DEBATE ISSUE 01 | FEBRUARY 2017
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CONTENTS Pg 4 Editor’s Letter
Pg 22 Pop My Bubble Please
Pg 40 Netflix and Thrill
Pg 6 Ten Under Ten Under Ten
Pg 26 O Week Calendar
Pg 44 AUT Sport
Pg 10 Cool Shit
Pg 28 Things You Might Probably Do At
Pg 45 Light UP
University
Pg 12 Parking Prices Plague Pupils
Pg 46 Reviews
Pg 30 Take Note
Pg 16 The ‘F’ Word
Pg 48 Recipe
Pg 32 Top of the Hops
Pg 20 Don’t Touch My Hair
Pg 50 Puzzles
Pg 36 You Gon’ Be Fine
C O V E R I L L U S T R AT I O N B Y H O P E M C C O N N E L L
EDITOR Laurien Barks lbarks@aut.ac.nz SUB - EDITOR Grace Hood-Edwards DESIGNER Ramina Rai rrai@aut.ac.nz
CONTRIBUTORS Grace Hood-Edwards, Anita Cook, Shivan, Conor Leathley, Nigel Mckenzie-Ryan, Florencia Laurenzano, Amelia Petrovich, Ethan Sills, Wayne Sangsuwan, Hope Mcconnell, Tyler Hinde ADVERTISING Harriet Smythe hsmythe@aut.ac.nz
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Editor’s Letter Welcome welcome welcome! It’s O week! And we’re here to keep the summer vibes going for a little while longer! Be sure to check out all of the AuSM activities we have going on around campus, and absolutely get amongst! Make friends, play games, do all the things, and realize that starting/returning to university doesn’t have to be too daunting at all! If you’re new to AUT, or this is your first time reading Debate mag– hi, how are you, we’re your student magazine. We’re here to represent you, so please never shy away from contributing anything you’ve got – writing, art, photography (no nudes plz, even tasteful ones), etc. We wouldn’t be here without student contributors, so you can imagine just how loved and cherished and showered in appreciation you would be if you did come aboard our little team. For all of you picking us up for the second, third, or millionth time – welcome back! Things are going to change a little bit this year, so prepare yourselves. We’re a fortnightly mag now, and we’re finally
making a name for ourselves in Website Land! So to get you through the weeks where there’s no printed mag to be seen, we’ll be publishing updated writing, notices, artwork, reviews, and competitions online! Some call us “Tree-saving heroes” and “The solution the world’s been waiting for.” And to that we humbly say “Thanks Mum.” We’ve also got a new illustrator and sub editor to introduce (since Tyler and Amelia were tragically taken from us by graduation and a world of opportunities), and they’re kinda dynamite AF. Hope has illustrated this week’s cover, and you’ll be getting to know her and her art as the year progresses. And Grace, our new subbie, has written her debut Debate feature about the university parking prices (pg 12) that are currently plaguing our little uni universe, and it’s a fantastic indicator of the quality to come! As much as we adore a good entertaining column, or comedic satire piece around here, we’re consistently on the lookout for student stories. The sad part is that a lot of the time, we’re sitting behind a desk chasing up stories that we read or hear
about. You’re out living them! Which means you’re the greatest journalistic tool a small student publication could dream of. Even if you’re not a writer, we would love to hear from you about issues/stories/students that you reckon deserve some page time. Even if it’s just a quick post on our Facebook page, tagging us in something, or flicking an email through to me – it’s all a huge help. We can send writers, set up interviews, get things photographed, and publish stories that YOU want to read. It doesn’t take much to get involved with Debate, but every little contribution helps us craft a mag that you love. Feel free to email me any time at debate@aut.ac.nz if you have questions, concerns, love letters, hate mail, or story leads. I’m always happy to hear from you guys, and if chatting in person is more your style, you can come and see me at the AuSM office on city campus. Have an amazing O week everyone! Laurien
Prez Sez Urshula Ansell
Vice Prez Sez Elspeth Carroll
Kia ora and Welcome!
Kia ora y’all!
As your elected President, I am honoured to warmly welcome you
I’m Elspeth, AuSM Vice President for 2017. That lucky gal who gets to work alongside Ursh and the incredible Student Rep Council.
to AUT on behalf of your student movement, AuSM! New students: congratulations on making it into university and taking the first step for your future education. For students, like myself, who are back again: we all know how worth it all of this is. “May the odds be forever in your favour”. University is a place full of different opportunities. You will not only learn valuable knowledge and skills, but you will make lifelong friends and create some of your best memories here.
2017 kicked off to a shaky start with Donald and the general state of the global economic climate…but at AuSM, we are determined to be positive! General Election year: we can create change at Government level. During Anniversary Weekend, I attended a conference with nationwide Student Executives. Solution-based ideas were discussed to generate much needed change. My favourites are below:
AuSM is your student association and serves as your voice on all levels of the university. We are here to represent you and make
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your time at AUT as enjoyable as possible. I know that this time is an exciting one, but the most important thing I can say is to make sure you get involved with everything we, and AUT, provide! Let’s be real – we are paying to be here, so why not make the most of it! Elspeth and I, along with the SRC team, will be hitting up some big
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issues this year on your behalf, like car parking and shuttle passes. So let us know what you are unhappy about, and we will try to make that change! Keep up to date with what we are doing on www.facebook.com/SRCAuSM/ These first two weeks are always the best because of all the
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‘Universal Student Allowance’: suggests that all students be eligible for Student Allowance, regardless of parent income. Many students are not supported financially by parents, even if they earn above the Studylink threshold. Most students are adults, over 18 years old, and should not be expected, nor are able to live out of a parent’s pockets. ‘Public Transport Green Card’: provides students with free travel around the city at off peak. Often travel to classes is at random hours. Striving to make university accessible for all, I see this as a reasonable idea for the government to adopt. We have some severe issues with finding affordable healthy housing as a full time student and worker! The ‘Healthy Homes Policy’ would ensure that the flats we live in are required to be of a healthy living standard.
amazing events that are happening around all three campuses. You guys will see me at nearly all 10 night events and most of the day ones - sorry I can’t always be in two places at once! I better see you all there! Ursh xox
More than ever before, students are feeling the financial pressure of studying, with record highs in course fees, rent and food prices, we are forced to work 40 hour weeks - and still don’t see ends meet. As a national body of over 400 000 students, we can influence change, creating a better student life in Aotearoa. We’d love to hear your thoughts/ have a chat if you’re on campus. My office is in the AuSM Student Lounge on City Campus. Or flick me an email at vicepresident@aut.ac.nz. Elspeth
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Laurien Barks Feeding yourself can be one heck of a mission at university. Forgetting your lunch at home, or running out of groceries between dinner and breakfast are realities that seem much direr when you can’t call Mum to bring you a replacement meal. So to prevent too much stress from building when the unthinkable happens, here’s ten places to find under ten dollar meals, under ten minutes away.
1) No. 1 Pancake Corner of Wellesley Street East and Lorne Street. 4 minute walk. If you haven’t yet tasted the majesty that is the Korean pancake, then you need to get your severely taste-deprived butt down the road ASAP. Giant pancakes,
packed with mince, cheese, and vegetables – or cinnamon sugar and sweeter options if you’re not feeling the savoury vibes. At under $5 a pop, you can get two of them and still get change for a ten dollar note. Though, for most, one is more than enough to feed your ravenous stomach and soul.
and zaatar. If you’re really looking to scrimp and save, you can pick yourself up a classic un-filled pretzel for $3.20, or a Pretzel dog for $4.50.
2) Popa’s Pretzels
Riding the Banh Mi wave from Popa’s Pretzels’ menu, we take you just down the way to Elliot Street’s Viet Sandwich cart. It used to set up home here at AUT on St Paul’s Street, so you might be familiar with their wondrous ways. For those of you who aren’t, you can pick yourself up a variety of Banh Mi sandwiches, noodle salads, and summer rolls that are as delicious as they are cheap! With the most expensive thing on the menu being $9, they’re a true winner in our opinion.
350 Queen Street. 7 minute walk. Soft pretzels, pretzel bun sandwiches, pretzel pies…it’s a carb-lover’s paradise. With everything from stuffed pizza pretzels all the way over to Banh Mi pretzel sandwiches, you can get most everything on Popa’s menu for under ten bucks. They also offer vegan and vegetarian options – with stuffings like apple and cinnamon and cream cheese
3) Viet Sandwich Elliot Street. 8 minute walk
It’s hard not to love someone who’s willing to give you a cheeseburger, fries, and change for $10. 4) Bonz Cajun Kitchen (Elliot Stables) Elliot Street. 8 minute walk Elliot Stables might present itself as a dream students can only ever afford to walk by, but if you’ve got a $10 note, and a hunger for something comforting, Bonz Cajun Kitchen is where it’s at. They’ve got a $10 buffalo chicken wrap on their lunch specials board (that is the best thing on the menu in this gal’s opinion), as well as sliders if you’re feeling like something on the lighter side. It’s every poor foodie’s dream come true.
5) Better Burger 19 Vulcan Lane. 10 minute walk. Oh Better Burger, the most high class fast food joint in a ten minute radius. And how we love them. It’s hard not to love someone who’s willing to give you a cheeseburger, fries, and change for $10. Their menu may not be large, but it’s perfect in our eyes, because why mess with the classics when they’re done so well and so affordably?
6) Raw Power 10 Vulcan Lane. 10 minute walk Okay, yes, this is technically a meal that will cost you more than $10. BUT, because it’s only 20 cents over our limit for this list, I’ve decided to let it slide. Particularly
because, for 20 cents extra, you can have an incredibly healthy and vegetarian meal…and you know what…your body is worth it. Raw Power Café has a self-service salad bar with a variety of different, dailymade options for vegans, vegetarians, and just all-around health nuts. You can take them away, or dine in if you’re feeling like a bit of a break.
