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COES FORD CLEAN UP

On Friday the 26th February, the Student Volunteer Army hosted their first ever event under the new Lincoln Branch of the organisation, with a clean-up event at Coes Ford.

The idea came about through working with the Selwyn District Council, who have identified Coes and Chamberlains Ford as being areas of opportunity in the Selwyn Community. Twenty two students turned up for an hour of weeding, picking up rubbish and a few sausages on the BBQ. It was a great chance for Lincoln Students to connect with their fellow peers who also enjoy volunteering and feel like they are making a difference in their community. A few members of the public who were camping at the Ford seemed to appreciate the effort the club members put in and were more than happy to lend a hand and also having a good chat while the volunteering took place. If this sounds like fun and you want to get involved, download the SVA app from the Apple App Store or Google Play and sign up to the Lincoln University Club!

WOOD WHITTLING

G’day beautiful people, my name is Erin and I would like to talk about a hobby I got into over the past two years - Wood Whittling. For the people who know me, I can already visualise them laughing by the time I call myself arty! But being creative is something I’m always up for. In saying that, I have been exploring the area where I can use up my creativity and create ‘big hairy audacious goals’. (thanks Llyod for sharing this exquisite terminology). A handful of spoons and spatulas have been made along the way, but 99% of them ended up in the wood burner.

My only keeper to date is my silver birch ‘Baby Shark.’ It only took me three hours (a shit tonne of time) to make it, and I am not gonna use it making butter chicken as she is too pretty. Erin Cheng

Your Wellbeing

SPIKED

Just a friendly reminder from your local Wellbeing Rep to look after your drinks on nights out. Spiking is a serious issue, so it is vital to look after yourself on a night out. Keep your drink close; better yet, keep it in hand at all times and don’t leave it unattended, even if you have to go to the bathroom. If someone offers to buy you a drink, go with them to the bar and take the drink directly from the bartender, even if that person seems nice or is another student or someone you know. The majority of sexual assaults can happen from people you know or around the area you live. Drink spiking can happen to anyone, of any age and at any time, so it is really important to be vigilant and look after yourself and your mates. If one of your friends starts acting funny or a lot more drunk and or affectionate than they usually would, take them out of the situation to somewhere safe, so nothing else can happen to them. If you feel like your drink has been spiked, LET SOMEONE KNOW, whether that is a friend you trust, a bouncer or a bartender. These people will look after you and make sure you get home safe! If something has happened and you want some support, the Wellbeing team are on campus and are available to talk to if you would like some support. You can find them on the 2nd floor of the Hudson Building. Follow the arrows up the stairs or contact a wellbeing support advisor by

• 021 589 475

• wellbeing.support@lincoln.ac.nz • Available 8:30am - 5pm • Urgent: 5pm – 9pm weekdays or 8:30am – 9pm weekends/holidays Stay safe, look after each other as this can happen to anyone at any time on a night out. Protect yourself and your nights so you can enjoy your night. Rob Earl

COLLECTIVE

p e r i o d w i t h p u r p o s e

-Wa Collective

wacollective.org.nz orders@wacollective.org.nz

2020 statistics gathered from:

• Sales of Wā Menstrual Cups to your students’ association

• Uni pickup sales from online purchases

• Online home delivery sales during the Covid-19 lockdown period

What this means

26

subsidised Wā Menstrual Cups distributed on your campus

10 free cups for advocacy also included in this statistic

2392 6864

$ you have saved your students for the year

This will be re-occuring for the next ten years!

disposable menstrual products will not be ending up in the landfill every year

. . . #StandingOvulation!

Hundreds

of progressive conversations

have been started!

You are at the forefront

of a more progressive NZ and helping your students break the cycle . . . together we are making the difference!

Overall impact (all student association partners)

398 subsidised Wā Cups 36,616 105,072 disposable menstrual

to tertiary students products will not be ending nationwide collective savings up in the landfill over the next year during the next

Information from sales of subsidised Wā Cups from 1/2/20 to 17/11/20 12 months

Preventing period poverty while helping out Papaūānuku, Mother Earth

TASMAN YOUNG FARMERS

FMG Young Farmer of the Year is the flagship event for New Zealand Young Farmers and is held in high esteem among the rural community, and every year around 200 contestants battle it out for the top spot. The very first Regional Final was held in a small hall at the former Lincoln College (now Lincoln University) and broadcast live on radio. The hall was packed and contestants from throughout Canterbury answered questions about a bemused sheep that was on stage. On the 27th of March, two current Lincoln Young Farmers members and a few alumni will be battling it out at the Tasman FMG Young Farmer of the Year Regional Final! The Tasman FMG Young Farmer of the Year Regional Final is hosted in two parts. The practical day is being held at Melvern A&P Show Grounds and kicking off at 8:00am where all eight competitors will go head to head. The practical day ends with the evening show, where the eight competitors battle it out in a quiz, before dinner is served, points are added up and the winner is announced!

