Prosh (University of Western Australia) - Infamous Highlights

Infamous Highlights

• In 1994 the production of Prosh was almost stopped by the actions of a security guard late on the final layout weekend. The supposedly "slightly inebriated" team (and their esky) were evicted from the Prosh office on the Guild Village's third floor. However, the team was able to set up camp south of the river at Murdoch University due to a few fortuitous links to its students. Production continued at a hectic pace and the public was once again subjected to the hijinks of Prosh.

• The residential colleges across the road from the main campus have also contributed to the much-loved stunts and pranks in days gone by. Motor cars have met a watery grave in the iconic Reflection Pond and many prank phone calls have been made - such as a call to the local police informing them that the Main Roads workers at the intersection were actually students disrupting the traffic, followed by a subsequent call to Main Roads about students imitating police officers at the same intersection. 2008 saw an adventurous climber place a traffic cone atop the large pine tree in front of St George's College.

• In 2000, the engineers of UWA built and submerged a scale model of a UFO. Numerous calls to radio and TV stations and the much-publicised retrieval of the UFO from near the Narrows Bridge created the kind of PROSH publicity that the students revel in.

• In 2004 a naked student fire extinguished a car because the person refused to buy a paper. "I'm doing this for the kids" he was heard saying while the car received fire extinguishing.

• In 2007, two members of the Solid Gold club were led away by police at the Perth Cultural Centre after streaking in a skit in which they danced to the song "In the Navy". The most memorable moment for the crowd was when one of these naked students chased one of the hosts of Prosh, the Nova 93.7 radio station host Nathan, who attempted to avoid the student by darting through the crowd.

• In 2010, the satirical newspaper featured a centrefold of Leader of the Opposition, Tony Abbott posed as an underwear model. Abbott happened to be in Perth at the time and the paper was show to him in person.