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'''''BULL''''' is the student magazine of the [[University of Sydney]] in [[Sydney]], [[Australia]], and is published by the [[University of Sydney Union]]. Established as ''The Bulletin'', then ''The Bull'', ''BULL'' is the union's only high-gloss magazine and is published monthly by an editorially independent student team.<ref>University of Sydney Union's BULL Magazine [http://www.usu.edu.au/BULL-Magazine.aspx], Retrieved on 2013-03-21</ref>
'''''BULL''''' was the student magazine of the [[University of Sydney]] in [[Sydney]], [[Australia]], and was published by the [[University of Sydney Union]]. Established as ''The Bulletin'', then ''The Bull'', ''BULL'' was the union's only high-gloss magazine and was published monthly by an editorially independent student team.<ref>University of Sydney Union's BULL Magazine [http://www.usu.edu.au/BULL-Magazine.aspx] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140322120602/http://www.usu.edu.au/BULL-Magazine.aspx|date=22 March 2014}}, Retrieved 21 March 2013.</ref>


Written by students, for students, editorial leadership changes annually and as a result, editions change tone and style over the years.<ref>ISSUU – BULL Magazine [http://issuu.com/bullmagazine], Retrieved on 2013-03-21</ref><ref>BULL 2014 [http://www.usu.edu.au/BULL-Magazine/2014.aspx], Retrieved on 2013-03-21</ref> ''BULL'' has a strong focus on [[feature articles]], culture and arts and involves fellow student reporters, contributors and photographers enriching the magazine.
Written by students, for students, editorial leadership changed annually and as a result, editions changed tone and style over the years. In 2013 ''BULL'' was awarded at the ACUMA Awards for Excellence in Campus Service, receiving Best Publication.<ref>ACUMA Awards 2013 {{cite web |url=http://acuma.org.au/acuma-awards/ |title=ACUMA Awards &#124; acuma.org.au |accessdate=2014-04-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140529172318/http://acuma.org.au/acuma-awards/ |archive-date=29 May 2014 |df=dmy-all }}, Retrieved 21 March 2013.</ref><ref>ISSUU – BULL Magazine [http://issuu.com/bullmagazine], Retrieved 21 March 2013.</ref><ref>BULL 2014 [http://www.usu.edu.au/BULL-Magazine/2014.aspx] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140405215059/http://www.usu.edu.au/BULL-Magazine/2014.aspx|date=5 April 2014}}, Retrieved 21 March 2013.</ref> ''BULL'' had a strong focus on [[feature story|feature articles]], culture and arts and involved fellow student reporters, contributors and photographers enriching the magazine. In 2015 the readership of the magazine dropped dramatically which eventually led to the closure of ''BULL'' that year.


In early 2016, it was officially reported that ''BULL'' would be discontinued with print versions and the website shutting down, and a new online platform, later titled ''Pulp'', would take its place, edited by student journalists Whitney Duan and Aparna Balakumar.
In 2013 ''BULL'' was awarded at the ACUMA Awards for Excellence in Campus Service, receiving Best Publication.<ref>ACUMA Awards 2013 [http://acuma.org.au/acuma-awards/], Retrieved on 2013-03-21</ref> The 2015 editors of the magazine are Ada Lee, Shazar Barbar, Tom Joyner, Sam Langford, Bernadette Anvia and Mary Ward.<ref>Yearly BULL Editors [http://www.usuonline.com/studentleadership/BullEditor2013.aspx], Retrieved on 2013-03-21</ref><ref>BULL Magazine Guide 2014 [http://www.usu.edu.au/BULL-Magazine/Side-Callouts/BULL-CONTRIBUTOR-GUIDE-2014_web.aspx], Retrieved on 2013-06-21</ref>


==History==
==History==
Originally published daily as ''The Bulletin'', then ''The Bull'', the ''Union Recorder'' was the main monthly student publication at the University of Sydney prior to ''BULL''. However, due to rationalisation in the face of voluntary student unionism, it was announced that in 2006, ''BULL'' would be the primary repository of student content and feature student editors. As of 2014, ''BULL'' is the sole [[magazine]] of the [[University of Sydney Union]].
Originally published daily as ''The Bulletin'', then ''The Bull'', the ''Union Recorder'' was the main monthly student publication at the University of Sydney prior to ''BULL''. However, due to rationalisation in the face of voluntary student unionism, it was announced that in 2006, ''BULL'' would be the primary repository of student content and feature student editors.

In March 2014, [[Honi Soit]] reported that a proposal was made to the [[University of Sydney Union]] student-appointed [[board of directors]] to take ''BULL'' exclusively online. While the decision was unanimous among the editors, the current Board, whom have power over the Union's operations, struck down the proposal, leaving the publication in print. ''BULL'' faced a review as a result.<ref>Honi Soit: The Manning Files [http://honisoit.com/2014/03/the-manning-files/], Retrieved on 2013-03-21</ref>
Currently ''BULL'' and [[Honi Soit]] are the two major student publications at the [[University of Sydney]].


Since 2006, ''BULL'' has been wholly staffed and operated by University of Sydney students, with eight editions published a year.
Since 2006, ''BULL'' has been wholly staffed and operated by University of Sydney students, with eight editions published a year.

