Nexus Issue 17, 2013

ISSUE 17, VOLUME 45

05 August 2013

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Editorial Team Editor Alix Higby editor@nexusmag.co.nz

Deputy Editors Louise Hutt & Jess Edmonds-Saunders louise@nexusmag.co.nz jess@nexusmag.co.nz News Editor zanian steele news@nexusmag.co.nz Online Editor Alix Higby online@nexusmag.co.nz

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Contributors C-Ball, Kathlene Cook, Daniel Petersen, Matt Hicks, Morgahna Godwin, HP, Danyell Summers, Dr Richard Swainson, Dr Burton C Bogan, Jess Molina, Caitlin Ashworth, Kevin Pyror, Nathan Sweetman, Kelsey Weld, Gil Denny, Amber, Tony Stevens, Nate Ross, MASH, Tom Petchell, Hoss and Ayman Aneece, Emma Knapp, and Aaron Letcher

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issue 17 / VOLUME 45 / 05 AUGUST / 2013 News

[3] University News.

[4] News.

[6] Sports Thoughts.

[8] Not News.

Opinion

[10] Third Degree + Guest Rant [11] Random Profile Top 10.

[12] Lettuce to the Editor.

Entertainment and Reviews [14] Film, Gig & CafĂŠ review.

Horoscopes [15] Book, Comic & Album review.

Horoscopes [16] @Honest_Matt Meets...

[17] Eight Ball.

Cool Not Cool.

[18] Puzzles [20] Feature - Your Student Union Election Candidates.

Lifestyle

[26] Auteur + Making Living Cheaper [27] Boganology 101 + The Afterlife [28] Religiousity + Crime Map [29] Scene on Campus [30] Slut DJ - Part One of Three [31] Mr Minty Fish + Diary of a Single Girl [32] Alice & Anne + SSC [33] Arts - MASH

WSU

[34] Veeps [35] Ask Amber + Citizens Advice Bureau + Young Workers Resource Centre [36] Was This You? [37] Shit you can Do.

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By Alix Higby

this week in nexus // Pg: 20

WSU Elections Hello friends. Today I’d like to use this editorial space to share with you a little story.

About this time last year I convinced a very sceptical wannabe lawyer that attending the Law School Ball would be a fabulous idea. I don’t think I used the word fabulous though, because I’m 22 not 45. But you get the picture.

A little background info; in high school and the first two years of uni I was boozed every weekend and alternate Thursday, which incidentally drew a reputation for being a tank.

I’d drive from Auckland to Hamilton after a late

Unfortunately wine is not a spirit, it is wine, and therefore completely addled my perception of reality and self-awareness. It was brilliant. You know you’re having a great time when you’re posing for professional photos with the Dean of Law like a giggling stoned monkey.

On the bus ride to the after ball at Agenda, I made some more friends and somehow I came into possession of tequila, tackled one of these new friends and was marched out when I was unable to leave independently.

Somehow I got into Shenanigans though, and while I don’t recall a moment of the place,

“You know you’re having a great time when you’re posing for professional photos with the Dean of Law like a giggling stoned monkey.” night restaurant shift with tequila under my driver’s seat, gin under the passenger’s, and vodka in the boot. I could more than handle my spirits - I’d pull on a party dress and play catch up parked outside Gravity. God this sounds tragic.

So, back to 2012, I’d conned someone into taking me to the law ball for whatever reason I’d made up. It was incredibly awkward to start, because if you have any law friends you’ll understand that they tend to be a very cliquey bunch, and if you’re not in by first year, you’re out. Avidazen. We had no choice but to crash a table of management students and other non-law school kids instead, who had no intention of doing the law school proud.

We drank all the wine that our table was allocated and nicked some off the others, rebels to the nth degree. Now when I said that I could handle my spirits I wasn’t lying.

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rumour has it I was made to leave again, as I’d dropped mid-conversation like a plank of wood. Quite frankly, I’d like to know what the conversation was about because clearly it bored me.

I woke up unimaginably drunk in my hotel room surrounded by a circle of pringle crumbs with absolutely no recollection of how I’d made it back, and devastated that I’d raided the mini bar and wasn’t there to enjoy it.

And that, dear Nexus readers, is how I ended up in A&E on a Sunday night with alcohol poisoning, and eventually, my stoned monkey face on the WULSA homepage.

Hope to see you this year, it’s going to be gorgeous.

Alix

It only happens once a year, so could we at least try to get to know the candidates?

We’ve made it easy for you. // Pg: 29

Scene on Campus We advise you to dress your best on campus, our spies are everywhere... // Pg: 30

Slut DJ Epic Part one of a three part series that will forever alter your gross-out threshold. Stay Tuned. // Pg: 28

Religiousity - Buddhism Buddha, Noble Truths, and Nirvana. No, not that Nirvana. // Pg: 33

MASH A sneak peek of MASH’s exhibiton opening next week at Draw Inc gallery.

NEWS NEWS

UNI NEWS

BUSINESS OF HOBBITS TO KICK OFF LECTURES

BLUES AWARDS OPEN

ADULT LEARNERS’ AWARDS

The effects of the Lord of the Rings and the Hobbit movies on the Waikato region will be under the spotlight in the first lecture in the University’s annual Winter Lecture Series, this Wednesday 7 August from 6–7pm in the Concert Chamber at the Academy. All lectures are free and open to the public. www.waikato.ac.nz/go/wls

Nominations for the 2013 Wallace Corporation University of Waikato Blues Awards close this Friday, 9 August. We’re looking for nominations in all categories including best clubs, groups, coaches, tutors, and support services. Self-nominations are welcome. www.waikato.ac.nz/events/blues

ERNST & YOUNG CAREER COMPASS Multinational professional services firm Ernst & Young are looking for first and second year students to take part in its on-campus Career Compass programme. An information session will be held on Wednesday 14 August in MSB1.05 for students to find out more information about the programme and how to apply. The Career Compass day will be held on Friday 27 September.

TEACHING EXCELLENCE AWARDS

Nominations for the Vice-Chancellor’s Adult Learners’ Awards close on Monday 12 August.

If you know an adult student who deserves recognition for their efforts, achievements and contributions toward study, nominate them for an award now. www.waikato.ac.nz/go/adultlearnersweek

Do you know of a great lecturer or tutor who deserves some recognition? Nominations for the Teaching Excellence Awards are now open. Find out more and nominate online at www.waikato.ac.nz/pod/nomination – it only takes a couple of minutes. Nominations close Friday 6 September.

SPEAKER OF HOUSE ON CAMPUS Speaker of the House of Commons in the UK John Bercow is presenting a free public lecture on Parliaments of the Future on Thursday 8 August from 12.20–1.00pm in the Concert Chamber at the Academy.

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NEWS

NEWS

Hamiltonians come out in force against spy bill.

By Matthew Robinson writing for the Waikato Independent.

More than 300 people turned out to protest at Garden Place, Hamilton against the proposed GCSB spy legislation on Saturday, an attempt to pressure politicians to vote against it.

Organiser Max Dillon Coyle said he was pleased with the turnout.

He was the national coordinator for the protests across New Zealand and MC of the Hamilton protest.

“Very happy with the turnout. For once the Facebook attending numbers actually reflected the turnout, 370 plus, although it has been reported we had 500 people at its peak,” he said yesterday.

“It takes a lot for people to come out publicly to a protest and spend part of their weekend standing up for their rights, and yesterday showed hundreds of Hamiltonians were worried enough about these bills to come out to make a stand.”

The bill, which is being passed under urgency, will expand the GCSB’s ability to monitor New Zealanders.

Protester Roger Smith, 23, said: “I just think this bill is a gross injustice to human rights.”

Roger Smith thinks the bill rests with Peter Dunne who recently changed his stance to support the legislation.

Photo by Matthew Robinson.

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Smith’s sign highlighted that MP Peter Dunne holds the single vote needed to pass the legislation into law.

“I mean your information could be used out of context, private information could be used to discredit political opponents,” he said.

“Even if it’s passed we’ll keep protesting to have it removed.”

Anjum Rahman is running for the city council in the Hamilton East ward and was a speaker at the event.

“We require safeguards to ensure the government doesn’t misuse these powers against individuals,” she said.

“Particularly with the GCSB and SIS because they are operating under such levels of secrecy, such a lack of transparency, those safeguards have to be stronger than ever.”

The Hamilton protest was one of 11 in the main centres, the biggest being in Auckland with 2000 people.

NEWS

In Their Words “I guess we’ve hunted the dildo into extinction.” — CNN Anchor Jonathan Mann.

Commenting on the man-made extinction of the DODO. “I’m not sure what my faith has to do with my twenty years of academic study... I think it’s strange that instead of debating the merits of the book, we’re actually discussing the right of the scholar to actually write it.”

— Reza Aslan author of “Zealot” responding to the continued questions about why a muslim would write a book on Jesus.

“It’s just like Sheriff Bellefleur on True Blood who had four fairy princess daughters but three of them got eaten. Anyway on True Blood the fourth didn’t get a name till episode six.” – Fox News Anchor Shep Smith explains why the royal baby took days to name.

“John Key we are anonymous New Zealand.

We Do not forgive. We do not Forget. John you should have expected this” – Hackers anonymous taking credit for a number of National Party websites being down.

600,000,000 5% The cost of a proposed new dam in the central Hawke’s Bay that is causing a controversy based on safety reports.

The estimated percentage of home ownership by non The fine a British man The estimated value New Zealand received after the jury of damage done to a residents at refused to accept he Frankton lotto shop the heart of was buying tomatoes after a 5am smash a new Labour from a prostitute. and grab. position.

£1,065

6,000

Million Euro in Jewels stolen by a guy in a ski mask at a luxury hotel in the French Riviera.

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the taxi fare that Invercargill man Greg Shuttleworth was charged before he launched into an anti islamic rant caught on camera.

A Thousand Words The family that protests together are not “America’s Bitch” @The GCSB Protest in Hamilton.

Photo by Do U C photography.

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NEWS

SPORTS THOUGHTS If you’re gonna drop kick on the run - you’re gonna have a bad time.

