2PM Time of weekly SUPA Meetings.

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