Nexus 2015 Issue 21 by Nexus Magazine

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20 The Four Stages After Uni Usually the endgame is to finish your degree and have a well-paying job waiting for you. For the lucky few, some programs have steps engraved for you. Engineers have yearly work placements required and teachers have practicum. Others are left with the

building blocks scattered beneath them.

Jamie Fitzgerald: Waikato’s Explorer

A university degree. Maybe a masters or a

these goals. Thousands of dollars is spent (or

How to be a Grown Up: After Uni

borrowed) creating a successful future for

Your grades are in. You’ve passed. Woohoo!

ourselves. Why not become the next musical

You’re officially a graduand1 of the University of

superstar? A world renowned lawyer? Or even

Waikato. As the alcohol slowly passes out of your

the future president of the United States? (That

bloodstream, and the novelty of actual, guilt-free

last one may be slightly out of reach, but why

SPARE TIME wears off (it happens, trust me), your

not try anyway?) The university we attend does

family and friends will all be starting to ask you, “So,

not only produce some pretty delicious sushi, it

what next?” The assumption is that you’ll grasp your

also produces some pretty amazing people. One

degree certificate and march off into the workforce

example: Jamie Fitzgerald.

to start your life as a tax-paying citizen. But how?

doctorate. The entire student body at Waikato University are all working towards one of

NEXUS NEWS

Anxious, Depressed Students Need to

A FASHIONABLE LIFESTYLE New York Fashion Week

“Harden Up” and “Cock Loving French” Make a Bad Week for Act 6

Conservative Values & Chill?

Hospital Parking

THE SINGLE LIFE The Drought

HE PUNA KŌRERO

Editor Jessica Wilson editor@nexusmag.co.nz Design Olivia Paris design@nexusmag.co.nz Deputy Editors Brittany Rose, Jules Craft Managing Editor James Raffan

Brains & Beauty News Editor Sam Marelich

AUNTY SLUT DTF Girls vs Relationship Girls

CARNAGE Uni and Refu-g’s

COOKING FOR STUDENTS

The Misfit

Spinach and Ricotta Cannelloni

REVIEWS

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ARTS

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LIFE AFTER UNI

Editorial NEXUS MAGAZINE

Chill, Man Jess Wilson

This year, which is luckily my final year, I’ve realised that what I really enjoy is not creating content, but managing it. Perhaps it’s because I enjoy bringing work into the public eye or maybe it’s because I like communicating with awesome writers and dodgy blind daters — though it could also be simply because I’m lazy and would rather have others do the work for me. Who’d have thought I’d go from wanting to create pretty images and writing

This is our life after university edition of Nexus. Don’t freak out. University is a tumultuous time for those of us doing seemingly useless degrees (I’m looking at you FASS students). When I changed from a double degree in Law and Management to a Bachelor of Media and Creative Technology, I quickly realised that people were no longer impressed by me — they were confused instead. Older people especially would ask me questions like, “What are you even studying?” or more depressingly, “Do you think you’ll get a career out of this arty

all day to wanting to manage other people’s creations instead? Nobody. That’s who. I’m not a freak of nature, not every university student is dead set on what they want to do with their life after university. Even the law student who wears $300 shoes to class and argues that the TPPA “isn’t that bad” could end up being a volunteer for Greenpeace. That kid who brags about their Sir Ed Scholarship may end up working at Burger King because that’s his passion — he just loves flippin’ patties. You never know.

stuff?” I thought I’d become a graphic designer, because that’s

Chill out. What you do after university isn’t something you can

what the first year of my degree mostly involved. Then my

predict. There’s so many jobs you’ve probably never thought of

degree became English-heavy, so for a short while I considered

that you could end up doing — and loving. For example, I just

becoming a journalist, though that dream quickly faded when

scored a job as a web producer, something I only just realised a

I realised a) I don’t have the qualifications to be one and b)

few months ago would be perfect for me. I’m starting next week,

I’d rather go on the benefit and eat myself to death than earn

so enjoy your new editor for our last three issues. Love you, add

minimum wage fresh out of university.

me on Facebook.

NEXUS MAGAZINE Lettuce

Backbenches

Brochures

Anon

Ayesha

Did anyone else see Kate Lunn on TV last week? She was the main show of Back

Hello lettuce ,

Benches. Even Prime recognises her star potential. I heard David Seymour added

Have you ever require flags/bags/notebooks?

her on snapchat.

I guess we can be your trust. Wanna have a look at our brochures, catalogues, banners, bags? Hope you won’t find this as spam.

Fighting Fire with Fire Simply Had Enough

I enjoyed the change in cover of Nexus last week. I think it’s great to see a variety

WSU Elections Anon

of women on the cover, of all shapes and sizes. However, recently I’ve become concerned (and a little aggrieved) over the “Big is beautiful” idea. Initially, it was

I hate the wsu elections. They’re honestly the worst things in the world. I

brilliant, showing that “big is beautiful too”. But this seems to have changed. It’s

don’t really care about most of the candidates and a fucking cupcake won’t

gone from society punching person B in the face, to punching person A instead

change my mind. People need to stop taking themselves so seriously.

to make things “better”. In no way does this make things better. Society, please

Honestly I don’t vote for the ones that try to hard - like what kind of person

realise that insulting somebody by calling them “fat” has the same emotional

is that desperate that they need to be on a student association. What

effect as telling a skinny girl that “Real women have curves”, suggesting that if you

do you plan to do with that power?? Why are you paying for sponsored

don’t you’re not a “real” woman. It hurts. Can’t the punching just cease? Simply

Facebook posts??

because society has said “You should no longer punch person B in the face.” does

Also can we stop voting in pretty girls with no transferable skills. We keep

not mean that punching person A in the face instead is okay. Instead of letting

paying them while they do nothing/go to Rarotonga for eight weeks.

size-based insults, such as “You’re only hot if you’re skinny” and “Real women have curves” shape the way we view and talk about women, why don’t we simply say, “Women are beautiful.” Because although it sounds corny, every one of us is women who aren’t big, or aren’t curvy, aren’t beautiful too. Women are beautiful.

Kingitanga Day

And let’s leave it at that.

Anon

beautiful, curvy, skinny or otherwise. Big is beautiful, but that doesn’t mean that

So surprised to see that people go to Kingitanga Day. I turned up at 11 am

Snapshit

thinking that it’d be piss easy to find a park — lol turns out it wasn’t.

Dead

We get it. you got the new snapchat, just like every other person with a phone and

And What?

with nothing better to do. stop sending me your face spewing rainbows because

Pff

no one cares! So Michelle Dickinson... Biomedical and Materials Engineer and... And What?

Funny Story for Lettuce Lol fuck high school students!

Also, trust Nexus to cover ‘Women’ in Science.

Disclaimer Letters published contain the opinion of the writer and the writer alone. Nexus publications take no responsibility for the content or opinions so expressed. By submitting your letter you give consent to its publication in Nexus and subsequent public scrutiny. Letters are the authors own work and Nexus will not edit

A high school kid came up to me in Level Zero and talked to me like I was a

to compensate for lack of intelligence or coherency. Nexus reserves

university employee. They were asking me why the lift didn’t work and asked if I

the right to edit or refuse to publish any letter which breaches any

could fix it. I told them it scans your fingerprint to check your ID and to fuck off!

law, is defamatory to any person, or contains threats of violence or

They totally lift after that.

hate speech. Email your lettuce to lettuce@nexusmag.co.nz

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News from the University NEXUS MAGAZINE

Law student Api Hurihanganui won the national Māori Moot competition for the second year running.

ONYA

MĀORI MOOT CHAMP

GREAT RACE RESULTS The Waikato University women’s eight crew beat Sydney and

BEST STUDENT SPEAKER

Melbourne Universities at the Gallagher Great Race. The men’s

Masters student Shem Rodger won

eight came third after Harvard and Oxford.

the best student oral presentation at the Sport and Exercise Science New Zealand (SESNZ) conference in Queenstown.

VOLUNTEERING IN ECUADOR Mitch Pettit will volunteer in a village in Ecuador over summer to teach CASE COMP PROS

children English and sanitation, plus

WMS students (L-R) Jarrod Jennings, Harsimran Mahal, Braden

help with renovating and building.

Kempthorne and Matt Gorlicki came third out of 12 international teams at a Business Case Competition in Queenstown. Full stories available on the University website. Got a story to share? Email meganb@waikato.ac.nz — thanks to those who’ve sent in their stories.

CALLING FOR BIG IDEAS

The 2015 B Semester exam timetable is available online at timetable.waikato.ac.nz/exams/

Do you have an idea for a business or

Students who need to sit exams at another time must apply by Friday 25 September. Students

project you want to get off the ground?

who have a learning or physical disability and need other exam arrangements must contact

You could secure $5000 to make it

Disability Support Services by Friday 9 October.

happen with the new Summer Start-Up

For more info email exams@waikato.ac.nz or phone 07 838 4466 extn 8018. If you’re enrolled in BoP Polytech papers and worried about clashes with your UoW exams, email Anne-Marie Kell on amkell@waikato.ac.nz

Programme Scholarship. Visit waikato. ac.nz/scholarships for more info and to apply — applications close Friday 2 October.

WORLD CAR FREE DAY

GRADE SCALE CHANGE IN 2016

WANT TO LIVE AND WORK IN JAPAN?

Leave your car at home tomorrow 22

The University’s changing its grading scale

Live, travel and teach English in Japan as

September as the world celebrates Car

to the same percentage-to-letter-grade

an Assistant Language Teacher or Co-

Free Day. Come to Level Zero, Student

scale as other New Zealand universities,

ordinator for International Relations with

Centre, Hamilton from 10am to receive

from 1 January 2016. More information

the JET Programme. Find out more at the

free pancakes and sign the car-free pledge

and a conversion table are available here

info session on Wednesday 30 September,

to win prizes. Bikes on Campus are also

waikato.ac.nz/go/grading-scale

1pm-2pm, I.1.09, Hamilton.

offering help and services on the day.

Go to iWaikato or Student eNews for more information and other need-to-knows.

