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Hollywood director speaks at Bond................................... 2
Bond Cheer fly high for charities ....................................... 3
New business path to success...............................................4
Campaign against lockout laws.......................................... 4
Workplace initiative all well and good................................ 5
‘Politics? Doesn’t get my vote’........................................... 6
A weight off their mind (and body)...................................... 7
Flash Footy comp kicks goals............................................ 8
Catering for learning diversity............................................. 9
Library now open to 1am.................................................... 9
Study abroad numbers up 20%........................................ 10
Three reasons to love Bond.............................................. 10
Late nights, hard work all by design................................. 11
Demand exceeds camping club with waiting list............ 11
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Queensland’s first female AFL Flash Footy Tournament at Bond on Saturday attracted 200 women from
18 teams. Click here for Katia Pearsall and Will Taylor’s report
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Hollywood director speaks at Bond
By Jessica Sarno and Clint Stephens
Academy Award-nominated di-
rector Bruce Beresford has urged
filmmakers to make short films
and bring a swift death to the
zombie film genre.
The Australian director, who
has won three AFI awards and
been nominated for a Golden
Globe and a BAFTA award, spoke
to alumni at Bond’s inaugural Film
School Alumni Conference last
Saturday.
Mr Beresford recounted his 50
years in the film industry, in which
he directed Oscar-winning Driving
Miss Daisy (Best Picture), Mao’s
Last Dancer, Breaker Morant and
Don’s Party.
But it was short films – which
are taught at Bond – that he said
were particularly special.
“I think it’s important for film
students to have that practice
and experience on the set of short
films,” he told Bond Briefs in an
exclusive interview after the con-
ference.
“It can be very advantageous
because it gives you practice.
“There were no film schools
when I went to university, so I
made short films myself as prac-
tice.”
Mr Beresford stressed the im-
portance of making short films
that are from the heart.
“Don’t get caught up in the lat-
est trends because we don’t need
any more zombie films,” he said.
Mr Beresford has returned to
Australia from California to film an
opera next week in Brisbane.
He spoke to 35 staff and alum-
ni, some of whom had flown in
from overseas just for the event.
Alumni Weixu Zhao (2014),
from Beijing, said Bond’s focus on
short film production helped him
advance his career goals.
“Applying the skills that Bond
set me up with, I spent time work-
ing on short films and music vid-
eos on the Gold Coast,” he said.
“I then returned to Beijing
where I have since gotten a job
working on feature films as an as-
sistant producer.
“I hope to become a film direc-
tor or director of photography one
day.”
The conference is the first for
Bond’s film school and was organ-
ised by original founder Dr Bruce
Molloy, an advocate of film edu-
cation who has set up three other
film schools around the country.
Dr Molloy was the director of
Film and TV at Bond from 1994-
2006, and now holds an Honorary
Professor position at the universi-
ty.
Included in the conference
were screenings of previous grad-
uate short films and discussions
between past students and aca-
demics on the merits of attending
film school, versus diving straight
into the industry.
The alumni crowd consensus
was that attending university was
the better option as it hones skills
and establishes networks.
Mr Beresford’s other Australian
films include The Fringe Dwellers,
Puberty Blues, The Club, The Get-
ting of Wisdom, and Barry Mack-
enzie Holds His Own, according
to the Internet Movie Database.
Bond graduate Weixu Zhao with revered Australian director Bruce Beresford after the inaugural conference.
Picture: Clint Stephens
Short films, not
zombie movies
Beresford tells
film alumni

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Bond Cheer fly high for charities
By Emily Selleck
Jumps, stunts and tumbles are
only part of what Bond Cheer, the
largest sporting club on campus,
is all about as the team of more
than 70 Bondies are shaking their
pom poms in support of charities
in need.
Secretary Erin Cutts said it is
important the Bond community
perceives cheerleading as more
than just big bows and high kicks.
“Cheer is about having a sup-
portive team that work together
and act as positive role models in
the local community,” she said.
“Our cheerleaders are always
more than happy to help at local
community events and support
charity fundraisers as we love giv-
ing back to the people who sup-
port us.”
