Nexus Issue 08, 2013

ISSUE 08, VOLUME 45

the Top 40 People Destroying Your Future.

And Kim Jong Ung only takes the number two spot.

New Zealand Music Month Kicks Off So Alix and Louise go to see our biggest touring act Six60 at Founders Theatre.

Boganology 101 Burton C Bogan takes New Zealand Metal to the USA in a crusade to educate and civilise.

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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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Managing Editor James Raffan james@nexusmag.co.nz

Advertising Advertising Manager Tony Arkell ads@nexusmag.co.nz

Contributors C-Ball, Regan, Kathlene Cook, Daniel Petersen, Matt Hicks, Morgahna Godwin, HP, Danyell Summers, Dr Richard Swainson, Dr Burton C Bogan, Jayde van Maanen, Jess Molina, Jess Tuakeu, Caitlin Ashworth, Kelsey Weld, Jamie Hutton, Kylie Zinsli, Gil Denny, Amber, Nathan Sweetman, Bron Alexander, Ali Brady and Aaron Letcher

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News

[3] News.

[5] University news.

[6] Sports thoughts.

[7] Left vs Right: Youth Wages [8] Not News.

Opinion

[10] Third Degree + Guest Rant [11] Random Profile - Brooke Neal.

Top 10.

[12] Lettuce to the Editor.

Club Noticeboard

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

Horoscopes [15] Book, Comic & Album review.

Horoscopes [16] @Honest Matt Meets...

Gig Guide.

[17] Eight Ball.

Cool vs Not Cool.

[18] Puzzles [19] Top 40 People Destroying your Future [24] Bogan on the Road [26] Six60 Gig Review

Lifestyle

[28] Autuer + Auditor [29] Google This + Work Stories [30] Living on the Cheap + 50 Shades of Gay + Mr Minty Fish [32] Alice and Anne + Trendspotting [31] Arts - Black Fox Press

WSU

[34] President’s Column.

Veeps.

[36] Ask Amber + Citizens Advice Bureau + YWRC

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Highlight Reel

this week in nexus // Pg: 26 “They can take our lives but they will never take our freedom,” said Mel Gibson in one of the rare times in recent history that he wasn’t being publicly anti-semitic.

the Dean of WMS about why he has decided to step down from his position early, reviewing the bars, talking to retailers and getting to sit down with Netsky and Six60.

Over the course of the last few weeks, in fact the last few years, we have received a number of complaints from people who think we have offended them in some way. For that we apologise, but let’s be clear about a simple point. While offending you was never our intention, it hasn’t given us a compelling enough reason to stop doing what we are doing and to suggest otherwise is to try and

We have only scratched the surface of Slut DJ, MMF and Sports and there are plenty more slightly weird views to come, with some more unique columnists being added over the next month. On top of that we have done class audits, reviews, talked beer and fashion and spoke with a bunch of University staff and students. We’ve also let a few politicians have guest rants and given away more Burger

“These writers give their time freely when they could be working part time jobs or doing assignments or even just chilling the fuck out because being a student is tough, man.” take away some of the freedom we have to express opinions.

At its very core, Nexus Magazine is and has always been a forum for students to communicate and engage with other students.

The students that run and write this magazine each week aren’t Left Wing Zealots or an Athiest Collective; they aren’t people who delight in mocking others for their politics or the clothes they wear (well actually C-Ball is but we promise he is the only one).

What they are is a collective of students with different backgrounds, different world views, and different areas of interest. They come from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Management, Law, Engineering and Education, and sadly even one from Wintec.

These writers give their time freely when they could be working part time jobs or doing assignments or even just chilling the fuck out because being a student is tough, man.

The one thing we guarantee in return is that each writer gets the freedom to write whatever we think you guys would be interested in reading. This year that has included talking to

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Six60 Six60’s Hamilton concert was totally bitchin’.

See our review for proof. Come back anytime, boys! // Pg: 24

Boganology Rules the Globe Burton C. Bogan takes us to Ohio for a Heavy Metal Conference. Yes, they have those. // Pg: 32

Fuel than ever before.

We managed to play matchmaker about six times and only had four truly titanic failures and we have hardly even begun the year.

The part we love the most, though, is reading lettuce though – because love us or hate us, it’s your voice. In your letters this year you have talked about North Korea, Skateboards, Mature Students (pros and cons) loving the magazine, hating the magazine and, more recently, calling the magazine a cornerstone of moral decay.

