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JAMES RANSTEAD: 2018 President

Kia ora e te whānau. An almighty welcome back to the second term — we hope you’re all fired up and ready to go. Whilst you were away, LUSA were busy working and we had an absolute ball at graduation. LUSA also received news that we would have to move due to machinery noise from Forbes ground floor works. A pity, but you will see us temporarily in our new in the library. LUSA also received news the Forbes open date was to be extended, likely the beginning of semester 2. We got news that the workshop deal with the hub (the hub is a research unit of partners at LU) had been signed, and they are unfortunately moving in before the Forbes space is open. Students will still have the kitchen area and the meeting rooms. With Mrs O’s and the library kitchen getting a slight upgrade and now housing the pool tables and table tennis. So bear with us - we apologise for any inconvenience this causes. Keep your head up and look forward to Semester 2 when the Forbes Student Space opens. As you may have noticed, Lincoln has a new ViceChancellor (AKA Chief Executive/Big Boss Dawg). Students have in the past felt detached from the man and his team upstairs, though they shouldn’t need to. The LUSA team regularly meet with the senior management group, and so it is important that we know what you are all thinking so we can tell them about the real issues. Read on and discover the true James McWha through the interview that we had whilst you were on break — he sure has a lot to say! 2

JAN BUTER:

2018 Vice President The work begins! Since the last RAM, I had the opportunity to represent YOU in meetings across campus. From the introduction of new courses, to deciding the range of food in our new campus café, there have been many opportunities to represent your voice on campus. Here at LUSA there has been a hive of activity. Your feedback told us that LUSA needs to up its game for events. So in contrast to previous years, we have already started planning Orientation 2019! It is going to be designed for ALL students across ALL year levels. That means we are thinking of you who live in Riccarton or Rolleston, day students and importantly our growing body of international students on campus. Over the break we waved goodbye to another class of graduating students, in a year or two that’ll be you. So I just want to encourage you all as you come back for this next term to keep up the hard work! The end is in sight, and the big wide world is awaiting your arrival. BTW have you heard? LUSA is now selling LU branded clothes. We spiced up the clothing range so come over to LUSA and see what’s on offer! As always, please stop me on campus and tell me your opinion. It’s you I represent and without your opinion I can’t do my job. See you out there.

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Welcome to the third issue of the RAM. It’s getting mighty cold out there and the leaves are falling faster than yourself when you’ve had a few too many. Personally, my favourite part of winter is when that tan you spent all summer building disappears and your pasty ass skin makes

Opinion Column: Share your opinion about literally anything!

it’s dreaded appearance... Kidding, I’m already reaching for the fake tan, trying to hold onto the last taste of summer. There’s heaps of giveaways and events going on this term so stay tuned into our social channels. And get your bloody flu jab, nobody wants to be the guy everyone is sick because of...

2018 Executive Portfolio Updates: Claire McCorkindale

Portfolio: Linking UC and Lincoln/Community Hey everyone! As you would’ve seen around campus, we held our first ever Community and Volunteer week and managed to raise over $2500 for charity! What an awesome effort and I just want to thank everyone that took part, especially the brave souls that lost their mops to support Shave for a Cure! Hopefully you’ll be back to full coverage before the cold of winter sets in. I’ve been working on forming a partnership with the UC branch of the Student Volunteer Army, so keep an eye out for upcoming events with them. It will be a blast and you’ll be guaranteed to have a warm buzz knowing you’ve been a good sort and helped some people out! That’s all from me, but if you have any community organisations or events coming up that you’re super passionate about just swing by the LUSA office for a chat. Cheers!

Shaun Snoxell

Portfolio: Postgradute Voice At LUSA, believe student’s voice should be heard by the University. One way we achieve this is through the course class rep system. But there is no such representation for postgrads working on research. At the moment I’m working on setting up a postgraduate representation system that will provide a better platform for postgrad’s to make themselves heard by both LUSA and the university. We hope this will better enable postgrad’s ideas and opinions to be considered by the decision-makers, and by us at LUSA. I’m excited by the thought of having a more engaged, connected postgrad community! If you are a postgrad and want to contribute to shaping what this looks like, please hit me up at shaun.snoxel@lincolnuni.ac.nz.

Mac Thomson

Portfolio: Student Well-Being/Campus Life Term 2 is looking like a beauty for students on campus! After meeting with Dr Jackie Blunt, we have agreed to begin to form a strong partnership between the Student Health Centre and LUSA. Collaboration and open communication between Student Health and LUSA is very exciting and will aim to ensure each student can trust that they have campus wide wellbeing support. Also look out for me Friday May 18th, pretty in pink, serving candy floss. This is for the Pink Shirt Day, a day aimed to stop bullying! Cheers, keep smashing it legends!

