Debate | Issue 4

DEBATE ISSUE 04 | MARCH 2016

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CREDITS EDITOR Laurien Barks lbarks@aut.ac.nz SUB - EDITORS Amelia Petrovich Julie Cleaver DESIGNER Ramina Rai rrai@aut.ac.nz CONTRIBUTORS Julie Cleaver, Amelia Petrovich, Tyler Hinde, Maxine Francis, Ethan Sills, Kieran Bennett, Abigail Johnson, Shivan, Matthew Cattin, Tharindu Jayasinghe, Jihee Junn ADVERTISING Harriet Smythe hsmythe@aut.ac.nz

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CONTENTS Pg 5 Ed’s Letter

Pg 17 Macklemore Competition

Pg 30 From Creative Writing to San

Pg 6 Prez Sez

Pg 18 Feature Artist

Francisco

Pg 7 Love Letters and Hate Mail

Pg 20 Meet the Subbies

Pg 32 Oversized

Pg 8 Photo Comp Winners

Pg 22 Words of Wisdom

Pg 34 Reviews

Pg 10 If You Want a Job in Your Field,

Pg 24 The Real Problem with the

Pg 36 Just Ask

Read This

Oscars

Pg 38 Recipe

Pg 14 Debate Debate

Pg 27 Cool Shit

Pg 39 Puzzles

Pg 16 3am Thoughts

Pg 28 In Short

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EDITOR’S LETTER

child syndrome’ pushing me toward my desperate need to be the best (and be reassured constantly that this was, in fact, true), I got brainstorming. There were about four solid days I spent trashing my own ideas in search of the Holy Grail.

Hey all!

I was recently reminded of a website I built back when I lived in Canada. It was for our grade eight science fair, and instead of setting up little cute decorated stalls that people walked around and gazed at, we had to sit in a computer lap and design shiz.

If I sound bitter, it’s because I was. I was, and will always be a craft girl. Gimme lace and glitter over links and templates any day. I mean, I appreciate pretty, functioning websites and all, but I’m happy to admire them, applaud the person who made them, and stay away from the behind-the-scenes of it all. And back then, 13 year old Laurien struggled to let go of the fact that every other year before her got to glue stuff to boards, while she had to sit behind a grimy keyboard in a dark computer lab.

So despite my passion not being 100 percent behind me, I stopped lamenting about the ribbon I’d bought to bind information packs, and got down to work. If my visual creativity was going to be restricted due to my lack of website design knowledge, than I was sure as hell going to come up with the most creative experiment. With a severe case of ‘first

Looking at caffeine and sugar content in soft drinks? Be more cliché.

Examining the way in which music plays a role in plant development? I was being sarcastic about the cliché thing…

We could explain the science behind rainbows! You are nothing.

I looked down at my most beautiful dog, Milly, gave the little white dot on her head a kiss, and went to the kitchen to whine to Mum. She started putting forward a few ideas, with one of her more popular suggestions being “why don’t you do an experiment with Milly?” I wanted to be a vet back in the day, so that sounded like the perfect idea…but what kind of experiment? After a discussion of our options, Mum informed me that they make cranberry extract pills.

Now, being well-versed in the real life magic that are bladder infections even at the tender age of 13 (we’re all blessed with our special quirks), I was well aware of the pH effect cranberry has on the body. This was going to be one hellova experiment, I barely cared that it was

going to be expressed through a computer screen instead of crepe paper. It would be beautiful anyway.

So I gathered some pH strips from my vet Aunty, a bunch of little bottles for samples, fed Milly some cranberry extract pills, and we were on our way. Every day, I would walk into the snow, tell Milly to wee, and use one of Mum’s very old baking trays to slide under her and collect urine samples.

I don’t know how long I did this for but it seemed like an eternity. Twice a day we’d go out together. I’d adjust her pill intake as the weeks went on, store many three-times-sanitized urine containers in the bottom of our fridge, and record the changes in my dog’s pH. It was fun, it was unique, it was an experiment I was wholly invested in, and I loved every moment.

My website left much to be desired, between the ugly pixelated photos and weird ‘pouring water’ sounds that I thought were hilarious, but I loved it and will cherish the bond my Milly and I formed for the rest of my days. I slapped a “Give Me a Pee!” title on the website and proudly showed it off to my teacher, friends, and whoever judged it that year. I didn’t win anything but the respect of my peers, and an honourable ‘uh…well that was different’ mention from the judging panel. But I didn’t care.

Have a great, outside-of-the box week, kids!

Laurien

PREZ SEZ

Kia ora AuSMers, I was lucky enough to attend the 30th international Noho Marae celebration. It is a 15 year tradition where international students stay a weekend at the Ngā Wai o Horotiu Marae at AUT and learn about Māori culture and customs, and take part in traditional Māori cultural activities. It was amazing to see so much history, and even better for me to see some of AuSM’s history.

I got to meet (in order of photo) David Victor: President for AuSM in 2001 and 2002, Rosina Taueki: President for ATISA 1998 (before we changed our name to AuSM), and Paul Stewart: President 2005 and 2006. For me, this was such a special moment as I got to meet such AuSM people.

After meeting them, I went back and read some of our old Debate mags - which we have our own little library full of - and it was impressive to see how far AuSM and AUT have come over so many years. This student association is now 50 - that’s big! This has made me even more confident and excited for our future. Make sure to tune in and enjoy the ride, it’s going to be great!

URSHULA ANSELL

SRC SEZ

“You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose. You’re on your own, and you know what you know. And you are the guy who’ll decide where to go” Dr. Seuss

Hi everyone!

I am Nicaela-Jane and will be your Vice-President for 2016. I am in my final year of Creative Technologies. I understand what it is like moving away from a small rural area to the big smoke because I am from Gisborne. I began my journey with AuSM at the beginning of 2015 packing bags for academic orientation. I am passionate about helping others and encouraging my peers to give it their best and accomplish their goals.

My first year of university was one big roller coaster ride and being involved with AuSM gave me a sense of direction; it has also helped me to grow into the person I am today. I am excited to serve the students and want each and every one of you to feel accepted and enjoy your studies at AUT. With fresh eyes and looking forward to the future we can achieve anything we set our minds to. I think it is important to take any opportunity you get at university, because it helps you with your identity and ambitions in life. With my enthusiasm and passion towards making your experience at university the best it can be, you can approach me at any time. I look forward to serving you.

Nicaela x

NICAELA-JANE KING

Loveletters &

hatemail We like all kinds of feedback here at Debate, and if you’d like to share the love, hate, or any feeling in between, we wanna hear from you. Just email lbarks@aut.ac.nz – who knows, if it’s extra fabulous, you might even see it published.

Lol Ethan Sillz, saying eating raw liver and climbing into a dead horse isn’t acting. Fark sake’s son, if that’s not acting, what is? Maybe Matt Damon pretending to be in space?

Or Michael Fassbender pretending to type on Macbook

a ‘professional’. Maybe crawling on the ground grunting doesn’t seem like acting to you since it’s so close to your average Friday night, but what Leo did for that role took a butt-load of dedication/passion/endurance

Pros? Perhaps your mum’s expression when she says “another great article, Ethan!” Please stop watching good films – your ‘miss the point’ reviews make me sad

and um…acting. If you had such trouble distinguishing Leo’s emotions, perhaps they were too subtle for your professional tastebuds, and you may prefer such titles as Waterworld, Fantastic Four, and Pixels.