7) Le Garde Manger 466 Queen Street. 10 minute walk Now, I don’t want to mislead you – most everything on this menu is going to cost you more than $10. That being said, I’ve included it in the list for one item…a light lunch sure to satisfy your hunger cravings as well as your need for a little bit of fancy. The egg and cheese crepe at Le Garde Manger (gluten free, btw) will set you back $9.50, but will set you forward by giving you the tools necessary to brag that yes, you had crepes for lunch.
8) Ill Mee 480 Queen Street 10 minute walk If Korean dumplings are your jam, then Ill Mee is the place to be. An adorable Korean place just up from Le Garde Manger, these guys will serve you a basket of steamed dumplings (or fried if that’s more your style) for just $9. It’s not for the hungriest of bellies, but will certainly satisfy the average dumpling lover, what with all the free sides and all!
9) Al’s Deli 492 Queen Street. 10 minute walk The epitome of comfort food, Al’s Deli usually tips the scales over to the more expensive end of the spectrum (though they can justify it with some solid quality). However, they open their doors and hearts to students with their weekly lunch deals that change on any given day. You can grab yourself a burger and fries for $10 on Monday, Buffalo wings for the same price on Wednesday, and several other solid deals that are sure to be a hit.
10) Double Dutch Fries Elliot Street. 8 minute walk I’m not going to lie and say I don’t have days where I just want fries for lunch. And I’m not going to lie and say there aren’t days where I give into that want, and in fact just have fries for lunch. Look, I’m not perfect, and neither are you. We all have our fried potato days, and on those days, Double Dutch is where it’s at. It’s a cone of fries that you can kind of convince yourself is a balanced meal because there’s the option to get peanut satay sauce on top of them. With a simple menu of plain fries, or a choice of Dutch mayonnaise, peanut satay, or both to top them off – this $6-$8 meal will have your back in every way.
Your Student Movement Welcome to AUT! We wanted to take a moment to introduce ourselves to students young and old, and let you know what we’re all about here at AuSM. To put it simply: we’re all about you. About your uni experience, about your enjoyment and wellbeing, and about making sure your voice is heard. We offer a variety of services to make your time at AUT as smooth, fun, and opportunistic as possible!
Advocacy
Representation
Clubs
Plagiarism, unfair grading/cheating, legal matters…whatever issue you may be facing, our team of advocacy experts are here to help. Free advice is available to all students, all you need to do is book an appointment. Come on into one of our AuSM offices, or email advocac@aut.ac.nz
Your opinions matter, so raise your voice! Our Student Representative Council (SRC) is here to make sure your message is heard, so don’t shy away from voicing issues, feedback, or suggestions! For more information, check out our website or email your Student President, Urshula, at urshula.ansell@aut.ac.nz
Join a club! Or start one, if one of the many existing clubs isn’t what you’re looking for. Whatever your style, clubs are a great way to make new friends, pursue interests, and enhance your university experience beyond the lecture theatre. For more information on clubs, visit our website.
VOLUNTEER
MEDIA
RECREATION
CLUBS
ADVOCACY
REPRESENTATION
Recreation and Events Our recreation and events team is responsible for all of the O Week fun you’re about to be a part of, and for all the fun to come. They’ll be hosting a wide variety of events at O week and throughout the year, including movie screenings, dance parties, campus games, pub quizzes, and so much more. Be sure to keep up to date with all they have planned on our website!
Debate
Volunteers
Oh hi there! Yeah, we’re about to talk about Debate, within the pages of Debate (#debateception). As you can see, we’re your friendly neighbourhood student magazine, and every fortnight we’re written, illustrated, and inspired by you, the students. We’re always on the hunt for writers, artists, puzzle-makers, cartoonists, and any other kind of talent you’d like to contribute to our pages and website. For more information on how to get involved, email us at debate@aut.ac.nz
Fancy a bit of a CV boost whilst simultaneously making friends and making a positive difference? Becoming an AuSM volunteer might be for you. We need help with events, delivering Debate, external charities, fellow students, providing support to AuSM and AUT offerings, and a variety of other tasks – we want you! Check out our website for more information on how to get involved with the AuSM Volunteer team.
Interest Groups
Vesbar
The Lodge
Keen on joining a club, but have commitment issues? An interest group may be for you. Whether it be charity fundraising, beach clean ups, or a temporary issue that needs a quick fix, interest groups are the way to get involved without having to sacrifice too much precious study time. For more information head over to our website!
Vesbar is your AUT student bar, and the perfect place for a drink after class, a mid-arvo snack, or a post-exam hang! Evening events are often on the cards, so be sure to keep up to date with all Vesbar has to offer. You can even book your own function at Vesbar! For more information, check out our website, or email vesbar@aut.ac.nz
Did you know AuSM owns a lodge that’s available for bookings? It’s crazy cheap, from $100 per night, and sleeps up to 12 people – that’s $9 a person at full capacity! It’s located in the heart of the Tongariro National Park, and is perfect for tramps, biking, skiing, snowboarding, or simply chilling with some board games. For more information on how to book for your next adventure, check out our website!
For more information on any of our services, be sure to check out our website at www.ausm.org.nz!
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Legendairy Sweet, sweet creamy treats, an absolute necessity when it comes to a good ol’ fashioned Kiwi summer! Thanks to Lewis Road Creamery, the delectable days of treating yo’self don’t have to end just because uni’s begun. We’ve got five $5 vouchers to give away this O week! Vouchers that are good for any Lewis Road Creamery product – which means deliciously dessert-y milk, ice creams, chocolate butter, and much more. Get amongst this scrumptious giveaway by Facebook messaging us your name, campus, and a haiku expressing your appreciation for all things sweet!
Earth Saving Scrub As a New Zealand skincare company, Manuka Doctor is thrilled to hear the news that the government is banning microbeads in all personal care products. No Manuka Doctor exfoliators include microbeads and instead, use naturally derived exfoliating ingredients such as bamboo stem extract and dragon fruit extract. We’ve got a couple Purifying Facial Scrubs up for grabs here at Debate, so email debate@aut.ac.nz with your name, campus, and best beauty hack to be in to win!
Shaka Savings
Bach Babes
Piha Surf School, the original Piha-based surf school, is all about teaching anyone and everyone how to ride the waves. With their instruction staff being made up completely of current or past competitive surfers, and two of them having placed inside the top 20 in differing World Championships – it’s safe to say newbies are in great hands. They hold lessons for all levels of students, and do so on the safest and most
Bookabach, the go-to hub for weekend adventurers, wants you guys to get amongst. They’ve offered up two $250 vouchers to give away this week to two bach-lovin’ students! For those of you who aren’t familiar, Bookabach is a website that enables non-vacation-home-owning people to rent out vacation homes for long weekends, school breaks, run-of-the-mill-weekends, or even during
picturesque beach on Auckland’s west coast. This week, Piha Surf School wants to send you and a mate on a free surf lesson for free – that means no lesson cost, no board or wetsuit costs – you just find a time that works, and rock up ready to surf! To be in to win this fabulous prize, gather your bff, and take a photo of the two of you together looking cute…the cutest bff photo wins the prize, and our hearts. Just flick your entries on over to debate@aut.ac.nz by March 3rd, winners will be announced the following week! For more info on Piha Surf School and lesson availability, just email info@pihasurfschool.com
the week if you like to live on the edge. Big baches, little baches, baches by the beach – they’ve got something for everyone and every wallet!
Revive and Thrive Revive Café – Food That Will Change Your Life. And they’re not lying. Healthy and delicious is their thing, and they do it well! Their selection of salads and hot meals that are made fresh daily, and changed up weekly, are all vegetarian or vegan, use whole grains only, are whole food and plant based, use date puree instead of processed sugar, use Himalayan salt, and are deep-fry free - turning to coconut and olive oil instead. If that wasn’t enough, they also donate over 800 meals a week to help aid organizations. Breakfasts are available from 7am – 10am, and Lunch/Dinner runs from10am – 7pm (or 4pm on Fridays), so no matter your class schedule, they’ve got you covered. Lucky for each and every one of you, Revive is offering a Student Card to help you save money any time of day – simply take a picture of the card below on your phone, bring it into the Café, and present your student ID! Happy healthy eating, everyone!
To be in to win, Facebook message us at www.facebook. com/debatemag your name, campus, and your favourite New Zealand holiday photo and the story behind it! *Terms and conditions apply to this prize, you can check them out on ausm.org.nz under the Debate Magazine tab.
Parking Prices Plague Pupils Grace Hood-Edwards So you’ve gotten into uni, but how are you getting to uni? On January 1st, 2017, AUT raised the price of daily parking at the South Campus from $6 to $7.50, and the fare for the shuttle has increased by $1. Whilst this may seem minor to some, it is one in a series of ‘minor’ increases in fees and fares that ultimately compound to seriously affect our wallets and our budgets. According to AuSM, if you use the South-City route and pay for both parking and the shuttle it could cost up to an extra $525 a year. It’s almost as scary a figure as how much the average student spends on coffee, if any of us decided to abandon our wilful ignorance and do the hard maths. AUT has stated that the increase in charges at the South Campus has been made to match the North Campus, because they “believe (it) is a more equitable approach.” They stated that this would allow them to provide free parking after hours and on the weekend at both campuses, which is probably nice to hear for North Campus who were previously being charged 24/7. This is, on some levels, a positive change. It is always a nice surprise, whenever you happen to be at uni on the weekend, to find out that parking is cheaper. However, does it seem too obvious for me to point out that most students don’t actually attend university on the weekend? AUT doesn’t provide parking at the City Campus, and doesn’t believe it is feasible to do so. In regards to the North and South Campuses where they can provide parking, they stated that “parking is an additional benefit, not a right.” Admittedly, yes. Parking, itself, is not a right. However, considering the fact that anyone who parks at the South Campus then has the joy of a ‘40 minute’ bus ride to get to the city, I don’t think they’re doing it out of some misplaced sense of entitlement. The parking, for people that use this route, is a necessity. A necessity they use to attend university, where they receive an education, which - if I remember correctly - is a fundamental human right. Students at UoA had their own revelation about parking when it was announced that the university would be discontinuing Earlybird parking at the OGGB building, raising daily parking from $12 a day (if you got there before 10AM) to $25 a day. OGGB was used by AUT and UoA alike, and this change will undoubtedly have huge consequences for students from both universities. It was an extremely hard blow for me, having used that service for the past year, to find out that the estimated $65 I spent on parking in a week would rocket to $125. If a $2.50 increase results in over $500 extra a year at South Campus, I have frankly refused to calculate how much doubling the cost of parking at UoA will cost.