Cheer kicked off the semester
with a new record for the highest
turnout at a club audition which
follows their success in 2015 as
Champion Club.
“It was amazing to be recog-
nized for both our contribution to
the community and our success-
es that included our Pom team
travelling to America to compete
at The University Cheerleading
World Championship, placing
sixth in the world, and our Elite
team winning the National Cham-
pionships in Melbourne,” Erin
said.
This semester will see the club
hold a car wash, fundraise at BU-
SA’s Wednesday by the Water,
and take part in a blood drive
which is often a highlight, accord-
ing to veteran Bond Cheer mem-
ber Doug Melrose.
“The most memorable char-
ity event was one of the blood
drives I did a few semesters ago,
we chatted to everyone else in the
blood bank and above all it was
really cool to see the team giving
up time to support an important
cause that affects so many lives.”
Social Director Charley Wignall
said she is fortunate that Cheer
will be featured at Bond’s Interna-
tional Women’s Day event as the
club is always looking to expand
both on and off campus
“Not only will we be raising
awareness for women, but also
providing entertainment and
fundraising for our club. Jupiter’s
Casino, Crowne Plaza, Varsity
Tavern and Nobbys SLSC have
donated to the raffle prizes we will
be drawing on the day so I en-
courage everyone to head to the
amphitheater on Monday (March
7) to take part in the celebration.”
Erin said it is also imperative
the team fundraise to accommo-
date their rapid growth and the
world class coaching of Mega
Cheer’s Megan Grant and Angela
Hyland, which has taken the team
to state, national and international
competitions.
“What many people don’t re-
alize is that cheer is an extremely
dangerous sport which requires
expert coaching to keep everyone
safe,” she said.
“As our club grows it is import-
ant we have extra matting, more
coaches with excellent creden-
tials and enough uniforms to keep
our cheerleaders looking like a
team.”
Vice-President Sarah Boevink leads the Pom team. Picture: Supplied/courtesy of Bond Sport
Our
cheerleaders arealways more thanhappy to help supportcharity fundraisers.~Cheer secretary Erin
Cutts

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By Amy Forrester
A new group for Bond entrepreneurs has al-
ready proven successful with one member at-
tracting tens of thousands of dollars in invest-
ment, says founder Navdeep Pasricha.
Second year student Navdeep and third
year students Joshua Roberts and James
Messel founded Bond Entrepreneurship Col-
lective a month ago. It launched officially last
Thursday night with the mission to network
and connect students with business oppor-
tunities.
“[It was] really successful, we had 70 peo-
ple there altogether and 55 stayed consis-
tently,” Navdeep said.
“We did exactly what we set out to do, we
sparked change and helped action.”
In the short time the group has been to-
gether Navdeep said he has already ‘hooked
up’ seven students with opportunities.
“We’ve had five job applicants, a launch of
a non-profit…and somebody got invested in
last week,” he said
“The day after our launch, somebody got
invested in tens of thousands of dollars…and
they met at BEC.”
“We’re like; you want to start something?
These are the people we know, the networks
we know, these are the resources we know,”
he said.
Navdeep said that the club’s aim is to cre-
ate an environment at Bond where anyone
can launch something quickly and effectively
with the help of BEC.
“In essence…you guys are already awe-
some, you already have the fuel, we’re just
providing you with the parts to build the car
so you can drive wherever you want to go,”
he said.
“One of the Collective’s objectives is to
drive change and action… if we can light the
spark for change and help that change to be-
come action then our job is done.”
Navdeep said BEC is open to all students.
“It doesn’t matter what type of entrepre-
neur you are, that’s my big message,” he said
BEC member Sannah Maclean said she is
happy she joined the club and it has already
provided her with opportunities.
“He has hooked me up with a few people
now which has boosted my confidence as I
know I will always have someone who has my
back and I can go to for mentoring,” she said.
Sannah helped film a promotional video for
the group at the launch event.
“It was great to be able to film the night
and make a promo video, it was a really good
experience,” she said.