- Mrs Sills

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R. Ebert

Dear Anonymous Douchebag, No, Leo’s performance wasn’t really acting. Perhaps crawling on the ground and grunting a lot is the only form of acting you can get your head around, being as emotionally obvious as it is, but there were much better performances last year where the actors in question actually had to display more than one emotion throughout the movie. If eating raw liver and all that shit counts as acting, then someone better call Bear Grylls cause that self-enema he did would blow Leo out of the water. Why don’t you just save your opinions for Reddit and leave the reviewing to us professionals, or at least those who can actually think of original insults – I mean, seriously, your mumma jokes? I didn’t realise we were still getting mail from the early noughties, though I guess that joke is about as relevant as your opinion. As always, thanks for the feedback and keep reading Debate – we love receiving such intelligent, thought provoking letters such as this.

- Ethan Sillz (P.S. If I stopped watching good films, I’d still have to watch The Revenant.)

Whoa Week may be over, but whoa Ethan, where do I begin? Leo may not be your number one choice for the trophy – and that’s fine, your opinion is really about as irrelevant as mine – but to flat out make the call he wasn’t really acting…That’s actually kind of amazing. Your powers of observation are astoundingly bad, especially for

Hi Laurien. The first issue of Debate for the year is a really good read. More of the same please! It was the first time I read one of your issues and was pleasantly surprised at the writing and design both.

-Anonymous

Hi Laurien, I just wanted to applaud you on your article in the latest issue of Debate (Kesha/Dr. Luke). The term “feminism” has gotten such a bad rap and it was very refreshing reading your letter explaining its true values. It can seem a little hopeless with the overwhelming amount of emotionbased opinions bouncing around the Internet, so I very much appreciated your rational, well-rounded perspective on feminism, social media, and justice. It made my decision in choosing Debate as my bus ride reading material over Facebook much more rewarding :)

I saw your nude portrait on the Debate Facebook page, and I’m not going to lie…I want a piece.

- Everyone

WARM FUZZIES A few weeks back we asked you guys to send in photos of all things warm, fuzzy, cute, and smiley! Well we received so many fabulous entries, we couldn’t resist publishing our favs and sharing all the happy around!

Reilly Hodson

Amy Willemse

Harry Willis

Steven Park

Makayla Vercoe

Emma Pascoe

Leah Stewart

If you want a job in your field, read this Julie Cleaver | Illustration by Tyler Hinde Let’s face it: most uni students are studying to get a good job. No matter how many time you say “I just like learning” or “I want to expand my mind” you know it’s not true. You want to do something fulfilling and you want to make money doing it. It’s cool, I get it.

Even though a job is what everyone’s after, a lot of people don’t actually know what it takes to get one in their specific field. Sure, we all sort of figure good grades are important, but how important? And sure, people assume getting some sort of work experience would be beneficial, but is it crucial?

Knowing those answers could change the course of your life, so I made it my mission to find them.

To make sure I was getting the information students really wanted to know, I first interviewed people in different degrees and asked them where they would ideally love to work. I then hassled the human resource managers at these companies for weeks until I got answers.

The information I discovered was surprisingly varied. Each line of work wanted something different from its employees. So if you want to know where to put your energy – whether it be into grades, community work, or confidence building classes – I suggest you keep reading.

FINANCE & ECONOMICS STUDENTS Deloitte is a global consulting and financial advisory company.

It’s extremely competitive and getting a position there is highly sought after by finance and economics students at AUT. Michelle North is in charge of hiring graduates at Deloitte in Auckland. She said that when it comes to hiring grads, it’s all about the grades.

“Grades are important as we do need smart people to work for us,” said Michelle. She also said the single most important thing an applicant could have is a “well put together CV that is clear, concise and easy to read.”

To make your CV pop out of the pile, don’t just write about your A average; make sure to add any sporting achievements or community involvement activities as well. That green belt in karate or sausage sizzle at the Warehouse may help you stand out, as Deloitte looks for “well-rounded people,” to help “set them out from the 3000 applications.”

Also, to get a job at this fast paced company on Queen Street, you need work experience. But they’re not picky when it comes to previous employment. Michelle said, “Even part-time work at McDonalds shows students have good time management skills and that they can work well with people.”

SPORT & RECREATION STUDENTS When it comes to gyms in New Zealand, Les Mills is like the Taj Mahal. It’s big, it’s beautiful, and it’s busy. Students who are studying sport and rec, nutrition, or even health sciences may be interested in working for this pumping fitness giant.

Unlike Deloitte, Les Mills does not “scrutinize grades.” Shani Mcgee works for the People and Culture department at Les Mills International and she said, “grades are not too important here, we do not expect A+ students.” At Les Mills they are more focused on culture, cohesion and personality. “Culture is a huge part of what we do here, so I would say culture fit along with personality and intelligence goes a long way.”

When it comes to the real stuff, like getting hired, Shani said Les Mills often takes people straight out of uni. “I was hired straight from university (in 2014). We have a few people do co-operative education placements here. Sometimes these lead to permanent roles.” She also said they don’t usually offer internships, but if someone reaches out, they generally try to give them a role.

“People need to get in touch with us, if we can make it work then we try. It doesn’t always work out, it depends on the team. But a lot of the time we do try and work something out for those that have reached out to us.”

When it comes to personality, it’s all about confidence. They want, “a people personality. Someone who is not afraid to be themselves.” Shani also said, “to quote our strategy and brand piece ‘we need genius doers, not bullshit talkers. Tall poppies, not wall flowers. Risk-takers, innovators and rebels.’”

LAW STUDENTS Kensington Swan is one of Auckland’s biggest and most desired law firms to work in. It has some of New Zealand’s top lawyers and according to Hannah, an AUT graduate who is now a staff member, the firm also has a great culture.

When it comes to hiring, Kensington Swan sits in the middle of Deloitte and Les Mills. Law is all about being reasonable, fair and justified, therefore it makes sense that grades, personality and life achievements all have an equal amount of weight on the employment scale.

Sandra Gilliam, the people director at Kensington Swan, said grades are “critical – but not in the sense that it must be a straight A transcript.” They look for “solid grades and/or evidence of consistency of improvement.” To them, grades represent a students “ability to apply oneself, discipline, and more than just a passing familiarity with the principles which are so important in the practice of law. Straight Cs and B-s don’t create this impression.”

Life achievements are extremely important, as they indicate a person’s ability to “set goals and achieve them.”

Sandra said Kensington Swan does not want a straight A student “whose academic achievements have come at the expense of rounding themselves out with social, cultural, [or] sporting” activities.

They also value work experience. In a nutshell, their ideal candidate would be someone with a “B+ average [who has] great work experience or achieved excellence in other areas.” When it comes to experience, like Deloitte, it doesn’t need to relate to the job. “Any kind of work experience will help. It needn’t be legal. We particularly like experience in retail, customer service, or hospitality”.

Lastly, Kensington Swan has an internship programme called a summer clerkship. This programme hires graduates and if they do well, they may be offered a full time position in the company. Getting hired straight from uni without completing the clerkship is “rare, but not out of the question.”

