Published since 1929 by the Student's Representative Council (SRC) at the University of Sydney, Honi Soit has a colorful and sometimes controversial history. Our Alumni of famous and infamous editors have produced some of their more interesting and controversial work in the pages of Honi Soit. Many have gone on to become leaders in the arts, journalism, law and Australian politics.
Honi Soit is produced by a team of student editors, who are elected by the student body in the SRC annual elections. See 2007 editions.
Honi Soit commenced publication in 1929 under the auspices of the then Sydney University Undergraduates' Association (now the Students' Representative Council), to counteract the mainstream Sydney press who had set about demonising Sydney Uni students after one Commemoration Day got a little out of control (it was only the Cenotaph. after all). Commem. Day, a fine University tradition that ran up until the mid 1970s, involved a grand parade from the University grounds up to Town Hall in which different faculties and societies manned their own floats, and young rapskalions waged havoc upon conservative Sydney with bold pranks of varying tastefulness. The day was not only a celebration of youthful exuberance but also a lynchpin in the nascent University community. Ever since its inception as a defence of this day, Honi Soit has continued to be a reflection of this community, both in its successes and times of trial.