Dawn Hopkins

Portfolio: Club and Media Engagement Now that I have adjusted to the way LUSA works, I would like to start bringing my ideas into play, keeping up to date physical advertising of any events or information you need to know in the halls, the library, dining hall and in Mrs O’s. I also plan to start connecting with students through the LUSA side of the Lincoln Uni app. Things that may start to appear in the LUSA section of the Lincoln Uni app are “spontaneous events” these could range from musical, sporting or cultural events as well as public holiday related activities or even just nice day related activities.

Ally Burns

Portfolio: Cultural Diversity Since my last update, I have meet with a few very helpful people on campus to start looking at bringing back a mentor or buddy system for new students on campus! Re-establishing a fun and functional system like this at Lincoln university will be the main focus this year for me. I really believe it will be a successful way to look after our international students and help to integrate the student body. Keep an eye out for more information if this is something that interests you!!

Casey Ashton

Te Awhioraki President Kia ora. Te Awhioraki (Lincoln University’s Māori Student Association), is slowly finding its feet and has been engaging with more and more students on campus. We hold regular social and academic events throughout the year, as a chance to make new friends and support each other through the challenges that uni presents. Study wananga is in full swing and is held every Thursday evening from 4pm until late at Te Whare Whakakotahi, the whare on Calder Drive near the entrance of Gate 2. It’s a great chance for Māori students to study together in a safe and warm environment.

Interviewing The New Vice Chancellor:

James McWha At the beginning of April, Robin Pollard resigned from his role as the Vice Chancellor. We take this opportunity to wish him the very best. But as the saying goes, when one door closes, another one opens and we are very excited to welcome the new VC, James McWha. For over 30 years, Professor James McWha, has devoted his time to education, so rest assured, we know his head and heart will be dedicated to Lincoln. We look forward to experiencing the positive impact he makes on our campus. Having officially retired in 2015, I think we can consider ourselves a pretty special University to have pulled him back into the work force, even if it is just the remainder of the year. 6

Q. Where do you think LU will be in 10 years? A. 10 years? I think Lincoln will be where they are projected to be, that being one of the Top 5 Agricultural Universities in the world. I think that’s perfectly achievable for Lincoln. 10 years is a good time frame, it doesn’t happen overnight, you have got to build it up. Q. What are the low hanging fruit at Lincoln? A. We need to try and sort out some degrees and programs to ensure the quality of the teaching is the best we can manage. It’s unfortunate that we still have a lot of damage from the earthquake. And that REALLY needs fixing. It’s just ridiculous that we are sitting here 7 years after the 2010 earthquake and there’s buildings still boarded up.

LUSA got to speak with the new VC, James McWha. I think the culture at Lincoln, the values we have as an institution, we need to think about those. We need to be explicit about what our values are, how we treat and each other, how we behave towards each other and what sort of expectations we have about the way we go about these sort of things. I think it is important, it’s not actually that easy to do. Q. What do you want to improve at LU, especially for students? A. The thing we need to do is dramatically improve the learning and teaching environment for students. It isn’t bad, but we could make it a lot better. The days of uni librarys being where people go to read the books is over, now you go to a library to do a whole raft of things. We need a load of other facilities that are complementary to the library where students can go. You need areas where you can meet in groups to talk about things, argue about them, discuss them and do project work. You need places where you can get food or even places where you can cook something to eat yourselves. At the moment we simply don’t have that, I’m not sure any university in NZ does. That would be the single biggest improvement, to give the students the opportunity to interact more with each other and a multiple learning environments. Q. What were you student days like? A. They were good, I worked so hard and was so dedicated you wouldn’t believe it. Haha. I did my Undergraduate study at Belfast at Queen’s University. They were exciting times, you would wake up in the middle night to a gunfire, you would hear the machine guns going rattle rattle rattle and you think uh oh. But the University was always left alone. It was, sort of, the peaceful island in the middle of all of that. No but it was good, I enjoyed it. Every week there would be arguments and debates. You’d be in the Student Association building and everyone would be in there arguing their bit out. And nobody agreed with anyone. I had come from a farm, so I was involved in the Young Farmers and things like that. I was club leader at the Young Farmers Club, that kept me busy. I also ran an army cadet.

Q. Where do you sit politically? A. I don’t have a fixed position politically. I just look at the policies that the parties are offering and decide which policy is going to be best for the country in the long term. That’s hard to do sometimes, they all tell you that they’ll be the best in 10 years. I think that we need a strong economy. There are a lot of people that need support and not just in NZ. We’re a wealthy country, we may not think it, but we are. You don’t have to look very far to find countries where people are living on less than $1 a day. Q. Do you want to be in the LU Shearing Comp? A. I can’t shear... But I look forward to coming and supporting some of the events being run on campus. Q. Would you want to do the Radical Run (giant inflatable obsticle course for Ivey’s Birthday)? A. Oh no, I don’t fancy that at all.

The real questions: Who would you like to see at Garden Party? I enjoy bagpipes and blues, music that appeals to the soul. Maybe a string quartet? *Laughs* Do you own a pair of Red Bands? *Stands up and shows us

a pair of Red Bands in his office cupboard.*

Let chat beer, are you Speights fan? I don’t mind Speights, but I prefer Macs! The ‘Garage Project’ in Wellington is more popular, definitely a classic go to.