ENGINEERING & COMMUNICATIONS STUDENTS I know this combination of degrees is extremely unexpected, but at Sky TV, the sky is the limit. This large company hires both techies and comms people through various channels, so pause for a second and find out what they want on demand.

According to Justine Proudfoot, the HR coordinator at Sky TV, the main quality this organisation is looking for is a sunny attitude. Justine said, “We want to know that you are passionate about content and television and giving any opportunity 100 percent.” Being positive may even be more critical than grades as “although [grades] are important, we would consider other factors before

looking into these finer details.”

Sky is a competitive company to get into and it demands staff that are hungry to be there. Justine said, “Enthusiasm and passion go a long way as does the ability to work well with others.”

Like all the other companies, Sky looks for well-rounded individuals. In your CV they ask you to “include any hobbies and achievements as these aspects build a full picture of your suitability as a candidate and demonstrate that you lead a balanced lifestyle.”

Also, like the other companies, these guys are looking for people with experience in just about anything. “When you show that you have worked previously, it shows that you are committed to working and making a positive contribution to an organization.” Justine said, “Realistically some roles do require a level of relevant experience, however there are also some roles which simply require a great attitude, and a willingness to learn.”

So there you have it, a run down of what major companies are looking for in their employees. There were definitely a lot of of similarities, as they basically all wanted to hire people with work experience, life achievements and a friendly demeanor. However there were also a lot of differences. Some scrutinized grades, others didn’t. Some focused on a good attitude, others on improvement and knowledge.

It’s important to know where you should be focusing your energy and I hope this investigation has showed you that in some way.

Good luck getting hired!

DEBATE DEBATE: CHANGE THE FLAG?

I N FAVO U R Julie Cleaver I voted for change because eventually a fern was always going to make its way onto our flag, so why not speed up the process? Even if the old one gets voted in, John Key emailed me (from fernlover69@ hotmail.com) saying that he would personally travel across the country and hand stitch a silver fern onto the corner of every single piece of cloth. So I just decided to save him the petrol money and vote for a change.

In my opinion, the referendum has been rigged to get a fern flying from the start.

When the Prime Minister of New Zealand, Richie McCaw, publically announced that he ‘liked Silver Ferns’ for no obvious reason, it became clear that it was either going to be a fern, or it was going to be a fern.

Then when three ferns and a hideous

black koru, which was voted last, were offered up for voting, my theory was confirmed again. Unfortunately Red Peak didn’t quite have the height to save us this time.

Plus every person in New Zealand really loves the bush and the outdoors. In fact they love it so much, they all back environmentally friendly policies and groups. *Insert Tui billboard phrase here*.

Other than wanting to cut the crap and put a fern on straight away, I voted for the new flag because I thought it really represented New Zealand. Firstly the designer, Kyle Lockwood, is a Kiwi who now lives in Melbourne. If that doesn’t say New Zealander, I don’t know what does.

All jokes aside, I voted for the new flag because I wanted to get rid of the Union Jack. Although it’s a symbol of our countries history, it’s a history a lot of us would like to forget, not fly proudly on every post in the country. We’ll never be able to erase our colonial past, but we can try our best to disconnect with it and move on.

Secondly, I feel this piece of fauna represents our diverse identity really well, especially since we are the only country in the entire world that grows ferns (if you actually believe this please consult Google immediately… or get on a plane). Also, like every other country in the Southern Hemisphere, we can see the southern cross, so it’s a pretty #unique feature of our country.

I don’t think this design represents New Zealand’s beauty or diversity, but then again, I don’t think any design could really do that. So this one will have to do – at least for now. #FernsFoLife

AGAINS T Amelia Petrovich

somewhere and not see the damn thing.

Have you ever heard of Guy de Maupassant?

John Key and his corporate, country club compadres lost my enthusiasm when they gave us three designs with a fern leaf to pick from in the first referendum. I get it; we’d be a bit like Canada, but why is that a good thing? Just because the Canadian flag is rocking the foliage thing, that doesn’t mean that we can too. Canada also has bank notes that smell like maple syrup, which is dope as heck. The silver fern stands more for rugby and tourism than an actual connection to nature, and $20 notes with the stench of crotch sweat and budget bus tours would not be as adorable.

He was a French artist kicking it in Paris in the 1800s, a bit of a grumpy bastard with a fabulous moustache and somebody I’ve actually come to relate to a lot over the past few months.

You see, Guy lived in Paris in 1889 when the Eiffel Tower first went up. A lot of people nowadays see the Tour de Eiffel as a symbol of romance and culture, but for skeptics like Guy it was merely France’s ungainly entry into The World’s Fair (or the Victorian era’s international dick-measuring contest, to be slightly more accurate).

My buddy Guy used to eat his lunch in the Eiffel Tower’s restaurant though, and when somebody asked him why the fuck he did it, the sardonic legend said, “because it’s the only place in Paris where I can’t see the damn thing!”

These are literally my feels about the flag debate- I just want to be able to sit

So when the next referendum comes around I’m voting for no change at all. Not because I love our current flag, not because the Union Jack is my favorite print to see on crop-tops, but because I think this is going to be the quickest way to make everything go away.

If we change the flag, we’ll never stop hearing about it. It’ll be in the Herald, the Aussies will want to chat to us all about it, we’ll probably see Graham Norton giving us

crap about it in three months time when the relevant episode actually airs on Kiwi TV. Our children will grow up having to withstand John Key’s smarmy face in every history class, writing essays about him, that prime minister who sort of didn’t do a whole lot but did manage to change the flag for some reason everyone’s already forgotten.

Imagine that, essays!

And if every essay is about 1500 words and every student in New Zealand has to write one, that’s like… that’s like a lot of words. I don’t have the stats right now but it would without a doubt be way too many words wasted for generations to come. I won’t have a bar of it.

Lets not change the flag guys, not this time.

Maybe if nothing happens then all of this will go away and I’ll finally wake up from this everlasting nightmare. I’ll be away from the flag debate for good, perhaps in Paris at Guy’s favourite 1800s restaurant, neither an Eiffel nor a Tower in sight.

3AM THOUGHTS Sometimes our sub-editor, Amelia Petrovich, likes to wake herself up at 3am, record the first thought that comes to her head, and share it with the world.

March 11th, 3:00am “Crickets are cicada night soldiers blockading your house.”

This one reads like someone’s creative writing assignment in Year 7. Like, back when everybody thought that more poetic devices equaled way better writing. You’d want to say something fairly basic like “it was a frosty morning”, but what would happen was a whole lot of: “When I stepped out of my house and crunched my feet through the grass like teeth crushing a bag of chips the cold was a really, really big wall that hit me square in the face like a huge boxer in a ring (not a featherweight boxer either, but one of those massive bastards like my mate Ollie’s dad). I felt my body freeze like Rose in the frigid waters of the Atlantic after the Titanic sunk, my breath ragged and stabbing in my throat. Also, it was a pretty frosty morning.”

I’m not wrong, am I? I wanted to talk about crickets being loud, but instead I waxed lyrical about soldiers and blockades like an A-class wanker. Whoopdee-doo, okay here we go.

