http://precinct.communication.uts.edu.au An initiative of the Journalism Area, Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, University of Technology, Sydney, all content is produced by students enrolled in the University’s Magazine Publishing elective Tue, 02 Mar 2010 01:20:20 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en About 2009 Precinct is a free, community-focused magazine distributed throughout the Sydney City Council local government area. An initiative of the Journalism Area, Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, University of Technology, Sydney, Precinct is produced by students enrolled in the Magazine Publishing elective, with all stories commissioned from undergraduate and ... http://precinct.communication.uts.edu.au/2009/11/about/ The life of Norrie May-Welby is an open book – she admits so herself. On her MySpace page, Ms May-Welby has posted an eight-minute video in which she muses on her sexuality, sex change and experiences as a transgender woman. “I like being honest with regard to sex and gender and ... http://precinct.communication.uts.edu.au/2009/11/baring-all-norrie-may-may-welby/ Marc Furmie looks like any other regular, good-looking young guy. Dressed in dark jeans, a faded t-shirt and aviator sunglasses, you’d never peg him for an award-winning director. Yet that is exactly what he is. At only 28 he is an up-and-coming force in the Australian film industry. He has ... http://precinct.communication.uts.edu.au/2009/11/marc-furmie-how-to-make-the-directors-cut/ Dorothy McRae-McMahon's passionate belief in social justice formed early, honed by a half-century of refugees, poverty and racism. In her 20s she lived "right at the edge of a mass public housing estate, where I had a lot to do with the struggling people, and they really were struggling in those ... http://precinct.communication.uts.edu.au/2009/11/dorothy-mcrae-mcmahon-one-minister%e2%80%99s-fight-for-social-justice/ DR CLIO CRESSWELL Dressed in an electric blue silk blouse and sporting a dazzling smile, Dr Clio Cresswell shines like a beacon in a sea of motley maths-lovers. The crowd, at the Ultimo City Library, have assembled for part of the City of Sydney’s Science Festival. Grey-haired academics ... http://precinct.communication.uts.edu.au/2009/11/dr-cilo-cresswell/ Over 2000 diseased human organs sit exposed, shelf upon shelf, their ailments on display to all. If diseased organs are good for anything, it’s for this. [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="260" caption="The Museum"][/caption] The University of New South Wales (UNSW) turned its pathology collection into Sydney’s Museum of Human Disease 12 years ago. ... http://precinct.communication.uts.edu.au/2008/11/click-to-help-save-the-world/ Discover a tale of an illegal bookmaker’s parlour, run out of a weatherboard cottage. [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="319" caption="Glebe Point Rd"][/caption] Learn of an escapee pig, its fate lost from the annals of history after it was greased up for an anti-apartheid protest by a young Meredith Burgman, long before she became ... http://precinct.communication.uts.edu.au/2008/11/ten-top-places-to-learn-something-new-2/ Australians were once ashamed of their heritage. A convict perched in the family tree left and indelible mark through the generations. The stain on a good name from a convict relative was carefully hidden by families until the 1960s. [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="319" caption="Convict Stain"][/caption] Fast forward a few generations and these ... http://precinct.communication.uts.edu.au/2008/11/flickr-gets-museum-archives-online/ Beneath the thrill of rock fishing lies danger and tragedy few people know about. The sport has claimed nine lives in NSW this year alone and at least 50 lives over the last four years, according to the Government’s ‘Safe Waters’ website. [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="319" caption="A rock-fisherman in action"][/caption] These statistics ... http://precinct.communication.uts.edu.au/2008/11/no-last-laugh-for-sydney/ [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="320" caption="Adam Hills takes time out at his Surry Hills Studio. Credit: Vanessa Watson"] [/caption] For over 10 years, Indigenous artist Adam Hill has sung, sculpted and painted his political, artistic and professional activism. Hill’s people are originally from Bellingen in northern New South Wales, and he feels the ... http://precinct.communication.uts.edu.au/2008/11/the-stylish-and-sleek-geek/