New palette at National Art School
SUCCESSFUL applicants for teaching positions at Sydney’s National Art School have been announced, confirming reports of dramatic change at the top.
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Scholarly quest for human virtue
JACK Fuller watched with approval last year the president of Harvard University, Drew Faust, call for her privileged students to commit to public service, Macquarie University’s Steven Schwartz’s campaign for an “ethical community” on campus and Michael Sandel’s Reith Lectures proposing a new citizenship that returns to a moral base.
Shark patrols find life’s a beach at 500ft
WHEN spearfishing enthusiast Dean Brougham was bitten by a shark in November at Wirrina Cove, about 90km south of Adelaide, the state government decided to launch its summer shark patrol flight service immediately.
Travellers are just tourists in denial
OVERSEAS jaunts are fun but hardly likely to change your life, so why the fuss? asks Jill Rowbotham.
Good housekeeping for kids
Reviewed: Kids Can Clean, The Hunchback Assignments, The Santa Trap, The Toon Treasury of Classic Children’s Comics
Foreign Barbie Doll a star in China
PATRICK Mayoh made a name for himself in China last year, where he was seen live on Hu Nan TV in Changsha by an estimated 200 million people, who had tuned into a kind of “speak-off” by foreigners fluent in Mandarin.
Program just what doctor ordered
SARAH Canyon put on hold her dreams of being the latest doctor in a long line when she fell madly in love with an Australian holidaying in the US.
Sussing out the dope on khat
HEATHER Douglas’s interest in khat — catha edulis — was piqued by newspaper reports last year of women from Melbourne’s East African Women’s Foundation pushing to ban the mildly narcotic leaf.
Dog days pay off for ad grad
MARTIN Peat spent seven weeks this year furiously thinking about what makes women between the ages of 30 and 55 tick.
Rebel child raps a career in music
DETERMINATION and talent have enabled Caleb Vercher to restart his education. A year ago he couldn’t play an instrument.
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