In 2013 ''BULL'' was awarded at the ACUMA Awards for Excellence in Campus Service, receiving Best Publication, among other awards given to the University of Sydney Union at the ceremony.

In March 2014, ''[[Honi Soit]]'' reported that a proposal was made to the [[University of Sydney Union]] student-appointed [[board of directors]] to take ''BULL'' exclusively online. While the decision was unanimous among the editors, the current Board, who have power over the Union's operations, struck down the proposal, leaving the publication in print. ''BULL'' faced a review as a result.<ref>Honi Soit: The Manning Files [http://honisoit.com/2014/03/the-manning-files/], Retrieved 21 March 2013.</ref> Rather the editors of this year pursued with establishing a ''BULL'' online platform and radio program that was later discontinued.

2015 saw the magazine readership decline severely and lead to a reduction in circulation.


==Content==
==Content==
Content of ''BULL'' is all written by students of any degree and contributors are encouraged to write throughout the year. As of 2014, ''BULL'' began a collective of reporters from applicants to be regular writers for the publication. The topics explored in ''BULL'' varies year to year in line with the priorities and beliefs of the editors. Each edition contains an editorial, feature articles, interviews, travel and cultural articles and reviews. Student photography and comics often are printed by the magazine, but may not appear in every issue. ''BULL'' has no political alignment and is distanced from the agenda of student representatives.
Content of ''BULL'' was all written by students of any degree and contributors were encouraged to write throughout the year. In 2014, ''BULL'' began a collective of reporters from applicants to be regular writers for the publication, which continued through to 2015. The topics explored in ''BULL'' varied year to year in line with the priorities and beliefs of the editors. Each edition contained an editorial, feature articles, interviews, travel and cultural articles and reviews. Student photography and comics were often printed by the magazine, but did not appear in every issue. ''BULL'' had no political alignment and is distanced from the agenda of student representatives, though many editors later went on to run for election as editors of [[Honi Soit]] as part of the Students' Representative Council.


===Features===
===Features===
As a cultural magazine, ''BULL'' has explored current and cutting edge topics over the years. Some feature articles concepts have included dying on social media, disabled sex, being gay in [[Canberra]], the art of "picking up", slash fiction, eating competitions, Asian [[blepharoplasty]], over-the-counter medicine addiction, the [[Pink Panthers]], sex over 60, firestarters, [[Shakespeare and Company (bookstore)|Shakespeare and Company]], cat obsessions, [[stuttering]] and the rise of [[Sucker punch|King Hits]] in Australia.
As a cultural magazine, ''BULL'' had explored current and cutting edge topics over the years. Some feature articles concepts had included dying on social media, disabled sex, being gay in [[Canberra]], the art of "picking up", slash fiction, eating competitions, Asian [[blepharoplasty]], over-the-counter medicine addiction, the [[Pink Panthers]], sex over 60, firestarters, [[Shakespeare and Company (bookstore)|Shakespeare and Company]], cat obsessions, [[stuttering]] and the rise of [[Sucker punch|King Hits]] in Australia.


The [[front cover]] of Issue 5 in 2013 was particularly controversial for depicting a cartoon [[penis]] dressed as a member of the [[Ku Klux Klan]], for the accompanying article "Getting Racy", by Flora Grant and Lawrence Muskitta, on sexual racism.
The [[Cover art|front cover]] of Issue 5 in 2013 was particularly controversial for depicting a cartoon [[penis]] dressed as a member of the [[Ku Klux Klan]], for the accompanying article "Getting Racy", by Flora Grant and Lawrence Muskitta, on sexual racism.


===Interviews===
===Interviews===
''BULL'' have interviewed a number of notable Australian and international people. This has included [[Anna Funder]], [[Jasper Knight]] and [[Andrew Hansen]].
''BULL'' had interviewed a number of notable Australian and international people. This has included [[Anna Funder]], [[Jasper Knight]] and [[Andrew Hansen]].


==Past editors==
==Closure==
In early 2016, it was announced that ''BULL'' would be discontinued and replaced with a new online platform.
* '''2014''': Eden Caceda, Katie Davern, Sean O'Grady, Sophie Gallagher, Melanie Kembry, Rob North, Erin Rooney, Melanie Kembrey

* '''2013''': Felix Donovan, Eleanor Gordon-Smith, Diana Pham, John Rowley, Lane Sainty, Kate Wilcox
In February, it was announced that this platform would be titled ''Pulp'' and would have two editors paying student contributors for their articles on the website, rather than unpaid contributions as had occurred in the past and occurs with newspaper [[Honi Soit]]. Likewise students were to be paid salaries in the place of bursaries that had become commonplace in student positions across the university campus.
* '''2012''': Bronte Lambourne, Lawrence Muskitta, Misa Han, Pierce Hartigan, Xiaoran Shi

* '''2011''': Paul Karp, Alex McKinnon, Kira Spucys-Tahar, Anne Widjaja
The new editors for ''Pulp'' in 2016 were announced as Whitney Duan and Aparna Balakumar, with the latter later replaced with Swetha Das.