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NEXUS MAGAZINE News

NEXUS NEWS NEWS FEATURE – NGA PITOPITO KŌRERO

ANXIOUS, DEPRESSED STUDENTS NEED TO “HARDEN UP” AND “COCK LOVING FRENCH” MAKE A BAD WEEK FOR ACT James Raffan

David Seymour has been called a number of things in the past, National’s pet

activities.” Seymour is reported to have said that students need to “harden up.”

project, the empty figurehead of a failed ideology, Rimmer from Red Dwarf (look

However conflicting reports claimed that he was being misrepresented and he

that one up), Sam Marelich, a child in a grown up suit. Though most of these names

actually told the students to “sharpen up”. Even if Seymour then told everyone to

were just made up by Nexus writers, the one thing Seymour hasn’t been called by

look under their seats Oprah style to reveal a cleverly cross-promoted can of Lift

Nexus, or anyone else for that matter, is empathetic — and that is a trend likely to

Plus, it still wouldn’t make his response better.

continue after last week.

To his credit, Seymour admits using the term “harden up” but claimed it had been

It’s a week that the 33-year-old leader of the ACT Party leader would like to

taken out of context. That is where the credit for Seymour seemingly runs out as

forget about. On Tuesday, Seymour received a 50,000 strong petition to take to

he then moved on to spout tired cliches about happiness being a choice.

parliament advocating for the “Peak Flag” before being photographed holding it backwards. That same day he was asked about symbolism on flags and said “You don’t for instance have to have every national logo on the flag, for instance the the French love the cock.” Seymour was trying to make the point about “le

Nexus spoke to WSU President Shannon Stewart who said Seymour’s comments were, “Ill conceived and showed a lack of understanding of what students are going through.”

coq” (pronounced cook), the rooster associated with French sports, that is not

“We are a few weeks out from exams and some of us don’t know what the future

on the French flag.

holds. All we see is mounting debt as we are fighting for potentially low paying

While they may be forgivable, even humanising, gaffes from a rookie politician, the same cannot be said for his controversial statement at Victoria University the night before. Taking part in a political panel he was asked by a student about “the rise of anxiety and depression amongst students due to money, work, and extracurricular 4

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jobs that may not even be in our subject area. Students around the country are anxious and have a lot on their plates, and for him to be dismissive is really disrespectful,” said Stewart. “The WSU Advocacy Service is here to help deal with student issues and around this time exam stress can exacerbate the existing mental health problems that

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SIDE NOTE one in five New Zealanders face. It’s actually really irresponsible for a politician to marginalise what students are going through.” Data released last week supports Stewart, with use of counselling services at the University of Waikato increasing by 99 percent within the last five years. The issue is a complicated one. The point that Seymour attempts to make is that it is easy to label and medicate anxiety and depression without understanding the difference between day to day anxiety or depression and those who need to seek counselling and medical treatment for the issues. Nexus spoke to Regan, a student and former writer, who stressed that the issue wasn’t as black and white as it seemed. “David Seymour is out for him and his, as though no-one owes anyone, anything. Given the goat song that B semester has been for me and for so many people I know — I can value his style of representing Epsom. I would have dropped out of university completely this year had it not been for following in David Seymour’s shoes at least in this respect.“ “It’s incredibly important to know your audience, especially where it comes to mental health panels — where many audience members are faced with crises and anomic disarray as we try to find meaning and purpose in our lives. The stigma is real, and at such events no-one typically asks to be involuntarily triggered by the words of a public figure such as David Seymour. I do not believe the human species was designed for people to turn to drugs as a first step in our recovery, except where personal crises collectively occur in societies like this one.”

THE INCREASING IGNOMINY OF THE POLITICS OF DIVISION Something pretty significant happened to David Seymour last week. It

“In my own recovery, I first look to self-care, my relationships, and my environment,

wasn’t the national media spotlight that shone upon him for telling kids to

before turning to medication. As a first step — I agree with David Seymour that it is

“harden up” and it wasn’t “le coq in le French.”

not always an authentic solution. In saying all these — I presently take medication for my mental health background — as a safety buffer, rather than as a panacea.” Unfortunately what Seymour does is reduce a debate worthy of having into a cheap thirty second sound bite that did nothing to further the conversation. It’s populism 101 in the same way that people take phrases like Robert Frost’s “good fences make good neighbours,” and apply them literally. There will be an

Last week David Seymour almost without notice became a real politician. How can we be sure? When asked to respond to the two young ladies who started a petition calling for him to be removed from parliament, Seymour responded by stating that the media was “completely misrepresenting” what happened on Monday and came from partisan students.

audience who will applaud Seymour’s “Harden Up” as an accurate assessment

Partisan is that magic P word that separates the politicians from the rest of

of student stress. Most of them won’t be students, but then again his party has

us. It’s what allows them to characterise their actions as just, their causes

almost religiously championed interest on student loans, de-regulation, the

as noble and their intentions virtuous while dismissing anyone who thinks

deconstruction of the social safety net, and tax cuts for the wealthy so let’s be

something contrary to them as being divisive or playing politics.

honest he probably doesn’t give a fuck what students think.

Of course Seymour is just the latest in a long line of politicians on all sides

THE WSU ADVOCACY SERVICE IS A CONFIDENTIAL SUPPORT SERVICE THAT

of the debating chamber to play the partisan card. Our Prime Minister

IS AVAILABLE TO ALL STUDENTS. IF YOU ARE FEELING ANXIOUS ABOUT

wields it like a scalpel, questioning the patriotism

EXAMS WHY NOT FLICK THEM AN EMAIL ADVOCACY@WSU.ORG.NZ

disagrees with him on anything. Let’s not forget, he famously echoed the

of anyone who

line “Get some guts and join the right side.” His protege Simon Bridges went 80s retro with his divisive politics talking about dancing Cossacks and Chardonnay socialists. Helen Clark, Winston Peters, and even our beloved Chancellor Jim were all known to be Jedi’s when it came to making the other side look unpatriotic or out of step with “The values of heartland New Zealand.” The sad but obvious truth is that more and more we are coming to expect less and less of one another and instead of applauding two students for calling out the ignorance and insensitivity of an elected official the commenters on news sites and blogs started to develop theories that the girls were Young Labour plants, or trying to play gotcha politics. So congratulations David Seymour, welcome to political life. Please check your basic human decency at the door.

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NEWS – KAWEPŪRONGO

HOSPITAL PARKING: KICKING TAXPAYERS WHEN THEY’RE DOWN Alexander Nebesky

The Taxpayer’s Union has decided enough is enough when it comes to paying for parking at hospitals all over New Zealand. Collecting over $44 million in the past three years from parking, national DHBs are being accused of “kicking people when they are down” with parking fees for buildings that are already on the taxpayer dollar. Here in Hamilton parking fees hover around $7, but in Auckland, where

CONSERVATIVE VALUES & CHILL?

almost everything shit comes from or happens in, the busiest hospital charges up to $18 a day — as high as CBD parking, except it services Counties Manukau, one of the poorest areas in Auckland.

Sam Marelich

With pricing that borders on extortive, the Counties Manukau DHB In a move that absolutely no-one saw coming, Family First have unveiled an internet TV service, rivalling Netflix, Lightbox, and Neon. Sort of. Traditionally Family First have been the voice of Christian conservatism in the America, getting upset at a range of issues that they saw as harmful to families — ranging from alcohol law reform to gay marriage to legalising trade on Easter holidays. Obviously it’s not all hand wringing at the moral state of the country, with the lobby group also supporting extended paid parental leave and giving tax credit to couples who have a partner who stays at home to look after children. More recently Family First have come under widespread fire for successfully lobbying the American Government to ban the book Into the River for apparent adult themes. Luckily, with the new streaming service, children won’t have to read. Why read Into

can be accused of revenue gathering during a miserable situation. Concessions have been called for those that make frequent visits to the hospital, stuck with the unfortunate combination of being both on benefits and unwell. Executive director of the Taxpayer’s Union, Jordan Williams, argued “When New Zealanders are ill or suffering from a family emergency, the last thing they should have to worry about is whether or not they have enough spare change for the DHB’s car park.” Health Minister Jonathan Coleman justified the charges by explaining that they went back into funding for hospital services and clarifying that, “The health system is funded by taxpayers, full stop.”

the River when you can watch their thrilling range of homeschool approved films, with

Middlemore Hospital’s carpark is privately owned by Middlemore

options that include Amazing Love, the story of a youth group who go camping, and

Carparking LTD, and is the most expensive hospital car park in the

Faith Like Potatoes, a film about a South African farmer who struggles with anger.

country — all the profits of which are kept by the company as part of a

The films are all sorted with a genius parental control system: a five point scale that

long-term contract with the hospital.

ranks things like language, with a two ranked as “douche-bag” and a five ranked as “extreme and frequent language”. The system also ranks films on violence as well as sexual and adult themes. Parents can decide how many points that they distribute to their kids — deciding how much they will let contemporary Christian filmmakers corrupt their minds. Now Nexus is no family piece (we spent all our good boy points on dodgy content before we got to page three of our own magazine), but what kind of ethical backbone does a group who support Colin Craig on literally every major issue (and almost all of the minor ones as well) have? We close this report with a short poem, approved by Family First as safe for the whole family. There is one of me it’s true But I wish this were not the case Because I wish that I could have you If instead one man, I was two That would be one for all the others And one of me, for you. – Colin 6

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Sports NEXUS MAGAZINE

SPORTS OPINION – PITOPITO KORERO HAKINAKINA

HIGH FIVE – NGA TAKE E RIMA

KIWIS WHO HAVE KICKED AROUND IN AMERICAN SPORTS Sean Marks After a fruitful career in the NBA as a player, Marks in now an assistant general manager with the San Antonio Spurs. He has two NBA championships to his name — one as a player, one as an assistant coach. Stephen Paea Getting it done in the NFL. In his debut game in 2011, Stephen became the first player to earn a safety on debut for the Bears in 30 years.

Max Brown Brown is soon to be seen performing in the MLB, after being picked up in the 2015 draft by the Arizona Diamondbacks.

THE HAYNE EFFECT Chris Reive

Steven Adams Errryone knows this name. Adams will be trying to prove he’s the starting center at the Oklahoma City Thunder in the NBA this year, in the last year of his rookie contract.

