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Monday March 5, 2012 Issue 6 Volume X

IH STUMBLES AT SOFTBALLsports report p 12

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Globe TeamcontentsEditorJonathan Ware

Sub-EditorKelly BenkhauserStephanie Rogers

Photo EditorBen Serpell

DesignShannon Boland

ContributionsErin BourneMatilda BroeJames JohnstoneHamish KelsoNif Nazar

RegularsRebecca DuttonGossip GoatGeorgia MartinJack McQuinnRiley MetcalfeJonathan Regan-BeasleyJonathan Ware

PhotographyTom SeahBen Serpell

The Globe is published weekly by Jonathan Ware on behalf of the International house Student Club.The material here is edited but uncensored and therefore the views expressed here do not reflect those of the editor.

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International House241 Royal ParadeParkville, VIC 3052AUSTRALIAihouse.unimelb.edu.au

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page 4report:O-Week

page 5howdy:General Committee

page 9photos:P Week

page 12sports:Cricket/Softball

regularspage 3 The Top Two Editor’s Edictpage 6-7 What’s Happening This Week?page 8 Serious Shit You Missed This Week Fresher of the Weekpage 10 Gossip Goat Money and Morepage 11 Photo of the Week Meet Your SCC Trivia Box

On this week’s cover: Shannon Boland (left) wears IH Sports Top by Tsunami, other clothes by her wardrobe. Random Kendall-dweller wears clothes picked by a blind person.

join “IH Students of 2012” on Facebook

get up nice and early to support Squash on Wednesday and Thursday

attempt to get to every single class (tute or lecture)

start your own pre-season Rowing and Footy training (every other college has)

week #2 checklist

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the top two

editor's edict

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JACK mC’Q & Bec D

JOHNNY WARE

Hey everyoneIt’s been a big week, no? Now thankfully for us all, P-Week is over and we can get into the usual routines and regularity of IH life. A few things for you to remember this week: -> after last Thursday’s Commencement Dinner, every Tuesday and Thurs-day from now until further notice is High Table dinner. That means dinner starts at 6:45pm on the dot, and you need to wear your academic gown.

training session on Sunday morning!! We discussed, we analysed, and we got to know each other, all in the name of working the best we possibly can in order to make IH even more awesome than it already is. This week coming is pretty quiet so rest up, don’t catch the fresher flu and keep up the enthusiasm! That’s all from us,P and VP

Hello there IHers!! This edition of the Globe is full with important information about the Student Club Committee, so please take the time to read it and Nexus/Facebook stalk us and ASK QUESTIONS!!! The more you know, the more you can get involved, thus getting the most out of your time at IH! After an incredible O-Week IH transitioned smoothly into P-Week with the first BYOP (Bring Your Own Plate) of the year. Crepes, crepes and more crepes were served in the JCR and for those that missed it, they were DELICOUS!! Like all of you, the committee has been settling back into IH and uni life, so as of yet has not had time to meet. Therefore there is not much to report, however we had an impressive 100% turnout for our 9am

-> there will be a meeting for all those interested in The IH Report this Wednesday night at 9pm in the JCR. IH Report is a weekly YouTube show that myself and Jess O-Brien-Church (now an Ex-IHer ... sad face) started back when we were wide-eyed naive freshers in 2010. Mati Broe took up the reins last year, and we are now searching for a crazy enthusiastic organised kid to fill in our giant shoes ... not to be intimidating or anything. Check the old episodes out at YouTube.com/TheIHReport and chat to myself or Mati if you think this sounds like a buttload of fun. No skills required, just enthusiasm, and we’ll both be helping the new team through the first few episodes to get you on your feet. -> get along to as much sport as possible this week. I know 7:15am starts are not the easiest, but if the play-ers can get there, so can a few supporters. For all the games mentioned on the back cover, I’ll be heading out there to cheer on our brave sportspeople, and you should join me - for Squash, I’ll be leaving from the foyer at 7:10am. For Cricket and Softball, keep an eye out on the noticeboards plus listen to dinner announcements and keep up to date with the Facebook Group for the deets. Happy devouring of this Carbon Neutral issue,