This week we are following Burton C. Bogan on his one man mission to bring Waikato Metal to the world, we are showing you what went on at Six60 and we are listing the top 40 people destroying the world. Spoiler alert: Taylor Swift doesn’t even make the top three.

So whether you love it or hate it, keep letting us know because honestly, we love reading what you have to say.

Alice & Anne Alice and Anne talk tits. // Pg: 19

Top 40 people destroying the world Time magazine may have the top 100 influential people, but Nexus has the top 40 people destroying the world. // Pg: 06

Sports Thoughts NZ cricket gets dramatic. Ex-Captain takes on current Captain. xoxo C-Ball.

NEWS

NEWS Google wants to hire Waikato Graduates Google has an unlimited number of jobs for top graduates in the IT field, and Director of Engineering Dr Craig Neville-Manning, a Waikato graduate himself, wants to hire as many kiwis as possible.

“We are limited by the number of really smart computer science graduates we can hire, we don’t have [a] set number of places but we have a [high] standard and we want to hire,” said Dr Neville-Manning.

“...Google’s on-going need for skilled graduates and [a] desire to see more NZer’s in their ranks.”

Dr. Neville-Manning recently made a presentation to a comupter science research group in the Gallagher Performing Arts building, in which he outlined Google’s ongoing need for skilled graduates and his own desire to see more New Zealanders join their ranks.

Forlong’s vs.

Frankton The on-going battle between Forlong’s and Frankton Market stall holders has come to a head recently with stall holders appealing to the Council for funding to fight Forlong’s in the Environmental Court, after the company announced that it was hoping to use a court ruling to close down the Markets.

In a recent series of public speeches, City Councillors Angela O’Leary and Dave McPherson spoke passionately about the Markets’ value to Frankton. There was also cross partisan support on the part of the two MP’s based in Hamilton West, Tim Macindoe (National) and Sue Moroney (Labour). Mrs Moroney has planned to move for a piece of legislation that would secure the rights of Frankton stall holders and said that “the Markets are an important part of Hamilton culture.” She further stated that they provide “great deals for students and that many had clamoured to sign a petition to support the Markets’ continuation” when she came to collect signatures on campus last year.

opposes the Markets on the basis that they take business from his store and take up the majority of the parking spaces in the area. After a quick survey it is evident that a great number of local business people are behind the Markets as they draw in even more customers. Additionally the underground car park that Forlongs has reserved the rights to is little more than half full most Saturday mornings, further discrediting Mr Forlong’s cause. Waikato Young Labour, who are in support of the Markets, commented that “the value of the markets are that they create a sense of community but also that they provide necessary local competition for big retailers and add to the distinctive Hamilton identity,” indicating that this was not just an issue for Frankton businesses but for students and the community as a whole, all of whom benefit from the markets.

Despite widespread community support it is looking increasingly likely that the Markets will be closed down from the 27th of April. In a press release Mr Vinod Bhikia, permit holder on behalf of the Frankton Business association said that “My involvement, unless something extraordinary happens, ends after this Saturday’s market on 27th April, which in effect closes this event. Its future may lie in the forthcoming Environment Court hearing”.

Mr Forlong, who has refused to comment,

Second year University Student and IT Consultant Justin Marriot said, “A lot of [students] aren’t keen on a profession in IT but it can be challenging, rewarding and pays better than a lot of other qualifications.” Mr Marriot hopes that Google’s desire to employee Kiwis serves as a further incentive to those who are considering studying IT. 3

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Hamilton students say rent is too high Colin Watson for the Waikato Independant.

On the minimum wage students can earn approximately $177 for doing the recommended 15 hours of work a week, and the maximum student loan for living costs is $172.51 a week.

From eight Hamilton students surveyed the average rent cost for one person was $105, excluding power and food. Five of those spoken to relied entirely on their student loan because they did not think they could manage a job as well as study.

This allows around $60 a week for power, food and other luxuries.

New Zealand house prices are close to their all-time high and are expected to keep climbing, according to ASB’s latest quarterly

Kiwi band signs contract with London label

The group won the Best Overall Band at Playmusic magazine’s unsigned awards last year.

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Lodge City real estate manager David Kneebone said rentals have gone up.

“Average renting prices have increased around 4 percent over the past two to three years,” said Mr Kneebone.

In the final quarter of 2012 students made up around 15 percent of the rental market in Hamilton.

Hamilton rental property supply also increased 11 percent and demand rose 4 percent, according to Trade Me statistics.