This has apparently been done because of the “demand for car parking” at the OGGB building, with a probable motivation to force students to use public transport instead. This “demand”, however, boils down to the fact that if we had a functioning public transport system, people wouldn’t need to drive to uni. There would be less need to drive intoand-across the city for work, and this in turn would – hopefully – speed up the commute. But that’s just not the case. Students are already the majority of public transport users. We’ve all been on buses that are packed to bursting with passengers, and we know that 90 percent of those passengers will be students. Anyone who has ever tried to catch a bus in Auckland will know that Auckland’s public transport is an ineffective and unreliable method of transportation. I am a student who commutes in from East Auckland every day, and when I use public transport it takes three hours to get to and from uni – and that is on a fast day. It is the same for practically any student who doesn’t live in a central-ish location, and I know my pain is felt by all North, West and South students. We definitely have the cardinal directions covered. I began driving to university because I took an afternoon/evening job that required me to be able to get from the city back out east. Because I live quite a distance from uni, it actually cost me more to use public
transport than it did to use Earlybird parking (discounting petrol). I needed my travel to be guaranteed, to know that I could go to class and still make it to my job without the worry that my bus would be late, or early, or ridiculously slow. Using Earlybird parking allowed me to take earlier classes, work later at uni, take on another job, and even participate in a few extra-curricular activities at university.
It baffles me sometimes that, when I worked in England, I lived 99 km away from London yet could travel to London - at peak-hour - in less time than it takes me to catch the bus to university. I don’t make enough from my job or loans to cover this ridiculous price change, and I doubt that I will even be able to keep said job with this adjustment to uni-travel. My story is just one of many that I’ve heard, where students are panicking about how to handle their travel between home-work-uni with these changes.
If I could rely on Auckland’s public transport, I would use it over a car in a heartbeat. I don’t like the reliance on cars in New Zealand, and agree that public transportation, as the environmentally sound option, should be the Ministry of Transport’s priority and investment for the future. I, among many Aucklanders, have been forced to rely on my car however, because at least in my car I know that if I leave my house two hours before a test on a Thursday morning I will not arrive 15 minutes late. I won’t miss a class, because my car will actually be there and will take a direct route. It baffles me sometimes that, when I worked in England, I lived 99 km away from London yet could travel to London - at peak-hour - in less time than it takes me to catch the bus to university. With Auckland being the fourth least affordable city in the world, the University of Auckland has followed its city’s trend, by making a carpark that is supposedly for the students, practically inaccessible to students. There are no restrictions, however, on who can use the carparks at AUT or UoA. AUT in their statement noted that they didn’t want to “return to the previous parking permit approach as this is expensive to administer and costs would need to be passed on.” Whilst AUT apparently hopes to discourage public use of their carparks by raising the prices, I cannot see this being a realistic solution for either of the two institutions.
It seems more likely to me, that UoA’s supplyand-demand problem will remain the same as the cancellation of Earlybird will not affect public usage of the carpark, and those who will fill up the carpark will be those who can afford it (probably not students.) With UoA’s refusal to provide an affordable option to its students, it feels very much like a ‘like it or lump it’ situation – a familiar attitude with most monetary matters related to university. UoA is offering alternative Earlybird parking in Newmarket for $6, stating that the overall price of parking in Newmarket and catching the bus will be cheaper. They’re not wrong, and it will likely be the avenue that most students take in 2017. Students will have to arrive earlier at the 9.30 cutoff, but considering there probably wouldn’t be an Earlybird space for you if you didn’t arrive by 9.30 this shouldn’t be much of an adjustment. However, students from North will have to drive even further to reach Newmarket, and I don’t believe that the officials understand how much time this change in location will add to the average student’s travel time. Catching the bus from uni to Newmarket at peak hours, which is when most using the service will arrive and depart for their classes, can take half an hour. I know this because, not only can I count, but I always used to get to about the tenth song on my ‘Sleep Jams Playlist’ when I caught the bus at this time. (Dreams by The Cranberries if anyone cares to know.)
All is not rosy for public transport’s fares either, with AT increasing them as of January 29th 2017. From Zones 1-4, passengers are expecting a raise of 50 cents for cash users, and 10 cents if you have a HOP card. Students make your tertiary concession a priority, as we are the lucky ones to increase by 8 cents. If you get an AT HOP monthly pass – it’s going to increase by $10. Again, these price hikes seem small to anyone who isn’t a student, but everything adds up. Tuition has been raised this year, as have rent prices which reached a record high over Christmas. The fact is that, as a student at university in Auckland, if you want to be able to access convenient public transport you need to live in a central area. The downside of that is the rent, which may be cheaper in outlyingsuburbs. With Auckland’s sky-rocketing house prices and broken public transport, it seems a catch-22 either way. In writing this article, I’ve been fondly recalling the ease and reliability of the public transport systems in Europe, the standard means by which a European citizen travels in major cities. Take Berlin, for example, which has double the population of Auckland and only 200 000 km less to cover. They offer an affordable, punctual and comprehensive service with the U-Bahn, S-Bahn, trams, trains and buses. And no, I’m not trying to promote a guide book, but with Germany’s plan to make university free for international students as well as domestic students (!!!),
I think my plan to run away to Deutschland has been taking up a lot of my headspace lately. Post-WWII, the motorisation of Germany increased faster than the USA, up until 2006; and Germany still maintains a high level of car ownership. Nevertheless, they have been able to balance it with other modes of public transport to create a system that actually works. This didn’t just suddenly appear one day. Germany has been investing in its public transport since the 1960s, with a focus since the 1970s being on creating a fluid and efficient infrastructure. New Zealand is nearly forty years late to the party, and still doesn’t seem to be getting the message. Instead of playing catch up with half-measures and somewhat-solutions, there needs to be a concerted effort from the government to build a systemic infrastructure of functional public transport. With transport and housing being the top issues of the Auckland Mayoral election last year, Phil Goff said that “Auckland…is contributing more to the government’s revenue coffers, and so needs more capital from government to fund the infrastructure deficit.” Funnily enough, I agree with him; and I hope that our new mayor stands by his word and puts pressure on central government to invest in its largest city. Instead of trying to slap Band-Aids on a broken bone, serious investment needs to be made and the big bucks need to be spent.
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I’m teaching it to my daughter. She thought the ‘F’ word was ‘Fat’, but you and I know it was traditionally accepted to be ‘Fuck’. However, there is another ‘F’ word that needs reintroducing. This ‘F’ word became taboo because it represented women who were less than ideal, speaking up about their “rights” and arguing for a better world - highly unladylike behaviour. It conjured images of angry, hysterical, (probably) PMSing lesbian types who unashamedly shaved their heads and grew their body hair, asserted their rights to equal pay and gender equality (Shouldn’t we be grateful to have jobs at all?). While frothing at the mouth, bleeding out of their eyes ...and their wherever... in a strange man-hating fantasy world, holding out hope for a world in which women take over and imprison/ destroy/send into outer space all the irrelevant men of our species. Don’t get me wrong, there are bound to be a few crazies around who truly believe that a male apocalypse is the only way to evolve, or ... God! I don’t know... I’m not even imaginative enough to think of what other impressively stupid ideals these “radical” feminists dream up - but this disgusting stereotype of what a ‘feminist’ is undermines the positive social change that is sought by the feminist movement for the benefit of both men and women. Worse, it ignores the complexity of what ‘feminism’ actually is. Feminism is a massive umbrella term which includes (but is not limited to) many sociological, psychological and/or social theories. It would be pointless to list them all here because you’d spend the next decade wondering what each one was. What I can tell you is that without feminist movements we (women) would not have been able to divorce our spouses, own land, earn our own wage, vote, be educated, or even have control of our fertility. It is thanks to the feminist movement that we can go to school/university (and can study anything
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we like), to receive pay equal to that of a man, and to be free from sexual harassment. And while this movement has made some steady wins over the last century, there is still a need for the feminist movement - because no matter what industries or educational level, no matter whether we decide to have children or not, no matter how they compare the data, the gender pay gap continues to grow. Yes, this cent ury. I KNOW!!! I have not formally studied gender politics, so I can’t claim to be qualified enough to truly warrant writing this article, but I feel strongly about equal rights (for women and men), particularly for children, who are obviously the future, that I felt it necessary to bring attention to the sad state of the label ‘Feminist’. I recently sat in my daughters’ class room where a teacher-aide told a boy he should not choose pink wool because it wasn’t very boyish - are colours not for everyone? I went to the pools last week with my kids and felt my skin crawl as some men openly and unashamedly ogled me in my togs, and whilst walking through the park to have a picnic with my kids, I was ogled by a man there with his family! And these experiences are nothing new - from the age of about 12, I have been honked at, verbally abused, groped, and gawked at by many males in school and in public. I don’t believe that I am the only woman this has happened to. I don’t believe that dressing a certain way either invites or discourages these men from their awkward behaviour. I didn’t ask for this kind of social mistreatment - I was just born with a vagina! What I do believe, is that boys are raised in a certain socio-political climate which grooms them into thinking that they, as men, have some sort of right over me and my body, and likewise, girls are groomed into “ladylike” behaviour - not being too assertive, accepting sexual assault or ogling as a compliment, she even asks for it if she dresses or acts a certain way. These gender stereotypes are perpetuated by types of toys (eg. Barbies and trucks), the ways toys are marketed at kids, the way characters in Disney movies are portrayed, and even by their own parental role-models.
I was most disheartened when I heard that our new prime minister, Bill English, was not a feminist, and more so when he said he had no idea what a feminist was.