When Jarryd Hayne announced his decision to leave the mighty Parramatta Eels to have a crack at making the NFL, things went batshit crazy. Not just in Australia, but over this side of the ditch too. All of a sudden, NFL was being spoken about on our news because Hayne had decided he wanted to have a go at it.

Corey Webster Webster is the latest Kiwi to be chasing his dreams, after strong play for the Tall Blacks caught the eye of scouts for the New Orleans Pelicans. Webster earned a call up to the Pelicans’ training camp, which will hopefully end in a contract.

We saw videos popping up all over the show of him working on his game at training camps. We saw when he was picked up in the draft by the San Francisco 49ers. We saw photos of him with the team.

SHOULD IT BE A SPORT? – ME HURI HEI HAKINAKINA?

Then at least twice a day, something would pop up on my Facebook newsfeed about Jarryd Hayne doing things. Surely even Hayne must be somewhat annoyed with the constant updates of his journey. I’m a big fan of his, but here’s what I find interesting regarding NZ media jumping on the bandwagon — two names: Paul Lasike and Stephen Paea. Lasike was doing exactly the same as Hayne — proving he belongs in the sport. He made it to the last round of cuts with the Arizona Cardinals before being one of the last to be axed from the final roster. The only coverage I saw of him was a post on Veitchy on Sport’s Facebook page saying he’d missed the cut. Stephen Paea is an Auckland-born defensive lineman for the Washington Redskins. Paea is coming into his fifth season in the league, after spending four years with the Chicago Bears. Off the top of my head, I can’t think of a single time I’ve heard him mentioned in NZ media.

BOSSABALL When someone was explaining BossaBall to us we thought for sure it can’t be a sport. Then we YouTubed it, and we’ve now decided BossaBall isn’t just a sport, it is

Yes, Jarryd Hayne is following his dreams and such, but so are other kiwis.

the greatest sport of all time. Trampolines, football, Volleyball Samba Music — it is

In my opinion, wouldn’t it make more sense for NZ to cover NZ players/

literally the king of sports. YouTube it!

prospects as well as/rather than only cashing in on the Hayne Plane?

Should it be a sport? Let us know what you think editor@nexusmag.co.nz 7

NEXUS MAGAZINE Left vs. Right

LEFT VS. RIGHT: GLOBAL EDITION Right now there aren’t too many partisan divides pitting people against each other. Sure we’ve got some stupid issues popping up like ugly flag options and whether we are brave enough to do the right thing with refugees, but these aren’t ideological differences. This week Left vs. Right takes a bit of a world tour, seeing what left and right wing parties are doing internationally. LEFT – MAUI

RIGHT – MATAU

Now, for something a bit different, a review of the global parliamentary left

As of Thursday morning in New Zealand, all seems to be going well for John

and it’s recent successes which are getting everyone excited. Firstly, as though

Key’s national party, with Labour still unable to get its act together. Sure, plenty

it needs pointing out, things did not go well in Greece. After the historic and

of people are whinging about the flag, hand wringing over the number of

inspiring “Oxi” vote in the referendum on whether to accept further economy-

refugees and complaining about the Government’s debt, but realistically, this

destroying bailout conditions from Europe, the now rapidly-dulling Alexis

is nothing but the laziness that comes with unchallenged success posing as the

Tsipris accepted, exposing the TINA-fied imagination of Syriza’s main faction

biggest threat to the Government of the day. Especially compared to Australia,

and the unbudging ruthlessness of the Eurocrats, which has split the party.

Britain and the United States of America.

Meanwhile, Syriza’s decidedly more radical cousin in Spain, the Bolivarian-

Earlier this week Australia decided that enough is enough, and after 18 short

inspired Podemos party, is a few months away from being tested in Spanish

months in power, gaffe-prone Prime Minister Tony Abbott was replaced by

elections. The failures in Greece coupled with changes in its relationship to its

Malcolm Turnbull. Promising to be more moderate than the very conservative

activist base suggest that Podemos might not do quite as well as was once

Abbott, Turnbull has started his leadership career in the most political way ever

indicated, with one in three Spaniards saying they would vote for them.

— effectively flip flopping on everything he had originally campaigned on. Sure,

The topic of the day for the Anglophone left and beyond is of course the landslide election of Jeremy Corbyn to the leadership of the UK Labour Party. Even old cynics have had to show some curiosity for the sheer novelty. If Corbyn’s voting record

he’s open to gay marriage (but only in a binding referendum after the next election), but the token emissions cuts and the inhumane migrant camps that he has criticised recently seem to be but a memory.

is anything to go by, he is arguably the most left-wing Labour leader in history,

The British Conservatives (or the Tories) arguably won the Labour leadership

particularly standing out when it comes to foreign policy. Apparently nominated

election, with far left radical Jeremy Corbyn appointing John McDonall as the

to run in the contest as an empty show of ideological diversity, he trounced the

new Shadow Chancellor (no, this is not a Star Wars inspired term we invented).

anointed New Labour candidates with thousands signing up to vote for him.

It’s an interesting place to be when the biggest Union in Britain think the

Finally, in the US, the self-described socialist senator from Vermont, Bernie Sanders, continues to cut into the lead of another anointed candidate, Hillary

appointment is too far left, with one union official commenting “McDonnell is just too hard line”.

Clinton. Raising campaign funds through a widely touted online campaign of

In the USA, the Republicans are set to have the second leadership debate.

small donations, and drawing huge crowds to speeches across the country,

While much has been said about Donald Trump, the real story is the meteoric

Sanders is far less radical than the other leaders mentioned, but in the US

rise of Ben Carson — a world renowned neurosurgeon whose claim to fame is

context appears to be representing a call to sanity from the left of mainstream

as the first person to split two conjoint twins at the head, with both surviving.

politics. It’s worth noting the vitality of right-wing parties seem unaffected by

Carson is a fiery character who has called Obamacare “worse than slavery” and

these developments. In a global context of austerity, environmental collapse

compared the present state of America to Nazi Germany. This is going to be an

and refugee crises, it’s hoped people will remain level-headed and use the

interesting one to watch.

symbolic turn to drive action.

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Reviews NEXUS MAGAZINE

FILM REVIEW – AROTAKENGA KIRIATA

SOUTHPAW

VACATION

Jared Wooldridge

Sports movies are not the most inventive genre of movie out

Here’s a movie for those who haven’t seen the original.

there. Most of them share a core DNA, revolving around the thrill

Vacation, based on National Lampoon’s Vacation, is a sort-of

of the fight, and someone risin’ up to the challenge of their rivals.

remake/sequel, handily borrowing the story of the earlier film.

So when someone watches a movie about football, baseball,

The comedy has been a bit more updated for our modern

wrestling, or boxing — like in Southpaw, there really is a certain

sensibilities, meaning it’s a bit more vulgar, gross, and idiotic.

set of expectations about the movie. With those expectations

Being a champion of the idiot myself, I felt it was quite good

someone who enjoys the formula can watch a good movie; so

in this regard, but still, I couldn’t quite forget the better film it

long as it is actually good, of course.

was based on.

Luckily Southpaw is, and it all comes down to the winning

The original film focuses on Chevy Chase driving his family

ingredient of any sports movie: the performances. Sure, the thrill

across America to Wally World, whereas Vacation focuses

of the fight is exciting, but it’s always the human drama that

on his son, Rusty (Ed Helms). Rusty seeks to connect with

grounds these types of movies, and here it is very dramatic and

his own family by following in his dad’s footsteps, shaking up

sad. Jake Gyllenhaal plays World Light Heavyweight champion

their annual trip to go to a hunting lodge. Rusty’s joined by

boxer, Billy, whose wife (Rachel McAdams) and daughter are put

his wife Debbie (Christina Applegate, who is actually the most

through tragedy, and the performances of the cast really let you

funny part of the film), and their two sons. Needless to say, by

feel the emotional weight of it all, even if you’ve got the nagging

following in dad’s footsteps, it all inevitably ends in disaster.

feeling it all feels slightly familiar.

Humorous disaster, though, so that’s okay.

For fans of boxing movies, Southpaw will be a great movie to

I liked the original, though this new Vacation film is pretty

watch. Hell, for fans of drama, it’s still a good watch as it all boils

funny. Sure, the jokes are a bit more gross and raunchy than

down to that core element of human tragedy, and rising back

the ones they used in the 70s, but I’m a child, so I laughed. If

up from the bottom with challenging rivals and whatnot (we all

bathing in raw sewage is not your thing, you probably won’t

know the song). Sure, you may be able to predict who wins the

laugh. Likewise, if you have seen the original, and lament the

big match at the end, but it’s the journey there that’s worth the

falling moral values of society, please stay well away. If you

trip to the cinema.

like laughing at stupid stuff, you’re welcome. I have seen the original, and while it does cloud my view of the new one, I can’t knock a movie that made me laugh.

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MUSIC REVIEW – AROTAKENGA WAIATA

FOOD REVIEW – AROTAKENGA KAI

TROLLS BY GHOSTS OF ELECTRICITY

GREY STREET KITCHEN Caitlin Orton

Ex-Hamilton, currently-Auckland punk rockers, Ghost of

The only goal I had this week was to find a place where I could

Electricity are back with a full length, Trolls. With a reasonably

sit outside to soak in the sun. Grey Street Kitchen exceeded my

recent history of making some of the most multifaceted yet

expectations purely by that alone.

accessible punk rock in New Zealand, this album cements them as one of the torch bearers of the genre in our fair country. Partly this is because Ghosts approach their punk with riff-heavy guitars that shake with rhythm, and partly because they stick their lyrics front and centre with vocals that are not drowned out in screamo or half-swallowed vowels. Ghosts have previously hidden behind the eavesdropped conversations of others and, of course, distortion. But Trolls sees the band dealing with their own views, their own frustrations and um, well… distortion. Opening track, Parle Blanc, kicks into this new approach with the stellar line, “My suburb has lost its virginity/my city has lost its dignity.” And that is simply the

about getting my hopes up. Apart from the fact that, for the first time in forever (don’t lie, you just sang Frozen), the sun was out in glorious technicolour, this café wasn’t hugely spectacular. Don’t get me wrong, it wasn’t terrible and the food was pretty good. I just didn’t feel any raging emotion towards this establishment. It’s just a café. The coffee was above average and the food was as expensive as any other café with a Facebook page. Fortunately, despite the lunch time rush, the food arrived at a reasonable time and we split a grilled tortilla and some dessert goodies.

beginning. The lyrics here, growled by vocalist Tim Fowler, are

As per usual, I took my mother who also enjoyed a soak in the sun

as much attacks on the world as they are on themselves. It just

and we scoped out the surrounding shops before being seated.

so happens to help that they’re pretty funny at times and pretty

With all its op shops and tattoo parlours, Grey Street has a mini

hard hitting at others, like on I think I’m ok.

