Comments on: From Conception to RE:Conception

By: Sandra Nichols

Sandra Nichols — Mon, 02 Mar 2020 06:20:40 +0000

As a fairly meek and mild student at Mac Uni from 1971 to 1974, I really didn’t like any of the Conception Day activities. My memories of the ‘festival’ were of being holed up in the library, too scared to leave as I would’ve got drenched by the rugby boys who were having fun with the hoses. I also remember the outcry when the religious statues were taken. I guess, looking back, it was all a bit of fun but I didn’t think so at the time!

By: James

James — Tue, 16 Apr 2019 10:17:37 +0000

Back in the late 1980’s we had the best time with bands and hundreds of students set up on the median strip in the middle of Epping Road for breakfast. I always wondered what the drivers thought as streams of students flooded out on to the road every time the lights went red. I can now see why they stopped it

By: Dr. Douglas Holleley

Dr. Douglas Holleley — Mon, 25 Jun 2018 20:09:22 +0000

It is wonderful to hear from and about you Phil. We all had a wonderful time at Macquarie in those days. Starting the newspaper, objecting to the Vietnam war, and occasionally even going to lectures and studying!. Your entrepreneurship helped improve the quality of campus life Immeasurably. I do hope you are well and occasionally getting into trouble (in a caring and sharing way of course) wherever you are these days.

By: Anthony W. Lanati

Anthony W. Lanati — Thu, 21 Jun 2018 09:20:12 +0000

Awesome work Phil.

It is a shame that the university was unwilling to put in measures that would have kept conception day alive and well. RE:Conception just feels really muted and nothing like a real conception day – although, as a PhD student, I am obviously glad that some student culture still exists.