There is a decided shift in feminist circles this decade, having less focus on solely women’s rights and more focus on equal rights for all. Men can be raped, too, women are just as guilty of domestic violence (if not, more so), but there is no Men’s Refuge when the going gets tough at home... Girls can play with trucks, they can grow up and be engineers and wear blue and stuff! However, men are reluctant to let their little boys wear pink, play with dolls or wear nail polish, despite the gender-neutral curiosity which naturally affects all children when something piques their intrigue. “Modern” Feminism holds ideals which say that a man can be a warm, loving and nurturing parent, even the stay-at-home parent if they want to. These “new-generation” feminists say that men do not have to maintain violent, aggressive, unemotional fronts, but can be free to show emotion, be loving, gentle and respectful creatures. Women can be free from shame or degradation if they decide not to marry or have children - there are no spinsters any more. The ultimate goal is for children to grow up in a safe and secure, loving world where they are encouraged to embrace who they truly are, whether boy or girl or in-between, whether they are aggressive or passive by nature, whether they pick dolls or trucks, whether they’d like to wear pink or blue. Feminists believe that by raising our children in gender-neutral environments where they are accepted for who they choose to be, then our next generation may not have stupid things like gender pay gaps, or other inequalities. Bottom line, it’s about making this world a safe respectful haven for all genders. So when I was in the park by the man with his family, I did not bow my head and turn scarlet with shame, I raised my head, looked him directly in the eye and asked if he had an eye problem. I was in a particularly bad mood that day, so he was most fortunate he did not get a swift kick in the balls! And when my five year old daughter is praised over and over again for being so pretty, wearing a nice dress, or having her hair done (she hates having her hair done), I tell her not to worry about things people say - “they
mean well, darling, but they have no idea how incredibly smart you are because you can’t see it on the outside.” Then I encourage her to show off her reading or writing skills to the offending grandparents. Then I ask her, in front of the culprits, “What’s the ‘F’ word?” - and as their eyes pop open, she responds with “Feminist?” And I say “you got it!” and we high-five and all is well in the world again. Sort of. The world will never be truly well as long as you have to educate your pre-schooler about not letting anyone touch their fannies so they don’t have their lives destroyed by some selfserving ass hole who can’t keep his hands to himself. I was most disheartened when I heard that our new prime minister, Bill English, was not a feminist, and more so when he said he had no idea what a feminist was. Most disturbingly, our country’s own Minister for Women (who likewise manages state services) could not commit to being a feminist all the time, insisting some days she is, some days she isn’t! It wouldn’t surprise me if she also hadn’t a clue what a feminist was. It’s a bloody blue day when the state denies it supports equal rights for all, just because of an ‘F’ word. I hope this article illustrates some of the wonderful possibilities stemming from this particular ‘F’ word. If, like me, you ever felt inferior or irrelevant when contrasted with men, a need to apologise for your thoughts or opinions, felt yuck because of staring/ogling/groping/grabbing/sexual assault or innuendo, or you’ve been hurt by sexist jokes but felt you had no right to say anything and laughed along to “fit in”; if you’ve ever received a dick pic or been told how attractive or “fuckable” you are, or been told “it’s a compliment” when you spoke up about how you truly felt about those lewd comments; if you’ve ever heard “you ___ like a girl”, “Man up!”, or “pussy” – and if deep down these “normal” behaviours do not feel OK, then you could be a feminist, too! I hope this little article might help you to find the courage to proclaim yourself an ‘F’ Word, in solidarity with the future of humanity.
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Pop My Bubble Please Conor Leathley | Illustration by Tyler Hinde Well, thank God that’s over. 2016 was a tough year. We should have known things would go down-hill once Leo won his Oscar. It has to be one of the most consequential years, in a negative sense, in recent memory. There was Brexit. Batman v Superman debuting in theatres. The Orlando shootings. The Christchurch earthquakes. President elect Trump. Minions making a billion dollars. And so many deaths: Bowie, Prince, Rickman, Wilder, Ali, Cohen, Vine, and (among many others) my sweet prince Harambe. I also think that it was the death of conversation. Moribund for a long while, it seems as if it has finally passed into the ether. Heck, maybe it died long ago, and I’m only just getting the news now. And I don’t mean this in an old-man-Clint-Eastwood-persona-grumbling-about-how-millennials-arealways-on-their-phones kinda way. I mean expressing an opinion that is contrary to the mainstream is no longer encouraged, but seemingly feared. Take a Trump supporter, for example. A shy Trump advocate became some sort of a phenomenon due to the vitriol one would receive for their candidate affiliations. Sure, the person supporting him may have nationalist tendencies, conversely, they may not also support any of the hateful rhetoric that he espoused, but it is unlikely that they would have had a chance to explain themselves. When it comes to monoliths, such as Islam, we are always ready to strike them down. Of course not every person that subscribes to the faith is a terrorist. But when it came to Trump supporters? “Ah fuck it, they’re all racists, xenophobes etc.” Suddenly, we become hypocrites.
We seem ready to imbue someone’s stance or opinion with our own sensibilities. Too ready perhaps. So I understand why someone wouldn’t want to opine in a university setting. In what is an insular environment with people that you see nearly every day (at least for the first few weeks of semester), being labelled can have detrimental social effects. One day you’re Franco, the cool, funny kid that people can’t get enough of. Soon thereafter, you’re James, the racist, and people would rather hang out with your brother.
I’m not exactly sure when the words ‘I disagree’ became equated to a slur, but university is the last place that that should happen. This popular to pariah setting is made stronger when people are so willing to throw around powerful, damaging phrases without necessarily understanding the effect that they can have. It now seems to be that having a different opinion can lead to someone be labelled a man-hater, or a sexist, or a Nickelback fan. Again, they may well be. But one opinion that is different to yours doesn’t necessarily extrapolate out into an interconnected web of hatespeech. Someone disagreeing with you doesn’t automatically become an ‘ist’ just because you deem it so. In fact, I just think that it makes them stupid for putting themselves in a position
where they may get that label, for articulating what most people internalise. Which is terrible that I even have to write that. I’m not exactly sure when the words ‘I disagree’ became equated to a slur, but university is the last place that that should happen. It isn’t a place where your ideas should be echoed around a room, but they should be challenged. We love the idea of diversity until it comes to our own thoughts and opinions. But the fear will always be there of staying true to your opinions, as the people doth protest too much. I know I sure did. I deeply, deeply regret the times that I buried my opinion when I disagreed, because I was worried that it may cost me friends. It didn’t leave me feeling happy. It left me feeling like I’d soiled myself. I would urge you not to do the same thing. Have people know you, and not your representative, the idealised version of you. I’ll start things off. I think that Beyoncé is overrated. I do not understand the hype behind Master of None and I unequivocally stand by the belief that Leo should not have won the Best Actor Oscar (how can you be the best actor when you aren’t even the best actor in your film???) You’re probably thinking all sorts of things about me right now. That’s fine, that’s what I believe and though I am open to changing my mind, for now that appears to be the hill that I’ll die on. But, please, don’t use your gift of free speech to simply get offended at my opinions, or others’. Don’t belittle yours or other people’s intelligence by retreating to an echo chamber. Debate them on their merits and call out the fallacies in their argument. Or, if you’re shy just write it on your blog. But doing these things, and more, are absolutely necessary to making conversation great again.
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Nando’s O Week Pub Quiz
6pm
Bitchin Bingo
Photobooth
11-1
Mechanical Surfboard
10:30 -2
Speed Meet Sessions
10 – 12
Giant Soccer, Giant Pong, Table Tennis, Board Games, Music
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Interactive Art Installation
10-3
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DJ
12-1
Mini Golf, Fish for Prizes
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Wrecking Ball Inflatable
10:30 – 1:30
Speed Meet Sessions
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Giant Soccer, Giant Pong, Interactive Art Display, Mini Golf, Table Tennis, Board Games, AuSM Services Promotion Stands
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Mechanical Surfboard
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Interactive Art Installation, Table Tennis, Board Games, Giant Games
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Carnival Night (All ages, family friendly)
5pm
VESBAR
Photobooth
11-1
Interactive Art Installation, Giant Games, South Campus Pool Party, Pool Games and Competitions, Table Tennis
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DJ
12-1
Speed Meeting Sessions
10:30 – 1
Giant Pong
10-2
Interactive Art Installation, Table Tennis, Badminton, Board Games
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Wednesday 1 Mar
Comedy night • Ben Hurley • Pax Assadi • David Correos
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Wrecking Ball Inflatable
10:30-1:30
Carnival Day Games and Activities, Giant Games
10-2
Interactive Art Display, Arcade Machines
10-3
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Human Foozeball
10:30 – 1:30
Giant Pong, Mini Golf, Fish for Prizes
10-2
Interactive Art Installation
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Summer Luau Party
6pm
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Nando’s O Week Pub Quiz
6pm
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Human Foozeball
11-2
Clubs Day, Expo Stalls
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Ghostbusters (1984)
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The Lion King (1994)
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Movie night (All ages, family friendly)
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Free Feed
12-1
Volunteer Job Fair, Mini Golf
10-2
Carnival Day, Interactive Art Installation
10-3
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Club Performances
12-1
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DJ
Clubs Day Expo Stalls
10-2
Volunteer Job Fair
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Interactive Art Installation, Table Tennis, Board Games
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Mini Golf, Interactive Art Installation, Table Tennis, Board Games
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Hypnotist - Guy Cater
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Volunteer Job Fair, Mini Golf, Climbing Wall
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Interactive Art Display
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Giant Pong, Badminton
10-2
Interactive Art Installation, Table Tennis, Board Games
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THINGS YOU MIGHT PROBABLY DO AT UNIVERSITY Nigel Mckenzie-Ryan Well, look at you, all dressed up for your first week of university. You’re officially an adult now! Out of high school and venturing into what’s more-or-less the real world! Well, you’re kind of an adult, you still have a license to do stupid shit and get away with it (unless you’re one of those weird mature students like me). I’ve compiled a list of all the stupid shit you might probably do at university, so you kind of, sort of, have an idea of what might lie ahead…maybe.