Fortune doesn’t favour the idiotic, and that’s what Dan Carter learnt in the Crusader’s semi final loss to the Chiefs in the Super 15.

Women around the country are now pouring salty tears of sadness with the news their favourite pin up boy will no longer be taking part in the competition, the Crusaders left to rue what could’ve possibly went wrong after they thrashed the same opponent just weeks ago. Yet the Chiefs are a mixed bag, and what they produced on the night of the semi final led to them emerging as narrow winners, the scores tight at 20 – 19.

It was a feast of entertainment, one a Rugby League tragic like myself even bothered to watch. And I’ll admit that I enjoyed it.

Viewers had the show of the Crusaders’ discipline versus the Chiefs’ more ‘throw caution to the wind and spread it wide or run it extravagantly’, and it didn’t disappoint. The game ebbed and flowed, the scores tightened, and in the dying stages of the game, All Blacks talisman Richie McCaw even made an appearance in an attempt to galvanise his side. But it was all to no avail.

In amongst the bruised corpses left behind by a rampant Masaga, there was another battle within a battle taking place. Chief Executive of first fives in New Zealand Daniel Carter was in the workplace, throwing his weight around. He had a young upstart intern to contend with in 6

Aaron Cruden. While away at a health spa freshening up, Carter’s lead for the All Blacks had been taken over valiantly by his younger charge. But back in business, one couldn’t help but feel that the game itself was merely a bi-product to the bigger picture – Carter’s experience and hold of such a position having to contend with the youth and exuberance of Cruden.

And at first, it looked as though Carter was going to send Cruden on a coffee run. He knows the business like the back of his hand, slotting penalties at a whim as the Crusaders bruised up the field over and over, discipline drawing mistakes from the Chiefs. And then the unthinkable happened.

Carter waivered, missing two shots at goal, an almost unheard of lapse in skill. The Chiefs capitalised, with Masaga bumping off defenders to cross for a try, followed by Cruden stealing an intercept and running the field for another.

It was almost poetic, watching the Chiefs suddenly galvanised, defending their line against wave after wave, Hamilton Boys High’s finest Tawera Kerr Barlow already looking like a different player after his stint in the biggest show, marshalling the troops left right and centre. Humbling to watch, but what wasn’t was the choice Carter made in the dying minutes of the game.

With the scores poised and the Crusaders

running out of time, they pushed up field.

Everyone could sense what was happening.

They’d do what they always did, running it up the guts with determination and focus until they gained a penalty, or to the point where Carter could nail a drop kick. Union’s kryptonite some would say, but Carter seemed to sense the chance to solidify his rank and show everyone why he’s the boss.

Instead, he tried a drop kick on the move and blew it big time, leaving me wondering how much more he has left in the tank.

It seemed like a quizzical choice at the time, and with days to ponder it now, downright stupid. Carter has since defended the attempt, popping out from his mansion made of big European money he’s about to cash in on to say he didn’t want the defence to know what he was up to. I’m not a rocket scientist, but I’m pretty sure every fan 12 changs deep could’ve assumed he’d take a shot if it came down to the wire.

Next time, take another ten metres and kick standing still. That might help. What also helped was to see that sometimes experience counts for nought and youth and exuberance stands a chance to succeed.

Unless of course you’re applying for a job.

Then you’re fucked.

C-Ball.

NEWS

THE UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO – CELEBRATING TEACHING EXCELLENCE

NOMINATIONS OPEN FOR TEACHING, eLEARNING EXCELLENCE AND RESEARCH POSTGRADUATE SUPERVISION AWARDS The University of Waikato supports and encourages teaching excellence across all areas.

If you know of an outstanding teacher, nominate them today for the Teaching Excellence Awards.

There are three categories for nominations: » Teaching » eLearning » Research Postgraduate Supervision.

Those teachers who receive at least five separate nominations for Teaching, or three for eLearning, or two for Research Postgraduate Supervision, will be considered for the awards. You may nominate as many teachers as you wish, but can only nominate each teacher once.

Nominate online today – visit www.waikato.ac.nz/pod/nomination. It’s easy and only takes a couple of minutes.

Nominations close on Friday 6 September 2013.

There’s no stopping you E kore e taea te aukati i a koe

www.waikato.ac.nz/pod/nomination

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NEWS

NOT NEWS WTF: Waikato Times Focus Headlines from the Waikato Times.

Christians with “Liquid Asses” Those crazy christians are at it again. It’s been over 2,000 years since the original prankster did his water to wine bit but in his defence no one got hurt. Well not till the very end anyway. This week however six people were hospitalised when one unlikely prank prince used a can of liquid ass incorrectly. According to the instigator the product is supposed to simulate a really foul smelling “Butt crack”, instead 3 people needed eye patches. Like all Christian Camp stories the prankster was forgiven, and the kids will eventually be healed. Christian camps have gotten so dangerous lately back in my day we just took mushrooms and had unprotected sex. No eyepatch needed.

Fuming over garage next door.

Get it? Because of petrol fumes I needed to inhale after that pun.

Florida fireman were surprised when they arrived at a library to see a sole fireman in oversized gear already tackling the blaze.

When the fire was finally put out and the estimated $500,000 worth of damage was surveyed the fireman questioned the 18 year old firefighter. Who admitted to starting the fire in the hopes of showing his ability and landing his dream job. Here are the surprising things in descending order:

Voting for dummies Never has a truer headline been written for the wrong story.

Consumers raise stink over curdled bottle milk

1. Florida has a library 2. Someone burning books in Florida is newsworthy.

3. People still want to be firemen.

4. The strategy didn’t work.

Ignoring another stupid pun, the story is about milk going off slightly before its time.

If you don’t have anything interesting to print...

Matangi fatal driver takes the stand It’s a serious story but I think calling a driver that may have caused a fatality is different to a “fatal driver.”

Waikato kids embrace early childhood education Shouldn’t it be Waikato Parents? It’s not like parents are negotiating with their 2 year old.

Grow local, buy local Disappointingly this story was about organic food.

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Worst Job Interview Ever

Like in Twister?

You really have to feel sorry for Brazilian Joao Maria de Souza who died after a cow fell through his roof. The problem was the internal injuries and the family are pushing for an independant review of the time it took for the problem to be identified and acted upon. All of this is sad but the quote from Joao’s mum “I didn’t bring my son up to be killed by a falling cow.” was fun because it kinda implied there were people that did raise their son to be killed by a falling cow and she wanted to point out she was not one of them.

NEWS

THIS WEEK ON TWITTER...

CARTOON

Kim Dotcom @KimDotcom Dear Anonymous NZ, hacking National Party websites is just giving John Key a new excuse to pass the #GCSB bill (cybercrime).

Please stop it.

Ed Sheeran @edsheeran Jell-O shots will be the death of me.

Steve Carell @SteveCarell I am going to do a “Royal Baby” joke in about four months. Hope that it’s not played out by then. @JordanPeele I’ve been dating a girl online who I think might be a Catfish. Every time I try to meet, her excuse is that she “can’t survive on dry land.” @teenanime at any given time the urge to sing “the lion sleeps tonight” is just a whim away a whim away a whim away a whim away @OneFunnyBastard “You the bomb” “No you the bomb” A compliment in America. An argument in the Middle East. @ChelseaVPeretti When I’m furious at another driver I roll down my window, thrust my head out & whisper “wow you drive really inconsiderate” into the wind

MEME OF THE WEEK

@JoeMande “Make it look like I live in a Cheesecake Factory.” - NBA players to their interior designers @DamienFahey “You know what would make this rice even better? Racism.” - Pitch meeting for Uncle Ben’s @missmayn I find it in poor taste that the 1am drivethru attendant asks “How are you?” Not good, Maria. Clearly. @robfee I feel like if Joe Biden and Kanye West were involved in a Freaky Friday scenario no one would notice for months.

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oPINION

THIRD DEGREE GUEST RANT 01_ What is one thing you want to accomplish by the end of B semester?

02_ Name one thing you’d like to see the WSU do.

03_ Which WSU presidential candidate are you voting for?

Paul 21, BCS.

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Graduate...? Pass my papers?

02_ To lower the price of food on campus.

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Aaron Letcher. He made veggie kebabs that time.

Claire

“We didn’t vote for a $440 million debt OR a decade of annual rate increases at 5-times inflation.”

Hamilton City Council is broken. And it’s more than likely broke as well.

Due to dumb over-spending, poor governance and a failure to understand the limits of local government the Hamilton City Council has accumulated huge debts - debts which are secured over the ‘rateable property of the district’ aka our homes and businesses.

Council’s trying to fix this enormous debt by increasing rates starting at 8% from 1 July 2011 and then 3.8% every year for the next ten years.

That drives rates up a massive 51%. That 51% increase affects every resident and every property in the city. Rates are a large portion of a landlord’s expenses so “when rates go up – rents go”. The increases cost you, your family, your neighbours and your employer. This will wreck havoc through our community. And it gets worse …

These huge rate increases don’t even reduce the City’s debt, all they do is plug losses stemming from the disastrous V8’s, Claudelands Events Centre and other dopey non-core investments. And it gets worse …

21, BCS

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A good final semester with my friends.

02_ Heaps of free sausages.

03_ I don’t even know. Aaron?

It’s likely that Council is only solvent because it continually ‘recapitalises’ itself from the pockets of ratepayers. And it gets worse …

Joel 18, BCS.

01_ Better hall food!

02_ More Internet, and cheaper.

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Mark Savage. It’s an awesome name.

All council’s costs (rates, development levies, fees etc) drive up the price of new and existing houses. Just think about that when you get flattened by the horrific price of houses.

But it doesn’t have to be this way. Things have to change and you can help make that change. I’m asking for your help to make that change.

There is a team committed to addressing these pressing issues.

At this year’s Hamilton City Council elections…

Please vote “Hamilton Back On Track” Gary Mallett - Council hopeful.

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OPINION

RANDOM PROFILE

TOP TEN Top Ten Reasons to vote in the WSU election.

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Because if you don’t the terrorists win.

09_ It’s not like you can afford to do

Dave Snell How did you decide on your thesis topic?