Ticket sales close soon, check out the ‘Tasman FMG Young Farmer Of The Year Regional Final’ event on Facebook for more info.

Make sure you come along to check out the practical day, see what it takes to be a Young Farmer, cheer on your favourite FMG Young Farmer of the Year and see why this contest is one of the top agricultural contests in the country!

EasterEXPOSED

Every year, we all rush to tuck into the chocolates that are awaiting us on Easter Sunday, but do you know some of the fascinating fun facts that actually surround this religious holiday?

Easter Sunday is one of the most important days of the year for Christians, as it celebrates the resurrecion of Jesus. But before you settle down to your hot cross bun and cup of tea; why not try and impress your family members or mates with your knowledge of the history of Easter?

We know the story of rabbits bringing you eggs doesn’t make a lot of logical sense, so there must be a reason as to why every year children (and let’s be honest, us adults too) rush to see what treats this mythical creature has left us!

But just like Santa Claus has no Christian significance to Christmas, the Easter Bunny also has no real connection to this religious day! The origin of the Easter Bunny dates back hundreds of years, beginning in pre-Christian Germany. Here, the hare was said to be the symbol of the Pagan Goddess of Fertility!

As Christianity spread across Europe, Pagan traditions were blended with Christian holidays, which saw the Easter Bunny lay a nest of colourful (today, chocolate) eggs for children who were well-behaved on Easter Sunday. Nice one bunny rabbit!

The Easter Bunny legend began in Germany

More than 1.5 million Cadbury Creme Eggs are produced every day!

Cadbury’s make 500 million Creme Eggs every year! If you piled them on top of each other, it would be 10 x higher than Mount Everest.

The Birmingham factory produces 1.5 million Creme Eggs every day, and the Creme Egg is the most popular egg-shaped chocolate in the world and my personal favourite.

Why is Easter called Easter?

According to the academics out there, this Christian holiday was named after the Anglo-Saxon goddess, Eostre, who was depicted as a Fertility Goddess and a Goddess of Dawn and Light (as we briefly touched on already).

She was honoured at Pagan festivals celebrating the arrival of spring, further highlighting the blend of Pagan traditions with Christian holidays.

The world’s largest Easter egg weighs in at 2,270kgs!

Tosca in Italy, created the world’s largest chocolate Easter egg! Weighing a whopping 7,200 kg and with a circumference of 19.6 m (at its widest point). It was measured at Le Acciaierie Shopping Centre, in Cortenuova, Italy, on 16 April 2011. I don’t know what exactly happened to it but I presume the whole city got to have a nibble on it!

Why do we paint eggs?

For countless generations, Ukrainians have been decorating eggs as a calling out to the Gods and Goddesses of health and fertility.

This traditional act of pysanka (“pih-sahn-kah”) is made by using wax and dyes, but this colourful custom didn’t take off until Ukrainian immigrants came to the U.S.

The UK’s first chocolate egg was produced in Bristol in 1873

Have you ever wondered who started the trend of tucking into a chocolate-shaped egg on Easter Sunday?

It was during the 19th century that the Fry family of Bristol ran the largest chocolate factory in the world and produced the first chocolate egg, in 1873.

It was two years later in 1875 that saw Cadbury’s make their first Easter egg. Amen to that!

It,s almost Easter baby and to celebrate, the local Easter Bunny aka LUSA, will be dropping the chocolate all over campus. Follow us for clues, find the egg and bring it into LUSA for a sweet prize.

Easter Egg Hunt

March 31st, from 9am Campus wide Follow us on Insta for clues

lusa.nz

Find me for a prize

NZ Blood Service were proud to be a part of Clubs Market Day during O’Week 21’. They couldn’t believe the number of students waiting to chat to them before they had even set up and their stall, which was one of the earlier ones there too!

Here are a few figures from the day • They signed up 24 students to donate blood at their blood drive and another 11 who want to donate blood at the next blood drive.

• 68 people came along to give blood at the

Lincoln University Blood Drive at Mrs O’s. • 9 of those 68 people were unable to give blood for various reasons.

• So, they collected 59 units which was just 1 short of 60 target, which is brilliant! • 1 donation = 1 unit of blood

• 17 people were brand new donors, that is a whopping 25%! This is a fantastic number of new donors and helps them to build a donor panel and secure not only their future but also ours.

Sydney Pride!

For all of you who don’t know, it’s PRIDE month. This means it is that time of the year that drag queens and kings come out in thrives, dusting off their wigs, pantyhose and thigh high boots to PARTY! The city and night life truly come alive with a celebration for life, expression and remembrance.

While this is on a smaller scale here in NZ, growing up in Sydney PRIDE carries a much stronger and bigger holding in life and culture. It brings out a whole other side of what it means to celebrate.