Campus News

LU RUN/WALK Sunday 20th May, 8.00am. We offer a 6km walk or a 10km/18km run, completed on campus and the dairy farm. Everyone is welcome to join. Register at https://goo.gl/9XKiUG

LUSA IS ON THE MOVE, AGAIN... Unfortunately, asbestos was found in the ground floor of Forbes, meaning it has to be removed to continue work on the student space. The noise of the removal is unbearable, hence the move. So while the men in white suits make Forbes asbestos free, LUSA will be camping out on the ground floor of the Library for the next 3 weeks. NOTICES FROM THE REC CENTRE PINK SHIRT DAY Pink Shirt Day is on the 18th May. Help us speak up, stand together and stop bullying by wearing pink to show your support! PHOTO EXHIBITION We want your photos for an exhibition in the library from May 28th–June 8th. Send your photos into jayne.smith@lincoln.ac.nz by May 21st with a simple caption (less than 20 words). 1x photo black and white and 1x photo in colour per person. #TIB SURVEY RESULTS Last year many of you responded to a survey about the effectiveness of the #TIB campaign on campus and what it could look moving forward. If you’d like a copy of the results email jayne.smith@lincoln.ac.nz.

GREENEST FLAT Congrats to the Eco Warriors who won a My Bargain Box. Their video demonstrated how they are sustainable and the activities they do to make a difference to the planet. UNIVERSITY CHALLENGE – THE PODCAST Fancy yourself a quiz master? Always winning The Grouse Quiz Night? Keen to bring the Lincoln talent to the national stage? The University Challenge is a national general knowledge competition between all eight NZ Universities. It first begun in the 1970’s and Lincoln has never won it, we want to change that.

recognise that many of you grew up in the Selwyn District and may end up continuing to live here after you graduate. Submissions are currently open for the Selwyn District Long Term Plan, mainly tackling issues such as the development for new community sports facilities, community halls, community centres and reserves, water chlorination and new walking and cycling opportunities. For more in-depth info, check out the plan details online. If you have any comments on the above topics that you would like to have incorporated into the LUSA submission, please send them to president@lusa.org.nz

This year it will be aired on RadioNZ, as opposed to TV. Flights, accommodation and meals will be paid for. Recording is from Sunday 26th to Tuesday 28th August. Email president@lusa.org.nz if you’re interested in attending. Heats will occur here at Lincoln to enable us to pick the top 4 students, at least 1 of which must be a different gender to the other 3. LUSA’S SUBMISSION FOR THE SELWYN DISTRICT LONG TERM PLAN: HAVE A SAY Lincoln students make up a large proportion of Selwyn District residents and LUSA has a mandate to speak on behalf of you. We

FREE FLU VACCINE HAS ARRIVED The flu vaccine has arrived on campus and is available, FREE, to all students. Clinics are at the Dining Hall on the following days: Monday 30th April 5pm–7pm Wednesday 2nd May 5pm–7pm Immunisation is the best protection and it’s free! Remember, hand washing prevents spread. You don’t wanna make your mates sick, that’s uncool...

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James & The Bloody Back Door The LUSA Executive are like a little government, and we are democratic. It would not be ‘political’ for me to pursue an idea if the LUSA Exec were not in support of it. So there we were, planning the biggest and best Garden Party and Orientation yet, and we somehow fell onto the topic of opening one of the back doors to the library for students. The beautiful thing about Lincoln is the engagement with one another, and recognising most of the faces that we see around campus. Although our students numbers are small, striving for a compact campus allows this to happen, and creates a buzzing heart on Forbes Lawn that we can all enjoy. Opening one of the library back doors therefore presents a challenge, will students walk from their cars to the library, perhaps to a lecture in Commerce or Stewart, and then leave for the day? What will a little bit of convenience do to the campus mantra? We are concerned that the campus heart (around the Forbes Building) will disappear. The Exec saw it as only a minor inconvenience walking around to the library front door, plus it gives everyone the perfect opportunity to get a free sausage, and pop into LUSA for a yarn ;) So thank you, Lincoln students, for voting me in on this as one of my campaign promises. It seemed like a nobrainer quick-win, we hit some barriers, and the Exec have convinced me otherwise. The LUSA prez role is all about priorities, and we will put the library door idea to the bottom of the list for now.