Cambridge vibe going on. I’d definitely recommend the twenty

Bassist, Peter Beazley, and drummer, Patrick Girard, also need

There’s a lot of hype surrounding this café, so I was a little cautious

minute walk in if you can’t make the distance to Cambridge.

to be recognised as well. Both insist on driving this band like

What I’d like to see most in a café so close to the University is

escaped convict outrunning police. Tracks like I Deserve

student employees, and finally I found a place that delivered.

Everything and the standout track, Pohutukawa, are frantic,

So cheers, Grey Street Kitchen. For putting food on the table at

manic and, just like the rest of the album, spot on.

home as well as at work.

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BOOK REVIEW – AROTAKENGA PUKAPUKA

AMERICANAH BY CHIMAMANDA ADICHIE

I WAS HERE BY GAYLE FORMAN

Brittany Rose

Tania Collins

Set in Nigeria, America, and London, Americanah is essentially

I Was Here is heartbreaking. It focuses on two main questions:

a love story between Ifemelu and her high school boyfriend

can you ever really know everything about someone, and, if a

Obinze. But it isn’t just a love story.

person persuades someone to commit suicide, should they be

It’s a bulky book — even in paperback — yet no word is wasted as

held responsible for their death?

Adichie explores cultural differences through her two immigrant

Cody is shocked when her best friend, Meg is found dead in a

protagonists. Contrasts between Nigeria and America are

motel room after drinking a bottle of industrial cleaner. Cody is

shown through the culture shock and depression that Ifemelu

adamant that Meg was happy in her life, that she would have

experiences when she first arrives in the USA to study, while

known if Meg was even considering suicide. Cody becomes

Obinze’s experiences in the UK are only touched on briefly. The

convinced that something more sinister happened to Meg, that

story offers insight into the complexities of being an immigrant

Meg couldn’t possibly have taken her own life. Through the

and coming to grips with the norms of American society, and it

course of the novel, Cody discovers things about Meg that she

explores American race relations from an outsider’s perspective.

never imagined, one of which being that Meg was involved in

Told through a series of memories as Ifemelu sits in America, getting her hair braided before flying home to Nigeria, the

an online group which encouraged and helped its members end their lives.

story starts near the ending. It has a slow momentum, reveling

Gayle Forman’s writing style is flawless and she knows just how

in nostalgia with pangs of regret which are presented through

to pull on all of your heartstrings. The only part of the novel

Ifemelu’s blog posts, internal dialogue, and Obinze’s perspective.

that I didn’t really like was the romance, it felt unnecessary and

In more ways than one this is a complicated rags-to-riches narrative, with an inevitable happy ending. It’s a novel worth reading if you enjoy character-driven stories or are interested in life from a perspective (presumably) far from your own.

I thought it would have been more interesting to keep the focus on the friendship between Cody and Meg. Overall, I enjoyed this novel. It was an interesting exploration of the secrets even the people closest to us keep.

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HOROSCOPES – WHAKAKITENGA

Capricorn (December 22 — January 19)

Cancer (June 21 — July 22)

Bothered by eternally peppy and organised friends?

Your worries this week are simple: you have 9am

Those who remain calm during tests, have enough

lectures in L block but 5pm lectures in MSB. DO YOU

change for parking, and enjoy mornings before coffee?

PARK IN GATE 1 OR 10. Neither. You will stay home and

Forgive them, they know not what they do.

analyse what Caitlin meant by “lol k”.

Aquarius (January 20 — February 18)

Leo (July 23 — August 22)

If people won’t love you, make them fear you. Oh wait,

If you’re reading this you need to take a break from

that was Machiavelli and Blair Waldorf — neither are

Drake. This horoscope intervention is sponsored by

good role models. Sorry, can’t help you with friends,

the close friends concerned that you have lost all

maybe invest in a Tamagotchi? Do they still make those?

semblance of individual identity.

Pisces (February 19 — March 20)

Virgo (August 23 — September 22)

They say the best way to deal with stress is to meditate.

Do you like us…? Like, do you like like us? Circle one: Yes

We disagree. Locate the problem, ignore the problem,

| No. See, this kind of juvenile conversation is awkward

stress more, and then burn the whole place down.

for everyone, including inanimate student magazines.

Working through problems is for the upper middle class.

No, DTF isn’t any better! Shit, Jason, you’re 22.

Aries (March 21 — April 19)

Libra (September 23 — October 22)

Social circles get awkward sometimes. Usually it’s just a

The relationship “drama” you’re telling your friends

rough patch of conflicting timetables, but perhaps you

these days is less interesting than ‘Bella finds a fella’.

should ditch this “pants are for losers with real jobs”

Don’t be a loser, find simpler friends who think holding

phase before your next group hang out. Just incase.

hands is as good as married.

Taurus (April 20 — May 20)

Scorpio (October 23 — November 21)

Take heed: the gods of the Nexus horoscopes have

We heard your group project ideas are shit. Buy hey,

something truly wicked in store for you this week…

that’s just what Katie in MKTG151 said, and like everyone

which meaning of “wicked”? Well, that would be telling.

knows she’s just salty your parents hide all their money so you can get student allowance.

Gemini (May 21 — June 20)

Sagittatrius (November 22 — December 21)

Obsessing over the ex’s new thang? Wait a sec. Play

You’re just not getting her texts. Yup, we’re certain. It’s

some tunes, update your CV, master the art of French

probably just the network. It’s 2015, it’s not like she can

cooking, achieve a working understanding of quantum

reach you through telepathy… just Facebook, Twitter,

physics, and then obsess. But not before.

Instagram, LinkedIn… yeah, it’s so just the network.

WHAT’S HOT, WHAT’S NOT – NGA MEA PAI, ME NGA MEA KINO

WHAT’S HOT

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WHAT’S NOT

1. The Red Peak flag.

1. Fetty Wap’s Trap Queen.

2. Chris P Bacon the disabled pig.

2. Sky’s new channel, TLC.

3. Mugs.

3. Kim Kardashian’s pregnancy looks.

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PLEASE DON’T QUOTE ME – KAUA AHAU E WHAKAHUATIA MO TĒNĀ

TRENDING ON TWITTER – NGA KORERO HIRA O PAE TĪHAU

“I KIND OF LIKE TRADITION, AND IT’S ALWAYS BEEN A MAN AND A WOMAN.

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– Caitlyn Jenner on gay marriage.

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“...WHY WE DISS THIS FUKTARD PARASITE BITER BITCH.”

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– Die Antwoord’s Ninja on Lady Gaga.

“WHY LESSEN THE FEELING OF ANYTHING? WHY NUMB YOURSELF?

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– Kristen Stewart talks anti-depressants

YIK YAK OF THE WEEK – TE YIK YAK O TE WIKI

Never checking IRD because I don’t want to know how big my loan balance is. Student life.

BEST OF THE WEB – NGA TINO O TE IPURANGI

PARISIAN INSTAGRAMS

@ladnicheuse

@parisinfourmonths

@callicles

@kenzasmg

Sophie is a lifestyle blogger. Her

Carin Olsson moved from Stockholm

Sam’s Instagram is more “look how

Kenza Sadoun seems to be perpetually

#foodporn pics and to-die-for images

to Paris for four months back in 2012…

cool this looks” than “look how much

travelling. The Parisian has an enviable

of paradise will help you to dream.

but she never left. From her Instagram

better I am than you”. If you like

wardrobe and a massive collection of

you can see why.

photography, you’ll love his work.

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The Art Patron Peter Dornauf

rotational basis in the Wallace Gallery in the rural town. There’s also a permanent display of his works on the walls at the Academy, here on campus. The man is wealthy but he gives back to the community a hundred fold. Civic benefaction apparently is on the wane in the country where Yuppiedom never died and self-aggrandizement still prevails. Sir James is thus one who deserved his knighthood. On at the Morrinsville gallery at the moment is an instructive little

The recent New Zealand International Film Festival threw up some

exhibition that takes one through the basic elements of art — colour,

gems, one of which was a documentary on famous patron and art

tone and light, composition, space and texture — each of which are

collector, Peggy Guggenheim. We need these people.

illuminated by a series of works.

In the era when Kings and Popes ruled, before art went all unorthodox and outsider driven, it was the Church and State that provided patronage. Of course the downside of this for painter or sculptor was the little matter of being inside the pocket of the benefactor. So we see Michelangelo labouring away for years on the Sistine Chapel, following papal orders. God, the prophets, the angels, and saints were the automatic default option.

sheer globular nature of the stuff, the drag of the stroke made palpably visible. Artists Cat Fookes, Judy Millar, and Johl Dwyer are all about surface qualities. Space tricks are turned out by William Sutton who gives us a landscape simultaneously aerial and linear, while Milan Mrkusich composes his abstracts — squares and circles — so that a sense of spiritual harmony is evoked.

Come the age of freedom, democracy, and secularisation, the artist

Colour for most people is the immediate draw and Gary Peters

was free to starve in their garret, but at least they could follow their

provides it in spades with an intricate gridded construction of

own individual vision. Van Gogh did and never sold a single thing in his

coloured stripes that recalls the hallucinogenic Woodstock era but

miserable life. Today his works are worth millions. Poor Vincent, in every

without the art nouveau swirls.

sense of the word, except in spirit.

