Lot's Wife (student newspaper)
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| Type | Student newspaper |
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| Owner(s) | Monash Student Association |
| Editor | Carina Florea, Lisa Healy, Timothy Newport |
| Founded | 1964 |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | Monash University |
| Circulation | 3000 |
| Website | www.msa.monash.edu.au/lotswife www.lotswife.com.au |
Lot's Wife is the student newspaper of Monash University's Clayton campus. It is produced by students, for students and operates as part of the Monash Student Association.
History
Lot's Wife began when a collection of Monash (Clayton) students stormed the office of the Monash student newspaper of the time, Chaos, in reaction to the sexist and derogatory material Chaos routinely published.[1] Throughout the 1960s, Lot's Wife remained at the forefront of student media.
Lot's Wife gained its name from the Biblical passage in which Lot and his wife fled Sodom. Lot and his wife were spared from God’s wrath at Sodom on the premise that if they left behind the destruction that befell their town without looking back, they would be spared. Once they had escaped, Lot's wife looked back. As a consequence she turned into a pillar of salt for disobeying God's orders.
The message of never looking back has been enshrined in Lot's Wife since its inception and continues to be reflected in each edition of the publication. Many of Lot's Wife’s contributors have achieved considerable notoriety in later life.
This tradition of progressive journalism within Lot's Wife has recently been challenged by an article written by the Liberal staffer for Andrew Robb, Con Helas. Helas, a Monash Arts/Law student claimed in print that multiculturalism is 'the single greatest threat to civilisation'.[2] In the previous edition of Lot's Wife, the editors called out for conservative articles to be submitted following accusations against them of left wing bias. Helas' article was leaked to Crikey and mX (which received front page coverage) and as a result, Helas is no longer employed by Robb.[3]
Lot's Wife found itself in the middle of a media storm when an article was published and distributed to first year students at the traditional O-Week events discussing different ways to consume and prepare marijuana. The article titled "Cooking with Schapelle" drew the ire of anti-drug groups.[4]
Notable contributors
Lot's Wife is put together through a collaborative effort by students from the Monash Clayton Campus. Some past editors and contributors to Lot's Wife include:
- Damien Broderick - award-winning futurist, writer, and literary theorist. In 1964, he named the Monash student newspaper Lot's Wife.
- Julian Burnside - Queen's Counsel and human rights advocate, listed as an Australian National Living Treasure.[5]
- Stephanie Bunbury - film critic, journalist at The Age.
- Philip Chubb - journalist, Gold Walkley Award winner, and current Head of Journalism at Monash University.
- Peter Costello - former Federal Treasurer of Australia. In the 1970s, he wrote articles defending Compulsory Student Unionism while he was a member of the Social Democratic Students Association of Victoria, an affiliate of the Victorian Branch of Australian Young Labor.
- Remy Davison - academic and commentator on international relations.[6]
- Darryl Dellora - film maker and political commentator.
- Nick Economou - media commentator on Australian politics and frequently provides commentary for the ABC, and also a Senior Lecturer at Monash.
- Jon Faine - ABC radio presenter
- Phillip Frazer - founder and publisher of Go-Set magazine and the first Australian edition of Rolling Stone.
- Kelly Griffin - editor of national magazine "Burst" within a year of leaving Monash University and now associate editor of Beat Magazine.
- Rachel Griffiths - film and television actress, best known for her role as Rhonda Epinstalk in the 1994 film, Muriel's Wedding and as Brenda Chenowith in the TV series Six Feet Under.[7][8][9]
- Llawela Forrest - instrumental in the fight against Voluntary Student Unionism in the mid 1990s which threatened funding and thus the existence of Lot's Wife. She went on to become a Marketing Manager at the Seven Network and has since been a contributor to The Age Cheap Eats Guide.
- Josh Kinal - wrote for Rolling Stone[10] and Inpress as a music and arts critic and journalist. He has appeared as a presenter on 3RRR and Triple J. He co-hosts the weekly podcast Boxcutters and appeared on Radio National as a TV critic.[11]
- Simon Marginson - academic and author on higher education policy.[12]
- James Massola - journalist for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age and formerly at The Australian and the Canberra Times. Currently the Secretary of Australia's Federal Parliamentary Press Gallery.[13]
- Antony Loewenstein - Jewish journalist and blogger, regular contributor to The Guardian [14] and author of the controversial book My Israel Question.[15]
- Michael Leunig - artist, cartoonist, poet and philosopher, listed as an Australian National Living Treasure.[16] His work is commonly printed in The Age and the Sydney Morning Herald. He provides left-wing commentary on political, cultural and emotional life.