Navdeep said BEC’s next event will be
learning to code and their events will be host-
ed every three to four weeks.
Group members Emily
Selleck and Nikki
Cornwell enjoy pizza at
the launch event for Bond
Entrepreneurship Collective.
Photo: Amy Forrester
If we can
light the spark for
change and help that
change to become
action then our job is
done.
~Navdeep Pasricha
Campaign against
lockout laws
By Ashley Pillhofer
Bondie and Youth Parliament
member Patrick Cross took to
social media recently in a pas-
sionate online crusade to oppose
the Palaszczuk government’s
lockout laws.
“The lockout laws are an
example of a government over-
reaching in their powers to try
and protect people at the actual
harm of citizens,” said Patrick.
The laws will see doors closed
at 1am and last drinks served at
3am from July.
Patrick, who has always been
an active voice in politics, has
endorsed No Curfew website
which hoped to sway Queensland
parliament members with its
5395 signatures.
Patrick said the lockout law
shifts crime to other areas, are
ineffective in stopping alcohol-fu-
elled violence and adversely
affects local business.
“Violence does not happen
towards the end of the night,
violence happens throughout the
night,” he said.
Patrick’s friend Tom Fall dis-
agrees.
“They are a great method of
combating the extreme problem
Queensland has with alcohol
fuelled violence in its night-time
precincts,” said Tom.
New business
path to success

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By Cloe Read
A new wellness initiative began
this semester to help university
staff build and maintain a positive,
healthy and balanced workplace.
The program will have four
main themes – Body, Culture,
Mind, Place – and will include mo-
bility stretches, nutrition, balanc-
ing work and life, work safety, and
mental health.
Manager of Work Health and
Safety Kim Burgess created the
program to help staff physically
and mentally, all within easy ac-
cess at work.
“You’re always going to have
staff that think along the lines of ‘I
come to work to work, and I’ll take
care of all of this myself in my own
personal time’,” she said.
The program is a first for Bond
and Mrs Burgess has done exten-
sive research, analysing programs
domestically and internationally
and then examining it on a micro
level at universities.
“I’ve been researching what
other universities have been do-
ing and how they’ve looked at im-
plementing a program and I talked
quite a lot with other safety coun-
terparts,” she said.
Mrs Burgess, whose back-
ground is in musculoskeletals and
ergonomics, designed the topics
relevant to staff with lecturer and
tutor scheduling in mind, tapping
into both staff and student knowl-
edge.
“There is input by students
within some of the topics and I’ve
worked very closely with nutrition
and dietetics masters students in
and around the nutrition subject,”
she said.
Human Resources Help Desk
Officer Rachelle Wills, who has
worked closely with Mrs Burgess
on the program, said similar pro-
grams have been introduced in
other universities and have been
a success.
“The implementation of the
Bond Wellness program has been
very successful and WHS has
gained a lot of interest from staff
wanting to be involved,” she said.
Personal time is especially im-
portant for academics who have
longer work hours, such as staff
supervising post-graduate stu-
dents or juggle teaching with re-
search.
Program Director of Clinical
Masters of Psychology Dr Peta
Stapleton, who already uses the
yoga classes at the Bond Gym,
said she found sessions offered
during work hours highly benefi-
cial.
“It is a wonderful initiative to
have access to while at work,”
she said.
“We are all told to have a bal-
ance but actually being able to ac-
cess it during work hours makes it
easier and affordable for many.
“Attending at lunch time is way
easier than trying to fit it in after
hours when family and children
are the priority.”
Mrs Burgess and Mrs Wills
are happy to look into the idea of
a similar program for students in
the future as the issues are just as
relevant for students as they are
for staff.
Staff can access more infor-
mation on the staff intranet site.
Manager of Work Health & Safety Kim Burgess
(right) and (above) the wellness site.
Picture: Cloe Read
New wellness
program aims
to keep staff fit
and healthy
Workplace initiative all well and good

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‘Politics? Doesn’t get my vote’
By Matthew Judkins
Bondies are showing a lack of in-
terest in the upcoming local elec-
tion and the university’s only po-
litical group, BondPol, has been
deactivated.