First of all, my waking self doesn’t actually know what “blockading” means. I do now because I just looked it up and cursed myself for being a twat, but I think what went on here is that half-asleep me

just picked the first vaguely ‘army’ word she knew and mashed it into her phone keyboard. ‘Blockading’ is actually the cutting off of supplied to a particular area by force, which means my vocabulary needs an effing once-over because no crickets or cicadas bullied my groceries off me this week. “Storming” or “stalking” would have been a much better choice.

The ‘night soldiers’ bit is both self-explanatory and dumb so I won’t dwell on it, but I think the thought as a whole is actually a pretty sound observation of where I live during summertime (which is, you know, cool). I have a flat with a huge-ass backyard near a reserve, so nature is abundant and bloody loud all the time.

During the day if I turn down Spotify I’m inundated with cicadas croaking away (apparently that’s what their mating calls sound like, which is pretty off-putting. It’s like a thousand creatures hiding in the trees screaming for sex whenever it’s sunny).

But at night, instead of silence, my house gets crickets. The cicadas are replaced by crickets at night, I think that was the point of this 3:00am thought. It’s like the little guys switch shifts when the dark rolls around, because sex screeching is hard work and cicadas need rest too.

It’s likely that nobody cares, but I like crickets a lot better.

They’re quiet, chirpy, and they make awkward silences a lot more cinematic. In fact, I think I was wrong to compare them to cicadas at all because cicadas are dickheads and crickets just want to be loved. Maybe deep down we’re all lil’ crickets, huh?

No? Well all right then. God I’m tired.

WIN

Return of the Mack!

In case you missed the HUGE memo, Macklemore and Ryan Lewis are due to grace Vector Arena on July 28th this year! The ceiling can’t hold us or our excitement, so we thought we’d celebrate by giving you guys the chance to win two tickets to the gig! Wow us with the most creative entry, and we’ll send you downtown.

1) 2) 3) 4)

Go into a thrifshop.

Find the best darn article of clothing in the place.

Model that sumbitch like you ain’t never modelled nothing before.

Get your friend (or Mum) to take a photo of you modelling, really drawing attention to the piece you’ve selected.

Send that photo to lbarks@aut.ac.nz We’re looking for creativity, fun, and a good eye for thrifty fashion. Winner will be announced on Wednesday March 30th, and will walk away with a double pass to Macklemore and Ryan Lewis!

feature artistS

TYLER HINDE We have a lot of talented artists here at AUT, and a tonne of them like to help us make Debate pretty. But we thought it was about time you were introduced to our weekly illustrator, Tyler Hinde. He’s a bloody champ, he is. Every single week, he takes any article we throw his way and produces a flippin’ masterpiece to go with it. He’s a dream.

How would you describe your style?

Overall, I would describe my style as pushed realism. I like making realistic images but pushing the colours, lighting and mood so that my work seems almost whimsical. I love clean lines and polishing everything up rather than keeping things rough.

What’s your dream job?

My dream job changes fairly regularly, but at this current point in time it would definitely be an artist for Pixar.

Where do you draw your inspiration from?

My favourite artists include Simon Stalenhag, Loish, Feng Zhu and Charlie Bowater to name a few. I also watch a lot of films from Studio Ghibli, Pixar and Disney. I try to draw inspiration from all points in life though.

meet the sub-editors You’ve been reading Debate for a few weeks now (or at least pretending to flick through it while you’re actually searching desperately for the puzzle page), so we figured we’d introduce y’all to the hilarious, adorable, but also incredibly badass sub-editors who help put it all together.

amelia petrovich About three things I was absolutely positive.

make her intro more fun.

First, Hugh Grant was strangely attractive and every time I saw him act it did confusing things to my insides.

In many ways she’s a lot like one of the Cullen clan. She’s frequently covered in glitter or sparkles, with a resting bitch face and perverse, nostalgic love for pine trees and bad acting. Although a proud Wellingtonian by upbringing and dress sense, mounting stress levels and a burning hate for public transport is ushering Amelia slowly towards a sensual embracing of the term ‘JAFA’.

Second, there was a part of me- and I was fairly certain I knew exactly how dominant that part might be- that was ready to bolt across the road to Shadows for cheap jugs at literally any point.

And the third, I was unconditionally and irrevocably terrible at writing about myself.’

-----When she moved to the crazily expensive city of Auckland and met the mysterious, alluring Debate team, Amelia’s life took a thrilling and terrifying turn. With its matte pages and commitment to freedom of speech/letting yo’ freak flag fly, she now finds herself in her second year as subeditor, completely and utterly comfortable with ripping off a Stephanie Meyer blurb to

She’s a feminist, leftist, part time waitr-ist and 3:00am philosophist. She’s also studying Communications, which means she’s never bored at family gatherings, as all of her time is spent convincing elderly relatives that her degree is meaningful and she’s not just a glorified slacker.

Ambitious and realistic, Amelia dreams of a day where someone will pay her lots of money to write funny Facebook statuses and do literally nothing else. Until that day

though, she will stay right here and create content for you beautiful people. Column pieces, feature articles and fumbling opinion pieces, she writes them all.

Deeply seductive and irresistibly compelling, Amelia is a solid 5/10 human being who will (maybe) stay with you long after you’ve turned the magazine’s final page.

-----“Literally the whitest girl I know.” – My mate Mitch “No, no, I mean… you are pretty… it’s just a very mature kind of look that maybe boys don’t really understand yet.” – My Mum (ever supportive) “Sweater game on point.” – Daniel, but in my opinion it should also be everyone.

“But like, other than Debate, what do you actually do with your life?” –literally everybody.

julie cleaver At age fifteen, Julie naively decided that all experiences are good ones, regardless of how disturbing, scarring or stupid they may be.

This ridiculous life motto has got her into some strange situations, from staying in a Korean cult centre for a month to running her own unprofitable tie-dye clothing business.

Thankfully, this philosophy has turned her into slightly more than just a broke hippy with a weird yarn about Korea (emphasis on the word slightly). It has also led her to become a travel writer in Bali for two months, complete a course in Indonesian language, get a story published on the front page of the NZ Herald, and volunteer in a orphanage in Cambodia.

Although her friends would describe her as aggressive and argumentative, she prefers to see herself as a passionate do-gooder with a strong sense of justice and thirst for the truth.

For all of the above reasons, Julie has dipped her hairy toes into the field of journalism and

is currently finishing off her final year of a communications degree.

When she’s not busy working on her vegetable garden, preaching Green Party policies, or fending off hatred about being a tree-hugging communist, Julie is usually out surfing. She has a beautiful custom board with a VW van on the front, officially making her a complete shaka-throwing douche bag.

But she doesn’t care. (Or at least she doesn’t want you to know she cares, even though she sort of does).

Despite being a crystal-collecting buzz out, Julie can sometimes be an organised and functioning member of society. She likes to make lists, highlight the shit out of those lists, then run around in high heels ticking items off that list whilst feeling too busy to talk to you. But don’t worry, she’s not. She likes to think she is, but she never will be because she loves people way too much to ever be too busy for anyone.

In fact she would be extremely depressed without the crazy and diverse people that colour her life. She especially loves everyone she knows at AUT and would like to thank them all dearly for being such a wonderful and supportive bunch. Without their constant sympathy, playful banter and caring souls she would definitely be even more moody and self-indulgently unhappy.

