''Quasimodo'' is a

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published by the Fremantle Student Association at the

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. The magazine takes its name from

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's fictional bell-ringer and protagonist of Notre Dame de Paris

Politics

In 2005, former ''Quasi'' editor Chris Bailey charged that the university's Catholic hierarchy sought to restrict the range of topics discussed in the magazine, telling ''

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'' that he and other contributors were "unofficially told by university staff that students involved in defying the university may be kicked out of uni." Upcoming editions are vetted by a review committee of university and student representatives – "Quasimodo now is very much G-rated" as a result, Bailey claimed. One ''Quasi'' edition, containing an article on the

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, was banned by vice-chancellor

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References

Christopher van Opstal: The art of censorship
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