Photo by Alex Smith

“Melic is excited to play at Cornbury Festival again this year.”

Melic, a four-piece funk and acoustic Kiwi rock band is making it big in London after signing with record label Beatnik Geek, just hours before going on stage at the famous 100 Club.

Saxophone and keyboard extraordinaire, Romy Bylin, was picked up along the way and their band, Melic, was formed in 2008.

“If I didn’t have work I would be struggling but because I’m working I’m falling behind in my studies, so it’s never ending,” said Ashley.

festivals such as Cornbury, Homelanz and Southern Sounds and did a residency at the famous Troubadour in Earls Court in London during the Olympics.

Mereana Austin for The Waikato Independant.

The London-based band is made up of New Zealanders Andrew Coogan, the band’s drummer, and brothers Mark, guitarist and vocalist, and Steve Hitchcock, bass guitarist and vocalist.

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Student Ashley Rixon, 20, is studying web design. “It’s just me and my partner and we are basically renting a granny flat… but that’s all we can afford while I’m studying.”

“It was pretty awesome to play with some of our heroes at Cornbury such as Ray Davies, The Faces and The Straits,” Coogan said.

Melic is excited to play at Cornbury Festival again this year.

“We’re very excited that Melic signed with Beatnik Geek Records and will be releasing our debut album in middle of this year,” Coogan said.

“We are working hard on lots of new material for the album.”

Melic not only performs at many London pubs but has also performed at UK music

Although the majority of the band’s following is in the UK, the band played five shows during a New Zealand tour in the middle of last year.

“We had a great time playing to some fantastic crowds,” Coogan said.

Melic hopes their album and record label will attract more fans.

NEWS

UNI PBRF RESULTS ARE IN NEWS

The TEC (Tertiary Education Commission) released the results of the 2012 performancebased research funding (PBRF) round in April.

PBRF is the government’s official quality evaluation tool for New Zealand universities.

SCHOLARSHIPS gIvE yOU WINgS

The 2012 results show that 90% of the University of Waikato’s academic staff are research-active, more than half of whom have been rated in the top two categories:

PUBLIC LECTURE

DOCTORAL WORKSHOP

For better or for worse, the story of life on Earth starts with thermodynamics, which is the topic for University of Waikato biologist Professor Vic Arcus’ Inaugural Professorial Lecture Energy, Information, Evolution and Life.

The third and final workshop on doctoral study will be held this month, designed to help candidates prepare for the final stages of their doctoral study.

6–7pm, Tuesday 30 April, Gallagher Academy of Performing Arts. Opus Bar open from 5pm.

The seminar will be held on Wednesday 1 May from 1–2pm in S.1.02.

Workshop 3 ‘Finishing Up’: Doctoral Research and Study is intended for those higher degree doctoral candidates within the final year of submitting their thesis for examination. Topics will include; tips on the final stages of writing, proof reading and editing, and preparation for the oral examination. We will also have a student panel so bring along your questions.

This workshop will be held on Tuesday 7 May from 9.50am–3pm – venue TBA.

The first of a series of scholarship seminars is being held in May that will answer all your questions and more.

It will include practical advice on completing applications, what to expect in an interview, support/services the Scholarships Office provides, and updates about on-campus presentations by external funders. The presentation will be followed by a Q & A session.

Waikato is also among the top four universities in having recognised researchers available for teaching and supervising postgraduate students.

Students can be confident that classes at Waikato University are underpinned by internationally-benchmarked, researchinformed teaching, and in particular our postgraduate students have direct access to top national and international researchers.

Fancy studying part of your degree overseas?

See yourself conducting research in a foreign country, or attending international conferences but can’t quite afford to get there?

The seminar, Scholarships give you wings, will highlight some of the major scholarships and funding options available for study, research, and conferences offshore, including the Fulbright and Rhodes scholarships. The seminar will also showcase a wide range of opportunities which are open to all students.

9% are at ‘A’ level (defined as ‘world-class’) and just over 45% are at ‘B’ level (defined as producing research of national and international significance).

RSVP to postgrad@waikato.ac.nz by 10am Wednesday 1 May.

INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS: WIN PRIZES This is your chance to tell us what you have enjoyed so far about your University of Waikato experience, and where you think we need to improve. The 2013 International Student Barometer is an online survey that takes about 5 minutes to complete. We have sent eligible students an email with the survey link – so check your inbox. For more information on the survey and the prizes, visit www.waikato.ac.nz/ students/international/barometer-survey or email student_survey@list.waikato.ac.nz

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SPORTS THOUGHTS

TOP 3 TOTALLY TITS NEW ZEALAND CAPTAINS

John Parker uses Slander. It’s not very Effective.