And she is always looking to expand that whanau. So if reading this hasn’t put you off her completely (which it most likely has) please tap her on the shoulder next time you see her and say hello. She’s usually stumbling around WG or the quad looking for friendly faces to eat a kebab with.

So keep an eye out for a dirty blond, 5’4 lass – meeting her may just make you feel a little bit better about yourself. Or not. But all experiences are good ones, so give it a go anyway.

Words of Wisdom from Someone Who Doesn’t Have a Lot When hunting for a flat seems harder than your degree…

Maxine Francis Ah, sitting down on Trade-me property, I think to myself, what a wonderful world – surely I’ll be able to find an affordable flat, one in the heart of central Auckland with flair, fun and friends. I manoeuvre to the search box with severe anticipation to type my key word of ‘student’. The best choice of the many options I could think of, including ‘poor’, ‘desperate’ and ‘loves Chinese food’.

This title of ‘student’ which has been graciously placed upon me, I feel instantly separates me from the average civilian – the civilian you’d see on a crammed train ride to uni with a spare seat next to them, only to find their leather satchel is strategically situated there rather than another human being. It’s the title that distinguishes me from the civilian who purchases the full priced meat from Countdown, rather than the ‘red-sticker’ or ‘reduced’ lot (which I almost cry of happiness when I find). Yes being a student, I have already found only a month into my first year of uni, is a hard graft.

Now that the key-word is sorted, onto the next step of this tantalising process: refining my search. In selecting my areas of choice, I feel a wave of power come over me… Until I rule out ‘Ponsonby’, ‘Remuera’, ‘Herne Bay’ and ‘Parnell’… not so powerful after all huh?

In a dream world, these would be the options I could use, some would argue this is motivation for me to stay in uni, some would suggest otherwise. You can be the judge of that.

Oh and how could I forget, I have to change my maximum rent price too!

“Any” is not a plausible option for “anyone” who is a student. Almost pushing up daisies at the thought of paying at least $200 per week for somewhere to stay, my mind drifts to a dark place as I ponder working full time on a solid income vs. at least three years of a degree on the dollar bills that Studylink will mercifully supply me with. Although, I am at ease with my choice to study, I can’t control my thoughts of what life I could be living right now. As I wander to the hit musical Grease in my mind, the catchy tune Beauty-School Dropout hits me a little too close to home. I’d rather have Frenchy’s pink hair then have to deal with this right now.

Scrolling down the page it seems that Trade-me doesn’t have their listening ears on, I clearly stated my maximum rent was $200 per week, but they’re providing me with $400 options that look as if they’re houses from Extreme Make-over, Home Edition.

I begin to question what I’ll find on the glorified “Trade Me Property”. is my dream flat soon to be within reach?

Now we’re onto the searching phase in it’s full blown stint. But what if all of my options are dingy places that resemble what my mother would so infamously describe as a ‘pig-sty’? My reply to my own question: too bad.

Scrolling down the page it seems that Trade-me doesn’t have their listening ears on, I clearly stated my maximum rent was $200 per week, but they’re providing me with $400 options that look as if they’re houses from Extreme Make-over, Home Edition. I grunt like a Dad with a beer belly who missed the beginning of his favourite hunting and fishing show as I have to reinforce my decisions again in the search bar, has the world got it in for me?

Alas, a shiny looking apartment, at the record price of only $8 per week. “This must be an error,” I think to myself.

However, I cheekily click on the link, only to discover that $8 buys you a shared bedroom with a 64 year-old….

Yes, I’m desperate, but no, not that desperate. It seems as if I’m never going to have any luck on this page.

I realise I’m only five minutes into the search but already want to back out and go back to my easy life of high school.

The life where I thought a merit plus was a catastrophe and spent morning and night thinking about how I could get my grade up to a shiny looking excellence. Because way back then, that endorsement at the end of the year was all that really mattered.

I regroup and strategize in my mind, I’ll resubmit later when I feel like I can deal with adulthood, maybe my dream flat will be listed by then. In the meantime, keep an ear out for any ‘flatmate wanted’ situations. You know my budget.

T h e Real P r obl em wi t h t he Os c a r s

by Ethan Sills Unless you have been living under a rock for the past two months, you will be aware that this year’s Academy Awards was embroiled in controversy around race.

For the second year in a row, only white actors were nominated in all four acting categories, while the Best Picture race was even whiter than the previous year.

While it is an issue, it is one that highlights problems with the wider film industry than awards shows themselves. However, the lack of nominations for minority actors points towards an entirely different issue with the Oscars.

It has become commonplace for actors to be rewarded more for the narrative that gets constructed around their role rather than for the performance itself. People can be rewarded for losing or gaining a lot of weight (Matthew McConaughey, Christian Bale), for playing someone with a serious disease (Dustin Hoffman, Tom Hanks), playing a real person, usually inspirational in some way (Sandra Bullock, Meryl Streep, Colin Firth), or simply because they have lost multiple times before (Kate Winslet for The Reader).

I am not saying that these are bad performances, not at all – for the most part though, they aren’t the best performances.

Take last year’s ceremony for example. Julianne Moore won Best Actress for her role in Still Alice. In that film, she plays a woman going through early onset Alzheimer’s disease.

Not only did she tick off the disease card, but she had also lost four times previously. There were better performances nominated last year – you may dislike the movie’s ending, but Rosamund Pike was amazing in Gone Girl, while Felicity Jones gave a quietly powerful performance as Jane Wilde in The Theory of Everything in what was the better performance of the pair. Yet she lost to Moore, and Eddie Redmayne won for spending half the movie in a chair pulling a face.

This year was a prime example of the bigger, bolder performances getting the attention. Mark Ruffalo had the louder, shoutier performance in Spotlight and earnt a nomination over Michael Keaton, who had the more subtle role of the pair. Steve Carrell was the heart and soul of The Big Short, but Christian Bale’s performance as the autistic fund manager (which was probably the most disjointed storyline in the movie) got a nomination for… being autistic?

Meanwhile, Samuel L. Jackson got shut out despite playing a wildly entertaining bounty hunter in The Hateful Eight – a role with which he should have been nominated for, and, if the competition had been the same, could have easily won.

This craving for a story behind the film is likely one of the reasons minority actors have been shut out in recent years.

Black actors don’t seem to get cast in roles that draw the same kind of attention or generate the same narrative hype, unless the film is about slavery, race or the civil rights movement. You don’t often see black actors getting cast in roles that require them to lose a ton of weight Another issue brought up during the recent ceremony was around LGBT roles. Straight actors playing gay characters

always tends to gain a fair bit of notice: Sean Penn, Christopher Plummer, Jared Leto, Hillary Swank, amongst others, have won Oscars over the past two decades for playing LGBT characters. Four films with LGBT themes have been nominated for Best Picture over the last ten years, with each one featuring straight actors playing the leading roles, such as Milk and The Imitation Game.

This craving for a story behind the film is likely one of the reasons minority actors have been shut out in recent years.

In February, Sir Ian McKellen did an interview with The Guardian that is now infamous for being horribly misquoted

by Sam Smith. In it, the actor questioned why straight actors were constantly recognised for playing gay men but the same can’t be said when roles are reversed.