Johnny Ware

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.com/IHGlobe .com/IHGlobeor

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report: O-Week

It’s the end of O-Week. I am dead tired, shoeless and two pairs of eyewear down. My standards of hygiene have plummeted and my room is a monstrous mess, but it feels like the universe has fallen into place. It’s the small things that tell me this, like realising the stick-on facial hair I won at an O-Week university stall (thanks to my inhuman Nerf Gun accuracy) will be perfect for an upcoming Beards gig I am attend-ing with four of my new friends. Bring on the epically bearded pub-rock!Speaking of friends, here they are instant like instant coffee, but with the depth and complexity of espres-so and a wonderfully bubbly crema. They are even Fair Trade! I find myself trading in gold coins, peaches, ice-creams, met cards, tuna cans and back-rubs and it all seems pretty fair to me. Like any good coffee, they have a delicious aroma (as long as you catch them pre-goon-o’clock). Delectable!I’ve grown some weird and darn useful superpow-ers since embarking on the O Week pleasure cruise. One is the ability to more or less remember names and faces, something I have been useless at for the entirety of my seventeen years. Another is the power to function on three hours sleep. Suddenly I consider seven hours a decadent luxury. O week has changed my whole outlook on life.It won’t always be roses, however, as the grim, grasp-ing hand of study casts it’s shadow upon us all. Mum has put in a request for a nice long email describing my new friends and floor-mates. This may prove prob-lematic, as my floor* is dominated by utterly lovely gentlemen who seem to be staging a three-man pro-test against the oppressive reign of the tee-shirt. And I may have to omit some details about some bits of some parties that must never make it to print. But when I do write that email, I’ll put in Darcy’s uncanny ability with sitcom accents, Amber’s wardrobe raids and Rachel’s weird and wonderful cameras. I’ll also dedicate a paragraph to that time we cut Raph’s hair in the park whilst a gaggle of octogenarian Rotarians (Good name for a band, that) gave us looks that said “Who are these filthy, bohemian, O Week-addled uni-corns?” Yep, that’s us. And proud of it.

This week we have a shortened (highly censored) ren-dition of o-Week presented to us by none other than Erin Bourne, resident of fourth floor Sheps. enjoy, and chuckle as you revel in the memories of your o-Weeks gone and past...

Fresher King Austin Carroll (we think) and co become literal tree-huggers during one of the rougher patches of 2012 o-Week.

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over the next two weeks, the Student Club Committee will be introducing themselves around college. This week in Globe, we’re profiling each of the members of the “General Committee”. This group of handsome lads and gorgeous lasses keep Ih running smoothly for you all. We meet every week (currently Wednesdays at 7:45pm in the Constance Duncan Room off the Dining hall), and anybody or everybody is welcome to attend.

HOWDY: SCC General Committee

Bec DuttonPresident

Hey guys! I’m Bec, I’m President of the Student Club, and basi-cally I meet weekly with Peter and Jane to help make this place as awesome as it is! If you have any suggestions or questions, feel free to come chat!

Jenna Morgenstern-GainesActivites Officer

I am the BOSS (aka Activities Officer). If you have questions or comments about any activi-ties, parties, or how to be outra-geously sexy, come talk to me!

Jack McQuinnInterim Vice-President

I’m the Interim Vice-President of the Student Club, so come and talk to me if you have any issues or suggestions, and I will make sure your voice is heard!

James JohnstoneMember for Shop

In the immortal words of Snoop Dog; I just wanna make you fat, fat, fat. But seriously, I organise shop so come talk to me about helping out or if there is some-thing you think should be sold.

Nhat NguyenTreasurer

Want to spend some mon-ey for the common good of IH? Come find me with your ideas and see it done. Or else just have a chat and maybe I can help you with your Accounting and Fi-nance Degree.

Johnny WareGlobe Editor

I’m the editor of the hectic publication you’re currently devouring brekkie over. Find me if you want your opinion heard, wanna write a feature, or can take rad pics.

Sita CarolinaCommunications OfficerAs CO I stalk and spam people. Talk to me if you need some-thing (events/announcements) to be spammed (translation: ad-vertised extensively)

Matilda BroeInternational Liaison OfficerI’m in charge of all things cul-tural at IH! Come and talk to me if you have an idea for an awe-some event, if you want to start up a club, or if an Aussie is try-ing to make you eat Vegemite.

Aldi OostermanSecretary

So my main job is to keep the minutes of the meetings of GC as well as organise GMs. If you have an admin question, no matter how silly, come see me!