Club Highlights Tramping and Climbing Club

Bouldering Competition In September last year the LUTCC held the inaugural Castle Hill Boulder Marathon, a throwback to the good old days when men were men, women were women and climbing competitions were held outdoors on real rock! The event was a great success, despite a few snow showers, so the organisers were keen to do it all again in 2018. This year the comp was scheduled for March in the hope of more reliable weather. A dodgy forecast necessitated a change from Saturday 24th to Sunday 25th, which looked to have paid off as dawn revealed clear skies over the Castle Hill basin. Soon afterwards however, as I began marking out the climbs, bands of rain swept over the Craigieburn Range. I convinced myself it was just a passing shower, and continued with preparations. An hour later, the climbs were marked out and all was ready, but it was still raining... As I reflected on my decision to switch the competition to Sunday, and vowed never to organise another climbing comp, the rain stopped and the skies cleared. By 10am, the sun was shining and the rock was drying rapidly. Phew! Groups of climbers were soon heading off, maps and scoresheets in hand, to get stuck in and start ticking off their ascents. Bouldering is a very social form of 10

climbing, with people trying climbs in groups and helping each other to find solutions. Climbing at Castle Hill is completely weird and unique, with lots of blank, rotund boulders seemingly devoid of any holds. It can be a bit bewildering for beginners, and even seasoned climbers can get schooled, as no amount of plastic pulling at the gym can prepare you for a day at the Hill! Everyone tried hard and enjoyed the challenge of slapping, cranking, tiptoeing, smearing and belly flopping their way up as many climbs as possible in 4.5 hours. Members took part in the Boulder Marathon, tackling 128 carefully selected climbs. The climbs ranged in difficulty from very easy (i.e. a steep walk) to very hard (i.e. witchcraft and sorcery), so there was something for everyone, including complete beginners. Prizes were awarded for the most climbs completed (regardless of difficulty), and for the most difficult climb. The afternoon was sunny and warm and by the time the comp finished at 3pm everyone was looking a little less energetic. The focus of this event is firmly on having a great day out climbing with your mates, and challenging yourself regardless of your ability, rather than it being a competitive event for elite climbers. Having said that, this year the competition was pretty hot!

The female prize went to Sydney Lackey, who blitzed 41 climbs, despite turning up late and bemoaning the abundance of slopers and lack of crimps. Richard Hodges declared on arrival that he was going home as everything was too wet, but once it dried out he crushed a massive 57 climbs to take out the male prize. There was plenty of competition for the Lethal Weapon prize for the hardest climb of the day, with a number of climbers cranking their way up a V4. Two of them managed to climb two V4s, and after a bit of countback action the prize was awarded to Mason Gardener. Thanks to our very generous sponsors there were also plenty of spot prizes, in fact everyone took home a prize. The 2018 Boulder Marathon was a great success, and despite a bit of weather-induced stress, I can probably be convinced to do it all again next year! Kura Tawhiti/ Castle Hill is an amazing place, and not just for its world-class bouldering. I love it there, and I hope that these events can introduce others to the magic of the area and encourage them to respect and look after it. A huge thanks to our sponsors, Bivouac Outdoors, Uprising Boulder Gym, and the YMCA Climbing Centre. Also thank you to LUSA for their support of this event.

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Term One in Review Most people choose their University based on academic merit of which Lincoln has, but I chose to come here mostly based on the fact the it was the closest Uni to the Southern Alps and had an active Tramping and Climbing Club. Don’t get me wrong, I love a good old 10 page assignment over the weekend or studying for a 25% test, but all of that is trumped by hitting the hills and breathing in some of that fresh mountain air! If you’re the type of person that drives to Uni in the morning staring out the window at the snow-covered Alps in amazement but has never actually been there, I challenge you to take a trip to Arthurs Pass one weekend this winter. Wrap up warm, pack some soup in a Thermos and go explore! Whether it’s hiking, skiing, snowboarding, rock climbing or even if you just want to build a snowman make the most of what’s on your door step. If you need a hand getting to the hills the LU Tramping and Climbing Club can help you out with a variety of trips organised for different skill levels. These trips are advertised on the Club Noticeboard in the RAM! If you need more convincing, then just have a look at some of our photos to see what we have been up to! Port Hills O-Week Hike: Run along side LUSA, we went on a hike along the top of the Port Hills to take in some of the amazing views around Christchurch. The Port Hills are perfect if you only have time for a day hike! Photo from Tushar Phatak

Pinnacles Hut Trip at Mt Somers: The trip to Mt Somers was not one to miss. After arriving at Pinnacles Hut the group went to rock climb at many of the amazing walls located near the hut. 12

Tramping 101 to Carrington Hut A weekend jaunt up the Waimak and in to Carrington Hut; this trip showed newbies how to tramp down south and not die. Quite useful, really. The O’Malley Track provided a bit of bush cover for starters, before hitting the expanse of Turkey Flat, then having an early lunch at AntiCrow Hut. Swamps were trudged through, rivers were crossed and maps were read, before arriving at Carrington to sit in the sun, spin yarns and swat sandflies all afternoon, while our beers cooled in a nearby creek. When the blood-thirsty local, winged invertebrates became too much, a collective effort provided ample firewood in no time, enough to keep a campfire burning long into the night. Bonfire, beer and banter beneath snow-capped peaks and stars. What more could one want in life? Photo from Veronica Penny