Only one openly gay man, Sir John Gieguld, has ever won an acting Oscar (Jodie Foster has won twice, but both were two decades before she publicly acknowledged her sexuality), and that was back in 1981. Not a single openly gay actor has even been nominated this decade, and no transgender actors have ever been nominated, though several cisgender actors, most recently Eddie Redmayne, have been nominated or won for playing them. Several analyses of the years have found its fairly common for straight actors to be called ‘brave’ or ‘courageous’ in reviews when playing an LGBT character, and this just adds to the mysticism around the performance.

I have read articles where academy members have been quoted saying they won’t vote In an ideal world, voters would watch every single film and they would all be judged solely on their merit, but that doesn’t seem to be the case. The months in between the premiere and the nominations being cast is loaded with campaigning on all sides: roundtable interviews, a million smaller awards shows, festivals, lifetime achievement awards; it’s a relentless cycle of PR madness trying to sell the film to voters. I have read articles where academy members have been quoted saying they won’t vote for a film because they couldn’t get to a free screening; recently, I read one piece where a veteran entertainment reporter responded to reports there were fresh calls to scale back the amount of promotion, which descended into him talking about how much he likes going to parties and shaking hands with celebrities.

The Oscars is just like any other American campaign trail, and the conversation is frequently dominated by the narratives around the performance. You played someone with Asperger’s?

How brave of you! You had to make out with another woman?

Tell me more! To be fair on the performers, this could be their PR people, the studios and the media overplaying the storylines – I’m sure Matthew McConaughey was as sick of talking about his weight loss as I was hearing about it, yet you can’t ignore the fact these likely play a huge role in how voters work.

The unfortunate example from this year’s ceremony would be Leonardo DiCaprio. I have spent the last few days responding to a Debate reader who took issue with my very brief comments a few weeks back about Leo’s performance in The Revenant.

for a film because they couldn’t get to a free screening.

This reader seemed disturbed that I don’t consider eating raw liver and climbing into a horse to be acting and something that should be awarded. I stand by my comments, as this film was the epitome of these over-generated narratives. Leo didn’t have to do any of those things; removing them would have had little impact on the movie itself.

All those scenes did was create topics of conversation around his performance, in a way defining how it was viewed, and when coupled when his five previous losses, the award was basically his before the movie had even screened.

Leonardo is a great actor, but when I think of my favourite performances of his, him crawling through the snow isn’t one of them. I am not saying that all performances they choose don’t deserve the recognition. On the contrary, I think the majority of nominated performances this year were well earnt, and so have the majority in the past. However, the need for an extra narrative outside of the film – or at least the constant promotion of these stories by the media - is simply distracting from the performances. Films and actors should be judged on their merit alone and not on whatever else they had to go through, and minority actors will likely remain shut out if this habit continues.

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A couple of us visited the Brazilian food shop, Durello, this past week (see our review on page 35), and they told us they’d give a special student discount to AUT students!

Head on down to 350 Queen Street, flash your ID (and nothing else, plz), and you can get a deluxe cone for the price of a gourmet one!

FAST FLYER

Debate’s got a $50 Student Flights card to give away this week, and if you’d like to claim this kick-start for you next big adventure, get in quick. We’ll be giving this card to the first person to Facebook message us a photo of their latest travel venture. Accompany it with your name, campus, and a one sentence description.

Good luck!

Trade Dollars Way Better Than Human Rights

New KiwiMetre Survey to Be Released Kieran Bennett After coming under fire for apparent racism in their new survey, KiwiMetre, Television New Zealand is set to release a new version of the identity measuring survey.

KiwiMetre was developed by TVNZ as a poorly disguised commercial follow up to VoteCompass, an election survey that actually seemed to serve a point.

KiwiMetre however has been designed by a variety of metrics and survey companies to gleefully and mercilessly

Kieran Bennett

was simply unacceptable and they would not be engaging in further trade if they continued.

After years of contemplation and a few weeks of intense scrutiny, Prime Minister John Key has come forward to announce that trade dollars are indeed much cooler than human rights.

However, following the several hour meeting Mr Key has admitted that he was wrong about the whole thing and that “really, what’s a few beheadings between friends”. He said that while he did ask Dr Zarif about his countries judicial system, Dr Zarif was quick to say that everything was cool and that any public floggings were “100 percent a-okay with everyone involved”. Mr Key accepted this answer and came to the conclusion that lucrative trade deals and kickbacks are much more attractive than basic human rights and the perversion of justice.

After announcing he would be meeting with Iranian Foreign Minister Dr Mohammad Javad Zarif, Mr Key came under intense pressure to question the minister about his country’s record regarding human rights. The Iranian government has frequently come under fire for sham trials, barbaric punishments and even the use of torture.

Going into the meeting Mr Key made promises that he would “take the minister to task” and put him under intense scrutiny. He said that what the Iranian government had been doing

extract personal data from users, forming a skewed impression of the average New Zealander. The survey contains a range of loaded questions, from participants’ ages and locations to whether or not they would support hordes of screaming, knife-wielding, rabid refugees in the country, assuming they were fleeing foreign war. The survey has been designed so that only black or white answers can be given and, much like real life, there are no external factors.

Shortly after the survey hit 100,000 responses, Māori MPs came forward to slam TVNZ for a question in the Māori section of the survey, “Do you think Māori deserve all that free shit that, somehow, you are not equally entitled to?”. Te Tai Tokerau MP Kelvin Davis said that the question was designed to incite feelings of racism and that he felt it was inappropriate to have such a “loaded question” in the survey. TVNZ head of news and current affairs, John Gillespie, disagreed, saying that he felt it was important New Zealanders were afforded the opportunity to give quick, knee-jerk reactions to things online that they

Dr Zarif is to return to Iran on Friday, where, he again emphasised, everything is just fine.

didn’t fully understand. He then went on to defend the survey, saying preliminary results supported the idea that New Zealanders just weren’t interested in complex historical and social factors and that they much preferred to have things broken down into ‘yes’ or ‘no’, or even ‘good’ and ‘less-good’.

After mounting public pressure and a desire to make the whole thing just sort of disappear, TVNZ have released a new survey with the question in question altered. It now reads “Do you feel Māori deserve special treatment? Cause hot damn do they get it.” The answers section has also been altered to now list, instead of a range of feelings, the options of ‘yes’, ‘hell yes’, ‘I’m confused’, ‘I’m angry’ and ‘I’m confused and angry and looking to blame someone’.

Mr Gillespie has defended the new question saying they were not perpetuating racism, so much as perpetuating ignorance which was in fact at the heart of their organisation.

Julia Ford Ultimate Frisbee Julia Ford is in her third year at AUT and is studying a Bachelor of Sport and Recreation majoring in Exercise science and a Bachelor of Business majoring in Finance.

Julia is a current member of the New Zealand U24 Womens Ultimate Frisbee team; Karearea, and helps run the Secondary School National Championships. This year has taken on the role of student coordinator for the AUT Ultimate team.

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How did you get involved your sport?

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What is your most memorable sporting moment?

In 2014 I travelled to Italy to compete in the U20 Ultimate Frisbee World Championships. My most memorable sporting moment was being named captain for that team and being the first U20 New Zealand women’s team to compete in that age group.

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What are you looking forward to most in 2016?

