ACES

Contact: Sam Warriner

Email: swarrine@student.bond.edu.au

Bond is a small, international university. This provides fantastic opportunities for all students, Australian or not, to sample the cultures from around the world. Our worry, however, is that we are losing what it means to be Australian. The Australian Cultural and Education Society (ACES) look at providing an educational experience for those people who would like to know more about what Australians do in their spare time. This is by no means excluding Australians from joining the ACES, indeed we feel that many Aussies at Bond are losing touch with themselves and their country of origin (just take our sense of fashion, and perception of a reasonable price for a Bundy on a cold night).

This will be done by hosting events singling out a particular element of our heritage, and capitalising on these stereotypes. Examples of such events are the Drop Bears BnS Ball - a celebration of Australian rurality involving a country style ball with messy consequences and sore Sunday heads; and the Main Event each semester - a celebration of Australian food and weather with BBQ's, and then depending on our selected location, horses, pontoons, jet skis, stop-overs in Nimbin, and everything Australian!

There is also a extensive events calendar each semester which includes, ACES Orienteering, Warehouse Party, Semesterly General Meeting, State of Origin celebrations (in Second semester only), and any other event the talented and resourceful executive may choose to host.

Sounds like this might be your calling? Email bondaces@gmail.com or swarrine@student.bond.edu.au for more information on membership, events, or just how to have a good time.

Apart from that, get involved patriot, your country needs you.
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