Tone and light can be the most subtle elements of art practice and Gavin

Patron Peggy Guggenheim was one who supported and fostered many modernists, in particular, American abstractionist, Jackson Pollock, the

Some love the textural quality of paint itself, the way it oozes, the

Hurley’s portraits employ the most delicate application of shading to achieve his schematized forms.

famous dripster, without aesthetic interference. New Zealand has a

Why should anyone be even remotely interested in this formal stuff?

few patrons and one of them has established a prestigious art gallery

Because we need to combat visual illiteracy. To educate the eye is

not far from us in Morrinsville. Sir James Wallace has amassed a hefty

imperative in order to rescue the world from the cesspit of kitsch and

collection of 7000 works some of which are constantly displayed on a

crassness it’s presently drowning in.

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Auteur House Presents... Frank Sinatra

feisty Italian-American sidekick to Montgomery Clift’s put-upon

Richard Swainson

Playing against type, as a nasty assassin in a politically charged thriller,

army bugler in pre-Pearl Harbour Hawaii. Old Blue Eyes is perfectly cast, displaying dramatic shadings never hinted at in the earlier light musical vehicles and even getting to die on screen. He won an Oscar and never looked back. Suddenly (1954) Sinatra demonstrates real acting range. An underrated film noir that makes a virtue of its limited budget. The Man With the Golden Arm (1955)

The 100th anniversary of Frank Sinatra’s birth will be celebrated this

Sinatra’s most serious acting role, the part of a heroin addict. Other

coming December. Sinatra was many things: a playboy, wannabe

elements might date the film — it is clearly shot on a soundstage — but

gangster, presidential pimp, and, of course, the most celebrated popular

the man’s performance has an emotional truth to it, reflecting both first

singer of the 20th century. He was also a bona fide movie star, one whose

hand research and instinctive ability.

talents extended far beyond those of any other singer turned actor. Auteur House’s stock of Sinatra titles reflects the enthusiasm of its proprietor. Here’s a list of essential rentals:

High Society (1956) Not a great film as such but an undeniable coming together of American talent, including composer Cole Porter, jazz icon Louis Armstrong, “old

On the Town (1949)

groaner” Bing Crosby and our boy Frank. The Crosby-Sinatra number

A musical as revolutionary for its New York location work as it is for its

“Well, Did You Evah!” is a classic passing-of-the-baton moment.

Leonard Bernstein score. As the girl-shy member of a trio of sailors on a 24 hour pass, Sinatra is every inch the skinny geek, comic relief next to Gene Kelly’s robust leading man. However, when he sings he more than holds his own.

Pal Joey (1957) Of all Sinatra’s films this is the one where his character’s on-screen behaviour most clearly matches his public persona. The titular Joey is a girl chasing louse, selfishly ambitious but redeemed by vocal prowess,

From Here to Eternity (1953)

natural charisma and the love of a good woman. A quintessential Sinatra

In the film that resurrected his career, Sinatra plays Maggio, the

moment: Frank at the piano, playing and singing The Lady is a Tramp.

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JAMIE FITZGERALD: WAIKATO’S EXPLORER Laura Hetherington

A university degree. Maybe a masters or a doctorate. The entire student body at Waikato University are all working towards one of these goals. Thousands of dollars is spent (or borrowed) creating a successful future for ourselves. Why not become the next musical superstar? A world renowned lawyer? Or even the future president of the United States? (That last one may be slightly out of reach, but why not try anyway?) The university we attend does not only produce some pretty delicious sushi, it also produces some pretty amazing people. One example: Jamie Fitzgerald. I was lucky enough to be able to interview this incredibly

sorts of decisions after graduating.” There we go! I could

successful Waikato University alumnus. You may also

stop writing at this very point and at least you have Jamie’s

know him as a rowing hero, earning himself the title of the

reassurance that it’s completely normal to feel unsure about

University of Waikato’s Sportsman of the Year in 2003. You

your future. However, I will continue because this man is just

may have seen him on TV, tackling an environment most of

too interesting to cut off now.

us will never visit: the South Pole. He became one of the first New Zealanders to reach the place unsupported on foot! This amazing man has likely walked the exact route you take to Momento café. Even ordered the same large, double shot coffee as you — disclaimer: I did not ask Jamie what sort of drink he orders, nor what size he asks for, however, I did get to ask him questions about his life after university so far.

During our conversation, Jamie shared one of his favourite phrases, “The secret of success is not in predicting the future. Success comes from people that can thrive in a future which cannot be predicted.” Re-read that phrase again. The more you read it, the more it makes sense. An entirely predictable future is not only boring, it keeps us limited in the choices we make every day. We forget so often that most people

Jamie started university not entirely sure what path his

will change jobs 5-7 times during their lifetime. Your local

future would take. I’m sure this is something many of you

policeman may have started out as a topless waiter, who

have felt, or are still feeling to this day. “I didn’t have a crystal

knows! The unpredictability of our lives is exciting. So I agree

clear picture of what I would do immediately after university,

with Jamie that people who thrive in all the unknowns, are

or even now sometimes. But it’s ok to still be making these

the most successful of us all.

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The secret of success is not in predicting the future. Success comes from people that can thrive in a future which cannot be predicted.

Jamie gained a world record for crossing the 5000km

rowing, but Waikato taught me that the skills I have from

Atlantic Ocean in a seven-metre dinghy in 2003. Cold,

rowing, and the ones I was gaining through my studies, could

dangerous and physically challenging, most of us wouldn’t

be applied in other areas of life and with other teams, such

last a single day. For Jamie however, it was just a taste of

as business.” He explained that business can be an adventure

further adventures to come. “After that journey I wanted

in itself and he is able to find similarities between these two

more, and three things attracted me to the South Pole.” The

seemingly different occupations. “They can both be scary,

link to Sir Edmund Hillary was pivotal in Jamie’s decision to

for a bank teller, exchanging $3000 for the first time would

explore the land of ice. Secondly, “Nobody realises how close

be daunting, and so is the South Pole.”

New Zealand is to the South Pole, which is a completely different environment to anything we are used to.” Thirdly, Jamie recognised that he would gain many new skills from the voyage. Of course he was daunted by the massive task ahead of him, but he is someone who understands the importance of achieving goals. Achievement equals gaining skills — something Jamie has a lot of. While life for Jamie still includes pushing himself physically, he is also involved in the wider community as a leader. On his website inspiringperformance.co.nz, he is labelled as a world-class adventurer, motivational speaker, and leadership development consultant. Jamie told me that Waikato University helped him recognise his potential as a future leader. “University gave me confidence, especially in terms of how I learn and about myself as a person. Before beginning my degree I was entrenched and focused on my

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Jamie is evidence that you can be successful after Waikato University. Your time at this university will end at some stage. Jamie’s did, but he has been back. More recently in 2014 to receive a distinguished alumni award along with three other recipients. He was, “blown away to be sitting alongside the others”. People like economist, Dr Arthur Grimes who Jamie has been in contact with after receiving the prestigious award. So now it’s our chance to prove what we can become after graduating. Personally, I have my eyes on one of those trophies, so no one do anything too amazing, ok? I know there are students reading this that have brains like Einstein, so please, please do something good and meaningful for the world! You never know, some of you may be sitting next to me in years to come, with a new trophy in your hands.

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THE FOUR STAGES AFTER UNI Hunter Martoncik

Usually the endgame is to finish your degree and have a well-paying job waiting for you. For the lucky few, some programmes have steps engraved for you. Engineers have yearly work placements required and teachers have practicum. Others are left with the building blocks scattered beneath them. They say it’s best to start thinking about your career from

or not, and “just chilling” will be at the top of the priority list

your first year, to start looking at internships and related

for everyone. But with each day, you will be further ignoring

part time work. But these get lost in between nights in

the fact that you may not know what the fuck you are going

town, hookups, holidays, family, and those ever so busy

to do now. Weeks pass and everyone starts to go back to

study timetables. This goes on until one morning you wake

university, but not you. You graduated. And this is when

up and it’s your final semester. People start asking what

it all begins to hit. You may begin to experience isolation.

your plans are and what you want to do with your degree.

Whether this is self-inflicted or not, you are now in a new

Maybe you give them a couple of ideas, maybe you shrug

part of your life and things will never be the same again.

them off, or maybe you have had a specific dream since the beginning of ever. Either way, you are now unprepared for life after university. Much like grief, life after university happens in four stages — Joy, frustration, tears, and acceptance.

Frustration As denial and isolation fades away, the fact that you may not be ready for what comes next hits hard. You may experience anger in this next stage. Anger towards your faculty for not preparing you more. Anger towards everyone for the

Joy

expectations you think they have for you. But mostly, anger

As the days of your last exam, last assessment, and last

towards yourself. You will wonder what more you could

lecture passes, you are finally able to put your pen down and

have done to help prepare yourself. Questions beginning

enter a period I call ignorant bliss, which is really just denial.

with, “if only…” will circle your thoughts, as the fight to find

There will be a while where you are thrilled to tell everyone

that dream job or internship starts. After so many years

that you’ve finished your degree. Excitement will be buzzing

fitting in and being a “university student”, you will soon

around you as people talk about it being a new chapter in

come to find out that fitting in is the last thing you want to

your life, though nothing really changes at this point. All of

do. Everything you do after finishing your degree is all about

your friends will be on break too, you’ll work the same job

how you stand out amongst the crowd of people all wanting

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Much like grief, life after university happens in four stages. There is joy, frustration, tears, and then, acceptance.

that same job or internship. You are defined by what makes

Acceptance

you different and what you can offer other people. Maybe

Someone will be there to remind you to not lose hope, to

you attended some CV/cover letter workshops, maybe you

not quit on your dreams. Maybe it isn’t a person, perhaps

hadn’t. You may be confident your CV is perfect, that you

it’s a book, or a movie, or a song. Regardless, it will remind

know what you are doing. The reality is that, on average, in

you to not give up. You will remember why you went to

the first year after study, only 53 percent of young bachelors

university in the first place and you will find that passion

graduates will be in employment.

you once felt when you fully believed that your dream

For those that have luck on their sides and land that dream,

career would be yours.

hats off to you. We all wish we were in your boat instead.