1) Constantly get drunk on a weekday and convince yourself clubs are fun When I first moved out of the house, and into a cozy Epicurian apartment near Parnell, one of my flatmates’ friends regularly swung by the place with a box of the most average booze available. “FUCK G, LET’S GET PISSED!” he’d holler and, fuck g, did we get pissed. It’s a good thing I was living out of a $175 per week closet, because all the money I had saved up prior to moving out was blown in two months on Double Brown, Burger King and $10 Ding Dong Lounge Carlsbergs.
After a while of this Roman-style degeneracy, I noticed a pattern emerging. We’d get pissed as hell at home, then we’d pass a bluff check with a bouncer and get into a club, then I’d think “Wait, hang on, I hate this and everyone involved.” I’d try to block out these doubts with more booze, but they never really went away, then I’d fuck off home and ram a gas station pie down my gullet and pass out in my bed. Still wouldn’t trade those six months for the world, though. You know when drugadvocates go on for half a fucking hour about how “LSD AND WEED CHANGES YOU MANNNNN”. The same could be said about regular, everyday booze. I had my share of freak-outs, and got way out of my comfort zone. And I’m a better man for it.
2) Hear the same goddamn stupid uni jokes over and over Yeah. We know students are lazy. Yeah, most of us leave our assignments to the very last minute. It’s not funny, it’s never been funny, it’s never going to be funny. It’s the ninth level of the Conversation Hell, just below “GEE, SURE IS HOT/COLD TODAY” and just above cracking Harambe or Chuck Norris jokes. How dare you. I’ll kill you. I’ll fucking kill you. That’s not a threat, that’s a promise.
3) Turn into a generic philosopher You get home from a night of drinking. You feel a bit down, so you try to cheer yourself up with some dumb Youtube videos. One catches your eye, titled “YOU CAN DO ANYTHING MOTIVATIONAL VIDEO *insert year here*”. Fade in to a montage of people exercising at dawn while a voiceover of some dude is shouting about how he went from being a gang banger to a wizard through the power of hard work. The Inception theme is on full blast as Alan Watts tags in with some feel good interpretation of the teachings of a 4th Century Buddhist Monk with an unpronounceable name. The video ends with some jacked dude screaming something along the lines of “FOLLOW YOUR DREAMS EVERYDAY!” This video has changed your life, or at least, you think it has. You start posting inspirational statuses on Facebook, “’’enlightening””” your acquaintances with the wisdom from a long list of six minute Youtube videos (most often featuring the voice of Joe Rogan). You even start taking up meditation before falling off the wagon after a few days because your brain is too active from a decade of instant gratification and entertainment. Soon after, you forget about the commitment you made to save the world and go back to your usual boozing.
5) Watch the lives of everyone who went to high school go to shit High school sucks for everyone. If it didn’t suck for you, you’re probably the reason it sucks. University was a blessing because you had an excuse to move out of your ratshit hometown and leave all the deadshits behind. Fortunately, Karma hits these kinds of people harder than five big rigs welded together. Few things are more satisfying than discovering that the kinda-hot girl in your maths class that called you a homo is now a 22 year old burnout with three plus facial piercings and three ugly kids that bear little resemblance to each other. Amazing.
6) Realise you’ve probably been tricked
Unless you’re one of those Bourgeois bastards who lives with their folks in Central Auckland, you will most likely spend your university years in character building poverty. On the bright side, you’re basically on the Dole, but the National Party doesn’t hate you. The downside, watching the little circle .GIF spin as you log in to your bank account will be a stressful experience. One day, you’ll come home after a hard day and start fixing up some chili… but you’re out of mince. That’s okay, you’ll make some Thai curry annnd no rice either. Oh
When you hit the half way mark of your studies, a thought will enter your head: “What valuable skills have I learned while I’m here?” and if your degree has the words ‘Studies’ in it, you’ll follow up with “Shit.” It’s like the day when you’re four years old and you realise that you, your parents, and everyone you know is going to die someday. Whoever first said “follow your dreams” was probably some mediocre musician who was thrust into the public eye because his father was Prime Minister or something. What’s your goal in life? Is it to work in a cushy job that never gets old? If so, has it ever occurred to you that a lot, and I mean A LOT of other people have the same idea? It’s Economics 101: higher supply, lower demand. However, having a degree in an overly-saturated field doesn’t entirely lock you out of gainful employment, it just becomes a lottery with terrible odds. The harder you work and the more skills and connections you gain, the better you’ll be. That being said, if you’re doing Art History or Gender Studies, change your major IMMEDIATELY. What the hell are you gonna do? Become a Professional Privilege Checker? Be a depressed high school art teacher?
god you’re gonna have to make macaroni cheese… but your cheese has turned a tertiary colour. Going to bed for dinner is a really a humbling experience, for a worrying percentage of the world, this is a reality. Almost makes you want to join a commune. PROTIP: AliExpress is your Chinese consumer Lord and Saviour.
All these are just potential scenarios, the world is your burrito and you are at the mercy of fate. None of these things could happen to you, or all of them could happen at the same time. Why, there’s a chance that you could go to sleep tonight and never wake up. Anyway… good luck.
4) Run out of food
Take Note Florencia Laurenzano Music is amazing, it can change your mood, take you back to a different time, or make you feel as if you’re in a different galaxy altogether. Since it’s that time of year again, I thought it’d be a good idea to compile a list of playlists that will make this year at uni a really good one, especially for all us new kids who are just starting this year. Happy listening!
Commute playlist
Study playlist
This is probably the most important playlist you should have. Whether you have to travel on public transport, drive, or walk to uni from your dorm, we all have to commute. Usually this happens in the early morning - which is never ideal. Songs you should include in your commute playlist should be upbeat and chill to wake you up and give you a burst of energy to get through the day. Think of songs like:
I know, I know, no one likes thinking about studying, but it’s good to prepare yourself ahead of time because we’re gonna be doing a lot of studying pretty soon. It’s good to have a study playlist because it helps make studying just a little less boring. For this, you’ll want good beats but nothing overly energetic or loud because you won’t be able to focus. Think of songs like:
Angels- Chance The Rapper ft Saba Telegraph Ave - Childish Gambino Picture Perfect - Little Simz Kind of Love - MAALA Flesh without Blood – Grimes Midnight City - M83 Dance on Me (Brasstracks Remix) – Goldlink Be Your Shadow - The Wombats.
Hurricane Love - L.A Women Without U - Beach Goons (Spooky Black cover) D(Half Moon) - Dean ft Gaeko New Person, Same Old Mistakes - Tame Impala Islands - The XX Slipping - Jagwar Ma.
Chill playlist
What’s one of the things uni is most known for? Parties. You’re either going to be invited to a pregame, or you’ll host one. It’s important to have a good playlist to liven up your friends and yourself before everyone heads off to dance the night away. You’re going to need bangerssss, lots of them! Think of songs like:
Another essential you should have. This one is perfect for when you want to chill out after a long lecture, when you’re waiting for your next class, or when it’s raining. It’s pretty damn nice listening to music and watching the raindrops race each other to the bottom of the windows - and it’s bound to happen a lot thanks to Auckland’s weather. Think of songs like: Nikes - Frank Ocean Patient - Post Malone Situationship - Odunsi ft Aylo Turn Up Tokyo – Junoflo Cocoon - Milky Chance Bloodstream - Ed Sheeran Zonin - Drummakid Sippin’ - Yung Lean ft Mane Mane.
Pregame playlist
Loco - Vince Staples Pick Up The Phone - Young Thug ft Travis Scott Eung Freestyle - Live, Sik-K, Punchnello, Owen Ovadoz and Flowsik All Night - Chance The Rapper Black Beatles - Rae Sremmurd I’m Juiced - Adam Vida ft Mr. Carmack Caroline - Amine. It’s also a good idea to add some early 2000s throwbacks, because who doesn’t wanna get drunk and sing along to Usher’s Confessions Part II?
TOP OF THE HOPS Craft beer has been making its way into the spotlight more and more here in New Zealand, and the Debate squad could not be more thrilled about it. While we’ll never find ourselves badmouthing a solid haul of Double, Lion, or any other ‘Brown’ variety to fuel a beer pong tourney, craft beer is about flavour, class, and adding a whole new level to the art of beer appreciation. While it might seem a bit too extravagant for some students (it’s definitely on the expensive end of the spectrum), if you’re more of a quality-over-
yourself completely satisfied after one or two of these bad boys. So, we reckon it all works out in the end. If this sounds like it could be your thing, but you find yourself standing in a liquor store* overwhelmed by the options, well, this is the guide for you. We chatted to a few New Zealand craft gurus to see if they’d send Debate a few brews to sample and write about. And lucky for you (and us), they agreed. A group of four reviewers got together, sampled, filled in a form with their thoughts and comments on each brew, and
quantity type, it might just be the perfect match. Sure, a bottle or can of a craft brew will claim a bigger chunk of your funds than the average beer, but with a higher alcohol percentage, fuller body, and stronger flavours…you may find
alas, a guide was born. Cheers! *we say liquor store because this is going to be your cheapest option for purchasing craft beer. You can purchase them at bars too, but the price is usually higher.
Epic Brewing Company Epic Brewing Co is all about being BIG. Big aromas, big flavour, big taste, and it’s certainly working for them, because they get big results. They sent Debate their Armageddon IPA to review, and it was an honour to be in its presence. Winning Best IPA in the 2015 and 2016 Beer Awards, 2015 Australian International Beer Awards, and 2015 Stockholm Beer & Whiskey Festival, this hoppy brew has been a global hit. You can pick one of these 500ml Epic brews for $10, but be sure to take Epic’s warning to heart: “It may be too huge for this fragile planet, so enjoy this beer like it was the last one on Earth.”
M: It’s so hoppy, I love it. R: It’s a classic. A really solid fruity, hoppy, go-to kind of beer.
Design R: It’s nothing over the top, the design is just as classic as the beer itself.
M: It’s simple but bold, and the purple stands out and makes a statement.
A Good Beer For: L: I keep coming back to the word classic, so I think it’d be a great accompaniment to an evening in watching a movie you’ve seen a million times but still adore.