STEVE PRICE

Former New Zealand cricket captain John Parker has been sent ducking for cover to evade a venomous bouncer, after the current Black Caps captain Brendon McCullum got sick of his bullshit. We’ve accepted things went wrong when Ross Taylor was sacked, and the player was treated unfairly. What followed was New Zealand Cricket’s governing body taking a page out of a prominent Hamilton club owner’s attitude towards PR, as in, they said stupid, contradictory things and got slaughtered in the papers. But all that is water under the bridge now, because the recent allegations

by Parker suggesting that McCullum knew

real men do in the 21st century, by flaying the man with a booming cut shot not seen since his younger years when he went ham through point at will, issuing a statement that he would take Parker to court.

Because of this, Parker has since retracted his comments. Apparently, it was never his intention to discredit McCullum, which seems strange considering originally he went about questioning the man’s integrity as he disseminated his own report about the whole Ross Taylor affair to the media.

McCullum didn’t even bother seeking monetary damages, simply accepting the apology

Now that gay marriage is legal, I would like to propose to Steve Price. The Australian war horse was one of the best buys the Warriors ever made, and his tenure as captain, replacing Monty Betham, was invaluable. He ushered in a new degree of work ethic, now visible in young New Zealand props like Benny Matulino, and oozed professionalism.

RYAN NELSEN I don’t even need to bother justifying this. I shouldn’t need to. Just go look at the team list of the All Whites, then count how many of them have appeared in the English Premier League.

Ryan has 177 times. That is all.

“Apparently, it was never his intention to discredit McCullum, which seems strange considering originally he went about questioning the man’s integrity...” of the plot to overthrow Taylor sent him into the type of rage ethnic minorities are feeling when doormen turn them away from certain bars in town.

Whether McCullum played a part in the Taylor saga is irrelevant to me. He is by far the better captaincy choice, and dragging his name through the mud would achieve little in the form of positive outcomes. If Parker’s allegations were true, the public turns on McCullum, and we potentially lose one of our game winners, or dishearten him severely for what is a passion to lead his country. McCullum responded to the slanderous remarks about him the way

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and moving on with his life, vindicated.

The two men have since gone their separate ways. McCullum is allegedly training hard in the Viridian Forest, running horizontally day in day out in an attempt to beef up and lead the Black Caps to cricketing glory.

Parker, on the other hand, was last seen on Cinnabar Island. Missingo apparently replicates shit, and he’s in dire need of multiplying his credibility now.

By C-Ball.

RICHIE McCAW I don’t watch too much Union anymore, but if there is one thing I know, it’s that Richie McCaw is a beast. Tana Umaga was legitimate, and looks like the Predator. Big tick if you ask me, but everyone loves McCaw for a very plain and simple fact – he is everything any sportsmen would aspire to be. The man is humble beyond belief, takes being the focal point of New Zealand’s most important team in his stride, and still finds the time to eat pressure for breakfast and win a World Cup. He leads from the front, plays injured, and never gets into drunken bar fights in Rarotonga.

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Left

Left vs Right THIS WEEK’S TOPIC: Youth Wages

Youth wages may only be paid for the first six months of employment, after which the full adult minimum of $13.75 applies.

New Zealand has taken the wrong attitude towards the idea of the minimum wage. The minimum wage exists to provide a safety net for workers; it is not something to be relied upon but rather as a starting point to foster the aspirations of any employee.

Workers should not seek for a few cents more of subsistence but aspire to work hard, up skill and earn a great deal more.

For those young people who struggle on $11.00 an hour, there exist a host of social

First off, I just want to reference the cluster fuck that the Tiwai point situation has become. The closure of a smelter that uses 15% of the nation’s power will no doubt devalue Mighty River Power shares, ultimately meaning that not even those well off enough to afford the shares will benefit from asset sales. Seriously, the government keeps finding new, not previously conceived ways to confirm that the sales are a horrendous idea.