I had completed a Masters thesis that looked at a community of bogans at a bar and got a good mark for it. My supervisor approached me and said that I should do a PhD and that we could look at everyday life in general. I said I’d do it if he could find me a way to do it for free. He came back with scholarship forms and the rest is history. So I did my PhD cos I lost a bet!

Pick one reason that Waikato students should go out and buy it.

It’s a 250 page Boganology column.

What are the best and/or worst comments you’ve had on ‘boganology ’ and/ or the book?

Worst comment was about my scholarship: This money could’ve gone to medical research, my son is sick, how is your thesis going to help my son?

Best comment: FUCKEN SLAYER!

What made you decide to publish a book?

After I graduated I was approached by Penguin wanting to turn my thesis into a book. The thesis was too academic so they asked me to write something from scratch. So I thought this was another great way to get everyday bogan stories into the public eye.

If we were to come over for dinner, what would you cook?

Spaghetti Bolognaise with two minute noodles - Boganaise.

Which is the best way to go: zombie apocalypse or alien invasion?

Zombies - more fun to chainsaw them

What kind of overall public response have you had so far?

Generally positive, apart from the odd smarmy Aucklander.

What’s your favourite place in the world?

London - lots of working class bogans there.

What makes you most proud to be bogan?

That we’re loyal, dedicated and look after each other.

Dogs or cats?

Cats - way more evil and independent.

Do you think your work on ‘boganology’ has helped the general perception of bogans?

I hope so.

What are your plans post book launch?

I’m still working at Wintec - I’ve been invited to write an article for a British music journal on the historical context of bogans and the bogan’s relationship to NZ’s national identity.

You can change one thing about society, what is it?

I’d fix the massive gap between the rich and the poor.

anything else on campus.

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You know who doesn’t vote?

Virgins.

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Because all three presidential candidates have promised $1,000 bar tab.

If you don’t vote you can’t complain, unless you’re complain- ing has nothing to do with voting.

How else are we going to get them to tear down WMS and build a Starbucks?

04_ Everyone who votes gets a free

coffee at Momento (this may not

be true. Someone told us that.

Don’t blame us)

03_ Picking the candidate to represent

your values is important. Not so much if you are a white male in your early 20s. That demographic is pretty well represented.

02_ Three words “Destiny Charter University”

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Because Jesus and or Kate Sheppard died so you could vote.

Would you rather spend the rest of your life as an ant or a blue whale?

Ant - fuck the ocean. Plus you can lift way more than your body weight, be part of the hive mind, and the world would be even bigger. Definitely an ant.

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OPINION

LETTUCE TO THE EDITOR. Nexus loves getting your letters. We also love it if they are funny, intelligent and well written. Mainly we will be happy if you keep them under 250 words, it saves us having to cut them down. Please remember to give us a real name when you send them in even if you want to write with an alias. Email us at Lettuce@nexusmag.co.nz or...

trust’.

After all, he is a man of the people, a man with an exemplary disciplinary record at Student Village, loved by all. A man who works hard and plays even harder.

So I appeal to you – let Teina help you, by making him your Nexus candidate for Mayor.

Let Nexus know that you support Teina by liking and sharing his Facebook page – www. facebook.com/teinaformayor How can you deny a man with such popular support the candidacy?

Brendles

facebook.com/nexusmagNZ

Where’s the Atheist column?

It pains me to see the fallacious writing on page 28 each week, each religion making false claims, ambiguous statements and saying that Atheism is a world view, or belief system – last weeks article on Hinduism by Sri Swami Sivananda. Atheism is not a world view and certainly doesn’t entail a belief system.

God exists or he doesn’t, that’s the only two propositions on his existence – no that’s not a false dichotomy. Atheism is the rejection of the claims that a god exists; it’s the null hypothesis or the default position. This means that until a positive assertion has met its burden of proof it’s not considered the default hypothesis, claiming that that a god exists, or a religion is true means that you believe there is significant evidence for that being or religion to be true – that is a belief system.

Atheism doesn’t propose any positive assertion, therefore is not a ‘belief system’.

One might say, “Well believing in nothing is a belief” but they’d be wrong. Atheism is not saying “X IS FALSE” it says “I DO NOT BELIEVE X TO BE TRUE”, there’s a fundamental difference, a courtroom analogy is great here. When the court rules, they use ‘guilty vs not guilty’ not ‘guilty’ vs innocent’ because claiming that somebody is innocent is a positive assertion that requires evidence, whereas saying ‘not guilty’ means that the assertion hasn’t met it’s burden of proof/hasn’t provided substantial evidence.

Atheism is definitely not a world view, there are many things that relate Atheism to world views, like secularization, rationality and skepticism but Atheism only addresses the issue of a god existing or not existing.

Since all the other religions have had, I presume are going to have their chance, I propose you let me explain Atheism, although it is clearly not a religion, world view, it does contradict all the other religious views and 12

#nexuslettuce.

hereby is important, especially when I see the Catholicism page claiming that things are “biblical truths” – JUST BECAUSE IT’S IN THE BIBLE DOESN’T MAKE IT TRUE, that’s an argument from authority, STATEMENTS ARE JUDGED ON THEIR OWN MERIT, NOT WHERE THEY COME FROM. David Gaylard

John Key endorsement?

Goodbye political future I first met Teina at the 2013 Fieldays. From the start he was a man of confidence, poise and class. Our meeting was immortalised with a photo. He stuck in the back of my mind, so I wasn’t surprised to see him turn up when I visited campus recently. It was like seeing an old friend, a reunion of sorts. He is a man I can certainly see rising to the very top.

Why else would the fine students of Waikato University be throwing their support behind Teina in such large numbers? I am following his Facebook page closely – good to see the BucketBoy Crew endorsing the man.

Their videos crack me up after a long day in Wellington. For a brighter future, the good people of Nexus should make this fine man their candidate – A very influential politican, Wellington JK

We sense a theme.

Man of the people just wants to represent the people Hey readers of Nexus, I’m proud to support Teina Walters as Nexus’ mayoral candidate.

When Teina told me he was running I thought, ‘the right man for the job, a man students can

Is it still paranoia if they may actually be watching you?

The GCSB Bill is a piece of legislation that will allow the GCSB to spy on New Zealanders on behalf of the Security Intelligence Bureau and police. We have always prided ourselves on freedom of speech, privacy and human rights – however – if this bill is passed, it stands to threaten all of those concepts. In recent times we have found out that a number of people have been invading our privacy – some foreign agencies but more importantly the GCSB. Although the GCSB were found to be illegally spying on 88 accounts, their breach of the Bill of Rights Act – one of our constitutional documents (really important document) – were dismissed. Now they seek to make it legal under the GCSB Bill – the GCSB Bill has been criticised by a range of academics of being very broad. The issue with having a broad bill is that the “rules” set out in the bill can be interpreted in a very broad way, thus making it harder for New Zealanders to bring action against the GCSB. I acknowledge that it can also swing in the opposite direction, however, the situation has to be in direct breach of one or more of the sections. John Key has collaborated with Peter Dunne and Dunne declares that their collaboration has improved the accountability and transparency of the Bill as well as taking into account todays circumstances. People are rallying together all over the country in order to dispute this bill and if you like saying bomb over the telephone – I think you should to.

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This September you can support Oxfam’s work by taking part in Live Below the Line, a challenge to live on just $2.25 of food and drink for five days. To find out more, come and visit the Oxfam on Campus stall on Wednesday August 7th outside the University of Waikato Student Centre from 12-2:30pm. See you there!

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LIDO CINEMA film

SAMSARA pay & cafÉ Rating:

Jacks Coffee Lounge

Samsara by Ron Fricke is like autoerotic asphyxiation without the climax at the end.

After sitting through 98 minutes you feel like you are just pointlessly choking yourself to death.

Rating:

GIG

Winter Retro Fair

Now it’s at this point that a better qualified reviewer might talk to you about the film’s stunning cinematography and effects.

Rating:

You know what else had stunning effects?

Green Lantern and that movie sucked too.

Your average film student would talk about the film’s symbolism and how a man smearing clay on his face was symbolic of the industrial struggle between man living his life and the need to work for capital gain.

You know what else had preachy metaphor after preachy metaphor? Avatar and by the end of it I felt compelled to go home, get stoned and watch the smurfs because as animated blue creature movies go, at least that had a plot.

Yes, I am aware that this gig review column is starting to be a craft fair/market review area.

Yes, I feel like my life has turned in a different direction from reviewing nighttime gigs to waking up early to go to these markets. I didn’t choose the nana life, the nana life chose me. Much has been said about the balance of life. I just feel like this is my way of balancing things out: I spent quite a while living the YOLO life, now it’s time to settle down and have quiet weekends sipping tea, baking cakes, and gardening.

Anyway, back on topic… Up until a couple of weeks ago, I didn’t know that there was such a thing as The Waikato Mid-Winter Retro Fair.

This yearly event happens every, you guessed it, winter and it is definitely a great addition to the yearly events that Hamilton has.

This movie was Life of Pi without a cool ass tiger. 98 minutes of my life I will never get back. I spent about 96 minutes wishing I had gone to see “The way, way back” or “Now you see me“ at Lido instead.

But every time I hate one of these movies I get leveled with the charge that I didn’t understand it. Assume for a moment that is true. I am an educated guy, am I stupid for not getting it or is he stupid for making a film that can’t be absorbed by the masses?

It was a really great turnout and it seems like everyone in the Hamilton area was in attendance. One even commented that it was a bit too full to maneuver around the stalls without brushing elbows with a fellow market goer.

It’s official: Hamilton has gone vintage. It is no longer a trend for us but a lifestyle.

I sure hit the ‘Jack-pot’ when I found this awesome café (pun intended). ‘Jacks’ has the vibe and design of a Wellington café but has the convenient location of just up the road from uni on Cambridge road; you can find it up the top of Hillcrest Road, the one that has the management school pedestrian crossing.

Jacks is worth the walk before or after class!

There are seedlings for sale and you can take dump bags of coffee grind for your compost and the most fashionably hipster magazines are spread out on the bay window stalls and cosy tables. It is the perfect place to take your laptop or read important readings in public, as we all know that if it isn’t done in public then you are not really doing work.