Arthurs Pass Weekend Getaway: The Arthurs Pass weekend getaway had something for everyone! On Saturday we went up Avalanche Peak and encountered some stunning views of Arthurs Pass, the Glaciers and kea! Camping at Klondyke corner was a blast. Sitting around the camp fire singing songs and sharing stories was a great way to end the day. The next morning some groups did caving at Cave Stream and bouldering at Castle Hill depending on what you felt like doing! A trip back from Arthurs Pass is never complete though without a stop at the dairy in Darfield for an oversized icecream. I am convinced that the biggest challenge of the whole trip was simply finishing that ice cream, it was huge... Photos are from Niko Lin and Jennifer Tregurtha

Terrace edge also has a selection of Tuscan variety Olive Groves. The cooler climate of the Waipara Valley gives the olives a higher concentration of flavours. As an extra we were able to try their extra virgin olive oil with ciabatta bread, which was very popular.

Wine Appreciation & Lincoln Ladies

Waipara Valley Wine Tour

Visiting these wineries broadened our tastes for different sorts of wine, provided networking opportunities to students studying Viticulture and was overall a relaxing and enjoyable day trip away. We will be planning another tour for Semester One 2019. So keep an eye out on our club’s Facebook page.

Lincoln Ladies and the Wine Appreciation Club joined together to organise a tour around three of North Canterbury’s finest wineries. With all tickets being snatched up, we headed north to Greystone, Terrace Edge and Waipara hills. Once taught how to correctly taste, the wineries showcased their best collection of high quality whites and reds providing generous tastings. Each winery explained their process in how they develop their own personal taste to produce a premium, unique bottle of wine. Waipara Valley is best known for producing rich

Mountain Bike Club

A ‘Wheelie Awesome’ Initiative

The initiative involves donating bikes to a low decile school, where caregivers cannot afford transport costs to take their children to school. Our goal is to collect enough bikes to support one whole classroom. Children’s bikes have been donated from families and individuals located in the Selwyn District. These bikes are now in the process to be fixed up by the Lincoln University Mountain Bike Club. With support and guidance from the ‘ICE’ organisation, which works in conjunction with Te Whare Roimata, the bikes will be repaired to NZ Road safety requirements. The project will also teach the children about cycle safety and maintenance from the support of the Christchurch City Council. At the end of the learning session, the children will be given the bikes to keep. We plan to head back to the school later in the year to check that the children are getting the best use out of the bikes. 13

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Lincoln Young Farmers Club

West Coast Trip On the 16th of March 31 of our members a boarded three vans heading for the West Coast. Our first stop on the West coast was Raft Creek Landcorp deer farm, just outside of Hokitika. This farm gave us the first glimpse into how different the West Coasts climate is to any other part of the country! After a look around, we headed up to Greymouth to the Monteiths Brewery where we got a tour of the Brewery and learnt how to pour a handle. I think it’s fair to say that some of us will need a little practice… Hokitikia provided an outstanding Friday night, with karaoke attracting all the local legends! Saturday morning saw us touring round the astonishing Westland Milk Factory. We were lucky enough to get tours of the butter and infant formula production stations. We then headed North to Katie Milnes Dairy farm which was just South of Lake Brunner. Set in amongst a native mountainous landscape, we listen to her as she explained her farming operation and her role as a female president of Federated Farmers. Saturday

night was spent in the wild Westport celebrating St Paddy’s! Sunday was very relaxed with just one goal—get back to Lincoln in one piece, which we did successfully! A massive shout out must go to Jake Jarman for organising this fantastic trip, and to all the drivers who got us from A to B safely! The next big ticket event on the calendar is the Speed Shear, which is coming up on the 19th of March!

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International Club LU Badminton Club Badminton Tournament

Date: Saturday 12th May 2018 Time: 9.00am–5.00pm Place: Main Hall, Lincoln Uni Rec Centre Eligibility: You must be over 17 years old. No badminton experience required! Fee: $5/category, to be paid at LUSA. Categories: Men’s Singles, Women’s Singles, Men’s Doubles, Women’s Doubles, Mixed Doubles. Please register online before Thursday 3rd May 2018: https://goo.gl/L7qW7m For more info contact Akika Takada on akika. takada@lincolnuni.ac.nz or visit our FB event page: facebook.com/events/1916732395064699/ Please note that if there are less than four registrations for any category, the category will be cancelled.

Interested in joining the Lincoln Uni International Club committee? We are currently seeking students to join the LUIC committee, to fill the positions of Secretary and Treasurer. The current Secretary and Treasurer of the Club will be completing their studies and leaving Lincoln University at the end of Semester 1 this year and we would like a handover period with the new Secretary and Treasurer before then. If you’re interested in supporting the LUIC, getting to know other students and enjoy helping plan activities/functions, please email your interest to denise.pelvin@lincoln.ac.nz

Buddhist Society Meditation Sessions

Young Farmers Club Club Events

May 15th, Forbes Lawn. Wool Expo. May 19th, The Grouse. Speed Shear. May 28th. Train the Trainer Workshop.