D: Having a one on one drink with
Flavour
a good friend, you can talk about your problems, while the brew
D: It’s a very fruity brew, one of my
simultaneously melts them away.
favourites.
Flavour M: The Crayporter is like liquid marmite, but in the best way. The cray flavour doesn’t come through for me. L: There’s a really good honey after taste in the Breakabay Sparkling Cream Ale, it’s light, with plenty of sweet vibes. D: A really strong hop flavour comes through with the Kingtide Pacific IPA, if you’re into craft beers, it’s a keeper. R: The Crayporter is certainly dark and rich! The crayfish infusion gives it a unique flavour - it’s subtle enough to not be put off, but you can definitely pick up on the hint of crustaceany goodness. Design
Bach Brewing Good ol’ Bach Brewing. You can recognize their signature style from a mile away. With colour-poppin’ illustrations of a classic Kiwi summer scene, and daylight that changes with each brew – the creative quality of their labels is most certainly reflected in their beer. Our reviewers had a taste of their Breakabay Sparkling Cream Ale, Crayporter Coastal Porter, and Kingtide Pacific IPA. Each of these bad boys can be found in a 500ml bottle at $8-$10 each. Here’s what our reviewers had to say.
L: Always a gorgeous design from Bach Brewing! It’s beautiful, creative, classic – very reflective of their beer. A Good Beer For: R: The Breakabay is the perfect cheeky 11am beer, it’s light, refreshing. It’d be the perfect brew for recovering from sunburn. L: The Crayporter is definitely for the experimental soul. M: Any occasion is a good match for the Kingtide. Just go easy because it’s strong!
Funk Estate Seriously Funky Brews. It doubles as their tagline, and collective feedback from our reviewers. Forming a lava lampesque section of your liquor store shelf, these brews are anything but boring. Funk Estate is prepared at the hands of three Wellington beer enthusiasts, whose passion for beer does not go amiss. They’re fun, they’re fresh, they’re funky, and they’ve got an extensive range sure to satisfy any and every beer drinker. They provided the most varied sample of our brewers, so our reviewers tried to give as much feedback as possible for each one despite their limited word count. They sipped on Funkenstein Black IPA, Oh Lordy Pale Ale, Parleyer Pilsner, Sophisticuffs IPA, Jungle Boogie Blood Orange Sour, It’s a Doozy IPA, It’s a Pearler Australian IPA, and It’s a Beaut APA. Depending on the size of can (330ml or 440ml), these beers can be picked up for $5 - $8 each.
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you. The Oh Lordy Pale Ale was more my style, I just love a pale ale, and it wasn’t too hoppy – it’s a good one if you’re being introduced to craft beers.
L: If you’re a fan of sour beer, the Jungle Boogie is where it’s at. It’s sour, tart, tangy…I’d say more of a lemony flavour shines through than blood orange, but still delicious.
Design D: Really cool old school design across all the brews, lots of swirly colours!
M: It’s a great design, it fits their theme and vibe. And I love the matte labels on the big cans!
A Good Beer For: L: I’d say the Parleyer Pilsner is the perfect mild-tasting
R: Both the It’s a Pearler and It’s a Beaut are a strong-
beer to accompany a lunch or lighter dinner. Same with the Sophisticuffs, it’s a humble beer that’ll try to get along with your food flavours…not fight them.
flavoured beer, but were deliciously fruity as well. Quite a punchy twist in the Beaut.
M: The It’s a Doozy IPA is the perfect refreshing drink after
M: The Funkenstein Black IPA didn’t taste much like an IPA, it was more of a malty dark brew, so don’t let the name confuse
giving your all at the blue light disco.
L: I can’t speak highly enough about Death From Above, it’s sweet, refreshing, bitter, all in one – they’ve really nailed this brew.
M: The Champagne Pilsner is an easy beer, I can’t taste the alcohol, just a good light flavour.
Garage Project What started out as a self-described “nano brewery”, Garage Project has built quite the name for itself over the last five years. That being said, this Wellington brewery still operates with the spirit and passion of their early days. They don’t shy from risk, they have a tonne of fun, and they’ve welcomed craft beer enthusiasts into a world of true creativity and deliciousness. They sent our reviewers some samples of their Death From Above brew ($5.99 for 330ml), as well as their Hops on Pointe Champagne Pilsner ($5.50 for 330ml), and they couldn’t have been more thrilled about the taste test.
Flavour R: The Death From Above is such a mango-y treat! It’s a fruity brew, and screams “screw the haters, hipster beers are cool!” And the Champagne Pilsner…you could serve that in a flute to me and I wouldn’t be mad.
Design D: The designs are a hit, I like the green and gold together on the Pilsner.
L: There’s always so much variety in Garage Project designs, and I think they’re always solidly matched with the brews inside. These two beers are no exception.
A Good Beer For: R: Death From Above is more of a treat beer for me – could be bordering on a dessert beer if you don’t have a hard-core sweet tooth.
L: I would serve the Hops on Pointe Champagne Pilsner to ladies or gentlemen who don’t like champagne, but still want to have a fancy evening.
M: The Champagne Pilsner is perfect for craft beer beginners.
Flavour L: The Pilsner is light and refreshing as a pilsner should be, but more flavourful than others I’ve tried, which is a nice twist.
M: It’s easy to impress me with an IPA. This one is hoppy and bitter in the best way – if you like IPA’s, you can’t go wrong with a squealer.
Design L: I absolutely love the squealer sized bottles! They’re nicely shaped glass, so you still feel a bit classy, but you can share them. The labels are fun – it’s definitely a brand that encourages social, laid back drinks.
R: The design is so fun! It’s vibrantly green and totally ‘indie kid
Good George Brewing Good George Brewing is all about light heartedness and fun. They’re not about the mass produced boring stuff; simplicity, exploration, and enjoyment is more their speed. Their brews are packaged in something called a squealer: a 946ml sharingsized bottle, and an airtight resealable cap to lock in freshness if you’d rather keep the brew all to yourself. They sent us a Pilsner and an IPA (and a Doris Plum Cider for good measure – thank you, kind Good Georgians!). You can buy both of these beers in squealer form for a sweet $15.
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A Good Beer For: L: The perfect brew to grab before a long sunny beach day, a house party, or to share and sip in a bach spa.
R: Great for hot afternoon, and for being the MVP and having enough to share with your mates.
D: Amazing brew for sharing with friends over a few snacks – a beer made for summer antics on the deck.
YOU GON’ BE FINE Amelia Petrovich | Illustration by Tyler Hinde Hi there. I’m Amelia and I’m fresh out of AUT on the other side of a Bachelor of Communications Degree. Yes, I’m employed, the seemingly impossible can happen. But that’s an article for another time. It’s almost March again now, and for the first time in three years, I’m watching other people chat about starting uni rather than getting ready for another year in the ol’ WG building myself. It’s exciting, and it’s heart breaking. ‘Heart breaking’ because I’m a serial Facebook scroller and some of the worries and paranoias that a bunch of my first year buddies from around the country have tug at my feels. It seems like, for some people, moving out and being selfsufficient is something they’ve been taught to fear or regard with foreboding. Auckland is an expensive place, after all, and for millennials in general, the world is a big bad place, right? Kind of. But not completely. This isn’t a definitive guide or a one-size-fits-all solution, it’s just a reassurance that someone, perhaps like you, had the same odds stacked against them the moment they stepped off the bus into Auckland city and has emerged victorious. Victorious in the ways that matter the most, at least- sanity, safety and an expensive piece of paper at the end of a degree.
To define my personal parameters somewhat, I started uni at 19. I bussed up here from Wellington (where I grew up) with a suitcase and my duvet, knowing one person in the whole city and living with three strangers I found on Trademe because WSA was too expensive. In three years I had four different jobs, a couple of one-offs and Election Day work. My parents are cool as hell, but didn’t fund a cent of what I spent weekly. I took out a student loan because I didn’t qualify for allowance. And I don’t like to blow my own trumpet but in the end, my grades were pretty great. Moving on. You’ve just started uni and you don’t live in the halls. Your social life looks like it’ll be desolate- now what? Don’t let it be. Like I said, I couldn’t ever stay at WSA, but knew that it looked like a shitload of fun. Organised events, new friends to make from around the country, and a bunch of stuff you don’t have to pay for like crockery and furniture- God it sounded good. But actually, flatting worked out almost better. When you don’t live in a building geared towards students, you also don’t have a bunch of security measures or rules designed to keep you in check. You can come home when you like, have a drink in your own bedroom, and have multiple mates sprawled over your lounge room whenever because nobody will kick you out at 11pm.*
The other thing is, you’re going to meet a tonne of cool hall-based cats in your classes anyway, who will probably
Here’s the catch- it’ll take a little bit more effort.
let you rock around any time because last weekend you let their drunk ass crash on your couch or something. Honestly, if you’re interested in maintaining an active social life, be interested in the people you meet at uni. Ask them about their lives, keep chatting to them, invite them places with you, even invite yourself along to things politely if the time feels right (“do you mind if I tag along to Vesbar too? I’ve got like an hour to kill,”) because the worst they can say is no, and if they do, they’re assholes you don’t need around you anyway.
Now that I’m old and stuff, when I think about what I want I don’t decide based on the end result, I decide based on the kind of struggle I’ll gladly put up with. Think about it this way, we’d all love to be famous, that’s an end result that sounds fun. What doesn’t sound doable for the majority of the population is the endless practice, financial bargaining and relinquishing of privacy needed to put someone there. Alternatively, attending university for three years and working hard to get a degree is a struggle that a lot of people will gladly put up with for an end result- that’s why you’re here.
Put in the effort, say yes to every invite, and you’ll meet everyone anyway.
Funding a lifestyle is pretty similar.
*Unless of course the people kicking you out are your flatmates or even your parents because you were being a dick. Don’t be a dick, be a good human.
If you expect to live off student allowance alone, that’s fine, but there is a struggle you’ll need to put up with. You’ll most likely need to room-share in a shitbox of a flat and eat a lot of noodles.
IT’S ABOUT SACRIFICE, BUT IT’S ALSO ABOUT TAILORING THINGS TO FIT YOU SPECIFICALLY. AND TAILORING CAN MAKE YOU VERY HAPPY.