It is mainly menu options for food with a few slices and cakes to choose from in the small cabinet. I had a chocolate cake which they slightly heated and it tasted like freaking delicious chocolate pudding. My friend and I both got toasted sandwiches (as they were the cheapest item on the menu), his a ham and cheese one, and mine a mushroom, caper, aioli and red onion one. Oh my glob!

Mine was so amazing that I swore to never have a plain ham and cheese toastie again! I have written on my shopping list to buy some capers and I am gourmet all the way now! The prices are definitely café, but I think students don’t actually mind this as long as it is a cool place to spend some time with friends or alone.

I guess there’s only one thing left to say then: It was groovy.

Kathlene Cook

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entertainment & reviews

MARK ONE COMIC

A travelogue of China

By Guy Delisle Rating:

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Tumbleweed Matt Pless Rating:

BOOK

The World’s Most Dangerous Place James Fergusson Rating: Traditionally, I think book reviews are supposed to be written once the reader has finished the book; I am breaking tradition! I am about a third of the way through TWMDP and man, it is gooood! Basically it gives an insight into what is happening in Somalia and how it’s becoming something that the rest of the world really can’t just forget about, as we live in a global age. This isn’t the usual book I would read - as it does not involve a slightly quirky girl in desperate need for a man to save her - but I am so glad that I have started! On a side note - watch documentaries, like the one I just watched on Muhammad Ali. Docos are freakin cool and let you see so much about certain events, people and times in history.

Anyway… the book is written very well as the author is a journalist and lets you know a little bit more about the world, so that when you are preaching off your opinions, you might actually have something to concretely base them upon. I usually try to stay quiet about social issues and political matters etc. as I have a limited, basic understanding of them, so this book has really helped me broaden my mind and I hope that this review makes you want to go right now and learn something about history or the present. Go on! I’ll wait here.

If you’ve read Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea, you’ll be familiar with Guy Delisle’s quirky style and great sense of humour.

Shenzhen: A travelogue of China is a sequel to that great read, or rather, a continuation of that winning formula. We follow Delisle as his work takes him to a small city in southern China. His observations of the people and country are fascinating and feel very honest.

Delisle wastes no time in finding humour in the differences between Western and Eastern cultures, yet he also acknowledges the hardship and lack of freedom his colleagues experience.

Though the book has many poignant reminders of the freedom we experience and the hardships that others do, it is undoubtedly the hilarious moments that win through. There are many warm moments throughout, when Delisle overcomes the language barrier to make real human connections. One scene, a dinner between friends in which they have to communicate through scribbled images is beautiful in its simplicity and shows that the people who share this world with us are not so dissimilar after all.

A travelogue of China is ultimately a success.

It’s an experience that neither a novel nor television could provide. It’s touching, feels very real (as if Guy Delisle spent the entire trip scribbling it down) and shows how comic books can offer a unique window on the world.

Daniel Petersen

“Life’s a High you can’t sustain” Matt Pless’ whiney voice orates over track opener, Ashtray. That is the kind of line that wraps up the humour and disappointment that Pless evokes throughout this album. Lyrics are what Pless concentrates on as a means to present the world with his version of being pissed off.

Being pissed off apparently involves acoustic guitar, cute folk/pop and being a bit of a laugh.

Frankly, it’s how ‘pissed off’ everywhere should probably look/sound.

Pless was involved in the Occupy Movement and presented his music as a vehicle of protest. And don’t worry, there is plenty of anti-system, fuck the bank-sters sentiment on here, but I tend to fall for the more introspective tunes when he turns the malaise magnifying glass on himself. My Crooked Ways is one of those infectiously poppy songs tinged with a hardness.

The slower songs give images of crooning Americana and folk singers like Bob Dylan and J.J. Cale, but still that sly wit ekes through.

Probably more like Dylan on his Freewheelin’ album. In fact Talkin’ Information Blues is a direct homage to Dylan’s Talking World War III Blues but his venting is aimed at internet usage. This is an album for those looking for protest music but without all that angry yelling of RATM and Anti-Flag disseminate.

Pless might not get the following of angsty teens and angry types that the former bands welcome, but the sentiments are just as strong. Pick up for free/koha at http://mattpless.bandcamp.com

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Stay away from people named Steve this week. Unless you want to be called to a witness stand in three months

Ignore friends who say fixating on why they broke up with you and whining about it accomplishes nothing. Taylor Swift has grammys to prove that’s bullshit.

Think of a word. The word you end up with will ultimately be as enlightening as any shit we could have said was your horoscope.

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@Honest_Matt Meets

@Honest_Matt meets the multi talented LOOP founder Mikee Tucker and talks about the highs and lows of running a record label in the digital age, the label’s beginnings and the importance of Fly My Pretties to LOOP. Give us a quick overview of LOOP records?

What kind of music does the label promote and who’s in your stable of artists?

Loop produces content in the forms of music, visuals & performance. Content influenced

by Aotearoa and inspired by our unique place in the world! We promote 99% kiwi music ranging from electronic and dub to reggae and singer songwriter. The roster is large and varied but has a common thread of (mostly) being from NZ. Check out the roster here to get a lowdown – http://loop.co.nz/artists What does an average day look like for Mikee Tucker? Take us through it.

Get my son to school, get to work and smash multiple projects ranging from events and sponsorships to music projects. All at a cracking pace that would leave most wondering how my keyboard survives it’s daily bashing!

Ends late and starts all over again.

When did you decide to morph it into a label?

When the magazine went into liquidation!

Loop Recordings Aot(ear)oa was established in Wellington in May 2001 and continued the creative vision of Loop magazine (1998-2001).

The label was born from the free CD on the magazines cover and catapulted off the first releases of Rhian Sheehan and The Black Seeds.

What kind of things does LOOP do for its bands?

We do the full range. From 360 deals to distribution only. No artist is the same and no deal with Loop is either.

I understand LOOP isn’t your only gig. You have your fingers in many other pies. What are they?

I’m National Marketing Manager for Ticketek; NZ Tours Manager for Nine Live (One Direction and other massive shows); on the lead team that produces TEDxAuckland, direct and manage Fly My Pretties and have a weekly radio show on Kiwi FM.

Glad you asked. I have handed the daily reins of Loop over to Sharina Khan and Karis Wolfgramm. Two amazing young women with a creative freshness and a passion for new talent. It’s fair to say 15 years of Loop has been fun but it was time to realize the scene Loop helped create needs to make way for a new wave.

What did you do before setting up LOOP? Where you a regular 9 to 5er? Did you study?

No and no. Pretty much straight into it!

How do you think the role of a label has changed in these high tech days of the interwebs?

Labels need to offer more these days. They need or can provide investment, guidance, promotion, sponsorship, and help produce merchandise and events. There are no rules and labels need to act as partners. The old school label model is a dead duck.

Fly My Pretties will be at Founders Theatre on September 12th.

Loop started as a magazine in the late 90s.

Does anyone else work for/help out with LOOP?

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COOL VS NOT COOL

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tHREE THINGS THAT ARE AWESOME RIGHT NOW AND THREE THINGS THAT AREN’T SO MUCH. COOL The Burka Avenger It’s no ‘The Amanda Show’, but...

Welcome to the 8 ball. In the depths of my gooey black ass I will answer the secrets OF THE universe. You may not like MY answerS but lets be honest who else is going to tell you the truth, ugly.

Is coke better than pepsi?

Any form of coke is better than every Pepsi. This is indisputable fact.

But coke can be addictive so if you see signs that iT’s affecting you or people you know please see a doctor. Caffeine highs are no joke.

Voting.

You don’t place a vote, you don’t get to complain.

Am I lazy if I still live at home?

Lazy, no. A student probably. Living at home has its benefits. It also means you a more likely to be caught with your pants off watching internet porn so it’s a catch 22.

Is sex better with friends or enemy’s?

Frenimies.

How many shoes does a girl really need?

The general consensus is a maximum of two at a time.

Will Christmas be cancelled this year due to low sales?

No but you will see reindeer and sleigh related thefts go through the roof.

BDO Snoop, Blur, Pearl Jam - Cool factor confirmed.

Is it better to wait and see, than to jump right in?

That depends what your jumping in to. Caution is always advised but Stevie Wonder has several Grammys and he never waited to see.

NOT COOL

Do guns kill people or do people kill people?

Neither. Technically bullet wounds kill people but the bullet is propelled out of a gun, the gun is fired by a man. The man bought a gun at a store. The store got it from a factory. The factory was allowed to import weapons thanks to the governments trade policies so the answer you are looking for is John Key.

Parking Tickets. $21?! What do you think this is, the University of Auckland?

Pre-mid-semester-break deadlines Let’s see you earn that GrabOne Mt Ruapehu weekend away.

Will the Vice Chancellor be reappointed?

No fucks given.

Is it inappropriate to yell YOLO without cause?

Depends are you 12?

Is it inconsiderate for flatmates to have a party when I’m still hung over from the night before?

It’s inconsiderate for you to be such a bitch about it. Have a drink, walk it off and get down there and get amongst it.

Are police becoming a little to handcuff happy on Saturday nights in Htown?

You think they like the handcuffs when they are in uniform then you should see what they do with them off duty.

Seeing the same person on campus everywhere.

EVERYWHERE. Are you stalking me, or am I stalking you?

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If I were you I wouldn’t even vote.

Freedom comes at a price but not as big a price as crashing your car while receiving oral sex.

Don’t spread gossip this week. That’s what Dan told us while we were in his room at college Hall that he has converted into a brothel.

You’ll never guess who was with him.

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entertainment & reviews

Puzzle Page Complete the puzzle page, be the first to bring it in and show us, and you’ll win stuff!

Each oval contains a different number 1-11. Follow the clues to find the correct location of each number in the Numerator diagram.

Note: ‘Left’ or ‘Right’ is from your point of view and means any location along the same horizontal line. ‘Above’ or ‘Below’ means any location along the same vertical line.

Clues: Number 2 is below 11 and left of 7.

Number 3 is above 6 and left of 1.

Number 4 is above 8 and below 10.

Number 11 is left of 5 and below 9.