The only avenue left on cam-
pus for students interested in pol-
itics is the subject Australian Gov-
ernment and Politics, offered via
the Faculty of Law.
Students told Bond Briefs the
Gold Coast City Council elec-
tions, to be held on March 19,
would have little impact on their
lives so they had little interest in
the outcomes.
Nicholas Adermann, media ad-
visor to state Opposition Leader
Lawrence Springborg, said this
lack of interest could be justified
by their age.
“Having the opportunity to
vote could open up more op-
portunities to start thinking in-
dependently about what they’re
making a decision on, and the
implications of that decision in
the context of the principles of
democracy,” Mr Adermann told
Bond Briefs.
Most of Bond’s interstate stu-
dents are not enrolled to vote in
the Gold Coast election.
They say this renders the out-
come irrelevant to them.
Law student Blake Greenway
said he wasn’t interested because
he is still enrolled in his New South
Wales electorate.
“Due to living in the area only
on a semesterly basis, I don’t
think the election will impact me a
lot,” he said.
University of Queensland stu-
dent Anna-Rose O’Neill said her
lack of interest was a result of me-
dia bias in politics.
“If you don’t have an interest
or a background in politics you’re
going to turn to the newspaper
or the news to help get an under-
standing,” she said.
“But what people don’t real-
ise is that it’s the politicians and
their liaisons who essentially work
these media platforms into saying
what they think will win them the
votes.”
The deadline for enrolling to
vote has passed but can still be
done at the Australian Electoral
Commission website.
The closest voting booth to
Bond will be at Varsity College on
Assembly Drive.
Law student Blake Greenway says he isn’t interested in the upcoming election at all. Picture: Matthew Judkins

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By Emily Moodie
Freshman Bondies are using good
food and exercise to combat the
phenomenon known as the ‘fresh-
er spread’ where students gain
weight in their first year of univer-
sity.
Assistant Psychology Profes-
sor Dr Peta Stapleton said there
have been many causes to the
fresher spread.
“Weight gain can happen for
many reasons,” she said.
“Either from social isolation,
comfort eating, moving out of
home for the first time, and having
control over what and when you
eat too,” she said.
“People also tend to handle
stress emotionally and eat for
comfort.”
Weight gain is a common con-
cern for first semester Bondies
living on campus, including Freya
Parke.
“I freaked out when I heard all
about the fresher spread, I didn’t
want it to happen to me,” she said.
“During orientation week and
week one I gained weight due to
the instability of moving states as
well as entering a new environ-
ment.
“However, once a routine start-
ed with classes it was much easier
to stabilise my health and weight
and I have since lost 2kg.”
First semester student Sophia
Sorensen said facilities such as
the Bond Sports Centre were im-
portant to maintaining a healthy
lifestyle.
“I have definitely started eating
larger portions and of unhealthy
foods than what I used to eat but
my weight hasn’t changed be-
cause I have been exercising,”
she said.
“However if I didn’t exercise it
would definitely be hard to control
my weight.
“Uni life is quite full on with
classes and social life, so it’s su-
per important to have a gym on
campus.”
Freya also praised the sports
centre.
“The gym facilities are wonder-
ful for daily fitness and for exer-
cising in your own way,” she said.
“The scales at the gym are also
very useful in just keeping an eye
on your weight and stabilising it.”
Third semester student Alisha
Marfatia said balance is the key to
maintaining health.
“A really important way to stay
in shape is to just find the best
balance that you can,” she said
“It’s not the easiest, but just
getting as much exercise as you
can, getting as much vegetables
and fruit, and saying no to those
unhealthy snacks that you tend to
eat when your mouth is bored.”
The large number of sport-
ing clubs available at Bond also
makes it easy to combine exer-
cise and socialising, said Freya.
“The main issue I find is jug-
gling study, classes, clubs and
my social life with health and fit-
ness,” she said.
“It’s difficult to exercise regu-
larly and with a routine but with
clubs like Res Wars I find it’s
much easier to socialise and stay
in shape at the same time.”
