Quasimodo (magazine)

Infobox Newspaper
name = Quasimodo


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type = Student newspaper
format = Magazine
foundation = 1990
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price = Free
owners = Fremantle Student Association
publisher =
editor =
chiefeditor = Sunili Govinnage
assoceditor =
staff =
language = English
political = Conservative
circulation =
headquarters = flagicon|AUS
oclc =
ISSN =
website = [http://www.nd.edu.au/freosa/publications.shtml Fremantle SA publications]

"Quasimodo" is a student newspaper published by the Fremantle Student Association at the University of Notre Dame Australia. The magazine takes its name from Quasimodo, Victor Hugo'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 "The Australian" 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 morning-after pill, was banned by vice-chancellor Dr Peter Tannock.

References

* [http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=3988 Christopher van Opstal: The art of censorship]