Maybe you’ll need to scream until your voice cracks or laugh

Truly.

until your stomach aches. Maybe you’ll need to eat a whole

Tears As the anger and frustration continues on for weeks, maybe months, you will trickle into the next stage: depression. So what now? It’s been months since you graduated and you are seemingly nowhere near that job or internship. You have close to 100 rejections sitting on your phone and the

carton of ice cream whilst binge watching Netflix. But when you wake up the next day, get up and stretch. Get some fresh air and breathe. You will realise that you are young and alive with so much future ahead of you. Sometimes life works out in funny ways and some of us won’t take the same paths as everyone else.

number is climbing. The time for being proud of yourself

So if you have to work that part time job for a while, that’s

for graduating has passed. You crawl deeper into yourself

fine. If you want to go back to university and get another

as people ask what you’ve been doing since you graduated,

degree, don’t let anyone stop you. If your email floods with

yet you have nothing to show for yourself. You may start

rejections, that’s okay too. If your friends are beginning their

doubting your skills and if you are capable of doing your

careers and moving past you, just keep your head up. The

dream job. Your self-worth will plummet. Now you begin

only way you will never accomplish your dream is if you quit.

to think about being practical rather than following your

This part is acceptance. Accepting the fact that this is your

dreams. You consider what kind of life you can live on the

life, and it shouldn’t look like anyone else’s. This is your

pay of a minimum wage job. You might consider settling as

journey and yours alone. Things will work out. Life goes on,

the barriers between you and your dream thicken.

but don’t let it pass you by.

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HOW TO BE A GROWN UP: AFTER UNI Onyx Lily

Your grades are in. You’ve passed. Woohoo! You’re officially a graduand1 of the University of Waikato. As the alcohol slowly passes out of your bloodstream, and the novelty of actual, guilt-free SPARE TIME wears off (it happens, trust me), your family and friends will all be starting to ask you, “So, what next?” The assumption is that you’ll grasp your degree certificate and march off into the workforce to start your life as a tax-paying citizen. But how? Finding a Home and Job

Don’t forget that job searching is more than filling in online

If entering the big bad world of work is at the top of your

application forms. If you know the company you desperately

agenda, you’re going to have to figure out at least one of

want to work for, or the job you desperately want to do, and

two things: where you want to work and, just as importantly,

they/it aren’t advertising, write to them anyway. Find ways

where you want to live. You might be a committed

to network with the people you want to work with (and for)

Hamiltonian, and whatever job you find will have to keep

and be creative.

you Tron-side, or you might be desperate to be a chartered

And please make sure, when you send out your CV and

accountant and will go wherever the perfect job leads you.

covering letters, that your spelling and grammar is as on

Deciding at least one of these things is going to help you

point as your eyebrows. Please?

narrow down the Seek search results.

Have a Plan or Don’t

If I can give you one tip for the future, as well as strongly

Lots of job interviewers and even your family members are

advising sunscreen, I’d suggest not tying yourself to a

desperate to know your five year or ten year plan. While it’s

location too soon. If you’re able to, live in as many different

good to have a vague idea of where you’re heading, don’t

places as possible before kids, mortgage, and other logistics

worry too much if it ends up being as much like reality as

make it a lot more difficult. You might think you’re a city kid,

Shorty St. If you’re a planner, write yourself a list of goals and

but try small town or rural life as well — you might surprise

career steps, but don’t beat yourself up if it changes. If you’re

yourself. Same with work — you might be certain you want

not the planning type, drifting wherever things take you can

to rake in money in the private sector, but give the not-for-

be fun as well — as long as you do take stock now and then

profit or public sectors a go too. You’ll never know what

to see if you’re at least kind of happy.

you’re missing if you don’t look into it.

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If I can give you one tip for the future, as well as strongly advising sunscreen, I’d suggest not tying yourself to a location too soon.

The Big OE

Hopefully university has armed you with enough skills,

If you’re not quite ready for adult life and all its trappings,

experience, and critical thinking to find a way that works for

maybe a Big Overseas Experience is for you. This classic

you. Unlike our baby boomer forefathers and mothers, we

Kiwi rite of passage usually involves moving to London,

(most of us) no longer have a life mapped out for us on the

finding a 5 bedroom flat to share with 12 other Kiwis

back of our social status, family expectations, ethnicity, or

and Aussies, and working just enough to pay your living

gender. While that is obviously amaze, it can also seem like

expenses and save for the next foray into greater Europe.

a big responsibility to figure out what you want to do for the

This is a great option, but you’ll need a decent amount of

rest of your life.

cash in your account before you head off — especially if you don’t have parents considerate enough to have been born in Europe.

oddly enough, in that new song Growing up (Sloane’s Song). I don’t like the song particularly, but I thought this was a

If London doesn’t appeal maybe you want to go backpacking

great line: “Don’t try to change the world, find something

through India, go on a Contiki tour, or go bear-spotting in

that you love/And do it every day/Do that for the rest of your

Canada (from a safe distance). The world is your oyster!

life/And eventually, the world will change”

Just make sure you know what your responsibilities are in terms of paying back your student loan. Try to sort out your finances before you go.

I heard some pretty good advice about this from Macklemore,

(And if you find you really can’t hack life in the real world, there’s always postgraduate study to fall back on.)

The Truth Is…

The thing about life after uni is that it is your life, and your

but haven’t officially graduated. After you walk across the

choice. Life doesn’t come with degree planners, course

stage and shake the Chancellor’s hand, you’re a graduate.

advisors, timetables, and lists of required resources.

Remember that, it’ll probably come up in a pub quiz one day.

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Green Paradise: Hillcrest Ben and Anna like Metallica. Anna knows how to shoot a bow and arrow. The pair have a fridge with an energy rating of two out of five stars. If it hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t been made apparent enough yet, this is a flat that lives on the edge. But this flat also lives in style. A faux leather couch sits prideof-place in the kitchen cum laundry cum living room. A sleek television sits appealingly in front of it, surrounded by speakers. In the bedroom the cohesive green colour scheme feels calming and refreshing. It takes great willpower not to collapse onto the charmingly striped bed. I am told that someone else lives in this flat, though he is hardly seen. A ghost of the flat perhaps. Or maybe just a wanderer...

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A FASHIONABLE LIFESTYLE – NGA KORERO HUATAU

“FASHION IS AN ILLUSION, THERE IS ONLY PAIN.”

New York Fashion Week Jess Wilson

Eckhaus Latta There

were

muffs

and

non-model

models.

THIS

WAS

GROUNDBREAKING. The clothing itself? Pretty much anything you’d expect from a fashion grad who thinks coffee is #life and frequently texts to their BFFL “i hate myself and i want 2 die”. Fashion is an Illusion, there is only pain. Rodarte This was easily Rodarte’s best collection to date. Even better than whatever the fuck that Star Wars collection was and their

Ahhh… New York Fashion Week. Not my favourite week of the

collection with the Van Gogh dresses. So what was the look for

year, but not my least favourite either. It’s a week of the year that

this collection? Maybe Harry Potter? Could it be Andy Warhol?

I’m not that bothered about and I really don’t know where I’m

No. Disco meets bohemian. I shit you not. Lamé struck an

going with this. Anyway. Reviews. The fashion industry isn’t just

interesting contrast with earthy paisley. The collection concluded

a distraction for illegal government operations such as chemtrails

with a dozen half-bridal/half-prom lace ensembles that made the

and lizard people. It’s also quite fun to look at and review like your

models look more forest nymph than human.

opinion actually matters.

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Vera Wang

3.1 Phillip Lim

I have no idea why I looked at this collection as Vera Wang barely

You know those flowers you make out of crepe paper and wire?

registers on anyone’s radar except for tasteless 20-somethings

That’s pretty much all I could see after looking at this collection. There

who want to marry their prince charming. Models wore dated

were applique flowers that looked exactly like those you’d make in

black wigs with thick, blunt fringes. Black feathered skirts were

primary school art class. The silhouettes themselves also exhibited

a recurring theme alongside chainstore-favourite, black bandage

a relaxed and delicate, almost DIY, feel. With silky paper-bag pants

crop tops. To say this emotionless collection was sloppy is an

tied at the waist and asymmetrical cuts balanced with frills, the

understatement. It was cohesive but it didn’t tell a story — the

collection had the aura of comfort and effortless, though this could

looks could be arranged in absolutely any order and nothing

have been stronger without the budget-cut leather jackets.

would change.

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THE SINGLE LIFE – TE KOIORA TAKITAHI

“I’M TALKING ABOUT THAT SAHARA DESERT DRY SPELL THAT FORCES YOU ONTO OMEGLE JUST FOR HUMAN INTERACTION.”

The Drought Emma Nygard

economies and lead to civil war — but this drought, the one I’m talking about, is far more important. The drought, as much as it sounds like the title to another terrible M. Night Shyamalan movie, is in fact much less complicated, although equally as bad. I’m talking about that Sahara Desert dry spell that forces you onto Omegle just for human interaction. I’m not just talking about when you haven’t been laid for six months

Have you ever wondered why people who appear romantically

either, albeit that does grant as a substantial dry spell. But even if

and/or sexually eager are called “thirsty”? Not only is it because

you’re getting laid on a semi regular basis you can still fall victim

there is a ridiculous social construct in place that disapproves of

to the drought! But how? I hear you whimper as you frantically

anybody who is acting anything less than coy — but consider the

search for Aunty Slut’s column for something saucy to read.

fact that these brazen individuals may be thirsty because they are experiencing the infamous drought. But what is a drought? I hear you so desperately ask as you begin to skip ahead to the blind date section because you aren’t interested in the sudden environmental turn I am taking. Well fear not, I am still a selfish individual who leaves my McDonald’s rubbish in a carpark sometimes when I am too embarrassed and hungover to take it to the bin. Yes, I am the worst kind of person.

I am going to hit you with some knowledge, there is such a thing as an emotional drought. This, however doesn’t affect everyone, just people with feelings. The emotional drought is when you suddenly start understanding Drake memes. You consciously notice the lack of data you’ve used up because there is nobody to Snapchat or Facebook message. You long for the days of pointless conversation, when somebody would ask you “up to?” or “what you wearing?” because at least somebody cared. The emotional

I’m sure you’ve heard of the ever-present man drought that gives

drought is not having anybody to embarrassingly text at 3am

me anxiety as an undesirable human who someday wants to get

because there is nobody on your radar. If you feel like you could

a boyfriend. And you’ve most certainly heard about the troubling

be experiencing your very own emotional drought hit me up, just

droughts plaguing third world countries that completely ruin

kidding. (Not really.)

