ROG.net.au is the public forum for esteemed publication, Realms of Gold. Behind ROG are the driving forces of three imaginative lads who are excited about student creations. They've turned up the boom box a little this year and can't wait to see what people can come up with. Meet the minds behind the ROG...
Jamie Mulvaney (Editor, Top Rog Dog) -
It isn't often we find someone who has a rhyming name. Added to that, it isn't often we find someone (a giant, at that) who is bursting with creative energy beyond comprehendable words. So, Jamie jumps on the new-look ROG board this year as our inaugural editor. His hobbies include hurling projectiles at the Maths demountables (which, he assures us, are less sturdy than the HRM block), confusing the masses, and staging a musical to his favourite subject, his own life. Jamie rises at dawn, sniffing out budding writers, artists, and musicians, ready to pounce at any moment and propel little batches of gold into Mulvdom.
Mr. Cameron Bacholer (Golden Boy) -
ROG's very own Golden Boy, Mr Bacholer, or Bach as we like to call him, makes his name by being Camberwell's very own man-about-town. If he's not attaching another post-it note to a copy of Jekyll & Hyde, or deliberately confounding his students with different cufflinks, he's out scouring for more creativity. After a few years at Camberwell Grammar, Mr Bacholer realised he simply couldn't find this in the Common Room, hence the re-birth of Realms of Gold. Whilst Mr Bacholer is linked with many other aspects of CGS life, he channels his greatest energies into ROG.
Tom Webster (Production Designer, Assistant Editor) -
We believe Tom Webster isn't involved in some facet of CGS. We just haven't found it yet. Claiming the Year 11 curriculum 'is just not enough', he accepts calls regarding layout and design in the school's best yearly. Any suggestions in respect of all of the above (or any bribes, of course), should be sent to him for further reference. When Tom isn't playing one of his many instruments or waving a hockey stick violently at passers-by, he is designing campaign posters in the outer Eastern suburbs from where he plans to launch his assault. Tom is a welcome addition to the ROG team this year, as our ever-passionate design consultant and webmaster. He's a polite, yet well-dressed child, who hopefully, one day, will find his realm of gold.
Scratch - (Writer)
To sum up Scratch in one word would be like saying that the captain of the school has only has one position at the school, or that bacon, ham, and pork all come from one fantastical animal. Scratch has taken it upon himself to replace the veneer of a comfortable school life, the veneer that an ‘unknown’ school celebratory columnist has taken upon himself to strip off. Some say he was born without a bladder, others say he has the words ‘Shining Wit’ tattooed on his buttock(s). What is sure, is that he is an enigma, which is waiting to remain unopened on a shelf, way past its used by date.
Dan(iel P.) Dick - (Writer)
As a writer, Daniel Dick has explored and transcended the boundaries of appropriateness and social convention. Having been disenchanted when criticised, having his work branded as 'artistically vulgar', Daniel reaslised that social conventions were just that: "conventions of what society has become used to, and that if we never challenged or indeed broke these moral boundaries, then nothing would ever change". Umm... okay... Daniel's writing is still at best a blunt representation and criticism of humanity. But, at least now 'artistically vulgar' is a positive term.
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