Alisha said it was difficult not
having her own kitchen.
“At home, Mum had always
made sure there was a lot of
fruit and vegetables and healthy
snacks in the pantry, and then for
dinner it would generally be fairly
healthy,” she said.
“So it was difficult, really dif-
ficult, there was a stage towards
the end of my first semester
where I just kind of let go a little.”
While it may be easy to get
caught up in the ‘I’m away from
home, I’m by myself and I’ll eat
what I want’ mentality, a change
in lifestyle doesn’t necessarily
have to mean a change in health,
said Sophia.
“There are still opportunities to
choose healthy meals and exer-
cise at the pool or gym,” she said.
“I would say the difficulty is
having the freedom to choose
whether we eat healthily or un-
healthily rather than our parents
feeding us.
“But that’s definitely what gets
you and so it’s important to just
do the best you can do.”
First year students Freya Parke and Alisha Marfatia ready to hit the gym
alongside Bond Sport Centre’s staff member Sarah Dry.
Photo: Emily Moodie
Fresher spread
fight a matter
of exercise and
self-discipline
A weight off their mind (and body)

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Flash Footy comp kicks goals
By Katia Pearsall and Will Taylor
More than 200 young women from
18 teams strapped on their boots
to kick off Queensland’s first fe-
male AFL Flash Footy Tournament
at Bond on Saturday.
The women’s AFL one-day
tournament was a nine-a-side,
fast-paced game that encouraged
players of all skill levels, making
its debut at Bondy’s sports fields.
The tournament had three di-
visions featuring teams from the
Queensland Women’s Australian
Football League and Queensland
Women’s Amateur Football Asso-
ciation, as well as players new to
the game.
Women’s Football Club De-
velopment Manager Fiona Jones
said she was pleased with the re-
sults from the day and in the inter-
est the event attracted.
“This was an opportunity to
not only engage players playing
at the highest level but also en-
gage brand new players who have
never played football before,” she
said.
“I think it went pretty well.
“It was exciting to have a for-
mat where we could cater for ev-
ery level of player.”
Ms Jones was optimistic about
the growth of Women’s sport
through the AFL, particularly
through increased media atten-
tion in the past year.
“Female sport in Queensland,
maybe even in Australia, over the
last 12 months has been fantas-
tic...even just the coverage that it
is getting,” she said.
“Look at the Women’s
A-League and the Women’s Big
Bash League.
“It’s naturally attracting fe-
males back into playing sport.”
Bond footballer Jenna Fulton
enjoyed the experience of play-
ing in a new competition with
customised rules and regula-
tions.
“It was an awesome opportu-
nity as well as a cool and differ-
ent concept that helped us get a
good idea of where we are in re-
gards to the upcoming season,”
said Jenna.
Fellow Bondie and team-
mate Kate Reynolds was also
impressed by the standard and
interest surrounding the tourna-
ment.
“It was a fantastic day with a
great turn out,” said Kate.
“The quality of women’s footy
really proved the promising future
of the game for women.”
Plans are being discussed for
additional tournaments through-
out the year.
These will be open to all com-
munity clubs at any level, and
women aged over 17 in 2016.
“We would like to run ideally
another two throughout this year,”
said Ms Jones.
“Having modified formats of
these sports to play in, it certainly
attracts players of all levels.”
Teams played multiple games
during the day, and ended with
twilight finals for each division.
The Yeronga Devils claimed
the title for Division One and
Two, while The University of
Queensland won the competition
for Division Three.
A match between Coolangatta Football Club and Wilston Grange Gorillas Football Club on Saturday as part of
Queensland’s first female AFL Flash Football Tournament at Bond. Picture: Katia Pearsall and Will Taylor
Bond hosts
state’s first
all-women
tournament
It was exciting to
have a format where
we could cater for
every level of player.
~Women’s Football Club
Development Manager
Fiona Jones

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Catering for learning diversity
By Chloe Alexander
Bond is expanding its blended and
enhanced learning programs to ca-
ter for students’ diverse learning
styles.
