Category: News
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The Rise and Fall of SpockSoc: A Sci-Fi Legacy
Back in the latter years of the twentieth century, SpockSoc was founded, as UNSW’s Sci-Fi, Fantasy and Anime Club. We don’t currently know who founded it or when that was – the records of the Student Guild (one of Arc’s predecessors, which looked after clubs and societies at the time) are long lost, and SpockSoc’s…
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2011 President’s Welcome
Founded a little over one-hundred years ago, the University of New South Wales’ Science Fiction and Fantasy club was short lived, when the founders, a motley collection of scientists, occult figures and specialists in the weird realised that science fiction was not, at that time wide spread enough to really form a club around and…
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Upcoming Marathons
I’m hoping to have our first marathon screening for the year on Saturday March 20th (that’s the Saturday following week 3) but it’s still reliant on room availability. We’ll be showing Babylon 5 regardless of when we end up having it, because I’ve been promising people for a while (probably starting from the first episode…
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Stargate Convention
Yesterday The Hub Productions hosted a Stargate convention at the Sir John Clancy auditorium. I advertised it at the O-Week stall all through the week, though I think most people were turned away by the price tag. SpockSoc member Bethany and I were there, and we also bumped into former president Dallas towards the end…
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Week 12: First Eps
Last week of session. I know everyone’s got exams coming up, but come to SpockSoc for one last break before exams start. First off, thanks to those who turned up for the AGM – we just managed to scrape through with fifteen members. And congrats to Caroline, who’s joining the Exec as the new secretary…