Back to topic...youth wages are an unethical solution to a problem that has been largely ignored by the Right. Youth unemployment is at catastrophic levels and youth rates set at $11.00 an hour are expected to create less than 700 more jobs from a pool of over 100,000 affected workers. Not only is the reduction in wages of little benefit to generating employment, it is also highly unethical. Paying a younger person less than an adult for the same quantity and quality of labour helps perpetuate agebased discrimination in the workplace and disempowers youth. Furthermore, the fact that the youth leaving the benefit will be placed on this rate serves as a further disincentive to entering the workforce. Telling someone that they deserve less than an acceptable living wage because they have

been a beneficiary only seeks to undermine their potential and create greater benefit dependence in NZ, something that I would have thought National would oppose.

By making 16-17 year olds cheaper to employ, other youth (17-20) will be less likely to gain employment due to the reality cheaper labour on offer, leading to an increase in youth unemployment for over 17’s (a group even more likely to be detrimentally effected).

Same work for the same pay; it’s morally right and more sustainable in the long run.

If we keep up the way we are going, we won’t be closing the gap between NZ and Australia, we will closing the gap between NZ and Zimbabwe.

RIGHT

I do not think that anyone can live with any degree of comfort on a wage of $11.00 an hour. Are you surprised? Did you expect some heartless argument from the ‘Right’ about employer’s rights or the invalidity of a Minimum Wage? What I will say is the truth. Youth unemployment is at a 30 year high and nearly a third of under 20’s seeking work cannot find it. By lowering the cost of labour, employers will be more inclined to take on young employees and although their rate of pay is low, it is better than the alternative of unemployment.

NEWS

security measures to safeguard their welfare, and an argument against youth wages on the grounds of youth welfare is outrageous because with a higher youth wage a great many would be out of work and in an even direr situation. The government has provided a great deal of subsides for work place education and training, and now more than ever employers are up-skilling their workers; this is a part of the drive to lead this nation out of mediocrity and establish a better paid more profitable workforce.

Youth wages are not a solution, but they are a stepping stone into the world of employment and success. Employers and employees rely on each other for the most part. Youth wages are not a cause for concern, they are a means to an end and they are a part of the foundation of ‘National’s brighter future’.

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NEWS

NOT NEWS

The War On Stupid Begins Today!

Last year we wrote a funny little short news story about a man in an Auckland Hospital with an eel stuck in his arse (because how else are you going to get the gerbil out?) Last week we learned that 31 staff members at the hospital had been reprimanded and one dismissed by the Auckland District Health Board. Allegedly they had accessed the man’s file, probably to laugh amongst themselves or send joke emails. Here is today’s simple rule.

If you are a private person who doesn’t want to be the source of ridicule and jokes made at your expense then either create some rope / pulley extraction system or better yet don’t stick an eel in your rectum. Name suppression for celebrities, sports people and entertainers should be relegated to the same category. If you don’t want to be recognised as the person that did something fucking stupid then DON’T DO STUPID THINGS.

This Kind Of Stupid The War On Stupid However...

Part 2?

Iranian “scientist” Ali Razeqi has invented a time machine! Yeah! This is a thing!

Razeqi’s decade long pet project ‘The Aryayek Time Travelling Machine’ allegedly allows users to view up to five years into their future with 98% accuracy; which we assume has to be an estimate. Iranian officials are denying the existence of such a machine which makes you wonder just how far you have strayed from reality when Iranian officials are accusing you of making shit up. However Razeqi says the only rea-

In an effort to capitalise on a growing recession, the suffocation of the middle class and a growing dependency on problem gambling; Lotto created an advert featuring a man and his dog. You would have all seen it by now. The man and his dog, Wilson, are on a fishing boat when the man realises he has won millions in Lotto before promptly losing his ticket and his dutiful dog who

“...denying the existence of such a machine which makes you wonder just how far you have strayed from reality when Iranian officials are accusing you of making shit up.” son he hasn’t released the time machine yet is because he fears America will steal his designs. It is unclear at this time whether Razeqi’s machine has a flux capacitor, wing doors or “doesn’t need roads” (that was a joke for the three mature students reading). Although with a likely war against North Korea, growing tension with China, an economy trying to claw its way out of a recession, anger over Cuba, and a country living in constant fear of attack, it is clear that America has already managed to travel back to 1950 without even needing a time machine.

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Who ate all the pies?

A New South Wales Mother of two has been found guilty of assaulting a police officer with a pram and then throwing a quiche in his face. The judge could not be swayed by the husband’s testimony “This is all a big misunderstanding. She asked me to try her quiche, I tasted it and all I said was it could use more bacon.”

jumps in to rescue it. Cue the montage of the dog and ticket travelling the world to get back to his owner (and be fed by a homeless man) only to find he has been usurped by another dog. Last Week the Advertising Standards Authority received a complaint by G Thorburn suggesting Lotto was condoning theft because the dog gives the ticket to the homeless man. Firstly Mr Thorburn, that isn’t theft it is re-distribution of wealth at best, the dog must have spent time in Cuba. Secondly it is good to see that Nexus isn’t the only ones receiving complaints from the pious moralista’s who believe that their values are being stomped on. Solidarity Comrade.