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HE PUNA KŌRERO

“RECENTLY I HAVE BEEN SELECTED AS A TOP 20 MISS UNIVERSE FINALIST CONTESTANT FOR 2015.”

Brains & Beauty Kaitlin Wood

let failure be your enemy, let failure be your friend. This is a lesson that applies to everything in life, it’s being able to react and adapt. Overall I feel proud to be a Māori woman studying business. Recently I have been selected as a top 20 Miss Universe finalist contestant for 2015. So far this opportunity has made me step far outside my comfort zone and gain the confidence I only ever

My name is Kaitlin Wood, I am in my fourth and final year of studying a Bachelor of Business Management studies (BMS), majoring in Marketing and Strategic Management with Honours. Amongst study I also work part time for Fonterra as a Milk Merchandiser. This year I am a proud recipient of the Tawera Scholarship for 2015, on behalf of my Iwi, Ngati Kuia, and granted by Te Putea Whakatupu Trust, established to promote Māori education, training, and research. Over the weekend of the 29th-31st of August, I joined 45 other students commencing the fifth annual Nga Whetu Hei Wai, Charting Pathways for Māori Industries

Auckland, a week later 300 girls turned into 20. The competition is about expressing your inner and outer beauty and being comfortable in your own skin. Last week I returned from the Philippines as the finalists went on retreat. It felt like a different world, we were treated like celebrities and the locals were incredibly friendly to us. Our trip consisted of lavish parties, shopping sprees, photoshoots, tasting local cuisine, and visiting beautiful places. But more importantly, being able to share that with 19 other girls who I have become very close with. Part of my Miss Universe involvement, now until the final evening

by like-minded individuals with great talent and hearing the

held on the 24th of October, is to participate in the entrepreneurial

ambitions of this year’s alumni.

challenge. This consists of raising the most money for Variety —

listened to influential speakers, ultimately, connecting with Tikanga Māori. Te Putea Whakatupu Trust acts to address the shortage of Māori in corporate roles, more specifically, in shaping

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entered me a day before selection to attend a boot camp in

Futures conference. It was such a privilege to be surrounded

Across the two days we engaged in creative conversations and

wished I had. I never thought I would get into pageants. My friend

The Children’s Charity, through fundraising, sponsorship, and events. Social media interaction is also a must, although it can be quite challenging. We are able to communicate and network with the public to build support, which has been awesome.

our economy. A highlight for me was when Julian Wilcox spoke on

So if you would like to follow my journey, find out how to vote and

developing your own economic wealth. The powerful Whakataukī

also see how you can help me raise money for disadvantaged kiwi

he put forth was; Kei tu a Piwai hoapiri, Me a Piwai hoapiri — don’t

kids then find me on Facebook! Just type ‘Kaitlin Wood’.

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AUNTY SLUT – KOKA KAIRAU

“PROBABLY DON’T OPEN WITH “SO ARE YOU AFTER THE D OR A RELATIONSHIP TONIGHT?””

DTF Girls vs Relationship Girls

dude and a complete douchebag, they all look the same at first.

Aunty Slut

don’t open with “So are you after the D or a relationship tonight?”

Even watching closely for clues isn’t really that handy (douchebags do inevitably out themselves by being misogynistic pigs, though). The trick is to use your words. I know, revolutionary right? Probably But there’s no problem bringing the subject up — especially when it involves being honest about what you’re after. So once you’ve been chatting a while, you could say something like, “So I’m pretty

Dear Aunty Slut, You talk about how there are girls out there that enjoy sex and just want to have fun with it. There are also plenty of girls that are into feelings and relationships too. I was just wondering if you could tell me how to tell them apart? Regards, Don’t Wannabe An Asshole Dear Don’t Wannabe An Asshole Tricky, tricky, tricky. They don’t make people who like sex wear scarlet letters anymore, you know? As a kid, the rumour went round that when dudes pierced their right ear, it meant they were gay. I remember thinking at the time that it wasn’t a bad idea, even though I could never remember which ear was which. Unfortunately, the things society tells us to look for in a woman who’s into casual sex (like tattoos, piercings, short skirts, excessive drinking, dyed hair) pretty much sum up anyone who isn’t a

into you. I’m not looking for anything serious right now, but I’d be keen to take you home tonight. How do you feel about casual sex?” Have a conversation about it. And if you keep fucking, keep having that conversation, over and over again. Communication, consent, and cunnilingus are key. Couple of things about casual sex though. If you’re only interested in sex, that’s the thing you should do together. If you’re constantly texting, or taking this person out for coffee or food, or drinking with each other’s friends — or if you’re in each other’s beds every night — the waters are going to get muddy. If you’re doing those things, you’re not having casual sex, you’re in some kind of relationship. This is especially important because all humans, no matter their gender, are capable of both wanting sex and having feelings/relationships. You’re fucking a person, not an object, and people have a tendency to be complicated.

slightly unhinged Christian fundamentalist. In short — lots of

Keep yourself open to possibility. Uncle Slut and I never thought

women like to have sex. They look like ordinary people because

we’d end up as something serious — but when it’s right, it’s right.

they are ordinary people!

Now he is King of Cunnilingus, the kitchen, and my heart. And it’s

Anyway, there is no sure-fire way to tell the difference between

the best thing ever.

a woman who is keen for some casual sex and one who’s after a

Love,

relationship. Kind of like telling the difference between a decent

Aunty Slut

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CARNAGE – NGA MAHI KORARA

“THE FUTURE’S A BITCH, DON’T LET HER GET TO YOU.”

Uni and Refu-g’s Jules Craft

In 1949, while representing his university for basketball in Italy, Ctirad took the choice to jump out of his train home and assume the status of a political refugee. After spending a year in a refugee detention camp he was lucky enough to be sponsored by a New Zealander who had heard of his sporting abilities. He worked at Waikato’s very own Ruakura Research Station for two years before he moved up to Auckland. With no authority

I’m scared as fuck… I don’t want to leave university. I don’t want to

recognising his qualifications he was forced to retrain as a builder.

leave behind the warm comforts of a formal education and a reliable

Volleyball was his second passion, and after buying his first home

$175 deposit every monday. Where will I go? What will I do? Why

in Remuera, he set up an outdoor volleyball court which would

the fuck did I study communications?? My brain is literally overrun

build towards the establishment of Sparta — New Zealand’s first

with obscure thoughts of the future, latching onto my brain cells,

volley ball club. He went on to become New Zealand’s head coach

depleting any reservoirs of hope. There is however, one story that

for both men and women, and is an honorary life president of

puts it all into perspective, and that is the tale of Ctirad Benacek.

Volleyball New Zealand. In 1995 he received the centenary award

At the end of 1948, Ctirad, an Olympic basketball player for Czechoslovakia and renowned good cunt, finally finished his Agricultural-Engineering degree and was waiting for graduation

the world — yours truly. My grandfather came to the end of his university degree with

turmoil and the cutting up of their country after WW2, the people

literally nothing, and went on to do more than I could ever dream

of Czechoslovakia were asked to vote between democracy and

of. The future’s a bitch, don’t let her get to you. Keep faith, keep a

communism. After a dodgy election, the communist regime took

sense of humour, and remember that it’s your brain that defines

power and began to target formal education and democratic

you, not the piece of paper.

every university and all students had to pass it in order to graduate. After four years of study Ctirad was deprived of the right to his

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on to spawn the most amazingly talented beautiful grandson in

when the iron curtain fell over his homeland. Amongst political

supporters. They introduced a compulsory politics paper into

from the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. He would also go

Oh, and on a side note, refugees work their fucking arses off for a better life.

Agricultural-Engineering degree because he failed this single

Churs,

paper which forced him to support something he did not believe in.

Jules

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NEW LOCALS – KORERO MAI TĀWĀHI

“THE WHOLE JOURNEY WAS LIKE A PUZZLE TO ME, WHERE I WAS THE MISFIT PIECE, OR AT LEAST FOR THE TIME BEING I THOUGHT I WAS.”

The Misfit Shalini Guleria

was the misfit piece, or at least for the time being I thought I was. I am going to be honest here, it was tough not only adapting to a new country, but even having a normal conversation. Back home I was the light of the party and here I was worried that people might laugh because I had a different accent. Insecurity is not a good thing to attain; it can really lower your confidence. Sometimes, I did consider changing myself just so I could be like

First day at uni, was I nervous? I felt like I was back in kindergarten, taking the baby steps. The only difference was I lacked the sense of belongingness. My mum clearly warned me that this move would be hard, but being my stubborn self I ignored her warning and applied for an international

everyone else, I tried but failed. I regretted my decision, although whenever Mum called I told her I was having the time of my life. It’s not like I didn’t have friends, I did — plenty of them — but I always felt like an outcast. Those three years felt like an endless journey and I was trapped.

study programme. This was my dream, to study abroad, but then,

Now three years later, I can say that it was all in my head. I wasn’t

looking around, it could have been my worst nightmare. I should

a misfit after all and the puzzle was finally solved. I didn’t change

have stopped being so negative. But it was hard not to.

myself and I still have my accent, but who knew this new animal

People looked at me differently — I don’t know if this was in a

would be one of the favourites in the zoo?

good way or a bad way. But I couldn’t blame them, I was different.

Yes, you are different but that’s what makes you unique. The

I looked different, dressed differently, and obviously, spoke

point is to let your real self shine and never let the clouds of

differently. The whole journey was like a puzzle to me, where I

insecurity capture you.