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what's happening this week?: March 5 - March 11

Monday TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY

12PM: MAGICAL MYSTERY FOOD TOUREnjoy five courses of the best Viet-namese cuisine in Melbourne, stop-ping at five different locations in Footscray. Best part? You’ll be trav-elling in style on a ridgy didge rick-shaw! Meet @ corner Byron and Leeds Sts, Footscray

1PM: STONEFIELDWinners of the Triple J Unearthed High contest, check out these four sisters from rural Victoria as they rock out North Court for 60 min-utes straight.1-2 @ North Court, Union House.

6:30pm: BON IVERGood luck still getting tickets to the hottest gig in Melbourne this month.Myer Music Bowl, tickets $75.

TONIGHT: shop opens!!From shampoo to sugary snacks, Shop opens tonight for the first time in 2012! Grab some supplies while you can, or stock up on study fuel.JCR, every night @ 7:30 and 9:45.

7:30pm: BEN KWELLER LIVE @ HIFIFor all the indie music lovers out there, this guy who counts his favourite food as fermented soy beans is debuting his new album live at Hi Fi tonight. Nearest train: Flinders St

7pm: JAMIE OLIVERDon’t miss out on one of the world’s best known chef and most popular television personalities host classes, workshops and talks.$27.45. 191 Collins St from 7pm.

7:45pm: NO lights no lyrcaNo disco balls, no posers, no booze, just two hours of free-form danc-ing with reckless abandon, like no-one’s watching you.Only $5/. 7:45pm @ St Mark’s, 270 George St, Fitzroy.

7PM: JEssie JThe ‘Price Tag’ and “Nobody’s Per-fect” popstar is headed Down Un-der. Don’t miss out!!$79.00 tix from Tickemaster.com.

8pm: TRIBESFormer MTC Associate Director Julian Meyrick returns from the land of academia to direct the Australian premier of English playwright Nina Raine’s Tribes, starring Alison Bell.Sumner Theatre, Southbank. Student tix are $35.

7:15am: mixed squashGet up nice and early to go support our Squash players. Ken Ho has been training them hard, so they deserve our support. A group will be heading out at 7:10am for a morning of cheering on sweaty tired mates.7:15 - 8:45am @ UniMelb Squash Courts.

12pm: RICKSHAW RUN!!Take off on a flight of fancy through the streets of Footscray on a ridgy-didge rickshaw as part of the Food & Wine Festival. From $40 again meeting @ cor-ner Byron and Leeds Sts, Foot-scray. Bookings essential.

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what's happening this week?: March 5 - March 11

F R I D A Y SUNDAYTHURSDAY SATURDAY

ALL WEEKEND: MOOMBA FESTIVALThe annual Moomba Festival has lit up Melbourne in March for longer than you’ve been alive. There are still fire-works, a stupid amount of floats in some kind of Ferris Buller-esque street parade down Swanston Street, and a lot of small children riding the sugar high, but there’s also a butt-load of very good music. Very good free music! March 9 -12, and it’s ALL FREE!! All around Melbourne, mostly at Birrarung Marr. Check out MOOMBA.COM.

6:30pm: BON IVERGood luck still getting tickets to the hottest gig in Melbourne this month.Myer Music Bowl, tickets $75.

6:10pm: BOMBERS vS SWANSKicking off a big weekend of footy, Essendon take on Sydney tonight.Student tix are $15.15 @ Etihad Stadium, Docklands.

7pm: HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGONThe beloved Dreamworks film comes to life during its World Pre-meire season here in Melbourne. Yours truly saw the show during previews, and it’ll blow you away.Tix from $49. Runs till Sunday at Hisense Arena, Melbourne Park.

7:30pm ICAC TRIVIA NIGHTThe first ICAC Event of 2012 is a Musical Theatre themed Triv-ia Nigh. Get along to test your knowledge of Fred Astaire, Bob Fosse and Cole Porter.At Ormond College, leaving from the Foyer at 7:15pm.

9pm: FAT SWANTrevor Ashley talks about what it’s like to play a ballerina with body dysmorphia in the Spiegeltent’s adults-only panto.$50 at the Arts Centre.

8pm: TRIBESFormer MTC Associate Director Julian Meyrick returns from the land of academia to direct the Australian premier of English playwright Nina Raine’s Tribes, starring Alison Bell.Sumner Theatre, Southbank. Student tix are $35.

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7:15am: mixed squashGet up nice and early to go support our Squash players. Ken Ho has been training them hard, so they deserve our support. A group will be heading out at 7:10am for a morning of cheering on sweaty tired mates.7:15 - 8:45am @ UniMelb Squash Courts.

