Cuisine of the Barr Smith Lawns

Move over, sausage sizzles. With the weather hotting up it seems that every club on campus is out to boost their bank accounts (no doubt to fund their rather enjoyable end of year piss ups) by flogging cheap and delicious food to hungry students. But it isn’t just greasy sausages anymore – you can now pick anything from falafel, to noodles, to
Last week the Evangelical Union, the Malaysian Students and Godless (the atheist club) competed for punters, with the EU giving away noodles and Godless hosting endless BBQ’s – in fact, one would be forgiven for thinking they had set up shop, with this reporter spying them on the lawns all Election Week too.

The Malaysian Students Association also busted into the BBQ market on this particular day so we thought a BBQ round up would be in order. Both groups had a selling price of $1 per sausage so we had to look a bit further to make up our minds about Godless were our first visit and though the set up was a bit confusing, the organizers soon pointed us in the right direction and they scored major points when my veggie friend got a massive veggie pattie sandwich (that’s right, they didn’t skimp on the bread) for the bargain price of $1. The sausages weren’t particularly inspiring but we liked that you could get a sticker that said ‘no thanks, I’m an atheist’ free with your snag.

Venturing over to the Malaysian BBQ, we couldn’t really find any veggie options unless you wanted to eat bread with onion and sauce – quite a reasonable proposal given that the onion serving was so generous my entire hand was enveloped along with the sausage and bread. The sausages here were definitely better quality and these guys were super organized, strategically placing themselves opposite their stall. The girls who were running it were great PR people - they should run in student elections the way that I was accosted, leafleted and invited to an event in one smooth move.

However, pick of the month for Food of the Barr Smith Lawns goes to the Israeli club who gave away free falafel rolls during their event on Wednesday of Election Week. They were awesome guys – and if you’re reading this, send me your hummus recipe.

Student Radio 2008

Congratulations to Johnathon Brown who has been elected as the 2008 Student Radio Director in this year's Adelaide University Union Elections.

John currently produces the Breakfast show for Radio Adelaide and has some exciting new plans in the works for Student Radio in 2008.

You can contact him at johnathon.brown@student.adelaide.edu.au

AUSR at Open Day 2007

AUSR will be hosting Open Day at the University of Adelaide on Sunday 26th August. Meet the Student Radio Directors, Franky and Sunshine from The Director's cut along with with all your favourite presenters including Geoff, Kye and Ben from Vincent and Gumpch, Andrew and Will from the Slightly Political Party and Kristian, Jimmy and Toby from The Dissident Conformists.

Resident DJ's Pete and Simtech will be bringing smooth tunes and chilled out vibes to your weekend. You can catch Student Radio from 11am to 3pm on Hughes Plaza. Don't miss it.

The Director's Cut

The Director's Cut is a fortnightly show on Radio Adelaide 101.5FM hosted by Hannah Frank and Tyson Shine. The show is open mic and there are different guests, ranging from revolutionary youth movements, to politicans, musicians and comedians.

Each week the Student Radio resident DJ's, Simtech and Pete bring your ears alive with a new musical theme. Past themes have included TV Shows, Songs That Have Been Ruined By Advertising and Songs You Didn't Know Were Covers.

Still to come this year on The Director's Cut is the Swing Music Special, Soundtracks and more. The show is broadcast on Radio Adelaide 101.5FM every Tuesday night at 10pm.