HUI TAUIRA MĀORI Māori Student Hui Friday 25th September 2015 10am – 2pm Te Kohinga Mārama Marae Open to all Māori students from all Faculties to discuss student representation and support. Lunch will be provided. Please RSVP to Hurihia for catering purposes – hurihia@waikato.ac.nz

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Spinach and Ricotta Cannelloni Zac Lyon

1 ½ cups of milk Handful of cheese 500 g of ricotta cheese 1 egg ½ cup of grated cheese (or parmesan) 1 packet of cannelloni tubes Salt and pepper

The warming temperatures and the RWC mean that very little will be getting

Method

done in the next few weeks. I have devised some cunning techniques to look

1. In a large pan melt butter, add in garlic and nutmeg, and fry for 1 min. Add

busy at work while I’m actually watching Sky Go. Papers and books piled to my

in spinach and wilt. Essentially you want the spinach all flaccid instead of

left and right give the illusion that intense reading is going on. My computer

erect. Put aside once done.

screens are littered with multiple windows, all a quick click away for work to appear on my screen. The final trick is your headphones. You don’t want to look suspicious with one ear in and one ear out. Try both ears in (or headphones over ears) and plug the speaker jack halfway in. That way only one side plays

2. In the same pan, add in some oil and fry onion and rosemary until soft and add in tinned tomatoes and paste. Simmer for 10 mins while we work on the rest. Salt and pepper it folks.

in your desired ear, while the other is on the lookout for approaching steps.

3. Melt the two Tbs of butter in a small pot, add corn flour to form a paste.

I’m not sure what any of the above has to do with a food column, but I believe

Then add a little milk to whisk out the lumps. Add rest of milk and heat until

that my lessons should be shared with all at this time of national importance.

it thickens, add in cheese and stir.

Oh yeah, here’s a recipe.

4. Over the sink squeeze out excess juices from the wilted spinach, then whack it on a chopping board and roughly chop.

Ingredients 500 g of fresh spinach (stalks cut off) 2 cloves of garlic 1 tsp of nutmeg 1 Tbs of butter 1 onion (diced) 1 sprig of rosemary (diced) 3 cans of tinned tomatoes

5. In a large bowl add in ricotta, egg, cheese and pepper. Then add in spinach and mix well. 6. Work out some cunning way (I just use my fingers) to get the ricotta mixture in all the pasta tubes. They should be nearly completely filled up. 7. In a large dish add in tomato sauce. Press filled cannelloni into sauce. 8. Cover with white cheese sauce, and a light sprinkling of extra cheese and

2 Tbs of butter

bake for 40 mins at 180°C until top is golden brown. Divvy up and enjoy

2 Tbs of cornflour

while watching the ruggers.

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So last night was definitely one I won’t forget I started

I showed up about 10 minutes late and was pointed to

off the night with a cheeky Scrumpy before being

the table were my date was already waiting for me. She

dropped off for my date. I knew as soon as he walked

had only showed up a few minutes earlier, so I hadn’t

in he was my date. He soon realises that I am his date

left her waiting too long. We hit it off pretty easily I

for the evening and tells me straight off the bat that

found, and we bonded over the fact we had both been

he’s gay. But to be honest I didn’t care and we both

on exchanges before coming to university. Almost the

decided to make the best of a bad situation and get

perfect girl, only problem was I’m gay as f**k. Despite

on the bar tab. We started off with a few drinks before

that she had the V when I was looking for a P, we laughed

choosing each other’s dinner. Him being the light

it off and carried on with the date doing cute little date

weight he was, got tipsy off the first few and I was

things like ordering each other’s dinners, and taking full

left to fend for myself trying to drink my way through

advantage of the bar tab. After drying out the bar tab

the bar tab, clearly the bartender saw how sober I was

we decided to rock around to Shenanigans in true blind

looking and offered us some of surprise drinks on the

date style, however before that I figured she deserved a

house. We shifted on to Shenanigans and drunk their

chance with a straight guy, so I showed off my wingman

bar dry before busting out some mean dance moves,

skills and tried to set her up with one of the bartenders

not caring what anyone thought of us. After a mean

she’d had her eyes on, inviting him to come see us a

night, I managed to get a sneaky kiss before heading

Shenans after work (he was going there anyway but I

home. So here I am the morning after my date hung

still took credit). Next door I treated her to her first ever

as fuck trying to write to you as many details as I can

absinthe shots and we had some more drinks helping

remember, after having dragged myself to my 9am

her to catch up to my level. Don’t think the bartender

class. Thank you to my date for treating me with the

worked out but we still had an awesome time and got

best night ever!

into some deep convos. All in all, one of the best dates

The Lady’s Experience

The Gentleman’s Experience

I’ve ever been on and I’m real glad I went on it. End of the night’s a bit blurry but I remember dancing and sharing a taxi ride home. Great night, terrible hangover, wouldn’t have changed a thing.

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REPRESENTATION – KANOHITANGA SJS Top 9 Tips to Make Yourself More Employable 1) Get That Work Experience Before You Graduate This might be doing some volunteering or even just involving yourself in the community. Work experience while studying shows that you have a great work ethic and extra cash is always a bonus. 2) Have A Positive Attitude You don’t have to be a motivational speaker but employers are looking for a can-do attitude. Turn up on time, be reliable, responsible etc. 3) Check Your Written English Go over your application with someone fluent and competent. Ensure spelling, grammar, and punctuation is correct. ‘Communication’ is a key attribute — your written application is the first thing they will look at. 4) Use Your University’s Career services

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ADVOCACY – ĀWHINATANGA Golden Key Functional Illiteracy Panel The University of Waikato’s Golden Key Chapter is hosting a panel event on the causes, impacts and solutions of Functional Illiteracy in New Zealand.

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Functional Illiteracy is when an individuals reading and writing skills are inadequate to meet everyday needs. These individuals struggle in society so we are determined to raise awareness in our community. The Panel will discuss how Functional Illiteracy has come about in New Zealand and how the community and policy makers can respond to the issue. Professor Diana Coben, Associate Director Niki McCartney and Professor Thomas Nicholson will

Available for all students Tuesday, 11am-12pm SMPD, Māori Mentors Office Wednesday, 10am-12pm WMS, Learning Centre (also available for post grad students) Wednesday, 2-3pm FOE, J.1.02

share their perspective based on their professional

Thursday, 9-10pm

knowledge within the industry.

FASS, Māori Mentors Office Thursday, 10-11pm LAW, Māori Mentors Office

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Our WSU clubs network has had a spectacularly successful year, and to celebrate we’re hosting a formal event on the evening of Thursday 8th October. We need you (clubs, students, UoW & WSU staff) to nominate this year’s outstanding clubs. Download a nomination form www.

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When: Sunday 27 September, 7:30-9:30pm,

wsu.org/clubs and send it to admin@wsu. org.nz or drop it off at our offices.

When: Friday 25 September, 8pm

every Sunday until Oct 11.

Nominations Open – Monday 14th Sept

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NEXUS MAGAZINE Puzzles

SUDOKU

5 1

3 3

9 6 8

1 7

9 1

6 3

9 7

MEDIUM

2 9 3

4 9

4 6

EASY

1 5

8 9

9 5

7 8

6 2

1 7

1 6

HARD

CODEWORDS

SLITHERLINK

Each letter in the puzzle is represented by a number 1 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 26. Crack the code to solve it.

Join the dots to create a single continuous

21 4

26 3

16 17

20 26

21 4

10 6

4 4

7 2

loop. The numbers indicate how many lines

TRIVIAL

What constellation is also know as the crux?

What country is the source of the Amazon?

must surround each number and the loop must never cross itself.

3 2

3 1

covered a song in common, name the 16

WORD TWIST

N.21 / V.47

How many words can you make from these letters? The letters must touch horizontally, vertically or diagonally and cannot be used more than once in a word.

LIFE AFTER UNI

Here are the artists all of whom have

song: Dolly Parton, Whitney Houston and BeyoncĂŠ Knowles.

Puzzles NEXUS MAGAZINE

CROSSWORD

KAKURO

Solve the clues and fill in the words.

Fill all of the blank squares in the grid using only the

numbers 1 – 9 so the numbers entered add up to the corresponding clue. You cannot use the same number

16 16 16 24

Across

45. Genius (5)

16. Insight (6)

1. Length x width, for a

46. Buckwheat pancakes (5)

17. A long, long time (4)

rectangle (4)

47. Exceptional (4)

21. La Scala’s city (5)

5. Former French coin (3)

48. Fannie or Ginnie

23. Barbershop emblem (4)

8. Kitchen meas. (3)

follower (3)

24. Character (4)

11. Shuttlecock (4)

51. “The Catcher in the Rye”

25. Bon ___ (3)

12. Cost (5)

character (15)

26. Drivel (3)

14. Corn Belt state (4)

54. Regrets (4)

27. Bleat (3)

15. “Pride and Prejudice”

55. Overhangs (5)

28. At full speed (5)

character (15)

56. Deer sir (4)

29. Farm building (4)

18. Cozy room (3)

57. Farm pen (3)

30. Field of work (4)

19. Formally surrender (4)

58. Half a score (3)

31. Lt.’s inferior, in the Navy (3)

20. Not shy (5)

59. ___ mortals (4)

33. Antimalarial drug (7)

21. Daydreamer (5)

17 17

56 58

30 24

30 17

27 33

23 16

16 24

more than once in a run (eg. 7, 1, 1).

21 23

SIMPLE PUZZLES FOR SIMPLE PEOPLE Help Spot find his way through the maze.

34. “It’s no ___!” (3)

22. Collectively (5)

Down

35. Help from the bullpen (6)

23. 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, etc. (6)

1. In the sack (4)

39. Fine-tune (4)

25. More, in Madrid (3)

2. Anger, with “up” (4)

40. Haus wives? (6)

26. Pulitzer winner for “His

3. Land of leprechauns (4)

41. Noblemen (5)

Family” (5)

4. Cutting tool (3)

42. Circa (5)

27. Droid (3)

5. Soft leathers (6)

43. Back street (5)

28. ___-bodied (4)

6. Aquatic mammal (5)

44. Clears (4)

32. “King Solomon’s Mines”

7. “Yecch!” (3)

45. Courageous (5)

character (15)

8. Melodic (5)

48. Allot, with “out” (4)

36. Hammer’s end (4)

9. “Great!” (5)

49. Banned apple spray (4)

37. ___ Today (3)

10. Congratulations, of a

50. Halftime lead, e.g. (4)

38. Brings home (5)

sort (3)

51. “48___” (3)

39. Get a move on (3)

12. Corpulent (5)

52. Hipster (3)

40. Panther, for one (6)

13. Render unnecessary (7)

53. Any doctrine (3)

42. Composer Copland (5)

14. Ancient Andean (4)