VARIOUS: GIRLS’ SOFTBALL & GUYS’ CRICKETWith four games over the weekend, there’s no excuse for you to not head over the Princes Park and either support our Girls at Softball, or our trium-phant Boys at Cricket.Check p12, or look on the Sports Noticeboard in the Dining Hall.

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columns

Dominating the headlines for much of this week was the Labour leadership spill on Monday; an attempt by Ju-lia Gillard to assert her authority and show that she is the undisputed Labour leader (over Kevin Rudd.) Gillard won convincingly (71-31,) showing that Rudd, for now, lacks the support of the Labour caucus to be leader. Kev-in Rudd has ruled out challenging again for the leader-ship, but politicians aren’t known for keeping promises. Following the spill, Gillard reshuffled her Cabinet. Un-surprisingly, major Gillard supporters were promoted. There was little retribution against Rudd supporters, with one exception, Robert McClelland, who was demoted to the backbench. Gillard supporter, and so-called ‘faceless man’, Mark Arbib also resigned, his NSW Senate seat be-ing taken up by former Premier Bob Carr, who is also the new Foreign Minister, following Rudd’s resignation be-fore he challenged.

Serious flooding in parts of Victoria and NSW has caused evacuations, but, currently no deaths. Sydney’s main dam, Warragamba Dam is full for the first time in fourteen years, and the Cotter Dam in Canberra, still un-der construction, has been flooded.

Further away from home, the civil war in Syria contin-ues. The Red Cross stated on Saturday that the Syrian government’s refusal of aid for parts of the besieged city of Homs risks a humanitarian crisis. There are widespread reports of atrocities and mass killings being carried out by the Syrian government in the city. Currently, the situ-ation in Syria seems to be in favour of the Syrian govern-ment, although moves by the Arab League to supply the rebels with weapons may tip the balance in their favour. Any attempts at action by the United Nations are being stalled by Russia.

Fortunately for Greece and the world economy, the Ger-man Bundestag (lower house of Parliament,) approved a €130bn ($160bn AUD,) IMF bailout for Greece, and much debt restructuring, in exchange for auster-ity measures in Greece and more European oversight of Eurozone economies. The measure passed with much support, despite deep reservation among the German public about the plan. This bailout will prevent a Greek default (which would be very bad for the Eurozone,) and hopefully prevent the debt crisis from spreading.

This fresh faced young-un from country Victoria re-cently woke to find in her drunken oblivion of the night before, she had taken it upon herself to deco-rate her room...Without giving away too much, some might say it’s going to take a lot of cleaning to get it back the way it was.

So who is this interior decorator extraordinaire? A newbie to the wonderful world of IH, she enjoys Span-ish, taking self portraits of herself with her ever pres-ent Iphone, and christened the delicious half Tequila-half Vodka shot, ‘VeQuila’

When she’s not doing nudie runs through IH premises, she likes to whip out her wand, hop on her broomstick, and attend classes at Hogwarts. For those of you who have met this high flyin lady, I salute you. For those who haven’t just look for the girl turning up for lunch on sunday with a lightning bolt across her forehead, and follow the trail of shot glasses and destruction marking her path.

YOU WORK THAT WARRNAMBOOL ;)

Fresher of the WeekSerious Shit You missed This Weekwith Riley metcalfe

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photos: P-Week

notice: Mati Broe says “Hi”

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Hey guys! My name is Mati and I’m your friendly IH ILO (which stands for International Liaison Officer – a bit of a mouthful). I was also a P-Weeker, so I think that I’ve met most of you newbies. I just wanted to let you guys know that I’m in charge of running the Cultural Committee at IH, and later this week I’ll be looking for new recruits. The Cultural Committee runs awesome cultural events that are loads of fun and that help local Aussies and the Inter-nationals to understand one another a bit better. Last year the Cultural Committee organized everything from trips to watch AFL matches (a true Australian cultural experience) to an epic IH-wide water fight to celebrate the Thai New Year. Being on the committee is not only fun, it gives you a taste of responsibility at IH and is also a fantastic way to earn room points! If you’re interested in joining, you can come and talk to me at any point, but I’ll also be holding an interest meeting after dinner

one night this week, so listen out for announcements. I’m also in charge of organising all clubs and societies at IH. If you have a fantastic idea for an IH club, the Student Club Committee can help you advertise it, get it up and running, and we can even give you a budget so that you can buy cool club stuff! For instance, if you, like me, love jigsaw puzzles, Student Club may just decide to give you $30 to buy all the puzzles your heart desires, as well as some gummi bears which you can use to entice other IHers to join your club. If vintage wines and cheese are more your thing, and the Student Club Committee are feeling particularly generous, you may just get some cash to help you (and your fellow club members) appreciate the finer things in life. I will explain the application pro-cess for clubs later this week, but in the meantime, start thinking about awesome ideas for clubs, and come and find me if you have any questions about any of the above!