==See also==
==See also==
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==References==
==References==
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{{Reflist}}


==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.usu.edu.au/BULL-Magazine.aspx BULL at the University of Sydney Union]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20140322120602/http://www.usu.edu.au/BULL-Magazine.aspx BULL at the University of Sydney Union]
*[https://www.facebook.com/bullmag BULL Facebook page.]


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BULL
Front cover of Edition 1, 2014
TypStudent magazine
FormatMagazine
Owner(s)University of Sydney Union
Gegründet2006 (as a monthly publication)
SpracheEnglisch
Ceased publication2016
HauptsitzUniversity of Sydney
Camperdown, NSW
Circulation9000
Websitebullmag.com.au

BULL was the student magazine of the University of Sydney in Sydney, Australia, and was published by the University of Sydney Union. Established as The Bulletin, then The Bull, BULL was the union's only high-gloss magazine and was published monthly by an editorially independent student team.[1]

Written by students, for students, editorial leadership changed annually and as a result, editions changed tone and style over the years. In 2013 BULL was awarded at the ACUMA Awards for Excellence in Campus Service, receiving Best Publication.[2][3][4] BULL had a strong focus on feature articles, culture and arts and involved fellow student reporters, contributors and photographers enriching the magazine. In 2015 the readership of the magazine dropped dramatically which eventually led to the closure of BULL that year.

In early 2016, it was officially reported that BULL would be discontinued with print versions and the website shutting down, and a new online platform, later titled Pulp, would take its place, edited by student journalists Whitney Duan and Aparna Balakumar.

History

[edit]

Originally published daily as The Bulletin, then The Bull, the Union Recorder was the main monthly student publication at the University of Sydney prior to BULL. However, due to rationalisation in the face of voluntary student unionism, it was announced that in 2006, BULL would be the primary repository of student content and feature student editors.

Since 2006, BULL has been wholly staffed and operated by University of Sydney students, with eight editions published a year.

In 2013 BULL was awarded at the ACUMA Awards for Excellence in Campus Service, receiving Best Publication, among other awards given to the University of Sydney Union at the ceremony.

In March 2014, Honi Soit reported that a proposal was made to the University of Sydney Union student-appointed board of directors to take BULL exclusively online. While the decision was unanimous among the editors, the current Board, who have power over the Union's operations, struck down the proposal, leaving the publication in print. BULL faced a review as a result.[5] Rather the editors of this year pursued with establishing a BULL online platform and radio program that was later discontinued.

2015 saw the magazine readership decline severely and lead to a reduction in circulation.

Content

[edit]

Content of BULL was all written by students of any degree and contributors were encouraged to write throughout the year. In 2014, BULL began a collective of reporters from applicants to be regular writers for the publication, which continued through to 2015. The topics explored in BULL varied year to year in line with the priorities and beliefs of the editors. Each edition contained an editorial, feature articles, interviews, travel and cultural articles and reviews. Student photography and comics were often printed by the magazine, but did not appear in every issue. BULL had no political alignment and is distanced from the agenda of student representatives, though many editors later went on to run for election as editors of Honi Soit as part of the Students' Representative Council.

Eigenschaften

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As a cultural magazine, BULL had explored current and cutting edge topics over the years. Some feature articles concepts had included dying on social media, disabled sex, being gay in Canberra, the art of "picking up", slash fiction, eating competitions, Asian blepharoplasty, over-the-counter medicine addiction, the Pink Panthers, sex over 60, firestarters, Shakespeare and Company, cat obsessions, stuttering and the rise of King Hits in Australia.

The front cover of Issue 5 in 2013 was particularly controversial for depicting a cartoon penis dressed as a member of the Ku Klux Klan, for the accompanying article "Getting Racy", by Flora Grant and Lawrence Muskitta, on sexual racism.

Interviews

[edit]

BULL had interviewed a number of notable Australian and international people. This has included Anna Funder, Jasper Knight and Andrew Hansen.

Closure

[edit]

In early 2016, it was announced that BULL would be discontinued and replaced with a new online platform.

In February, it was announced that this platform would be titled Pulp and would have two editors paying student contributors for their articles on the website, rather than unpaid contributions as had occurred in the past and occurs with newspaper Honi Soit. Likewise students were to be paid salaries in the place of bursaries that had become commonplace in student positions across the university campus.

The new editors for Pulp in 2016 were announced as Whitney Duan and Aparna Balakumar, with the latter later replaced with Swetha Das.

See also

[edit]

References

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  1. ^ University of Sydney Union's BULL Magazine [1] Archived 22 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine, Retrieved 21 March 2013.
  2. ^ ACUMA Awards 2013 "ACUMA Awards | acuma.org.au". Archived from the original on 29 May 2014. Retrieved 6 April 2014., Retrieved 21 March 2013.
  3. ^ ISSUU – BULL Magazine [2], Retrieved 21 March 2013.
  4. ^ BULL 2014 [3] Archived 5 April 2014 at the Wayback Machine, Retrieved 21 March 2013.
  5. ^ Honi Soit: The Manning Files [4], Retrieved 21 March 2013.
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