Well, it’s official: the world is going to hell in a hand basket. It is clear to me that man’s inhumanity towards man knows no bounds and that even as I write, Great Cthulhu must surely stir in his slumber ‘neath R’lyeh, sensing his imminent freedom. No matter where I look these days, I cannot buy caramel flavoured milk.

Some people might be sick of hearing about VSU (voluntary student unionism), others might not care, but I know a lot of people are still confused about what VSU is and what is means for us here at our uni. So this article is to get you up to speed on it all.

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VSU - does the term sound vaguely familiar? Did you hear it mentioned on tv some time last year, or on talk back radio? Maybe it was John Lawes bitching about those rowdy bougoisie young student polis with the silver spoons in their mouths? Or Brendan Nelson complaining that he couldn't do his job because of the "hard core" student protesters? So just what were those bloody hippies protesting over? Now you're at uni, it's time to find out... MEGAN CLEMENT* explains the mystery of VSU and what everyone was getting so gosh darned upset about.

Ok people, this is the place to help us promote Opus, and especially NUSA. With VSU coming in in second semester, we need to make the Student population aware of NUSA as much as possible, and Opus is a good vehicle for that. But to do that, we also need to promote Opus. So what we need are suggestions for a)Getting Opus out there b)Promoting NUSA in Opus c)Getting people to pay their fees