Johnny Ware (l) gets Shannon boland (r) a little wet during the 2011 Ih Songkran Festival Water Fight.

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Gossip Goat here, your one and only source into the scandalous lives of IH’s elite.

The first official week of college is over, and one could assume that we’re all settling down and getting into rou-tines. How wrong one would be ...

Spotted: little B and S getting cozy on the Sydney Rd Pleasure Stroll. Can anyone confirm that these two actu-ally had a ‘get-to-know-your-face-with-my-face-better’ session? And what does C think about this? Does he actually know? Should someone tell him? Does anyone else feel uncomfortable about this?

Chewing on the grapevine I have heard with my woolly ears that there has been a tussle with two Ks at Toga. And that it may have involved the loosing of a certain type of card. If you know what I’m talking about, then give both of them a pat on the back, ‘coz they deserve it. Wink, wink, nudge, nudge, say no more…

Apparently our fresher friend from Sri Lanka has just spent his first night alone this semester after not being able to handle a certain type of beverage after a certain walk down a certain road this Saturday. Aww… sounds like he needs to get a cuddle pillow for the possibility of more lonely nights.

Our Man-who-tends-to-the-Bar was heard on Saturday night shouting “Let’s get naked!” Reports have come back to say that the invitation was not accepted by any-one. Keep trying, barkeep, you’ll get your naked party soon.

It has come to my goaty attention that the Stroll Down Sydney Road resulted in IH being exterminated from Bar Etiquette for smashing glasses. That’s not the kind of news that I want to hear. Careful, IH - don’t burn bridges to water holes otherwise we’ll all end up as shrivelled skeletons in an alcohol drought.

Share your secrets (and anyone elses’ you can find out) at [email protected]

You know you love me,XOXO, Gossip Goat

Bob Carr? Are you serious, Julia? Bob freakin’ Carr?

As you’re well aware, Ms Gillard had absolutely no is-sues in returning to the Prime Ministership, winning with seventy one votes to Kevin’s thirty one. As I point-ed out last week, this was completely expected. After the dust had settled, there was a big question looming for all in the Labor camp – who will replace Kevin Rudd as Foreign Minister?

My friends, this is where my somewhat limited wisdom and foresight failed. I thought Julia would do some-thing sensible. Stephen Smith – current Minister for Defence (read: War) did a fantastic job in the Foreign Affairs portfolio back in the day. He’s also a member of the current parliament, which helps, given it’s a funda-mental to being a Minister to actually have a freakin’ seat in one of the houses.

Instead, Ms Gillard chose Bob Carr. Now, I know not everyone’s from New South Wales, or was particularly tuned in politically back when he was premier. So let me give you a bit of a background on Mr Carr. Bob Carr was premier of NSW from well before I can remember until 2005. He has been out of the political arena for six years. In his time as premier, he turned NSW from one of the powerhouses of Australian prosperity to a corrupt, stagnant wasteland. His legacy is this, as well as a state Labor Party so divided and incompetent that they barely have a representation in parliament and will not be back in power for a good twenty years.

And this man, who has NEVER had a position in federal parliament OR government, is now going to represent us as the INTERNATIONAL face of Australia. So I reiter-ate my point. Seriously, Julia? Bob Carr?

In some international news, I’ll be watching carefully on Wednesday morning our time to see the results of SUPER TUESDAY over in the USA. This is the biggest day on the US Presidential Primary calendar, and it serves to tell us who will have the honourable privilege of los-ing to Barack Obama, stay tuned!

money and morewith Jonathan Regan-beasley

Gossip Goat

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1. What is the name of the first Yellow Wiggle?