There’s nothing wrong with that, but it wasn’t my struggle. So I’m afraid to say I had to get a job or two.
Yeah but flatting is expensive when you’re on student allowance. Heck, everything is expensive when you’re on student allowance. How do I fund anything at all? Here’s a secret- you don’t have to settle for just a student allowance.
The reality is, regardless of whether or not you’re required to pay it back (if your parents income is too high for a student allowance you can still get $175p/w or so off Studylink, it’ll just be popped onto your student debt later), the weekly payments students are entitled to will maybe cover rent alone for a room in Auckland if you’re lucky. After that you’ll still have bills, groceries and money for everything else to finance, which is why getting cash other places can be a good idea. What happens is you find a job (any job) and you budget to fit your needs, if all else fails, AUT’s Student Services will give you food and petrol vouchers if you’re really stuffed. Once you know how much you can make a week realistically, weigh up your priorities. Want to spend most of your money
IT’D BE NEAT TO NOT HAVE TO WORK AND STUDY AT ONCE, BUT THAT’S NOT REALITY FOR EVERYONE. JUST KNOW THAT WHATEVER YOUR OTHER COMMITMENTS ARE, YOU CAN GET BY AND DO WELL. in town at the weekend? Accept that you might have to grocery shop with $25 sometimes and buy a lot of pasta. All about clean
It’d be neat to not have to work and study at once, but that’s not reality for everyone. Just know that whatever your other
living? Prioritise gym fees and whole foods with the cash you have left after expenses, but don’t moan about not being able to grab cocktails at Racket Bar.
commitments are, you can get by and do well.
It’s about sacrifice, but it’s also about tailoring things to fit you specifically. And tailoring can make you very happy. I could get a job, sure, but isn’t the main reason I’m here to study and like… not fail? At some point during your time at uni, somebody (most likely a tutor or paper leader) will tell you that you can’t be a full time student and also have a job, part-time or otherwise. They are wrong. I told you before, I was thrilled with my marks and also worked a variety of mad jobs. If that doesn’t convince you, consider the multitude of students here who are also parents with a family to support that still manage to get through tertiary study (believe me, there are more than you’d think). People will tell you that getting a job is a bad idea because it leaves you less time for assignments and study. This isn’t always true, sometimes it just leaves you different time.
Sure, all of this works in theory but what about when it stops working? Uni, work, flatting, money… am I a wuss if it’s all too much? No, absolutely not. It’s hard. Studying, working, living alone… it’s all really challenging, and in many ways more so now than it ever has been. Your parents might remember being your age and starting tertiary study for the first time, but no other generation of New Zealanders in history have had the exact same experience as you’re having now. It’s okay to find it tough, it is tough. As much as I’m here writing, telling you that it’ll all be okay if you’re organised and proactive, sometimes you do just need to re-evaluate things. If everything turns to shit, you’ll need to remember that you and your own health (mental, physical, whatever) comes before everything else. I’ve graduated and I’m fine but I’ve had to drop jobs, cut down hours, come to terms with certain grades that I’d rather forget and bail out of a lot of scenarios because, honestly, I felt ready to crawl into bed and never leave a couple of times.
I waitressed and often worked nights, so I would plan study evenings around the paid work I knew I had, or make an effort to allot time to assignments during the day. It’s actually crazy how much you can get done in an hour between a tutorial and a lecture, just give it a go.
That’s fine.
You’ll also probably be surprised at the amount of people you meet dealing with their uni work the exact same way. We’re all in this boat together and sometimes people will just have to bail because they have a shift or an impending deadline, everybody understands.
When things fall apart, pause, re-shuffle things, and have a bit of a cry if you want. You first, life later.
The most important learning to do at this point in your life is how you work and what you need to get by. It’s a constant process, it never ever stops.
You gon’ be fine boo, I have faith.
Netflix and Thrill Six Shows to Get You Through Uni Ethan Sills Let’s be honest here: the next few years are not going to be laid back. If you do things on time and don’t leave them to the last minute, it’ll be fine, but we all know that’s not how life works. When you feel yourself inundated with essays and assignments and group projects where someone isn’t pulling their weight – pause, breathe, relax, and put one of these on to de-clutter your poor, tired brain.
The Never Ending Story: The Good Wife
mysteries, or you just want to admire Matt Smith’s cherubian face, there are plenty of reasons to watch. Most nerds watch
There is nothing worse than getting to the end of a show you’ve grown attached to, only to discover there are only 18 episodes and no more on the way. You need something substantial and meaty you can keep coming back to and not run out of until at least the end of the year, like a safety blanket that’ll keep your warm through those long winter nights where the fear of failing prevents sleep.
it, even when they’ve hated the last three seasons in a row, and there is simply an endless possibility of things to discuss. Everyone will have a favourite Doctor, favourite companion, favourite monster, episode, season, writer, director, sound editor, catering provider, etc – and uni gives you the time of three plus years to debate every single thing. (It is way more fun than it sounds.)
There is no better comfort blanket than Alicia Florrick: A lawyer who has to return to work after her politician husband is jailed for fraud, right from the first episode this is a tense legal drama mixed with sometimes-tenser subplots. Political and topical, there are seven seasons / 156 episodes of delightful chaos, filled with sassy, strong-willed, complicated, hypocritical, conflicted but generally awesome characters that you will root for in even their darkest moments. And there is already a spinoff on the way, so once you’ve finally reached the end, you’ll have even more waiting for you
See also: Marvel’s Netflix shows, The Flash, Torchwood, Hannibal, Buffy
See also: House, Shameless, Homeland, Suits, How I Met Your Mother, ER, Mad Men
Nerd is the Word: Doctor Who
Clever Comedies: Peep Show We all need to laugh. Even in the darkest days of humanity *cough*like now*cough*, and there’s nothing that a bit of satire and poking fun at society can’t solve – well, not solve exactly, but at least make you laugh long enough to hold back the tears. When you’re feeling overwhelmed and overworked, it’s nothing a good sitcom can’t fix. But we aren’t talking about your TVNZ 2 weekly repeats of mind-numbing bile. You’re a university student now – you need something far more sophisticated to keep you amused.
Being a nerd at high school may seem like the worst thing in the world, but once you leave the shackles of the public education system, you will find that real life is more gloriously open than you’ve ever thought possibly. While you may have hidden in the shadows at school, at uni you can be as free as you like because everyone has far more important things to do than worry about how nerdy you are. And, rejoice: all the other nerds have emerged from the shadows as well! You can all nerd together!
The best place to start is Peep Show. It’s a show that manages to be incredibly witty and clever but also ridiculously immature in every episode, thanks largely to the two man-children Mark and Jez, who fail spectacularly at life for a full nine seasons. Whether it be romantic disasters, work disasters, sex disasters, wedding disasters or dead dog disasters, the two constantly manage to fuck up, but always with some cleverly written British quips ready at the disposal. Consistently quotable and never faltering, Peep Show is guaranteed to make you laugh – and definitely make you feel better about your own problems.
The show every aspiring nerd must watch is Doctor Who. Whether you like love stories, adventures, thrillers, complicated
See also: The Thick of It, Extras, Please Like Me, Fawlty Towers, Absolutely Fabulous
Animation Sensation: Bojack Horseman Cartoons may seem like something you should have given up years ago, but think again! There is a big wide world of bizarre animations out there that go well beyond Homer and friends. The success of Spongebob has seen more weird shows that cross the line between kids viewing and adult comedy, while more and more premium networks are using the possibilities of animation to tell weirder stories than ever before. And they don’t get much weirder than Bojack Horseman, a comedy where anthropomorphic animals live alongside humans. Bojack is a horse who starred in a 90s sitcom but is now a washed up alcoholic, forced back into the spotlight to write a biography. Each season gets a tad more depressing and profound, but makes up for it with endless humour, poking fun at everything from Hollywood to spaghetti. You’ll laugh, think, and cry, but also admire what damn good television it is. See also: American Dad, Archer, Rick and Morty, Adventure Time, Pokémon (cause why not?)
Get Your Freak On: Orphan Black With the rise of fake news, the unbelievable is more mainstream than ever and becoming increasingly harder to avoid – and much harder to tell reality from fiction. Uni is a time where you are more aware than ever before of what’s happening in the world - here and globally. At times, the truth can be a little overwhelming. Which is why, instead of worrying about real problems, you should distract yourself with something more fictional. Orphan Black is one of many shows out there that give you the thrill of conspiracy theory debating without looking like a crazy
person. It follows Sarah, a British orphan who sees a woman identical to her jump in front of a train, sending her down a dark path filled with clones, secret organisations, clones, robotic bugs, clones, hacking and more clones. With a tour de force performance from Tatiana Maslany as pretty much every character, and lighter moments to go alongside the conspiracies, it’s the sort of show we will all still be talking about long after the final episode airs this year. See also: Making a Murderer, Mr Robot, Lost, The Jinx, The People vs OJ Simpson
Comfort Watching: Offspring I’ll be honest, most of the shows on this list may not be ideal viewing. They are great for binging, and are an excellent distraction from some of the stresses of life, but they aren’t particularly relaxing. A lot of these shows are intense, depressing, overly-addictive, and could send you down a dark spiral that your coursework won’t thank you for. Which is why you may need something a little lighter. They don’t really come lighter than Offspring. Centred around the highly strung, slightly unstable Nina, Offspring takes you through the highs and lows of the Proudman family as they deal with love, life, and death. The melodrama does have some darker moments, but across the six seasons, you rarely are challenged, and instead, it makes for perfect viewing at the end of a long, hard day filled with compulsory papers you don’t really want to be taking. Filled with constant banter, endless awkward moments, and delightful fantasy sequences. Plus a theme tune that never fails to delight, everything about Offspring makes for perfect comfort television. See also: Gilmore Girls, New Girl, Scrubs, Friends, Looking
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What team(s) are you currently involved in? This season I will be playing rugby for Glenfield Rugby Club. Its only preseason at the moment but I am looking forward to the season ahead. I will also be playing sevens for AUT later in the year, after a successful season last year this year looks to be a good one! How did you get involved your sport? I first got into sport from a very young age. During primary school I played many sports, but football was my main sport until college. In college I decided to give sevens a go as my family was very big on rugby, and I grew up watching it. From then on I have played sevens and 15s regularly. What is your highest sporting achievement?