Throughout the year there are countless LGBTQ+ events, clubs and shows in Sydney, however, none compare to one of Australia’s biggest and most loved celebrations of the community; Sydney Mardi Gras. From what many people know, the Sydney Mardi Gras is a celebration, a ‘hurrah’ to the extraordinary life that Sydney has developed and created as a defining moment for both Sydney’s and Australia’s cultural identity. But many don’t know that this grandiose event does contain a dark past. In 1978 a small group of protesters gathered in Darlinghurst, Sydney, in contribution to the International Gay Celebration; however, this resulted in excess police violence and many arrests. It didn’t end there. Over the following months, many more arrests were made, violence continued, and it eventually came to be seen that the authority’s actions were far too serious and excessive. By April 1979, NSW Parliament repealed the NSW Summary Offences Act legislation which allowed for such excess force and arrests. In that same year (1979) 3,000 people marched the parade incident free. The following year, in 1980, the postparade party was established, shaping Mardi Gras into more as what we know it as today. Over the years the Mardi Gras audience has grown from an estimated 200,000 in 1983, to over 500,000 in 1993 to now over 617,000 in 2019 with an online audience and digital read of over 7.7 million. It presents itself as the celebration of life and revolution that it has come to represent to many people in Australia and around the world, with a new theme every year. Alongside the part and parade, Mardi Gras now involves many more events including Fair day, Pool Party, Sissy Ball, Queer Thinking and Laneway; nowadays with the inclusion of a Smoking Ceremony (an Indigenous Ceremony to bless the land the Parade marches on) and with the Indigenous LGBTQ+ community being the first of the marches in the Parade.

It’s Nice to See Some Effort…

For all of you who don’t know, it’s PRIDE month. This means it is that time of the year that drag queens and kings come out in thrives, dusting off their wigs, pantyhose and thigh high boots and PARTY. The city and night life truly come alive with a celebration for life, expression and remembrance.

It is also that time of the year where business, schools, universities and many other legal entities will adorn their public social pages, websites and, possibly even, buildings with Pride flags or some sort of honourary in support. For many this is truly there to show true support; to show that they recognise past events and how far we have come in recognising people as actually human (SHOCKER!). A great example is Sydney Uni who actively took part in Sydney’s Lesbian and Gay Mardi Gras, and also hung a Pride flag on their campus. For some, it lies in a more political move or feels somewhat forced compared to other institutes.

Don’t get me wrong, all support and acknowledgement are great and is a step in the right direction. But sometimes it is a bit of a stretch. For instance, let’s say that you change your Facebook cover photo to a photo of a walkway/pedestrian crossing, in a carpark, covered by the Pride flag colours (the rainbow). At first this looks amazing! But then you think about it, where exactly is this on campus. @Lincoln University, this is what you’ve done, an almost flimsy attempt at false advertising. The Facebook post (and also the insta post) that the University posted is amazing, it provided links to the LGBTQ+ club (SPACE) on campus and to the Christchurch Pride Facebook page to inform people of events; and overall was a really good post with great graphics. But the issue still remains that they changed the

cover photo to, in all honesty, a stock photo that they got off Canva. There is no location on campus (at this point, because there will be) which has the Pride flag colours as a walkway, a carpark, a pedestrian crossing or any of such. It feels tacky, an afterthought, a ‘oh shit we need something’. So instead of organising something, collaborating with SPACE, or even just changing the cover to a picture of campus with a faded façade of the Pride flag, they opted with going with a random photo which insinuates that they have such an amazing thing on campus. I would like to say that I do appreciate the FB/insta post and the sentiment that they are conveying, but actually putting in the effort would be amazing. It’s just a simple using something you’ve actively done (like hanging a flag, getting your own walkway/ crossing) rather than using an image you found on a site.

Nouvelle

ALLURE, GLAMOUR AND THRILL

The best way to summarise this amazing show is by what one audience member said: “I think I’m in love”. Cabaret by its very nature is seductive, flaunting and provocative, and by all means did Nouvelle hold true to those.

Right through the whole show, the cast had the audience laughing, blushing and cheering with each twirl, hop and song. The hilarious number on a penguin who was in love and swapping out any of the more “intimate” moments with penguin honks was greatly received. The flirtatious dancing was also certainly a moment to remember with numerous occasions of cast being left in nothing but underwear or/and glitter (much to the audience’s delight). To not be forgotten was the amazing voices that all the singers had, each individually bringing the stage to life or adding an extra layer to the dances; of note, was the amazing host of the event and the amusing act of one singer whose identity was based on the classic ‘I just walked in for an audition’ (humourously accompanied by a maid outfit and dusting the stage). The extravaganza didn’t end there with amazing pole and aerial work, high-camp drag, a quick-change act and New Zealand’s only aerial chandelier (aerial but on a chandelier).

So, when next year comes round, the only advice I could give people is by all means go, make a night of it and immerse yourself in this tantilising and intoxicating show.

[photo credit - The Entertainment Company for Nouvelle]

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