My friend and her siblings played at at school. She got me into it in year nine, I hated it at first but I persevered and ended up really enjoying myself. I have been playing ever since.

I don’t have another World Champs until January in 2018 so I am just focusing on New Zealand competitions and local tournaments. I am really looking forward to getting Frisbee at AUT started and going down to Christchurch to compete and Uni Champs.

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6.

Tell us about your most recent tournament?

Last year I travelled to London to compete in the U24 Ultimate Frisbee World Championships. It was incredible competing against countries from all around the world, such as Columbia or Sweden.

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How do you fit your sporting commitments/travel around your uni life?

I plan everything out in advance. When I was training for London, I had training camps and trainings throughout the year. I managed to cope with it all quite well but AUT was very accommodating. My lecturers and tutorial leaders were always easy to ask help from and understood my sporting commitments. They made it a lot easier to juggle assessments, training and the stress.

What’s the best piece of advice you have been given?

My rowing coach told me this: “It doesn’t get worse than unbearable”. If you can push that little bit extra, it won’t kill you.

Inter Faculty Touch is on April 1st at Hato Petera College.

NZ University Futsal Championships are from April 15017 in Wellington.

NZ University Rowing Championships are April 23 and 24 in Twizel.

Contact AUT Sport sport@aut.ac.nz or pop into WB119 for more info.

From Creative Writing to San Francisco Abigail Johnson I’m sitting in a huge outdoor armchair, on the nineteenth floor patio of my apartment building, overlooking the Oakland Bay Bridge. It’s a grey evening. At any moment the Bay Bridge lights are going to flick on, as if someone’s had a brilliant idea.

I’ve been in San Francisco for a month now, and it just hits me every now and then that I’m here. How absurd it is to be interning in this city, having only graduated three months ago.

I studied Creative Writing at AUT, and it’s one of those degrees that garners the question ‘What will you do with that?’

I mean, it was certainly a passion degree, but I didn’t spend the whole time writing poems about unrequited love. It also gave me the skills to take on an AUT Internz role at Booktrack, San Francisco. Or, at the very least, gave me the skills to win them over in the interview.

I applied for the internship after receiving an email from my paper coordinator. Why not, eh? When I got the call-back that I’d been shortlisted, my stomach dropped, in that oh-my-god could-I-actually-get-this way. And then I interviewed. And then I got it. What the hell, right?

I’m not alone. AUT has lined up internships with a range of US companies, located in New York, SF, and a few other spots, that were filled by 20 other students. We all received return flights, visas, and stipends to help with living costs. Those of us in San Francisco were treated to a tour of Silicon Valley recently; we checked out Google Headquarters, Stanford University, and the Apple Infinite Loop. Needless to say, it was pretty epic.

One of the most exciting things for me will be being here for the election. Looking at it right now, it’s going to be historic no matter how it goes. I haven’t met a Trump supporter in real life yet, at least not as far as I’m aware. So don’t worry.

I never thought I’d be here. When I started university I didn’t think about my career options. All I cared about was doing the right degree for me. Halfway through I freaked out. I frantically chose a minor that apparently had a lot of career potential, and tried that out for a semester. It wasn’t for me, and I ended up changing my minor twice, meaning I had to study a semester longer than planned. So my advice is, study what you want to study. Study what calls to you. As long as you are learning, you are picking up skills. Be the best apple, not a sub-par banana, or however the saying goes. If you’ve done the right degree, and you’ve studied hard enough, and you try your very best, it will lead to the right career. I’m about 90 percent sure.

So my advice is, study what you want to study. Study what calls to you. As long as you are learning, you are picking up skills.

I hope the semester is going well, keep an eye on the Internz programme. You never know.

Oh, and as I look up, the Bay Lights flick on. Maybe that’s a sign.

Abigail graduated from AUT with a Bachelor of Arts in 2015 and is transitioning into working life through an AUT interNZ scholarship supporting her internship at Booktrack in San Francisco. She is one of 21 scholarship recipients hand-picked by companies in New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Colorado Springs as they completed their study last year. AUT interNZ was designed to give AUT students a head start as they transition into their career by putting them in front of employers in New Zealand and overseas. Visit intenz.aut.ac.nz to sign up.

OVERSIZED Shivan Not long ago, Paris Fashion commenced, and this marks the end of the Fashion Week around the world. This season, the ready-to-wear collection was showcased on the runways in New York, London, Milan and Paris, and oversized looks were the all ‘rave’. Walking down the runways were these beautiful postapocalyptic Amazonian models layered in a combination of oversize coats, bomber jackets, and pants giving them this ethereal look as if they were just drifting down the runway over their oversized clothes.

I reckon oversized clothes is a trend we all can get into, though fitted clothes are definitely a staple. When oversized dressing, you must find the perfect balance so you don’t look frumpy, the goal is to ensure the oversized statement piece stands out from everything else.

Walking down the runways of Paris, we saw statement jackets everywhere and the bigger they were, the better the drama. However they usually paired these jackets with other well fitted clothes to bring a balance to the whole look. If you are like me and you dress for comfort, the oversized look is something you need! Its feels like you are wearing a blanket everywhere. The only issue with oversized jackets are their sleeves. It can be quite overwhelming to be walking with these long sleeves going down your waist. But folding solves everything, plus I reckon it kind of adds to the look.

We decided to style and shoot our own ‘oversized look’. We decided to style this black denim jacket, that’s at least five sizes too big for the model, with a pair of well fitted jeans. Its enjoyable styling one colour, playing with various silhouettes and textures without overdoing it. I reckon oversizing is something we can all get on board with, starting with the buying one jacket that’s a little too big. Best place to start is op shops because they usually don’t have a million sizes to accommodate to everyone, yet they have beautiful vintage pieces that you won’t find in any shopping centre. It’s the best way to find something unique that may be oversized.

Model | Carolyn from Vanity Walk Models Hair & Make-Up | Made by Ruth Clothes | Paper Bag Princess Photographed & Styled | Yours Truly @ gathum

REVIEWS

DUR E L LO 350 Queens Street Reviewed by Laurien Barks

In the teeniest, tiniest little corner shop you ever did see, lies a Brazilian snack shack that’s definitely worth a visit. Situated about three minutes away from AUT, this place serves up little deep fried balls of goodness in a convenient cone, perfect for snacking on the go.

Their little treats are creamy chicken and cheese, surrounded by a buttery dough, and then covered in a crispy coating before tossed into a deep fryer.

They’re affordable, fun to eat, and the owners of the shop are hella friendly and adorable. I’d recommend the cone

and drink combo, and giving their authentic Brazillian softdrink, Guarana Antarctica a go. It tastes like a sweet, refreshing, milder version of a guarana energy drink.

room for one small table and chairs on the busy sidewalk), and I would add more to the menu. However, I’m sure these things will come in time, as it’s a fairly new business.

After chit chatting with the owner, we learned that he uses his mother’s family recipe, named the place after her (her maiden name), and genuinely cares about bringing authentic Brazilian cuisine to the streets of New Zealand.

It’s an adorable shop on so many levels.

In the meantime, I’d say the optimum time to hit these guys up would be after a party night in town, I can see these little golden treats satisfying many a craving, and nursing many a hangover.