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MEME OF THE WEEK

PHOTO OF THE WEEK Nice to see the bar owners supporting one another.

Experts estimate that in a lifetime, a human brain may retain one quadrillion separate bits of information.

Intercourse has also been called “afternoon delight,” “dancing the mattress,” “rumbusticating,” “shtupping,” & “spearing the bearded clam.”

Nearly 27 million Americans eat at McDonald’s—per day.

Left-handers are more prone to certain

derived from Latin com, ‘together,’ and panis, ‘bread.’

Historically, guests would tear off parts of a bride’s gown as good luck, which led to today’s custom of throwing a garter and bouquet.

To achieve shimmering effects, most lipsticks contain fish scales.

The pH (acid/base balance) of the human vagina is around 4, which is the same pH as wine, tomatoes, and beer.

Mark Twain once quipped that “while the rest of the human race are descended from monkeys, redheads derive from cats.”

Sharing bread is often a symbolic gesture of unity. In fact, the word “companion” is

Hamilton Night Market Over 60 amazing food stalls cooking up tasty street snacks and delicacies from around the world. Dine-in or Takeaway.

Also fresh produce, gifts, fashionware, arts and crafts, antiques and collectables, massage, fortune tellers, live music and more.

Every Saturday 5 - 11 pm

Under K-Mart, Bryce St Hamilton Central Shopping Centre

QUOTE OF THE WEEK “I just like their whole style. Their whole genre is great” - Coachella festival-goer when questioned

by Jimmy Kimmel on non-existent band “Obesity Epidemic”

FOOD - FASHION - FAMILY - FUN • All weather • Fully under cover • Totally Awesome

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diseases, such as dyslexia, but they are also more likely to be geniuses.

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oPINION

THIRD DEGREE GUEST RANT Questions

LET’S CHANGE THE GAME!

01_ Name a charity you donate to, or would donate to: 02_ Who is the worst person in the world right now?

03_ What was the best part of the teaching recess for you?

Charlie 34, Working at the Rec Centre.

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Epilepsy Foundation through the Rec Centre.

02_ Kim Jong Un. 03_ Less people on campus.

There are shorter queues and more parking!

Jesse Ward

Maori ma, it is time that we changed the game by increasing our numbers at the table. How do we do that? There are two ways we can do it, either wait until the 2014 election and hope that the people will vote more Maori in, or take matters into our own hands over the next five months and change from the general to the Maori roll and in doing so, create another Maori seat or two for the next election.

For those who get into the number-crunching:– currently there are seven Maori electorate seats in Parliament (out of 121), if EVERY Maori switched from the general roll to the Maori roll we would have 13 – 15 seats. Now I recognise that it might be a stretch to expect every Maori to switch rolls, but if every person who read this issue of Nexus convinced fifteen people to switch to the Maori roll, you would almost have enough people to create another Maori electorate seat in Parliament. Think about that for a second and suddenly it doesn’t seem so far-fetched after all. Eight seats sure is better than seven, and nine seats would be even better!

20, BA - History/English

01_ If I had money, I would donate to sick kids.

02_

The first one that came to mind is Kim Kardashian.

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Seeing The Man Who Laughs at the French Film Festival.

Matthew 21, Having a beer with mates I’m not a student here!

01_ The Child Cancer Foundation.

02_ The Boston Bombers.

03_ It’s not as busy. I have time to catch up on activities.

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E hoa ma, we have a once-in-every-five-years opportunity to change the balance of power in Aotearoa. I don’t know about you guys but I have had it with Maori either being on the outside looking in, or being on the inside but every day being an uphill battle because you’re just three out of 61. The simple truth about Parliament is that numbers count when the moment of truth arrives. If you have the numbers to decide whether a bill becomes law or not, people come knocking on your door, if you don’t, you have to go knocking on theirs and the discussions go very differently if you’re the one doing the knocking.

So, my message to you hoa ma is simple – GET ON THE MAORI ROLL – you, your whanau and friends. It might take a couple of phone calls and another five minutes to fill in a form. Ten minutes of your life for a chance to create another Maori seat or two and change the game for Maori in this country.