- Aamer Rahman - television writer and stand up comedian, most notably as a member of comedy duo Fear of a Brown Planet.
- Russell Skelton - award winning journalist and foreign correspondent. He currently works for The Age.
- Peter Steedman - journalist, editor, federal Labor Member of Parliament and political activist.
- Mark Taft - Judge of the County Court of Victoria.[17]
- Vanessa Toholka - Joint technology sub-editor at Lot's Wife 1997, former digital producer at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and Executive Producer of online documentary Sounds Like Techno.[18] Co-hosts the weekly Technology and Computing program Byte Into It[19] on 3RRR.
- Harriet Shing - elected to the Victorian Parliament Upper House at the 2014 Victorian State election representing the district of Warrigal.
Recent editors
- 2016: Carina Florea, Lisa Healy and Timothy Newport
- 2015: Bill Molloy, Claire Rowe and Jarrod Verity
- 2014: Andrew Day, Amy Fitzgerald, Shalaka Parekh and Amena Ziard
- 2013: Matthew Campbell and Florence Roney
- 2012: Melinda Bladier and Bren Carruthers
- 2011: Joshua Kenner and Timothy Lawson
- 2010: Sam Whitney and Carmel Wallis
- 2009: Sean Gleeson, Keshia Jacotine and Rosie Pham
- 2008: Emily Laidlaw and Lisa Ritchie
- 2007: Dara Conduit and Naomi Snell
- 2006: Inna Tsyrlin, Mattias Mazza and Hayley Maher
- 2005: Meg O’Brien, Megan King and Craig Benjamin
- 2004: Daniel Wilson, Peter Varley, John-Luis Moretti
- 2003: George Kirby, Lisa Pham, Sarah O’Brien and Jeremy King
- 2002: Aamer Rahman, Catherine Leslie, Jessie MacNeil Brown, Danielle Ujvari
- 2001: Alyssa Grant, James Raynes and Gordon Oldham
- 2000: Anthony 'Slatts' Slattery and Sandra Ronnenfeldt
- 1999: Claire Hammond, Asha Holmes and Ozan Ibrisim
- 1998: Dan Celm, Michelle Davies and Chris King
- 1997: Emily Howie, Antony Loewenstein and Harriet Shing
- 1996: Anna Dollman, Josh Kinal, Melanie McGrath, and Ben Richards
- 1995: Symon Rubens, Julia Shtepa and Cassie Wavish
- 1994: David Cody, Llawela Forrest and Leanne Paton
- 1993: Edwina Hanlon, Mark Jeanes and Selena Papps
- 1992: Karen Shapiro, Justin Castelan and Chris Jones
Notes
- ↑ MSA.monash.edu.au
- ↑ Helas, Con. 'A Conservative Speaks up' in Lot's Wife, Edition 4, 2007. p. 7. Also available at msa.monash.edu.au
- ↑ Conduit, Dara & Snell, Naomi, 'Editorial' in Lot's Wife, Edition 4, 2006 p. 3. Also available at msa.monash.edu.au
- ↑ Heraldsun.com.au
- ↑ http://www.nationaltrust.org.au/nsw/NationalLivingTreasures
- ↑ Arts.monash.edu.au
- ↑ ABC.net
- ↑ IMDb.com
- ↑ Feinstein, Howard (1998-12-18). "The Rachel capers". The Guardian (London). Retrieved 2010-05-11.
- ↑ "Rolling Stone", Rolling Stone (Australia), March 1995
- ↑ ABC.net.au
- ↑ Cshe.unimelb.edu.au
- ↑ http://pressgallery.net.au/?page_id=6
- ↑ http://www.theguardian.com/profile/antonyloewenstein
- ↑ ABC.net.au
- ↑ http://www.nationaltrust.org.au/nsw/NationalLivingTreasures
- ↑ Liv.asn.au
- ↑ http://www2.abc.net.au/arts/soundsliketechno/
- ↑ http://www.rrr.org.au/program/byte-into-it
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