Number 10 is left of 3.

Across 1. Eternal (9) 6. Water barrier (3) 7. Precious gem (7) 9. Mistake (5) 10. One of the senses (5) 12. Expert (3) 13. Beer mug (5) 14. Score (5) 16. Very old (7) 18. Self (3) 19. Stage name (9)

Down 1. Military chaplain (5) 2. Compunction (7) 3. Survival (9) 4. Fifth sign of the zodiac (3) 5. Emblem (5) 8. Tried (9) 11. Physician (7) 13. Frighten (5) 15. Tempest (5) 17. Drinking vessel (3

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Feature

Your Student Union Election Candidates Which of these students do you want running your universiting experience? Voting booths will be on campus Monday - Wednesday next week.

So here we are again. Devoting pages and pages to the least exciting topic of the academic year the student body elections. Actually scratch that. The election for a seat on University Council is actually the really boring one. This is just a perfect storm of enthusiasm meets obligation to publish photos.

As cliched as it sounds you can’t fault any of the nominees who put their hand up for any office. They understand the obligation they are looking to undertake and the little they get in return. The scary part is just how committed each of them are to improving your university experience.

Sure they may have different ideas on how to go about it or what is actually important to you but they want to help nonetheless and that actually makes them all good people.

If you were to ask any of the past presidents or directors they would all tell you that what they believed the job was going in, and the reality of it, are two fundamentally different things.

Objectively the WSU has had a better run, put on a better O-Week and been more visible in this past year but how much of that is down to leadership and direction as opposed to sheer force of will from a few committed people is really a judgement only you can make.

The recent decision to withhold payment from NZUSA and signal their intent to withdraw (more on that next week)

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is something you should look into and be informed about before you vote. Perhaps attending the candidate debate this Wednesday, 10-2pm in Level Zero would be a good start. Failing that you can just vote for whoever has the best Facebook picture or the funniest bio or whichever ones you point to with your eyes closed.

“Perhaps attending the candidate debate this Wednesday, 10-2pm in Level Zero would be a good start.”

At the end of the day your decision to vote for a candidate (August 12th-14th) or not is your own but all we have to say at Nexus is get out there and vote for someone because it is too important not to have your say. In the words of Pericles (495-429 BC) the Warrior, Philosopher and Mayor of Athens “We do not say that a man who takes no interest in politics is a man who minds his own business; we say that he has no business here at all...

Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn’t mean politics won’t take an interest in you.”

Or put another way, “The power is yours” Captain Planet (1993).

Presidential & VicePresidential Candidates

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mark savage

aaron letcher

For President 2014

For President 2014

My name is Mark Savage and I want to be YOUR Waikato Students’ Union President in 2014. For the past year I have been actively involved with the WSU as a Director, clocking over 300 hours for the organisation in this year alone and have been present at every Board Meeting. In my second year of a BCMS I also currently sit on a number of University Committees and am actively involved in the student representation scene at the University of Waikato.

Voting Savage means voting for someone who is willing to put YOUR needs as a student first.

Aaron Letcher: Current WSU President, fifth and final year student and, depending on who you ask, an all round good guy. You may remember me as the driver of the Re’Oweek vans, the ‘chef’ from the WSU BBQ’s, or the classes we had together that I never showed up for. Being WSU President isn’t an easy job, so vote for the candidate who has been tried and tested, understands where the WSU currently is, and knows where we need to be heading.

Campus Pub? Re-elect Aaron Letcher 2013.

Zanian steele

See Aaron Letcher for WSU President 2013 on Facebook for actual substance.

shannon stewart

For President | Director 2014 I want to be your voice on the WSU. A third year social policy student, I have the experience and the vision to help steer the WSU in the right direction. I am currently Nexus News Editor, Debsoc Treasurer and have a background in human resource management and employment relations.

I want to see more accountability and transparency in the WSU; I also want to steadily increase our service provision and community involvement as we move into the post VSM environment. I need your help to make this happen.

For a man of steel, vote Zanian Steele!

For Vice-President 2014 I don’t know what you want. If you’re looking for a bribe, I can tell you I don’t have money (I’m a student), but what I do have are a very particular set of skills (Law and PR), skills that I have acquired over a very long (university) career, skills that make me an ideal candidate for students like you. If you vote for me I will not look for you, I will not pursue you, but if you don’t, I will look for you, I will find you, and I will (but won’t actually) kill you.

Vote Shannon Stewart.

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Vice-President Maori & Directoral Candidates

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Gabriel Paikea

simba Marama-Lyon

For Vice-President Maori | Director 2014

For Vice-President Maori | Director 2014

Kia Ora,

The VP Maori needs to be able to weave people together, carve and chisel a foundation for the future, and enable the student body to paddle in unison towards a common goal.

I am Gabriel Paikea and I am running for VP Maori, or as one of the Directors. I will try my hardest to communicate to the right channels. “The best way out, is through” which means no matter the situation, I will give 100%. I also know where my boundaries are and when to ask for help. I see this role as being one of leadership, but a leader leads not from the front, but from the back, and I plan to apply this to my work.

No Rei Ra Tena Koutou Tena Koutou Tena Ra Tatou Katoa

As a promoter (THVRSDAY), I organize events for a living and want to use these resources to contribute to student life. Vote for me = I will bring any NZ based artist to O-WEEK 2014.

Love you all Simba.

Shaymaa Arif

Tahangawari Tangitu-Huata

For Director 2014

For Vice-President Maori | Director 2014 “Kaua e noho ki te putake o te maunga, eke ki te tihi” Kia ora I am Tahangawari Tangitu-Huata, no Te Arawa, I am applying for the role of V.P Maori because if successful it will enable me to represent and be a voice for all our students in particular Tauira Maori, I consider myself to be an obvious member of the student body I am approachable, expressive and passionate about our Maori inheritance, because of this I intend to strive for the betterment of our student body that need a solid foundation of support to exceed the academic expectations.

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It would be extremely great to become a director and part of the team in the WSU because it would allow my voice and the many people I represent voices to be heard, too.

Being a mix of nationalities myself and being a part of many cultures has allowed me to understand and be very considerate of other peoples wants and needs in society.

I’ve already organized events at Uni and brought people together for the greater good to speak out for Justice, peace and equality and I would love to share that with all the Waikato Uni students, too.

Directoral Candidates

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Danielle Selby

Johnny Ryan

For Director 2014

For Director 2014

Hi my name is Danielle Selby, currently studying Bachelor Social Science majoring in Philosophy and Sociology.

Returned to studying this year after a three year break, are co-found of M.I.N.D. which is a club designed to help remove stigma, re-educate and raise awareness of mental health. I believe that I am the best candidate for Director as I am a go getter, trustworthy, caring, will fight for any cause I strongly believe in (especially the underdogs), approachable and a good listener.

Gidday fellow students my name is Johnny Ryan. I have come to this great University to study a Bachelor in Creative Technologies. Since leaving high school I have been involved in the Dairy Industry in and around the Waikato, having worked with vets and as 2ic on a large-scale farm in Morrinsville. I believe this will aid me in becoming the best director yet. I’m a friendly stand up guy, always looking for a good laugh. I hope I have impressed enough to get your vote!

Malwyn Papalii

Sam Marelich

For Director 2014

For Director 2014

Malwyn Papalii, studying Psychology with a graduate diploma in Accounting, a social person that gets along with anyone, has good morals and is approachable. Vote for Malwyn he will listen to you and work with you to solve any issues that you may have. Get fresh ideas from a fresh official. Vote for a fresh start. Vote Malwyn for director.

Hey, my name is Sam Marelich and I’m in my second year studying towards a conjoint BCS/BMCT. I am involved in uni life as vice president of the management communications student association & am also on the debate team. I have found uni is heaps more fun when you get involved.

I know how the WSU work and have attended most board meetings this year. As a director I want to ensure that you have a sweet uni experience. The bottom line is: for good times and a WSU committed to looking out for you, vote Sam Marelich as director.

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Directoral Candidates

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Daven Illenberger

Jenasis Havilitama

For Director 2014

For Director 2014

I am a second year Chemistry Student who is best described as a free radical. I have served as a student rep for half my papers and have been both note taker and chair for corresponding student rep committees. I enjoy hiking and feel a strong affiliation with nature. I am a friendly, approachable and good natured person who aims for the stars. I would be a prime candidate for the Board of Directors at WSU as I am a diverse, hollistic man with improvement as a key goal.

I believe i would be the best candidate for Director of WSU because I am positive, approachable, reliable, outspoken and honest. I am culturally orientated and I thoroughly enjoy meeting people from all walks of life.

Roy Mazorodze

Louis Wilks

Although this is new to me, I am confident that I will be able to utilize my strengths and work together with the other WSU Directors to bring fresh new ideas for events in 2014. Thank you for this wonderful opportunity!

For Director 2014

For Director 2014

Raised in a family of 10 in the ruthless wetlands of West-Africa, I have somehow made it from $1/day to the excesses of $2500 honoraria pay. I have a wide range of life experiences spanning from a tour of duty in Afghanistan in 2011 to smashing back $2 Bintangs in Bali in 2012. My most recent and life experience came in my selection for the 2013 WSU Board of Directors, and being a Management student with a Military background I believe I have slithered into the role quite nicely. For a ridiculously good looking strapping young lad – Vote Roy Maz

Hello fellow students, my name is Louis Wilks and I’m running for the 2014 WSU Board of Directors. I’m in my first year of BMS majoring in Public Relations and Strategic Management. My goal is pretty simple. To do all I can to spark interactions and new friendships between students wherever possible. It sounds cheesy but essentially this is what makes our time at university enjoyable. The social activities shouldn’t be limited to O Week, and I feel I can be that collective voice to initiate a better campus culture.

PS wouldn’t mind seeing a proper pub on campus either.

Directoral Candidates

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Shaun Letcher

Nicole Jeune

For Director 2014

For Director 2014

My name is Shaun Letcher, and I am a first year student studying towards a conjoint law and social sciences degree.