Blended learning is a teaching
method that gives students access
to face-to-face and online teach-
ing styles, while enhanced learning
uses online sites to broaden stu-
dents’ knowledge.
Deputy Director of the Office of
Learning and Teaching Dr Sarah
Long said Bond uses blended and
enhanced learning to give students
access to high quality academic re-
sources.
“There can be videos or media
clips, right through to implementing
opportunities for online self-checks
and assessment on iLearn,” she
said.
Giving students an option of on-
line learning offers them flexibility
as well as access to resources in
their own time, said Dr Long.
Dr Jonathan Ping, Associate
Dean Learning and Teaching at
the Faculty of Society and Design,
worked with educators to create an
iLearn community site called FSD
Foundation Maths.
“Any student who needs addi-
tional assistance with mathematics
can use the iLearn community site,”
Dr Ping said.
The site was trialled at the end
of last year and has been running
on iLearn since the start of this
year, he said.
“We have excellent feedback so
far.”
Teaching Fellow Emma Laing
said blended learning resources
like iLearn are a good central area
where students can access infor-
mation they’ve missed in class.
“From a teaching perspective,
we can see when people’s last log
in was,” she said.
“So someone might have
dropped off if they haven’t logged
in for two weeks or if someone says
they tried to submit an assignment
we can check.”
Teachers can also see how many
students access different sections
on iLearn and it allows them to see
which are more effective, she said.
Bond is continuing to advance
its blended and enhanced learning
methods with the use of technol-
ogy, however there will always be
a place for traditional face-to-face
teaching, said Dr Long.
“We know that our students like
that personalised element of teach-
ing, but we also recognise today’s
students who demand flexibility
and want multiple ways of access-
ing information,” she said.
Student Danieka Strathdee logs onto iLearn and (inset) the Blended Learning iLearn
site. Picture: Chloe Alexander
Library now
open to 1am
By Tom McKee
Main library has extend-
ed its hours to cater for
students meeting mid-se-
mester exams and asign-
ment deadlines.
First year Business
student Jayden Mitropou-
los said he had felt his
workload pick up in the
past few weeks.
“This is my first sem
so I was probably taking it
a bit easy, just settling into
Bond life, so I definitely
had to hit up the library
and the MLC in the nights
leading up to my exams,”
he said.
“Not going to lie, there
were one or two late
nights, just cramming
and getting a bit of study
done.”
The library has extend-
ed closing time from 11pm
to 1am.
“I had to get my act
together a bit but the
facilities are great and
the extended hours really
helped me,” said Jayden.
The Law library is open
from 8am to 11pm and
the Multimedia Learning
Centre remains open 24
hours.

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Study abroad numbers up 20%
By Kelsey Gomes
Bond’s Study Abroad program has
grown 20% since this time last year
due to extensive marketing that has
resulted in rising interest from Euro-
pean students.
American students, who com-
prise the majority of study abroad
students, have also increased with
the lower Australian dollar.
Study Abroad and Exchange
Marketing Coordinator Charlotte
Johnston said TeanAbroad, CIS
and ARCADI are the main three
programs that bring in study abroad
students from universities across
the states.
“This year alone, TeanAbroad
brought around 150 students,” she
said.
“Americans are the biggest
group who arrive at Bond Universi-
ty, with the study abroad program
reaching out to Europe more.”
A smaller campus and person-
able teachers enable foreign stu-
dents to adjust quickly to Bond life.
America study abroad students
relish classes at Bond that are not
available at home.
Australia Pop Culture, Love Sex
and Relationship, and Adventurism
are the most popular.
Ms Johnston said she was im-
pressed by the students’ work eth-
ics.
“Even when the majority of study
abroad students are taking classes
at a pass or fail level, the level of
commitment is high with students
excelling,” she said.
Transition to a different learning
style has the potential to leave stu-
dents behind but Communication
student Emily Moeller said Bond’s
teachers gave great support and
care.
“The transition to Bond Univer-
sity is very similar with the classes
but the week-to-week schedule is
different to adjust to, as well as only
having a few exams and assign-
ments due throughout the semes-
ter,” she said.