2. What is the common name for Ornithorhyn-chus anatinus?

3. Which former Austra-lian Prime Minister once managed a rock band called the Ramrods?

4. What breed of dog was Lassie?

5. What is the longest side of a right-angle tri-angle called?

6. Who painted The Scream (below)?

7. Who is currently in the lead in the race for the US Republican Presidential Nomination?

8. Which British musical icon died this week?

9. Which IH Hero ran a home run at yesterday’s action-packed softball game?

10. How old is choreogra-pher Jason Coleman?

TRIVIA ANSWERS: 1 - Greg Page. 2 - Platypus. 3 - Paul Keating. 4 - Collie. 5 - Hypot-enuse. 6 - Edvard Munch. 7 - Mitt Romney. 8 - Davey Jones, lead singer of The Monkees. 9 - Jenna Morgenstern-Gaines. 10. 42.

“The Human Centipede live during P-Week in the JCR!!”photo by Ben Serpell

photo of the week:

meet your sCC:

trivia box

every week we’ll be introducing one of the Student Club Committee. This week we have the source of all our mi-Gi and chocolate, James Johnstone.

Hey,Most of you probably don’t know me yet, but by the end of the year I will either love me for providing you with cheap unhealthy ‘study aids’ or hate me for helping put on a few kilos over the year. My main responsibility is to run Shop, that JCR cupboard-come-Mecca for after dinner ice creams or late night chip runs. If there is anything you would like sold in Shop let me know. If you ask me nicely I will usually get it.The Shift Roster and Restock Roster both went up on Nexus last night so if there are still spaces, sign-up! The more of you who help, the more food there will be and the less cranky IHers will be.Shop opens nightly at 7:30pm and 9:45pm starting tonight, and I’ll prob-ably see you there soon.I think that’s it. If you need to contact me, either use Facebook, call me on 523, or knock on Grey Court 23.

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sports reports

The young enthusiastic team of IH cricketers rocked up to JJ Holand Field yesterday arvo. After winning the toss and electing to bat, our openers got us off to a steady start. With the help of the fast Outfield and sev-eral dropped catches from the unskilled hands of the JCH players, runs started to mount up pretty quickly. Our top scorer Tim made a helpful 52 (forceably re-tired) which helped us reach our total of 207. With a good score in our pocket we knew we were in a com-fortable position and it would be hard to lose. Never the less we showed no mercy and our pace attack dominated. Brian decided to take it a bit too seriously and balled a routhless bouncer at an innocent female batsman, hitting her square in the chest. Our leading wicket taker, yours truly, had a brutal spell of bowling resulting in three JCH wickets and a broken helmet. We ended up getting them out for 61 in the 19th over and winning comfortably. A great effort by all the boys and hopefully we can do the same next week.

As an honorary player of the kickass IH Softball team, I thought it necessary for me to write a riveting piece on the outstanding performance of our lovely lasses. With the likes of beautiful but beastly Jenna, the sheer awesomeness of Aya, and of course don’t forget the fi-ery heart of Shannon, the team seemed unstoppable. Despite having a rocky start they wanted to prove to the IH Panda and the crowd that gathered that they were a force of nature. They destroyed the last innings line up of Kendall, and required only 5 runs in their final innings. As each run was scored the roar of IH Pride rumbled through the park. Then the bases were loaded and Kendall had a lucky break. The IH support went silent when they realized they had unfortunately lost but then erupted with cheers knowing that we had won in our hearts. The girls ended the game with a group huddle from which you could feel that next week this outstanding team is going to annihilate any-thing that stands in their way.

Next Week’s Fixtures:

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SquashWed 7/3 7:15 - 8:45am and

Thurs 8/3 7:15am - 8:45am @UniMelb Sports Centre

CricketSat 10/3

9:30am - 12:30pm@ Poplar Oval

SoftballSat 10/3 10 - 11:15am,

Sun 11/3 8:30 - 9:45am andSun 11/3 4 - 5:15pm. ALL GAMES @ Princes Park.

Guys’ Cricket: 1pm Sunday @ JJ holand Fieldwith hamish Kelso

Girls’ Softball: 4pm Sunday @ Princes Parkwith Nif Nizar

Standing (l-r): Visal Perera, Sean Carr, Paddy Gar-diner, Brian Mendis, Ben Hughes, Tim Burns-Francis and Hamish Kelso (C). Kneeling (l-r): Ross Wetten-hall, Nif Nizar, Austin Carroll and David Jonson.

IH Girls’ Softball 2012: Prue Batchelor, Sophie Beckerleg, Shannon Boland, Abbey Cochrane, Lucy Cumming, Hay-ley Dutton, Aya Haruyama, April McAloney, Jenna Mor-genstern-Gaines, Alex Rushan, Amber Sewell-Green, Dani Shaw, Jyosheel Skehon, Marina Saunders and Jamie Teoh.