Hi, I’m Nicole Jeune from Papua New Guinea studying Media and Creative Technologies here at the University and so far enjoying my courses at the moment. I’ve been a leader in various communities and environments while growing up. I pretty much like challenging myself with new roles. I may not have a solution to everyone’s issue at hand as a leader, but I can offer a helping hand and a voice when you need one. I speak up when I see things that are not right. I hope you can let me be your representatives as a Director of WSU.

If I could give you two reasons to vote Shaun Letcher this election they would be: 1) I’m not afraid to tell my brother to shut up when he’s being a dick (a valuable check and balance!)

2) I’ve already told my mum I won, and don’t know how I’d explain otherwise.

Vote for the younger, funnier, and significantly better looking Letcher this election.

Vote Shaun Letcher WSU Director.

Daniel Farrell

Jasmine Retief

For Director 2014

For Director 2014 Hello beautiful students! I have been a student rep more times than I can count, to the point that students will assume if I am in that class then I must be the student rep. I am a law student in my 3rd year, and the Waikato brand ambassador for Student Job Search. Student Job Search is one of the great services the the WSU provides, so I have already been working closely with WSU. I know how the team functions and I want to be part of that team officially.

Hey guys, I’m Daniel Farrell, one of the 2013 WSU Board of Directors running for re-election. I’m studying Law and Management here at the University of Waikato, and have been involved with WSU itself for most of my three and a half years so far at the University. I have written for Nexus, been involved with WSU’s affiliated clubs and, of course, have been a Director this year. Unfortunately, due to the word count, I can’t give you full details of why I think you should vote for me. If you can, check out my Facebook for more details – www.facebook.com/DanielFarrellWSU.

Please support me so I can support you.

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Making Living Cheaper Duct tape yourself to a friend and let the savings begin.

Auteur Mumblecore.

With the box office success of two movies last year the American independent filmmaking movement known as “mumblecore” threatened to go mainstream.

Your Sister’s Sister and Safety Not Guaranteed both starred Mark Duplass, one of the key creative personnel of the subgenre.

Duplass and sibling Jay are the Coen Brothers of mumblecore, having directed five features between them since 2005’s The Puffy Chair.

Auteur House has most of these films, along with Andrew Bujalski’s 2002 Funny Ha Ha - the founding document of the movement - and Bujalski’s subsequent movies, Mutual Appreciation (2005) and Beeswax (2008).

Mumblecore is difficult to define precisely. The low budgets dictate low production values, location shooting, natural light and sound and the use of amateur actors. Drawing in part on the ground breaking work of independent pioneer John Cassavetes, mumblecore is also influenced by the French New Wave of the 1960s, the Dogma 95 movement prevalent in Denmark in the 1990s and the early films of Richard Linklater, especially Slacker (1991). What gives mumblecore its distinctive tone are naturalistic performances and a concentration on the minutia of interpersonal relationships. Use of the hand held camera, crude employment of the zoom lens and jump cuts together with hesitant, sometimes inaudible dialogue and seemingly loose narrative structures give the films an improvised feel, however carefully scripted they might actually be.

The dramatic focus is on the young middle class. Mumblecore protagonists tend to be slackers of the Linklater school, 26

underachievers and malcontents who usually have the benefit of college education and a background of relative affluence but who are unlucky in love and have yet to find their place in the world.

Here’s a list of key mumblecore titles to get started with. All are stocked by Auteur House.

1. Funny Ha Ha (2002). Seemingly plotless, Bujalski’s debut follows the mundane, everyday life of a 20 something graduate struggling for employment and drinking too much. Drama doesn’t get much more low key than this.

2. The Puffy Chair (2005). Mumblecore’s “road movie”. Mark Duplass is an ex-musician who hits the highways of America with his longterm girlfriend and New Agey brother to pick up the titular ebay purchase. Things don’t go smoothly.

3. Baghead (2008). Managing to be both hilarious and genuinely scary this is mumblecore at its most self-reflexive. A group of would-be film actors go into the forest to write a horror film and life starts to imitate art.

4. Jeff, Who Lives at Home (2011). Jason Segal shines as the superstitious title character, a loser still living with his mother in his late 30s who takes his spiritual lead from the movie Signs. Like most of the Duplass brothers’ films, much of the comedy revolves around male siblings working out issues.

5. Safety Not Guaranteed (2012). Maybe too polished to be thought a true mumblecore work, the presence of Mark Duplass as an ambiguous male lead gives this romance its street cred. One of the few films which genuinely keep you guessing until the last scene.

Richard Swainson

#Team up with a friend to halve entry costs.

Now you’re probably asking yourself “Honest Matt, what do you mean team up with a friend to halve entry costs?” Well it’s simple.

What I want you to do is get a good buddy and pretend to be conjoined twins.

The benefits of pretending to be a conjoined twin are almost endless. I am baffled that this is not already common practice for money saving enthusiasts.

Instantly you will be halving your entry costs.

That pesky $5 cover charge to the club becomes $2.50 etc, etc.

Halving entry costs isn’t the only benefit of pretending to be Siamese twins. Never again will you have to worry about being left alone in town drunk, cold and lonely. Even if both of you have had a skinful of grog you will always be able to put your heads together and devise a game plan of how to get home.

Also if you can somehow arrange to be a Siamese twin imposter with a pretty boy or girl your chances of having a threesome after town improve tenfold.

Achieving the conjoined twin look is not hard.

Firstly all you’d need to do is heavily duct tape you and your mate’s legs together from ankle to upper thigh (right upto the genital area) to create a middle third leg. Next step is to acquire a Shaq O’Neal sized shoe you can fit both your feet into.

After that it’s taping your torsos together.

Then you can get your friend studying fashion to especially tailor make you some fitted garments or you could just buy some 5 XL t-shirts from the ware whare.

So what are you waiting for? Duct tape yourself to a friend and let the savings begin!

Matt Hicks twitter.com/Honest_Matt

LIFESTYLE

The Afterlife Motivation, why do you like hiding.

Boganology 101 Fighting for bogan culture.

During the first week of April I went to a Heavy Metal conference in Ohio, USA. You may have read about it in a previous Nexus.

But there was way more that happened, and I wanted to share another story, because it raises interesting questions. On the final night of the conference all attendees went to a meal at a Mexican restaurant. Eventually people went back to their hotel rooms until

understand it, is about power. This was a guy trying to tell her that a woman shouldn’t play metal. So her all female band found out where this guy lived, and beat the shit out of him.

They told him that they could do whatever they wanted and he should leave them alone.

They put him in intensive care. Metal is an empowering form of music.

Sadly they apparently continue to experience abuse at the hands of non-metallers. Their practice space regularly gets attacked, attempts to burn it down, and one time they came back to practice to find out that a group of men had jacked off all over their instruments. It must’ve been a big group, if you get my drift.

So while Bogans do get looked down upon in New Zealand, for a variety of reasons, spare a

“So while Bogans do get looked down upon in New Zealand, for a variety of reasons, spare a thought for those countries where Metal fans and creators could actually lose their lives...” we got down to the hard-core drinkers. There were four of us, myself, a German, a Brit, and an American. We drank the restaurant out of glassware, but anyway. I was talking to the German guy, Pierre (long story), who had written a book about Turkish Metal (go buy it, it’s awesome). He regaled me with some of his stories of doing research in a society that religiously frowns on metal, and particularly women and/or gay people in metal.

thought for those countries where Metal fans and creators could actually lose their lives or be tortured. This occurs purely because of the music they listen to and play. But because of the passion they have and the meaning that the music has for them, the freedom, the creativity, whatever, they don’t let that stop them. They literally fight for the music they love.

Wow that escalated quickly.

Now we have a similar situation, but not to this extreme. He interviewed a female, lesbian, death metal singer. She told him of how a guy attempted to rape her after a show in Turkey. She fought him off. Now rape, as I

Stay Bogan \m/ Burton C Bogan

I’ve never understood why it is when you really need motivation there is never enough to go around and when you don’t need it you seem to have it in abundance. I think true motivation is something you are either born with or something you spend your life trying to be good at, I’m still undecided if I was one of the lucky few born with it or not.

My motivation seems to hit me at opposite ends of the scale, one month/week/day I will have so much motivation I don’t know what to do with it and the next it has all but vanished and I have to fight myself to get

“I think I had it in my head that once I finished my degree I would become this super motivated person...” anything important done. I think I had it in my head that once I finished my degree I would become this super motivated person who would get so much more done in my life but in reality I’m still the same, I still struggle to stay motivated at all times and am constantly needing to remind myself to keep at things.

You see I am one of those people that gets crazy motivated at the start of something, but overtime that motivation tends to fade away if I don’t give myself gentle nudges to stay on track. It’s almost like I need to relight the fire so to speak, or relight my excitement for whatever it may be. I guess maybe this is a sign that I am growing up, or growing more in tune with myself, I am learning to figure out ways that work for me to get my act together and get stuff done.

This past week seemed to be one of those weeks I was lacking motivation so it took me awhile to finally get around to finishing this piece. But hey, I got there in the end right, and sometimes that is all that counts!

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Religiousity

Attachment is the cause of suffering Suffering in our lives is caused by craving and greed. Some people develop attachments to youthfulness and suffer as they age. Other people develop desires of fame, wealth and possessions. It is the attachment to those desires that cause suffering when the desires are not met.

Buddhism

There can be an end to suffering - The teaching of the ‘Four Noble Truths’ is not all doom and gloom, the Buddha also provides a message of hope. If a being lives a life filled with desires, cravings and attachments, the result will be a life of suffering, but if that being can eradicate those things from their life, the suffering will cease.

The Buddha, also known as Gautama Siddhartha, was a prince born into a life of luxury. Sheltered by his father, he was brought up knowing nothing of old age, sickness or death. He soon learned this was the fate of all beings and at the age of 29 renounced his life as a prince to take on an ascetic life in search of enlightenment. At the age of 35 he reached enlightenment while meditating beneath a Bodhi tree.

The first teaching of the Buddha was the understanding of the ‘Four Noble Truths’.

