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Mary-jane Barca Advertising Degree, Charles Sturt University

MARY-JANE BARCA, who has just completed her final year of Charles Sturt University's advertising degree, has won a prestigious scholarship for a 10-week work placement at the New York headquarters of BBDO, a global advertising agency.

Brave Toni Does It Again

TONI Howard deserved to feel proud yesterday as she accepted her second degree at the University of Wollongong in three years.

99 And Still Counting

Think carefully before throwing your top marks into a medical degree, writes Margie Sheedy.

Niav Owens Bachelor Of Communications/law University Of Newcastle

NIAV OWENS, 22, is undertaking a double degree (Communications/Law) at the University of Newcastle. This year, she was one of 40 students selected to work for the Olympic News Service at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.

Easter's Worth Fighting For

THE "Save Easter Saturday for Royal Randwick" campaign should get a conclusion this week. Australian Jockey Club members have been requested to petition Racing NSW and NSW Minister for Racing Kevin Greene over the issue. In a recent newsletter the AJC reported: "Easter was once described by the revered Sydney racing journalist Max Presnell as 'the sacred season of the Australian Jockey Club'." So true, but I'm not rusted in to the degree that I think change with good reason shouldn't be ...

Ruby's Flying For A Hat-trick

We are really coming to the tailend of the spring now, with field sizes starting to drop away noticeably. Tomorrow's Eclipse Stakes meeting looks a tricky prospect from a punting perspective with rain forecast and the possiblity of a significantly rain-affected track adding an extra degree of difficulty.

Coolest Sounds Chill Out Hot Day

A SEA of sunburnt saxophone lovers boogied barefoot in 30 degree heat to celebrate one of the Hunter's longest-running signature events, Jazz in the Vines.

What's It Like To . . . Do Stand-up

WHEN newly elected Lake Macquarie councillor Hannah Gissane isn't performing public duties or studying for a combined degree in communications and law at the University of Newcastle, she's up on stage as a stand-up comedian. Hannah, who went to Broadmeadow Performing Arts School, said she had always harboured a desire to work in stand-up.

It's A Longer Way To The Top Without A Private Lift

IT'S a long ride up to the 36th floor of the 41-storey Southern Cross tower in Exhibition Street, and the journey appears to have taken its toll on Howard Ronaldson (below), the secretary of the Department of Innovation, Industry and Regional Development. Word has reached Diary that Ronaldson put in a request for his own private lift and his own bathroom (not in the lift). A reasonable degree of sanity prevailed up top because it was "no" to the lift and "yes" to the bathroom. But, when Diary ...

It All Adds Up For Accountants Who Choose The Fast Lane

STUDENTS from a variety of backgrounds can take a quicker path into accounting through a new postgraduate degree.

Perhaps It Was Prosperity We Could Not Afford And Did Not Deserve

Imre Bokor (Letters, September 19) reminded me of something an American associate told me when I was working in New York. He defined economic rationalism this way: "If you can't afford it, you don't deserve it." It's not a view I heard when I was doing a commerce degree, but I never heard a more succinct or accurate one.

It's A Long Way To The Big Top

A degree in circus arts. You're joking, aren't you?

Slick Argentina Beat The 42-degree Heat And Nigeria To Make It A Double

ARGENTINA won back-to-back golds yesterday, fighting off a spirited Nigeria and a searing hot Beijing day.

Experience The Key To Choosing Direction

THREE internships during her bachelor's degree in communication studies clinched the decision for Melanie Jeffress (right) to become a consumer-lifestyle public relations consultant.

The World Is Eleanor's Oyster

AN INCREASING number of undergraduate students are setting their sights on the world beyond Australia when choosing a university degree.

Angel Of Upotipotpon

Zoe Randell In a business where talent usually brings with a degree of brashness or ego-driven personality, the unprepossessing woman behind the soaring voice of Luluc is a refreshing change, writes Dan Rule.