Savannah Purcell left, Briar McNamara right
Spotlight on Rugby Sevens 2016 was a successful year for AUT Rugby Sevens, with the AUT Women’s team taking out the UTSNZ (University and Tertiary Sport NZ) Rugby Sevens Tournament national title, as well as having two of our players selected in the New Zealand Universities Team which travelled to the World University Championships in Swansea. The AUT team was coached by NZ Sevens player and AUT Alumni, Rocky Khan.
Last year I was selected for the NZ Universities Rugby Sevens Team. This is by far my biggest achievement and meant I was able to travel to the UK to play in an international tournament. How do you fit your sporting commitments/travel around your uni life? My sporting commitments are normally during the evening or on the weekend, so it’s not so conflicting except when I have to study which can get difficult. But if there is a long trip I try to take my uni work and study on the way there and back. What are you looking forward to most in 2017? Getting back into playing from the small break over the summer
We sat down with AUT and NZ University Player, Briar McNamara, to speak about her experience with the game and some of the challenges she has faced balancing both her study and playing commitments.
The 2017 UTSNZ Tournament is coming up in March and the AUT girls will be looking to defend the title. The Tournament is also a selection event for the 2018 WUC Sevens event in Namibia as well as the Black Ferns Go for Gold Campaign.
What are you currently studying at AUT and what year are you in?
To find out more contact AUT Sport sport@aut.ac.nz or pop into WB119 for more information. www.aut.ac.nz/being-a-student/sport-at-aut www.facebook.com/autsport/
I am currently in second year primary education.
Coming up with AUT Sport AUT vs UoA O’Week Challenge 10 March (UoA Sport Centre) AUT Sport Team Trials (Various teams) 6-17 March (AUT S+F Centre) UTSNZ National Women’s Sevens Tournament 25 March (Palmerston North) Inter-Faculty Touch 30 March
UTSNZ Futsal Championships 7-10 April (Christchurch) UTSNZ National 3x3 Tournament 9-10 April (Christchurch) NZ University Rowing Championships 15-16 April (Ashburton) (for more details on times and teams contact the AUT Sport team sport@aut.ac.nz)
Light UP Light UP is a collection of some amazing musical talent here at AUT. The Light UP Music Club is always on the lookout for new members to join them, make friends, be involved, and play music. We had a chat to club president, Wayne Sangsuwan, about what Light Up is about, and opportunities that are coming up in the year ahead! Describe your club in 5 words Relationship-building, Respectful, Cheerful, Active, Development How often do you meet up? At the most, we have had band practices twice a week. But our schedule is often based around club member’ availability. What inspired the start up of this club? Light UP’s aim and inspiration is to improve AUT student community, and to support students who have the drive to reach their full musical potential.
had. Relationship building among club members, connections and contribution to the university through AUT students - we’ve grown in many ways that we’re proud of. We have gained opportunity and experience through different performances at places like Vesbar, Global Village Day, WSA Mini Concert, Orientations, and Global Café: East Meets West. Our biggest accomplishment is yet to come, and that is to have a strong foundation that keeps Light UP alive until the next generation takes over. And that’s where new members come in! If Light UP sounds like the club for you, they’re currently on the hunt for a new Keyboardist and a Cajon player! For more information on the qualifications required in each of these postitions, or to simply have a chat about other ways you can be involved, get in touch! Facebook facebook.com/LUAUTMN/?fref=ts LinkedIn linkedin.com/in/light-up-aut-musical-network-6bb916133/ Twitter twitter.com/LUAUTMN
What’s this club’s greatest accomplishment?
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The greatest accomplishment that we had in 2016 was winning Social Club of the Year.
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However, Light UP has considered this award as an external accomplishment, in addition to the internal accomplishments we’ve
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Created by Greg Berlanti Starring KJ Apa, Luke Perry, Cole Sprouse
Directed by Barry Jenkins Starring Trevante Rhodes, Ashton Sanders, Alex Hibbert
Reviewed by Ethan Sills
Reviewed by Ethan Sills
It is common place whenever a Kiwi actor does something in Hollywood, we as a country seem expected to get behind them and support them no matter how minor. Thankfully, the latest breakout local has really achieved an American dream: KJ Apa has claimed the title role in Riverdale, playing one of American comics’ most classic characters. And guess what – it’s not awful!
It’s easy with good movies to just heap generic platitudes onto them when writing reviews like this. Praising performances, direction, writing, cinematography, is fine, and for something like Moonlight, there is no shortage of praise to go around. Yet trying to summarise an experience as cathartic and powerful as sitting through Moonlight, the generic words you’d typically use just don’t do it justice.
That’s not to say it’s good though. The show is the latest comic property to be given a ‘dark and gritty’ reboot, with the pleasant town of Riverdale rocked by the mysterious death of the son of a powerful family. It’s an odd tonal match for the class politics and sassy oneliners that follow, but the trashy campness is one thing that makes this an instant guilty pleasure.
A movie that adapts both a powerful play and elements of director Barry Jenkins’ own life, Moonlight is a triptych following the life of Chiron as a child, teenager and adult. The first two parts see Chiron, or ‘Little’, dealing with a drug-addict mother while struggling to accept his own sexuality, leading to a tense, moving final part as the adult drug dealer reunites with a face from the past.
Apa stars as Archie Andrews, who has been reimagined as a Troy Bolton-esque figure struggling to choose between sports and his desire to sing, all while having two girls and a teacher chasing after him. The ‘perfect at everything’ trope is worn out and boxes the character in straight away, but Apa gives him a clueless element that should even Archie out, while untapped dark secrets hint at juicy storylines to come.
Understated in almost every aspect, Moonlight starts off strong and never let’s go. Slow-moving but tense, by the end of the second part, you feel as though you have known Chiron your whole life, which makes the emotional punch of the last twenty minutes all the more affecting.
The real stars though, were Betty and Veronica, comic’s most famous competing love interests, who have been reimagined as friends for a slightly more realistic relationship. Lili Reinhart and Camila Mendes give the roles, which are also fairly tropey (to be fair, this is based solely on the first episode), some much needed seriousness and gravity that would easily be missing in lesser performances, and the two have a spark that’s missing from most other character interactions so far. While the show is at risk of falling further down the track of being utter rubbish, it also could become the hot new teen soap opera we’ve long been starved of. Riverdale is well worth checking out, and for far more reasons than semi-patriotism.
Praising the cast would be simple, especially with such consistently strong performances as the ones given from Mahershala Ali and Naomie Harris as drug dealer Juan and Chiron’s mother Paula, respectively. But there is no one element that serves to make this work. From the quiet moments rarely punctuated by strong orchestral pieces, to the subtle direction and framing used during the film’s most intimate beachside scenes, the pieces come together to make a film that is simply flawless. Moonlight is easily one of the most effective movie experiences you will likely sit through this year, one that only a few hundred words cannot possibly summarise. Rush to the cinemas and see it, but be prepared: you will not leave as the same person who walked in.
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Reviewed by Laurien Barks Neil Patrick Harris, books-turned-tv-series, Lemony Snicket…these are a few of my favourite things. So when A Series of Unfortunate Events television spinoff was announced on Netflix, I was pretty damn pleased. Eight episodes (two per book) of pure nostalgia were ahead AUT-sport-AuSM-debatemag-105x148mm.indd of me, and I was convinced I would fall head over heels in the first ten minutes.
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I wasn’t completely wrong. The first three-four episodes were dreamy. I loved the artsy Wes Anderson style, and spotting unique twists within a familiar story. Whilst Snicket’s novels were always a favourite, they didn’t dominate my childhood to the point of unyielding expectations. I didn’t mind the fact that the traditional story was played around with. I didn’t mind Count Olaf’s lack of goofiness, or additional scenes to pad the story. They made an old tale feel new in the best way. Initially. To be honest after episode four, I got bored. I didn’t like Aunt Josephine’s character (though to be fair, Meryl Streep was the OG Aunt Jo and that’s hard to top), and I found I got hella over the kids. I know they were never stand out characters, but they seem particularly dull in this take. Maybe it was because although Neil’s Olaf is interesting and not overtly terrible, he lacks the pizazz and humour that I always found within the novel Olaf as well as Jim Carrey’s. There just wasn’t enough Olaf spark to balance out three sad children. All in all, I’d recommend watching it if you have some spare time on your hands. It’s not a must-see, but definitely not a waste of time either. A good time-filler if you’re feeling nostalgic.
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Japanese-Style Rice Salad If you haven’t yet embraced the wonder that is rice, we highly suggest you do so as you head into student life. It’s cheap, nutritious, versatile – the holy grail of student food. Here’s an easy but undoubtedly thrilling recipe to kick-start your journey into ricehood. From: http://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1017657-japanese-stylerice-salad • • • • • • • • • • • • •
2 cups short-grain brown or white rice ½ chopped scallion 1 small red or yellow capsicum ¼ cup chopped celery ¼ cup shredded carrot 1 cup firm tofu (can bake it first if you want) 6 tbsp miso paste ¾ cup warm water 1 tsp sugar 1 tbsp honey 1 tbsp rice vinegar 2 sheets of nori 2 tbsp black or white sesame seeds, toasted
Method 1)
Cook the rice in salted water until it’s just done. White rice will take around 10-15, brown rice will take just over 30. Drain, rinse in cold water, drain again, then combine with vegetables and tofu in a large bowl.
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Put miso, water, sugar, honey, and vinegar in a small bowl and whisk together. Taste, then add more vinegar and a pinch of salt if needed.
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Combine rice mixture with miso dressing, fluffing the rice and tossing gently to separate the grains.
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Crumble nori over salad and sprinkle with sesame seeds, taste, and adjust seasoning or moisten with a little more dressing.
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Serve at room temperature.
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