Or simply popping down between classes, it’s close, it’s cheap, it’s scrummy, and something a little bit different.

If I had to improve the place, I would say add more seating, so you have the option to stay and eat (they only had

For an Oscar-nominated film, subprime mortgages seems like an unlikely subject matter, as is having Adam McKay— otherwise known as frequent Will Ferrell collaborator and founder of Funny or Die—at the directorial helm. But then again, this is a Michael Lewis story, and with Moneyball and The Blind Side already on his Hollywood resume, the former bond salesman-turned-author is proving himself an expert needle-picker in the tangled haystack of real life.

THE BIG SHORT Directed by Adam McKay Starring Christian Bale, Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling Reviewed by Jihee June

In comes The Big Short which recounts the tale of those who foresaw the financial crash long before 2008s economic nosedive. Admittedly, these weren’t the semi-balding analysts or talking heads of CNBC, but a dubious clan of misfits and weirdos. Christian Bale plays a socially inept, heavy metal aficionado with a penchant for crunching numbers barefoot, while Ryan Gosling plays a suave, Deutsche Bank employee who doubles as an unreliable narrator. Steve Carell follows on from his unnerving performance in Foxcatcher to play a moral crusader in an immoral world who appears, quite worryingly, on the verge of popping a vein at any minute (a role which admittedly has become Carell’s modus operandi).

With its wit, humour, and exacting confidence in its own technical cleverness, The Big Short manages to be simultaneously entertaining, educational, and downright horrifying. It’s a crash course for dummies that teaches us both the folly of man and the jargon of economics.

For a man hung up on death, Sufjan Steven’s night at the Civic was a celebration of life, love and everything in between.

Leaning heavily on his latest and perhaps best album Carrie and Lowell, twas a night to hit even the sturdiest of reviewers right in the feels.

The album was inspired by the death of Sufjan’s mother Carrie, a schizophrenic who battled depression and substance abuse and abandoned him when he was one. Heavy amiright? Lyrically soul-destroying, yet musically bright, he played most of the album, much to my pleasure. To be honest, it felt more than a little Schadenfreude.

When you go to a Sufjan gig, you’re in for a mixed bag. Some songs are executed to perfection, sounding just like the record.

And others will receive a mass overhaul, with arrangements barely even suggested on the album. I enjoyed most, found a few a bit much, but respected him nonetheless for taking most songs to new places.

The stripped back encore, however, was my highlight. Five incredibly versatile musicians, one microphone, and several gems from Sufjan’s earlier records. Having said nothing all night, Sufjan relaxed a bit, read some pretty weird shit about death, and gave us some chill tunes. Just lovely.

SUFJAN S TEVENS The Civic, Auckland Reviewed by Matthew Cattin

Hey there, I’m in my last year of my bachelors this year and it’s really, really hectic. I like what I’m studying and I’m excited to finish at the end of the year but I’m worried the workload will make things weird between me and my boyfriend. He doesn’t go to uni and has heaps of free time, but it feels like I have less and less. I want to pass, but I also don’t want to not see him- do you have any tips or advice?

Sincerely, Overloaded

Dear Overloaded, Love is like a box of chocolates – not because you never know what you’re going to get – but because it’s addictive as fuck.

Once you get a bite of love’s tasty, sweet nectar, you will want more and more until you feel so sick you end up puking.

Now I’m not implying that you are obsessed with your boyfriend or that you see him too much. I’m just stating that sometimes too much of one thing can actually be bad for you and make you like that thing less.

Of course you have to see your boyfriend; that is nonnegotiable. But you don’t need to see him all the time to have a healthy relationship. In fact seeing him once in a while will probably make you a stronger couple.

I know that sounds counter intuitive, but hear me out. When two people with a complete, full and exciting life are in a relationship, those people tend to be happy, and happy people make a happy relationship. But when two people sacrifice doing what they love to spend time with their partner, then those people tend to be unhappy and unhappy people make an unhappy relationship.

ASK

S K Y TH E S T UDENT

Even though you “don’t want to not see” your boyfriend, think about how fun seeing him would be if you were a stressed out mess who was failing your degree? I’m guessing your answer would be not very fun at all. You like what you are studying, which is great, and you are really busy, which is also great. You sound to me like a complete person with a full and exciting life. Don’t sacrifice that. Keep focusing on doing your own thing and urge your boyfriend to do the same. Even though he has “heaps of free time” he should still be making himself content regardless of how much you see him.

If you both keep yourselves busy and see each other when you can, things shouldn’t get “weird” between you. Things should actually get fantastic. Plus, your boyfriend needs to understand how important your studies are to you and how much time you need to get that done. If he doesn’t, either explain it to him really slowly or show him the door.

With love, Sky

“Dear Sass-quatch, I’m in my first year of uni and so far I’ve made no friends.

Like, there are people I can sit with in class, but I’m not actually friends with anyone. I thought I’d come to ukni and meet a whole bunch of people who would be life long pals and at the moment I just feel sort of lonely. How do I make friends?

Sincerely, Alone.”

Right, cool. So you want to meet friends? That’s great- have you ever considered the fact that everybody wants to meet friends? Like, these people in your class who you’re staring at forlornly waiting to love you… could it be that they’re all waiting on someone to chat to them too?

I’d say definitely, you self-centered bastard.

I suggest that to solve your little predicament you consider growing a pair (of tits, because lord knows presenting as female is a tougher road to saunter down than the Tuilittered dirt track of the hot-blooded, Kiwi male), and just go and say hi to these poor fuckers.

I don’t know about you, but I’ve never been friends with anyone I’ve never met. Even online, there’s a degree of introducing that’s kind of mandatory. You just have to fucking meet people if you want to be friends with them, alright? I know it’s not comfortable, I know it feels weird, but to show someone that you think they’re great you have to fucking tell them. Or at least approach them awkwardly and ask what high school they went to, you owe them that much.

Also, calm down with the ‘life long friends’ narrative for a bit, okay? Nobody has lifelong friends, humans are genetically wired to get sick of each other after a while because at the end of the day, behind the vintage décor and hair-pulling fetishes, we’re all just sinfully boring and catastrophically mundane.

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SASS-QUATC H

In fact, are you sure you do want friends?

Maybe you’d do better keeping to yourself, that way you’d just be stuck with your own mind-numbing lack of character rather than yours and everybody else’s, ya feel?

Up to you though.

Love and bubbles, Sass-quatch.

Bacon and Greens Salsa •

8 bacon slices

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1 package frozen mixed greens, thawed and drained

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½ medium-sized sweet onion, chopped

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1 tsp minced garlic

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1 ½ cups frozen corn, thawed

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1 serrano chili pepper, minced

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¼ tsp salt

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¼ tsp pepper

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2 tbsp cider vinegar

1. Cook bacon in a large skillet over medium heat 7 to 9 minutes or until crisp. Remove bacon, and drain on paper towels, reserving 2 tbsp drippings in skillet.

Crumble bacon.

2. Saute greens, onion, and garlic in hot drippings 7 to 10 minutes or until tender. Stir in corn and next 3 ingredients, and cook 3 minutes or until thoroughly heated. Remove from heat, and stir in vinegar. Sprinkle with bacon. Serve warm with pork rinds, kumera chips, and hot sauce.

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