''Seed'' is a

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published at Victoria University in

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. The magazine, established in 1990 as ''NoName'', is produced by the Victoria University Student Union.

History

Victoria University was formed from the merger of a number of technical and higher education campuses in the suburbs of Melbourne. ''Seed'' grew out of the merger of ''NoName'', published from 1992 at the

Footscray Institute of Technology Victoria University (VU or Vic Uni) is a public research university based in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is one of only six dual-sector universities in Australia, providing courses in both higher education and Technical and Further Educat ...

, and ''Genesis'', published since 1995 at the

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. In 1996, the two merged to form ''NoName + Genesis'', before rebranding later that year as ''Seed''.

Art of Shoplifting controversy

In 1995, ''NoName'', reprinted a controversial article from ''

Rabelais Student Media ''Rabelais Student Media'' is the current student newspaper at La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia, named after French Renaissance writer François Rabelais. From its founding in 1967, ''Rabelais Student Media'' had been run as a departm ...

'', its

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counterpart, entitled ''The Art of Shoplifting'' – one of seven student newspapers to do so. Although the ''Rabelais'' editors responsible for the original article were prosecuted for ignoring a ban on publication issued by the state's Chief Censor; the editors of the other seven newspapers were not targeted by the authorities. Charges against the ''Rabelais'' editors were later dropped.

References

External links

Seed Magazine website

Victoria University Student Union website
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