However, the alternative teach-
ing styles and opportunities to trav-
el around Australia often result in
students extending their stay to two
semesters, the maximum allowed.
The Study Abroad program affil-
iates with 80 international universi-
ties.
The Study Abroad team works hard to fulfill the needs of students. Picture: Kelsey Gomes
Three reasons
to love Bond
By Tariah Magri
From Canada to Singapore
and Gympie, three students
explain their decision to
study at Bond.
Bachelor of Communi-
cations (Business) student
Jordy Gray, 18, left Sin-
gapore for the fast-track
degree.
“This makes it really
ideal for someone like
myself who is passionate
to get working after uni is
over,” Jordy said.
“I’ve also been holiday-
ing on the Gold Coast since
I was really young so it’s
become a second home to
me.”
Journalism student
Chloe Alexander, 17, left
Gympie for the same rea-
son.
“I also liked the fact
that the teachers get to
know you and the classes
are much smaller,” Chloe
said.
Canadian Juris Doctor
of Law student Rishi Shar-
ma, 23, said Bond was the
only university outside of
Canada that offers Cana-
dian courses and teaches
Canadian law.
“It is a well-recognised
school,” he said.

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By Livia Treanor
Coffee, noodles and a com-
fortable chair are the bare
necessities for dedicated
architecture students who
work into the nights on their
projects.
Often students are found
fast asleep in the building,
said student Santiago Ren-
don.
Santiago said he spends
nearly every day in the Abe-
dian School of Architecture,
often from 8am to 3am the
next day.
Architecture is rapidly
gaining a reputation of hav-
ing the hardest working stu-
dents.
Many also buy their own
office chairs for their desks
to make the long nights
more comfortable.
“Having your own station
makes the environment feel
like a second home,” said
Santiago.
He said having their own
stations allows the students
to have more personal
space helping them to feel
free of stress, which in re-
turn helps them to perform
better.
The program places
emphasis on the develop-
ment of students who are
experienced in innovative
technologies and are ad-
venturous in their creative
designs, according to the
Bond website.
“If you’re passionate
about what you’re doing
you’re going to enjoy it so
much,” said Santiago.
He said it’s not hard for
the students to fall in love
with the course when they
are taught by intelligent ex-
perienced people and are in
an atmosphere that creates
constant inspiration.
“Everything we learn is
always interesting, you want
to be learning it,” he said.
“Architecture is about
understanding and con-
necting with the client, it’s
very significant and pleas-
ing to make their desires
become real.”
Late nights, hard
work all by design
Architecture student Santiago Rendon, holding his sketches,
says he often works late into the night on his projects.
Photo: Livia Treanor
By Sarina Tasone
The 4WD Camping and Fishing Club has be-
come so popular it now has a waiting list in
which not everyone is guaranteed a place.
The club is organising a trip to Yuraygir
National Park this semester with only 15
spots available.
Secretary Liang-zi Sun and vice-presi-
dent and co-founder Robert Sheppard said
due to limited places priority was given to
overseas students.
“Usually we like to take a variety of
people from different backgrounds,” said
Robert.
“If students have been in the past they
automatically get to come again if they wish.
“We try to take as many exchange stu-
dents as possible as it gives them a great
opportunity to see Australia.
“The more you apply the more likely you
are to come. We try to be as fair as possible
with selection – it’s unfortunate we can’t
take everyone.”
Marketing student Alli Damico said she
found out about the club during O-week and
is applying to go on the week nine trip.
“As a study abroad student here at Bond
I thought this would be a great way for me to
explore a new place in Australia,” she said.
The club started in 142 when some of
the boys who are still on the exec were
having a drink and decided it would be a
good idea to make a camping club to allow
students to see Australia.
Since its start there has been a signif-
icant increase in members due to people
talking to their friends about each trip.
Demand exceeds camping club with waiting list
Members of the 4WD Camping and Fishing Club on a recent adventure. The club has
proved to be highly popular. Photo: Supplied/Facebook

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