6.00pm–7/7.30pm at Te Wahre. Every Wednesday except 18th and 25th April. Sessions will run until Wednesday 30th May.

Agroecology Club Upcoming Club Events

2nd May, 2pm–4/5pm: Tour of the Biological Husbandry Unit. Charles Merfield will show us around and explain what the BHU’s Future Farming Centre and the Training College do. An opportunity to ask questions about and discuss organics and market gardening. Drinks and snacks provided. Day trip to Milmore Downs in May (date TBC). A biodynamic farm which produces grains, sheep and beef. Transport and lunch will be provided. 23rd May, 5pm - Film night in C1. We’ll screen videos about cover crops, agroforestry, no-till practices, and livestock integration and behaviour. Joining us for a discussion will be a Holistic Management Consultant and a Lincoln Uni Agroforestry Researcher. Snacks will be provided. 18th July - Quiz night at Mrs O’s. Great prizes to be won including vouchers to The Laboratory and The Bookshop. Grab a team of 4 or 5 and join us for the fun!

Tramping and Climbing More info on these events is available on our FB page closer to the time.

5th–6th May: Medium-difficult level overnight trip. Expect to walk long distances! Location will be weather dependent and determined closer to the time. Alternatives include West Coast (spectacular podocarp bush and big rivers) and East Coast (open tussock country and views of surrounding peaks). 11th–13th May: Barker Hut trip – Difficult level two night trip. Gorgeous mountain terrain. Depart Friday evening and walk to Carrington hut in the dark. 19th–20th May: Crow Hut trip – Medium level overnight trip, up the beautiful Waimakariri river in Arthur’s Pass. Otehake hot pools trip! Date TBC so keep your eyes peeled on the FB page. This is a awesome trip well worth going on! Keep and eye on our FB for details about day trips! Likely to be orgainsed a day or two prior, when the weather forecast is looking settled. Easy-medium hikes in the Canterbury foothills. All trips are weather dependant and are subject to change.

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Eight Date Ideas For Broke Students

Everybody wants to go on elaborate and exciting dates at uni. It’s a time for trying new things and expanding your comfort zone. So why shouldn’t we be going on dates that involve casinos, skydiving, fancy dinners or hot air balloon rides? I’ll give you the one and only reason why these are not the typical uni dates—money.

At uni, having extra money to spend is an extreme luxury, and normally this luxury is spent on things like splurging at the grocery store. It is NOT spent on taking the girl you like on a hot air balloon ride for your first date. Mostly because a hot air balloon ride, while being unbelievably romantic and is sure to book you that second date, costs about $200 per person. Yikes. Don’t fear, if you are looking for something fun to do with that special someone while not being out a months worth of rent, we’ve got some suggestions for you. Read on for some unique (and cheap) date ideas.

Go For a Hike/Walk on Christchurch’s Port Hills

Are you both the energetic type? After a killer view that’s sure to impress? Take a hike in the hills around two of Christchurch’s most iconic historical sites: The Sign of the Kiwi and the Sign of the Takahe. There are a variety of different walks, ranging from easy to difficult, each one with a uniquely special view. If the Port Hills isn’t your scene, then there are tonnes of short walks around Canterbury, plus you get to road trip it too!

Hire a Kayak and Row the Avon River

The Antigua Boat Sheds have a number of different boat hiring options that will get you and your date quite close to one of Christchurch’s most prominent scenic attractions: the Avon River. A single kayak can be hired for NZ$12 an hour, while double kayaks have an hourly rate of NZ$24-$25. 18

Have Breakfast at the Riccarton Farmers Market

Dinner dates can get really complicated. If we choose too nice of a restaurant, it looks like we’re getting serious too soon. But, if we choose too casual of a place then we just look cheap. A good farmer’s market has everything you need for a perfect date. Start it off by buying her some fresh flowers, smell the homemade soaps, and get some fresh artisan foods for a unique breakfast idea.

Do a Round of Mini Golf, Looser Buys Ice Cream

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Movie Marathon and Pizza Party

Embrace your inner child for a night. It’s fun to have a bit of friendly competition between each other while spending time together and not having to worry about how much money you’re spending. You’d be surprised at how intense a game of Connect Four, Battleship or Monopoly can get, even as an adult.

Whether you’ve got plans for Friday night date night or just a regular Sunday, you can always try destroying your significant other’s confidence in mini golf. You only need about $20 to get an hour of fun for both you and your S.O. to you battle it out. Approach each hole as if you’re both Tiger Woods. And if you feel particularly confident in your skills that day, make a bet that the loser must buy the winner ice cream. You may get some free ice cream out of it, plus bragging rights.

Visit Your Local Animal Shelter

If you’re both animal lovers, this next entry may just do you in. If you’re looking for something to do that will warm your heart without costing you a cent, head on down to the SPCA. They’ll let you roll around in kitten and puppy-covered ecstasy, fawning over and loving on their furry charges to your heart’s content.