These are:

A path leads to the cessation of suffering - This path is known as the ‘Noble Eightfold Path’ or the ‘Middle Way’. It is based upon a balance between extreme material indulgences and extreme self denial. The steps of the ‘Noble Eightfold Path’ are: Right View, Right Intention, Right Speech, Right Action, Right Livelihood, Right Effort, Right Mindfulness and Right Concentration. If all of these things are practiced in a being’s life, they are sure to eradicate suffering and live happily.

To live is to suffer - Life is full of suffering, e.g. physical and mental pain, craving, hatred, hunger, sickness and death. These are all aspects of human life and are causes of suffering.

The idea of reincarnation was already an established belief in many religions during the time of the Buddha and is also taught in Buddhism. The Buddha realised that by following the noble eightfold path one can completely eradicate suffering from life, end the cycle of reincarnation, cease the cycle of suffering and enter forth into a state of Nirvana. The definition of Nirvana is debatable but the most commonly recognised meaning is a state of peace and non-existence which is not death, nor an afterlife.

Reincarnation is not essential to the practice of Buddhism. By practicing the ‘Noble Eightfold Path’ one will inevitably reduce suffering and increase happiness in the present life. It all comes down to the cultural backgrounds and which tradition is followed.

For example in Zen Buddhism the focal point of practice is compassion, mindfulness, love for the Earth and love for your Sangha (community).

Whichever tradition of Buddhism you look into you will find that Gautama Siddhartha, the Buddha was not a God, nor was he to be worshipped like one. He was simply a man with the same Buddha-like potential as the rest of us.

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Lifestyle

Slut DJ In an epic three part trilogy, Slut DJ details the worst weekend of his life. So far.

Sometimes in this world not everything goes to plan and this is often the case with sex - as you would know from any of my columns.

Some of my more notable failures include the time I became one with my jeans fly as a teenager. My girlfriend and I had been caught getting intimate on her parent’s garage floor so I quickly had to pull out and zip up without looking.

Blood. Everywhere.

More recently I was in the back room of a Hamilton bar with a girl. Pants down I lifted her to a more ergonomical position against the side of a fridge. Unfortunately, in-between some weird movement I tripped on my pants and fell against her, knocking the fridge over onto one of the local DJs who’d just walked in.

While these incidents did cause some measure of pain they’re nothing compared to the physical and psychological pain of which I experienced recently.

Every gig I’ve ever played I’ve had a great crowd and on this fateful evening a while back it was no different – except for one thing, there was a girl who’d come down from Auckland to see me play and she just stood in the corner watching silently.

At some point in the night she came over and decided, in her incredibly drunken state, to try and have a heart to heart with me.

Seeing that she was noticeably upset and quite intoxicated I gave her more time than I probably should have. I explained that while I thought she was lovely, I didn’t want a relationship and I valued her support blah blah blah – you know the same stuff every guy tells every girl.

So, after telling one girl a whole lot of shit so I didn’t have to sleep with her I set off to tell a whole heap of shit to a different girl that I did want to sleep with.

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But I was unlucky and left the club to drive home alone.

It was here, by my car, that I found the Aucklander – crying.

I wanted to ignore her but even though I’m an asshole, I’m not THAT bad. So we have a second heart to heart and I discover she’s lost her phone and wallet and, to top it all off, cannot get to her hotel. So I do the stupidest thing I’ve ever done and I offer her a ride – with no ulterior motive.

As soon as she gets in the car she leans over to kiss me.

I pull away and say, “what the fuck are you doing?”

She starts crying again, “I just want a kiss nothing else, do you not think I’m good looking?”

As an intelligent male you should always, always, ALWAYS avoid this question but as an idiot I replied.

“No, it’s not that – it’s just that I don’t want a relationship and this sort of thing leads to that.”

“Neither do I,” she stammered, “just a kiss.”

Still kind of gutted that I hadn’t pulled, I give in. She leaned forwards and I meet her in the middle.

Yes, I know.

Don’t say it.

I fucked up.

This lasts all of thirty seconds and I feel a hand on my pants – I pull away and ask, again, “what the fuck are you doing?”

She replies, “it’s ok, I don’t want a relationship” And right now, due to the lack of blood in my head, I acknowledge that this is a good idea but state – this can go no further, I do not want to have sex.

Sex is one hundred percent off the cards.

She agrees.

So, from the car seat beside mine she fumbles around with her hands and I spend the next few minutes wondering where I’m

supposed to put mine.

I eventually decide to put my hands behind my head and lean the car seat back, in response she clambers onto me, sitting on my knees and putting a leg either side of the seat. With this relocation her style changes dramatically; she’s now less mall claw machine game and far more milkmaid churning butter.

The new aloof position works wonders and I close my eyes and smile.

My night’s looking up.

Then, just when I think everything is going swell in one swift motion she lifts herself up and drops herself on the centre of my lap– startled by the intrusion I sit up, accidentally head-butting her in the face.

I yell at her to get off, my eyes hazy from the skull/face impact but she refuses to let go and wraps her arms around me.

I’m stuck inside her – without a condom.

With all of my might I pulled her off me, her leg gets stuck down the side of the seat and her arse sits on the horn. Passerbys look in the window. I zip up as fast as I can without looking down, careful not to repeat the teenage incident, and I yell at her for violating me.

Utterly fucked off I drive the Aucklander straight to her hotel and kick her out of the car.

I feel dirty, used and incredibly angry at both her and myself for letting it happen. I honestly feel like I’ve been raped.

I can’t deal with life at this point, I’m so gutted that my stomach twists, so I go straight home, straight to bed and fall asleep in my town clothes.

The next morning I wake up, still angry from the night before and stumble to the toilet. I pull out, release and it feels good – and then I look down.

There’s blood.

Everywhere.

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Diary of a Single Girl Who counts as an ex?

I have had only one true boyfriend in my life but I will claim many boys as my exes. I’m not sure if it’s the acceptable thing to do but it seems a lot simpler than saying “this is the guy that I was shagging for a few months but we never DTR’d” (Defined The Relationship btw (By the way)). One of these exes went off travelling for a bit. When he came back I was seeing someone else and then when that didn’t work out he was seeing someone else. Finally we got our ducks in a line and managed to start dating again. When I told my friend she told me it was a bad idea, that he was my ex for a reason. As we always do I brushed this away and kept dating him and didn’t realize my mistake until one night when my flatmates were drinking and I was locked away watching movies with the boy.

I realized I would rather have been drinking with my friends or doing pretty much any other activity. It wasn’t that he wasn’t a lovely guy but I just found him soooo boring! I look back on the conversation with my friend now and think, “By Joe, she was right”. We spend time with people and if it doesn’t work out it’s not just timing like you want to assume.

It might just be that you like vegemite and he likes marmite. Or he doesn’t treat you right,

“It might just be that you like vegemite and he likes marmite.” but that’s because he’s stressed at work and it will be different this time. Very rarely is it different the second time around. He wasn’t leaving to go travelling in a couple of months/ weeks the second time around but we still had nothing to talk about. Exes are exes for a reason…

Mr Minty Fish I don’t know what to drink this weekend...

The last few weeks, I’ve been on the Scrump. Couple of red ones, a few green; I’m not racist. Well there’s the exception of last Thursday when I was having drinks in Auckland. The exception is that I had Scrumpys AND vodka, not that I was racist.

Well I might have been, but that’s not really why I gathered you here.

Scrumpy gets the job done. One bottle and you’re well on your way to trying to inappropriately hug that one cop that looks like Wolf from Outrageous Fortune whilst still being able to remember that you can’t get away with that with all the cops so one is enough and it’s time to head back to Bar 101 (Yes sometimes I still go there. I’m not a paedophile, I just need my top 40 fix, so fuck; calm your tits.)

that I’m considering giving the taxi driver my number means that I’m definitely too drunk, but then I get in to town and have this fear of premature sobriety so I buy ALL of the mixed spirits in a last ditch effort to; I can only assume; ruin myself the next day and also any chances of getting laid; that I still never really had; as I fall asleep in every possible corner of House.

I’m aware there are other alcohols. Kind of.

But this is my Chiefs final dilemma. Then there’s figuring out how much boob is too much boob, how many lashes I can wear at once and how much I can fake tan before I’m just wearing Blackface. This is my life, these are my choices.

I love you.

Sorry, auto correct. I meant email my your tales of woe. You nasty.

Miss your faces, MMF.xxx P.S. Cuntly is the best place name change ever. MMF for Prime Minister.

Vodka is weird. It gets me what I affectionately dub to be ‘sober drunk.’ The fact

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Alice & Anne

By ALICE & ANNE

Deck.

Before I went to Thailand, I wrote a piece for Alice & Anne about whether or not it’s ethical to bulk buy clothes while overseas. This was mostly in response to people asking me if it was ethical for me to buy things overseas when they could be produced via slave labour.

Having spent some time there now, I thought a follow up piece was in order.

Before I left, I had someone ask me about the store I mentioned, which bought up clothing overseas and sold it on for 2000%. However, the reason they were asking about it was because they wanted to start their own business, doing the same thing. Which, for me, was fairly disappointing that someone missed the point so massively.

the manufactures anywhere near the money they deserved for the products. While this certainly makes for a profitable business, it doesn’t make for a sustainable industry.

What happens when labourers demand to be paid a sufficient wage for their skills? In New Zealand, tailors are already charging upwards of NZ$50 simply to take up a hem, because sewing is such a rare skill.

Yes, I did buy clothes in Thailand (for myself, mind you, not Alice & Anne). I bought some clothes from malls, where I could buy several high-quality cotton tee shirts for the price of a poor-quality one in New Zealand, because I didn’t have to pay for transport costs and for someone’s else privilege. I could walk around the malls, and figure out which places were selling the mass produced designs. I could find the places which were selling one-offs. I could find the places which gave you links to the creators’ Facebook pages and websites.

I also bought clothes from shops selling local

produce and local designs. I spent probably ten times the amount there because I knew it was going directly to the manufacturers, and in some places I could even see how they created the designs.

The point is, don’t rip someone else off just to make a quick buck, especially if it’s doing something which you don’t have the skills to do yourself. I had so much respect for the people who made the clothes I bought, because I do sew, and I know how much work it would have taken to make them (hint: it’s a lot). If you want the fashion industry to thrive (and we do), both commercial and personal buyers need more respect for the manufacturers.