For further details, go straight to http://www.elections.org.nz/events/ meo-2013 or you can email my office mpwaiariki@parliament.govt.nz Te Ururoa Flavell, Māori Party MP for Waiariki

OPINION

RANDOM PROFILE

TOP TEN Top Ten things you didn’t know about charities.

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The Half the Sky Movement has developed a Facebook game to raise awareness and funds for empowerment of women. Yes, a facebook game. 104,000 books have been donated already.

09_ Charity Navigator evaluates America’s largest charities. If you’re wondering where to donate your hard earned cash, use their rating system.

Brooke Neal.

08_ JK Rowling has given so much to

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charity that she has been knocked off the Forbes World’s Billionaires list.

Nexus caught up with Brooke Neal, Hillary Schollar and most recent member of the Black Sticks. We asked her questions about her Vege Garden, and which side of the bed she wakes up on.

Summer or winter?

Summer

What are you studying and when do you graduate?

I’m studying a Bachelor of Communications, graduating at the end of this year.

What’s the worst day of the week for you?

Mondays

What’s been the highlight of 2013 for you so far?

A definite highlight is making the blacksticks women’s team, this has been a dream of mine since I was little!

If you had to live without your phone or the internet, which would you choose?

The Internet What do you like the most about Hamilton?

Everything is so cheap and easy to afford!

What side of the bed did you wake up on this morning?

Definitely the good side What are the three top things on your things to do list right now?

1. Play my first game for the blacksticks 2. Finish my degree 3. Finish the vege garden

Favourite television show right now?

Home & Away

If we came to your flat for dinner, what would you make us?

Orzo pasta salad and roast veges yum!

What do you miss the most about your home town?

Family, friends and my cat!

What was the last concert you went to?

Six60 Where would you like to be in 5 years time?

Happy, well travelled and in a nice house!

07_ Ten days after releasing KONY 2012, Jason Russell (director of KONY2012 and co-founder of Invisible Children Inc) was found running naked through the streets and screaming incoherently.

06_ freerice.com donates 10 grains of rice through the World Food Programme for every general knowledge question you answer correctly.

05_ While there are around 97,000 non-profts, there are only 25 008 registered charities in New Zealand.

04_ The religious activities sector racks up the most volunteer hours for NZ charities, with 178,000 per year.

03_ The education sector involves the most paid work, at 500,000 hours.

02_ That hard-to-buy-for person is sorted this christmas! Donate a goat to a struggling community and sign their name.

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The Wikimedia Foundation is a charitible organistation that runs Wikipedia. Which is why you’ll see fundrasing appeals from founder Jimmy Wales from time to time as you research your assignment…

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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... facebook.com/nexusmagNZ

What crass!

You should be grateful that Jesus taught people to “love their enemies”; if you had dared to make fun of the Prophet Mohammed, you’d probably have had a fatwa issued against you (a.k.a Salman Rushdie, who was forced into hiding for years after publishing his novel ‘The Satanic Verses’), and before you knew it, your magazine would’ve been history, and you’d probably be running for your life. The point?

Just because Christians come across as a little passive doesn’t give anyone the right to insult us or our faith.

#nexuslettuce.

foundation - of Western Society, and it is deeply concerning that the shameful voicings of such opinions may set a precedent of future derisive publishing.

In conclusion, we advise Nexus to show respect for all faiths - show some dignity as authors, and please don’t resort to distasteful mockery; it is neither funny nor entertaining.

Perhaps if authors of said magazine could re-channel their ardent efforts into a more worthwhile cause, they might possibly gain a reputation as an entity that actually benefits humanity, rather than one which epitomises its degradation.

Mason Perret

Lilly Field

Show some respect.

Pedestrian Rage

Upon reading your article “Nexus reimagines the story of Easter”, I was taken aback by the maligning tone of the author’s insolent caricature of the Christian faith. This blatant disrespect of one of the fundamental facets of religion is both socially unacceptable, and ethically wrong. Not only have you offended many people of faith, you have reduced the reputation of Nexus magazine to little more than recycling grade trash.

Skateboards yo. They’re all fun to skate about on, but what about them poor pedestrians man? I’m walking along to class all chill with my headphones in, listening to my Finnish death metal, and boom! This goon on a board just about crashes into me. Do these boarders not realise how much of a pain in the ass it is to be almost run over by these four wheels of doom? It’s on pair with cyclists riding on the footpath (ah the bicycle, another form of non motorised transport that I hate); and we all know how much of a pain that is.