When hitting up the movie theatre begins to drain your wallet, you can take advantage of accessing some of your favourite classics right at home. Get to know each other a little better by having a movie marathon, alternating your top picks. Set up your laptop or TV for the perfect viewing. Don’t foget the pizza, it’s not a movie marathon without it!

See the Sights and Take a Picnic

Part of the Port Hills, Mt Cavendish offers spectacular views of Christchurch and Lyttelton. To get there, simply catch a bus from the city and follow the steep Bridle Path trail. If you want to up your romantic ante, you could opt for a picturesque Gondola ride to the top instead (transport to the Port Hills is included in the fare). From there, you can unpack your picnic supplies and simply admire the amazing vistas on show as you’re sharing your well-earned meal. 19

Grad Ball

What We Remember...

LUSA’s Grad Ball was a stunning metaphor of the journey of Lincoln’s latest graduates on our quest toward higher education. With no real sense of how to get there, little recollection of key events, and someone put too much fucking cayenne pepper in the slow cooker. Despite a couple of hiccups, notably tickets going faster than a 15-year-old watching Fake Taxi, and Siri directing you a couple of lightyears shy of the destination, it was a great night of last chance rendezvouses and proving that a higher education doesn’t help you handle your piss any better.

real value add activity, and were a great warm up for the real deal inside. The ham rolls are a cult-classic and failed to disappoint. The serve-yourself model was an added bonus, allowing one to get maximum meat in their gob without getting bogged down on formalities. The sober-zoned Super Sheps felt personally victimised by the vegan burger offering, but I am sure that the Red Frogs also felt like eating the butter chicken instead of cleaning it off of their shoes. There was something for everyone, even the herbivores, with the spice level of vegetarian the meal being enough to rip yourself a new arsehole (Food Sci Graduate, Personal Communication, 2018).

Finding Larcomb Vineyard was harder than the unclothed nipples in the line to get in.

Finding Larcomb Vineyard was harder than the unclothed nipples in the line to get in. However, once there the 350 wobbly wankers lucky enough to get tickets were met with a beautiful rustic venue, perfect for a basic bitch Instagram or 12. The venue offered a bar, dance floor, place to sit and chat, spacious detox area, and an abundance of grape vines to shag beneath, between, on, and in.

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Admittedly I have little recollection of the band, mainly due to the sound of me fully utilising the buffet muffling the audio behind me. However, it is hard to forget the feeling of pure joy, love and slime between your blistered toes as you swing and sway to moving renditions of Wagon Wheel and Take Me Home Country Roads. Smash Box played countless bangers that facilitated many a Grad Ball Grind, and Graduands belted out the lyrics with a lot more gusto than they did Gaudeamus the next day.

At the end of the night everyone was as full as the last bus home, and the last bus home was filled. Parents and siblings were summoned to sober drive, and made very proud chatting to our esteemed Graduands as they returned the 3-course buffet meal into toilets, showers, gutters and out car windows. Cell towers were abuzz with late night “Up2”s and no one gave a rats arse about the 2km walk that awaited half of them at 9am. The cancellation of said walk due to rain was, as you can imagine, a sore disappointment to all who hadn’t even had the chance to take their shoes off yet and couldn’t confidently say what day of the week it was. Fast forward a couple of hours and they woke up as mature people of the world, trading Mistwoods and caps for hoods and caps. With their graduation number on one hand, and detox number on the other, the leaders of tomorrow went forth to feed the world, protect the future, and try not to shit themselves during possibly the hardest 2 hours of their lives.

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Debunking The Cup Ah, the mysterious menstrual cup. The thing that some people won’t shut up about, as if it’s a cult, and the thing that makes some people go ‘ew, piss off’. Why is that? Well, we’re here to debunk the cup and flow to you some information that may just help you out too — no more womb for misconceptions here. What is it again? It’s a small silicone cup, which is folded up and inserted like a tampon, collecting menstrual fluid rather than absorbing it. It can take you through 12 hours of the day and lasts up to 10 years and it’s reusable. #totalgamechanger Isn’t that gross? Nah! What’s gross is having to chuck your period away every 4–8 hours. When we are using disposables, we just accept how annoying and gross it is to use them. What’s also gross is how much tampons and pads cost (bloody ridiculous!) and the chemicals that are in them. Cups are just sometimes considered gross because they aren’t as common as disposables - it’s that simple. How do you get it in?! It folds up to the size of a tampon. All you need to do is fold it up, insert it in and then hey presto - you and your beaver are sorted for the rest of the day. We know it looks intimidating when you first see a pic of one— we did too!—but, when you realise that it goes super small, and larger things than a cup have possibly been involved anyway ;) it’s no dramas. FYI tampons are dry as they absorb, these are silky smooth. Okay, so that might be alright, but that sounds messy and difficult? It’s one of those things—when you first start, you’ve got to learn how to use it. Would you say riding a bike was easy? Inserting a tampon? Downing a scrumpy? These are all things that you may just consider easy now, but, at the start took a little practice—then you totally nailed it and are so glad you did (yes, probably even the scrumpy, at least at the time!). With a cup, it will take you a couple of goes to master the right fold and get the hang of it. But, then, hello easier period life.

