MUSL - Report of Statistics 2014 SM2

Semester 2, 2014

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the lunches are or the larger group size (10 people or more), I may disengage from conversation for a short while and look around, at this wonderful thing Somers Lunch is. I find it remarkable that such a diverse group of (Somers) people can come together and enjoy the delicious flavours of Tsubu, the vibe of an UMSU BBQ, or the amazing blades of grass on South Lawn.

I would like to take this time to commend the activity of members this semester, in particular Jordan Pheasant-Kelly (2011 Green) for carrying through with the t-shirts. Having something that makes us even more exclusive within the University was needed- just telling people “No, you can’t sit with us,” was no longer enough. Now we havethese t-shirts which we can all wear and exclude any non-Somers person to a greater extent. Bravo Jordan, and tempus est fallacia, quod pravarum rerum finiantur! Catchy, eh?

It is the greatest pleasure to award RisyadAbmar (2012 Yellow) with the first MUSL President’s award, for attending 100% of lunches this year. Bravo Risyad. He has set the example of a perfect MUSLarian, and has even attended more lunches than myself.

In the final few weeks of the year, I find myself reflecting on the lunches which have made this MUSLing year the most successful in recent memory. At times where

However, Risyad failed to meet 100% of his responsibilities as Newsboy over the past one and a half years, so he will not receive the $2000 grant which comes alongside the award. On the first lunch of 2015, myself, Jordan Pheasant-Kelly and Sophie Steele (2011 Green) will purchase Risyad a lunch from the menu of Tsubu, accompanied by the largest hot chocolate on the menu. I urge you all to be present for this monumental occasion.

As I have mentioned many times over the past year, there are many unspoken rules of MUSL which have not been formalised in the past. The Community United Leadership Team has formulated a Constitution which will be passed down onto all future MUSLarians as guidelines as to how to run a successful lunch.

As the Big Camps get closer and closer, we must think towards the coming year. Start a conversation. Ask what someone is doing. Rope them into MUSL. Pressure them into coming. You have my blessing, child. Go, GO!

And now, without further ado, the statistics!

Ajaya Haikerwal (2011 Red)President – The University of Melbourne Lord Somers Camp Luncheon

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Abmar, Risyad

Haikerwal, Ajaya

Pheasant-Kelly, Jordan

Goldwaser, Nathan

Symons, Luke

Holt-Steele, Sophie

Taylor, Laura

AVERAGE

Guerin, Alana

Pitcher, Matt

Smith, Jessica

Leong, Nicola

Norman, Claire

Pellegrino, Lucy

Southwell, Luke

White, Matthew

Adams, Rebecca

Fleer, Paul

Harris-Weatherbee Josie

Mansourian, Elizabeth

McLenan, Jake

Rankin, Charlotte

Ressom, Matthew

Rowe, Jacob

Rowland, Laura

Tobin, Caitlin

Yeomans, Samantha

Young, Isaac

Number of weeks

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TOTAL: 26

Figure 1: Number of lunches attended by each person in Semester 2, 2014

The attendance of each member was recorded at each lunch. These same statistics were recorded in Semester 1, and hence a comparison has been presented.

An ‘attendance’ was constituted as someone entering the establishment which the lunch was being held at and greeting the members already present, provided there were members present at the time.

Attendance could also be gained if a member showed up late and was pissy about everyone leaving fifteen minutes prior to their arrival and Ajaya gratin them a point to shut them up.

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Figure 2: Weekly attendances, maximum temperature on day of lunch

The attendance was recorded at each lunch. In addition, the gender breakdown of those attendances is presented. Meteorological information has been provided as per each week, as well as the location

and day of each lunch. Although the balance of genders across the semester was even, the attendance of females in the second half of semester is disappointing.

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Food Co-op

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Statistical Report, Semester 2, 2014

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Figure 3: Weekly attendances each semesterDespite having a slightly “worse” semester in this half of the year, we also achieved our best lunch of the year. Congratulations! Unfortunately we did not pass the 2013 record of 16 people at one lunch.

The tendency for the large numbers at the start of semester is reflective of the general enthusiasm people have towards the semester, the whole “YEAH. NEW SEMESTER. LET’S DO EVERYTHING AND

KICK IT’S ASS.” The exponential decrease from week 6-10 is a result of all this positive energy floating away and being burned up by the horrors of the semester, not to mention Prosh Week. And of course,

without it’s Fearless Leader, MUSL was essentially doomed in Week 12, despite the cries of PeppaPig/Risyad Abmar (2012 Yellow).

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Figure 4: Average Attendances per dayThis semester was a lot more well rounded in terms of days that MUSL was held, thanks to prime

organisation by our President Ajaya Haikerwal. Wednesday’s success has been superseded by Friday this semester. This is a clear display that people have given up on study later on in the week this

semester, whereas in Semester 1 people were still on the #yolo train.

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Number of Lunches Average Attendance (Semester 2) Average Attendances (Semester 1)

Figure 5: Effort of Status, Likes and Attendances for Semester 2You may have noticed that I like to mix up the way I tell people the details of MUSL each week on

Facebook. Sometimes, the effort required to make the status is relatively higher than other weeks. This graph strives to encapsulate the relationship between Facebook Likes (as a proxy for the number

of people who took note of the status) and Attendances.

Basically there’s no correlation between any of it, so I may as well just keep making up shit as I go!Oh, also don’t ask me about the colour scheme, I was bored and needed something new, okay?

No Jacob Rowe (2011 Dark Blue) I don’t care if it’s not okay by you.

Semester Two Statistics

Statistical Report, Semester 2, 2014

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17, 63%3, 11%

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The University ofMelbourne

Royal MelbourneInstitute ofTechnology

Monash University

Victoria University

Australian CatholicUniversity

Other

Figure 5: Distribution of Tertiary InstitutionsWith a total number of 26 attendances for Semester 2, there were six institutions which people came

to lunch from. As it should be, over half of members who came over the semester were from The University of Melbourne.

People from other Institutions often ask me, “Ajaya! Come have a MUSL excursion at my crappier, further away Uni with no places at all to eat but you should still do it!” I respond to them in the same

way every time. I shake my head at their poor little souls, and tell them to start their own fucking lunch. At this point they normally look sheepishly at the ground and kick the dirt with their scruffy

little shoes. “Well.. I tried, but it didn’t really work… no one came…” And THAT’s why we don’t have lunches at other Universities. BECAUSE IT DOESN’T WORK. WE ARE

THE BEST. SUCK IT, LAURA TAYLOR (2012 LIGHT BLUE).

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First Year, 2, 7%

Second Year, 14, 54%

Third Year, 5, 19%

Post Graduate, 2, 8%

Other/Unknown, 1, 4%

Employed, 2, 8%

Figure 6: Distribution of year levelsThe clear reason for most people in Second Year within MUSL is the fact that Ajaya is extremely

popular and has a lot of friends in his own year. If MUSL is to succeed in future years, it would be pleasing to see a greater intake of First Years Jaffys into the lunches. I mean, without Jaffys… who

would we pick on and tease? (Aside from the obvious*) Thank you to Luke Symons (2014 Dark Blue) for fulfilling this role in Semester 2. Alana Guerin (2013 Grouper) didn’t really show up to enough

lunches to claim this title. Notable members of each group are displayed to help recognise the demographics.

*Laura Taylor (2012 Light Blue)

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