SLIGHTLY STONED In the store where I worked, making a profit was paramount (like in any business).

However, there was an emphasis on making as much profit as you could, at any cost and I sincerely doubt the owner would have paid

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Gather 1 bag spiral pasta, 3tbl butter, 3tbl flour, 2C milk, 1 onion chopped,1 can creamed corn, 1 can tuna, 1C cheese.

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Make sauce: melt butter in a pan over medium heat. Add flour to make dough. Slowly add milk. Stir continuously as it thickens.

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Add creamed corn and half the cheese to the sauce.

Cook pasta in large pot of boiling salted water for about 15 mins. Drain. Arrange in oven dish.

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Veeps Danyell talks elections.

Last week, campaigning for the WSU elections began. Unfortunately, a lot of you don’t actually know a heck of a lot about the WSU or what these nutty people with the excessive chalking are even talking about, so here it is.

Not the President’s Column Just get out there and vote!

It is that time of year again; time to vote in the WSU Elections. While the anonymous author of this column can’t tell you who to vote for, I can tell you what to vote for and emphasise that it is very important that you vote.

When voting for directors, try to vote for a group that you believe could work well together. That doesn’t mean to vote for all of the right wing ticket, or the left wing kids, but to vote for a broad and diverse team that you think will gel. These guys need to be able to work together for 12 months to deliver results for students. Think a mixture of old and new faces, diverse ethnicities, ages, political stances and schools of study. The Board should be broadly reflective of the entire student population.

When voting for Vice-President the first thing you need to do is vote for Shannon Stewart. I can say this without feeling bad because she’s the only candidate and nobody deserves to lose to quite literally nobody. The second thing you need to do is consider a Vice-President Maori, a representative who is expected to work with all of our Roopu on campus, and provide a strong Maori perspective on the board. Which candidate can best advance the

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student union, while working in a large team, and providing a strong voice for Maori?

When voting for a President you need to consider who you want to be heading your student union. This person will set the agenda, assign director portfolios, handle the employment of the General Manager, and is essentially responsible for the entire direction of the WSU. Vote for a person whose values align with your own, but also for a person who you believe has the vision to advance the association.

Be wary of empty promises of undeliverable outcomes, and promises that nobody really asked for. It’s all good and well to campaign on opening a pub, but if the students didn’t ask for it why bother? Of course that is just a hypothetical because everybody wants a pub, but you get the gist, be cautious of “slash and burn” politicians who are delirious with inexperience, and really consider who has the skills to deliver the goods. This role is vital.

On a final note, visual pollution isn’t cool. We know you want us to vote for you, but did you need to write it 100 times in one location?

The WSU executive is made up of 11 people: a President, Vice-President, Vice-President Maori, and eight directors. The role of the president is essentially a full-time job. It requires you to be at meeting after meeting, deal with (a lot of) difficult people, and spend long days in the office. The role of the Vice-President is about 20 hours a week, sometimes less, sometimes more. The VicePresident supports the president and steps in where he/she cannot fulfill his/her role; does a bit of admin work; helps directors with events and projects and basically makes sure that the board is running smoothly. The role of the Vice-President Maori is similar to that of the Vice-President and is also about 20 hours per week but focuses on the WSU’s relationship with Maori students, clubs and wider Maori groups. The eight directors each take on a portfolio, which they focus on for the year, creating events and projects to connect and consult with students. The role of director requires about 10 hours per week.

To be on the WSU board you must be studying, so life gets busy very quickly. The roles that the crazies with the chalk are trying to take on are not easy, but it is a labour of love and we do it for you. So when you see the candidates walking around handing out flyers or writing on the pavement, be nice. Have a chat; learn as much as you can about them, because next week you are going to have the chance to vote for them to represent you and significantly influence university culture at Waikato – or if you don’t like them, vote for somebody else but whatever you do, make sure you vote.

Danyell Summers

WSU

Ask Young Workers Amber Resource Centre

A quick thank you from Amber.

Citizens Advice Bureau He bought a dud.

Simon purchased a car at auction and it broke down soon after. Is he covered by the Consumer Guarantees Act? Unfortunately he is not covered. At the moment the CGA doesn’t cover goods sold at auction (or by tender) but it will when the consumer act is passed towards the end of the year.. If you buy at auction you should inspect the goods before you start bidding. When the hammer falls, it’s yours! Auctioned vehicles are covered by the Motor Vehicle Sales Act (look it up on the web).

There are many problems around cars bought at auction. Be aware! Ask for information before you buy.

The Citizens Advice Bureau has a lot of information on flatting. They can give you information about this or other inquiries you might have. Visit them at the Village Green by Waikato Print 11am – 1pm, Mon – Fri or phone 0800FORCAB

Hey you kids get off our lawn.

Have you noticed the high amount of retirement homes and villages around Hamilton?

Keep coming up behind grandmas doing 30kms an hour around town? Seen a lot of Gold Cards and Senior Citizen discounts being bandied about?

Well if you haven’t observed any of those things I assume you have been down in your basement playing League of Legends, because Waikato has a hugely ageing population – echoing the trend of other regions around the country. And the scary thing is experts have predicted that soon there will be many more “golden oldies” than “spritely youngins” in the region.

So where have all the young people gone?

Well according to our own demography professor Natalie Jackson, Auckland can be held accountable for taking a majority of our young people and turning them into JAFAS (kidding!). But seriously, from 2011-2031, the nation on a whole is set up for a 49 per cent increase of people aged 65 plus, while other age groups drop by 3.9 per cent. And Auckland is just sitting there like an interest free overdraft, attracting all the young people.

That’s not to say that having the oldies around is a bad thing – far from it. But the statistics are pointing to a serious imbalance of older and younger generations in our region in the near future and that doesn’t really benefit anyone. Sure, we can say that it’s up to the council to ensure there are opportunities for young people as well as reasons to stay, but it’s also up to us to take a second look at Hamilton and what it can offer instead of scampering off to Auckland in the first place.

For all of you that drive to university you will know that trying to park your car at the university sucks arse. If we want to get more particular gate one carpark is probably the worst.

How we all personally overcome this problem is maybe one of two ways, some of us call on parking fairies (worth a try huh) or we park on the streets surrounding the university.

Unfortunately parking on public roads around the university with an illegal car will leave you with a sweet $200 parking infringement fine… ouch.

What do you do when you get slammed with a parking infringement fine?

Get your car legal.

Even if you only register your car for a month it is still legal.

Talk to the Hamilton City Council.

If you ask them nicely they sometimes let you have a payment holiday to get the money together to pay the fine.

Apply to get the fee waved.

If you are in a particular situation that is generally unforeseen and have since receiving the fine had your car legalised then the Hamilton City Council may wave the fine for you.

There are always other options when stuff like this happens, most of the time it is just finding out who to ask about it : ) If you find you are in a similar situation or have question for me to answer in next weeks Nexus Magazine then email me on: advocacy@wsu.org.nz Amber the Advocate

By Cheyenne Scown Cheyenne Scown|Educator Young Workers Resource Centre (YWRC)

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SHIT YOU CAN DO. WSU

For when you get your shit sorted and done.

Now it’s time for more shit to do but this time it’s the fun kind.

Monday 5th August Pottery Class, Waikato Society of Potters 9:30 am – 12:30 pm Harry Pottery. Bad pun but this class looks good. Call for 07 8381950 for rates and bookings.

Biddy’s Open Mic Night, Biddy Mulligans 6:00 pm – 1:00 am Because it’s your time to shine!

Comedy Stage Hypnotist – Dave Upfold, St Paul’s Collegiate School 7-9 pm A live hypnosis comedy show? Don’t mind if we do.

Build Your Own Burger, House 5 pm onwards First there was pizza night. . . and then came burger night. Might as well get a housemate card while you’re at it.

Quiz Night, The Cook 7:30 Ham East life, guys!

Tuesday 6th August An Unexpected Result – The Business of Hobbits, Gallagher Academy of Performing Arts 6-7 pm How has The Hobbit really changed us?

Celtic Jam Night, Biddy Mulligans 6:30-7:30 pm Didn’t need a 4-leaf clover. Tuesday night music fix sorted!

Wednesday 7th August

Friday 9th August

Skint Student Night, House 6 pm onwards $5 pizzas and special drink deals. Bring your student ID. Bring your friends. Bring your person of interest.

Head Like A Hole The Monsta X Tour, Altitude 8 – 11:30 pm Rock n’ Roll just like how it should be.

Quiz Night, The Riv 7:30 – 9:15 pm Ham East life version 2.0!

Crossroads Duo, Hamilton Cosmopolitan Club 7:30 – 11:30 pm Dance songs and classic hits are always well, a classic. Friday night fever!

Quiz Night, Homestead 7:30 – 9:15 pm There’s quiz night everywhere because knowledge really is power.

Saturday 10th August

2 for 1 Cocktails, Grand Central 7 pm onwards Classy night with the crew or cozy date night with person of interest.

Whisky Wednesdays, Agenda 8 – 11 pm 30% off scotch. This one is for the lads!

Wax on Wednesdays, Static 8 pm onwards If you’re craving ridiculously good music, good company and vibe, then you are officially home.

Thursday 1st August The Sceptics Collection Tour, Waikato Museum 12-12:40 pm Let’s be artsy during lunch break!

Classic Hits Pet Expo, Claudelands Arena 10 am – 5 pm This is perfect for people flatting/renting who just really want to cuddle a pet.

Tompkins Wake Law Ball 2013: A Night Behind the Mask: Venetian Masquerade.

Hamilton Gardens Pavillion 7pm - 12am Law students may be pretentious snobs, but pretentious snobs usually throw the best parties.

Spenda C AUS, The Back Bar 10 pm – 3 am Spenda C is crossing over from Australia to play his debut show! Lucky Hamilton!

Electro Static, Static Midnight – 3 am Here’s to the best nights of your life! Thank you, Electro Static!

Monthly Japanese Film – Space Battleship Yamato, Waikato Uni 7 pm So we were artsy during lunch time, why not be cultured too? Free movie on a Thursday night. It can’t get any better than this!

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