But what about playing sport? Can we let you in on a little secret? It’s actually better than tampons and pads. You don’t notice the cup is in, it’s not going to go anywhere and it holds way more than disposable period products too (2–3 times as much as a tampon). It also forms a seal inside you, all in all meaning, no leaking for shark week. #StandingOvulation If it’s so good, why isn’t everyone using one? Good question. It’s because the humble menstrual cup has been shafted for almost 100 years because there is less money in the industry than in tampons and pads (as people need to re-purchase tamps/pads every month) and, cups pose a massive threat to that industry. Because of this we have just got super used to accepting that the only ‘real’ menstrual products are disposables. Anything else, understandably then seems ‘other’, ‘weird or ‘worse’. In actuality, the paradigm is the opposite and cups tick every box. So, go on, we dare, you—give a cup a shot—join the other 500 uni students we have helped already. It’s something you won’t regret. We’ve partnered with your wonderful LUSA to bring you subsidised $15 menstrual cups (RRP $49) to make periods easier for you. You spend up to $100–$300 per year just on tampons and pads. ..Imagine what else you could be doing instead of literally, throwing your period in the bin every 4–8hrs? Student life is expenny and there isn’t much wiggle room money wise. We know that and we & LUSA got ya. Xo, Wā Collective

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in a Rural Community... Kia ora koutou! My name is Mac and I hail from a small farming community in backcountry Hawkes Bay. As you can imagine, not exactly the bastion of LGBTQIA culture and support that a young queer person might desire and benefit from. Woah… hold onto your tractors! Don’t get me wrong, being from a rural community myself, I understand how defensive we can get about our home turf. Stick it to the townies and all that, am I right!? I certainly had a privileged and incredible childhood experience that I owe to my rural upbringing, and that makes me luckier than most. Sadly, however, several facets of myself were neglected and did suffer, simply due to certain aspects of the rural community and lifestyle. Although nowadays I’m confident in identifying as gender queer/pansexual (I haven’t heard the kitchenware joke before, say it again!) this hasn’t always been the case (for the curious, pansexuality is the sexual attraction towards people of all genders, cis, trans and, to quote the great Fez Fa’anana, “genders unforeseen”). While greater society views the world through heteronormative glasses, the idea of heterosexuality as default intensifies as you move further away from urban centres. Along with the vilification of queer people, the fact that queer culture isn’t discussed within these small farming communities leads to a lot of fear, confusion and isolation among LGBTIA* youth in New Zealand. It took me a long time to accept and understand what I was feeling and longer still before I considered discussing it with others. Had a younger edition of myself been aware that support resources exist, I would have spent a lot less time feeling ashamed of who I was, and fearing the consequences of being that person. On a large scale, having resources, support and education readily available throughout the community would curb suicide rates, with queer youth in New Zealand being around five times more likely to attempt or commit suicide than their peers. Wow. I know right, that is messed up. We have this demographic representing a large chunk of the population vanishing for lack of education and support. Do we really

need to cling to our arbitrary societal ideals and continue ostracising people simply because that’s what we’ve always done? Sigh. A bit dark I know, but knowing that many people remarkably like oneself are becoming statistics will do that to you. Let’s move on. I’d like to touch on another of the many hurdles facing queer people in the rural setting: New Zealand’s strict male/female approach towards gender roles. Gender roles differ across cultures, and refer to the social and behavioural norms deemed appropriate to a person based on whether they are male or female. I will point out that this is certainly not just a queer issue, but one with widespread negative effects over many demographics. My personal experience of this issue comes in the form of the hyper-masculine Kiwi bloke image. Unfortunately, it took leaving the rural setting for me to come to terms with who I am as an individual. Though I love getting dolled up and going out for a night at the theatre, you will find me equally as comfortable clambering through the bush, and it is a pity that there isn’t space for both in today’s farming culture. Rural Pakeha-dominated communities cling ferociously to their settler/farming roots, and as a young male, nothing could be worse than deviating from the staunch, gritty image of your forefathers. The “man up, don’t be a sissy” attitude promoted by our communities is damaging, not only to queer people, but to society in its entirety. It belittles women and provides unrealistic standards for men. It tells us that in being ourselves we are doing something wrong, and inhibits the ability of queer rural youth to discover their own sense of self. Believe it or not, it’s hard to feel safe expressing individuality in a culture that expects the male species to fill their time driving tractors backwards through an avalanche while wrestling a shark. Queer people are just as diverse in their personalities, interests, and expression of self as everyone else, and we are everywhere. Chances are you know some of us already. Maybe we’re related, perhaps a member of the friend group. Hell, you yourself could be family. Whoever you are, be a friend. Mac Hodgson

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