{"id":1047,"date":"2013-10-08T11:28:55","date_gmt":"2013-10-08T01:58:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/encounter\/?p=1047"},"modified":"2013-10-08T11:28:55","modified_gmt":"2013-10-08T01:58:55","slug":"empire-times-turns-40","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/encounter\/2013\/10\/08\/empire-times-turns-40\/","title":{"rendered":"Empire Times turns 40"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1050\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1050\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/encounter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2013\/10\/ET-image-21.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1050\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/encounter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2013\/10\/ET-image-21-300x300.png\" alt=\"Empire Times Magazine\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/encounter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2013\/10\/ET-image-21-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/encounter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2013\/10\/ET-image-21-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/encounter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2013\/10\/ET-image-21.png 701w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1050\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Empire Times Magazine<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>From its very first editorial in 1969, Empire Times (ET) has proudly numbered among Australia\u2019s most radical, creative, and forward-thinking student magazines.\u00a0 The irreverent and often controversial student magazine recently celebrated its 40th anniversary.<\/p>\n<p>The celebratory event was held on 23 August at the Flinders City Gallery, with a gathering of past and present editors and contributors.<\/p>\n<p>ET took its initial inspiration from radical politics and the counter-culture movements of the US and Europe of the 1960s, and went on to run pieces on the big issues \u2013 wars, the environment, feminism, and gay rights.\u00a0 Space was also devoted to student-centred concerns such as opposition to university fees, calls to increase student living allowances and demands to overhaul assessment methods. Culture, in the form of music, theatre, film and book reviews as well as original fiction and poetry, has been another staple for ET.<\/p>\n<p>Numerous ET editors and contributors are among Flinders\u2019 most prominent alumni with many going on to successful careers in the arts, journalism or politics, among them Federal Labor MP Kate Ellis.<\/p>\n<p>Although there was a lapse in publication of several years in the 2000s when the Voluntary Student Unionism legislation cut funding, ET\u2018s revival this year was in time to celebrate the 40th anniversary with a <a href=\"http:\/\/issuu.com\/fusa-association\/docs\/et_40.7\">special commemorative edition<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Empire Times is produced by the Flinders University Student Association.\u00a0 Recent editions are available online on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fusa.edu.au\/\">FUSA website<\/a> under the \u2018Your Community\u2019 tab.<\/p>\n<p>Have you kept a collection of Empire Times from your time at Flinders University?\u00a0 Take a photo of your collection and send to us at <a href=\"anna.delrio@flinders.edu.au\">alumni@flinders.edu.au<\/a> to have a chance of winning a Flinders Gift pack valued at $80.\u00a0 The most distinctive entry will be adjudged the winner.\u00a0 The winner will be announced in the next edition of e.ENCOUNTER.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From its very first editorial in 1969, Empire Times (ET) has proudly numbered among Australia\u2019s most radical, creative, and forward-thinking student magazines.\u00a0 The irreverent and often [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,6,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1047","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alumni-benefits","category-news","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - 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