This inaccurate ridicule of Christianity lacked any humor, yet what makes this article all the more intolerable is its repetitive defamation. (Definition: “The act of defaming; false or unjustified injury to the good reputation of another, as by slander or libel; calumny”) Despite the rights to freedom of speech, defamation is a crime punishable by law in New Zealand. (See the Defamation Act 1992 section 51.)

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So what I’m saying is, give us normal people a reasonable berth when shredding the pavement (is that the right term? I’m not to familiar with skater lingo). If you’re incapable of doing that, keep the board in the skatebowl, not in my ass.

Peace yo.

Easily irritated human being.

A Call to Arms Dear Nexus, We have some of the best up and coming artistic talent in New Zealand, don’t we? Especially if we use the word broadly to include more than just visual art. There are musicians by the truckload at Waikato.

The Nexus is doing a good job of highlighting the amazing artists who live secretly amongst us. All in all, there are probably well over a hundred serious wannabe writers, artists, musicians, directors, actors, dancers, comedians and mimes at this campus, silently working away, maybe often on their own. Even your humble correspondent here has had a couple of pieces of writing now published.

Shouldn’t we all know each other? I mean writer’s groups are important tools for, well, writers. They offer feedback and friendship. A place to bounce ideas off each other. Consider Inklings: a group where Tolkien and C.S Lewis use to hang out and talk about their stories, and generally have some fun with fellow writers. I assume it’s much the same for painters and musicians. Waikato University, the home to such talent, should at least have an Inklings of its own (and various other groups for other artistic callings as well), shouldn’t it?

But also, Hamilton likes to think big, doesn’t it? Shouldn’t there be some collaboration as well? Writers and artists coming together for comic books and graphic novels.

Photographers and musicians for amazing live performances. Fashion designers and artists for brilliant clothing. Comedians and writers coming together to give Waikato it’s very own Cambridge Footlights Revue (Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie and Emma Thompson were all in it... in the SAME YEAR). Oh, it would be awesome, wouldn’t it?

Does anyone else thinks that Waikato needs an umbrella organisation for the Artists on Campus, dedicated to organising all this wonderful talent together? We could do some pretty awesome things around Campus and in town, making Waikato known for the Arts: art installations, more original, home-grown theatre, comedy groups. Instead of that chalk on the floor being a message to go to Poland for a year, it’s actually a poem. What about if Hamilton during the Fringe Festival was Hamilton all year round? Furthermore, an Artists on Campus group could also help organise smaller groups for each specific subgroup, such as writers, painters or musicians.

Is anyone excited by that prospect? Anyone at all? You are? Awesome!

OPINION

… do you want to go and set it up? Because, umm, I’ve got this assignment due in next week and, you know, I’m a writer. Going around, finding and directing a whole host of people I don’t know sounds daunting. You musicians and actors are extroverts, aren’t you? You would be perfect for the job of organising a first meeting! Actually, just stop reading now. I just want to say something to my fellow introverted writers and artists.

Don’t worry, I think we might be able to let them set up a first meeting or something.

And then we can tag along until we feel confident enough to say something. Hey! I said stop reading!

James Nobody-For-Now

Alumni Come Calling.

Dear nexus (letter to the editor) Alumni visits Friday at 2.30pm and finds Professor Dov Bing, of Political Science Department, out and Dr Ron Smith, too, away for the holidays. What if North Korea uplifted and drifted away in a mushroom cloud and comment was required from these bastions of academia. So next stop the population department also in FASS. Professor Richard Bedford also no answer to the tap on his door under his name tag, Professor Poole, too, was not responding to his door being knocked upon by alumni. Have we a cohort of academics that have names on the doors but are unavailable to be conscience and critics of society. What of the mass of the population need for access and who fund the brains trust. Thank you nexus for publishing the roll call and making examples of but four long service academics who cut academia for an early start to the holiday break. I would expect all four to be called before the Dean of FASS and Vice Chancellor decreeing inquisition on all fours return. A reprimand to chastise so next term at break time all doors are wide open welcoming alumni who return for a visit and a catch up chat.

Rod Young, B.Sc., B.Soc.Sc.(Hons), P.G. Dip Public Policy. (Waikato)

Marriage Equality – A few words of thanks before you forget Marriage Equality, it happened. As the

prophetic Maurice Williamson predicted there was no gay apocalypse and now, before this issue fades into our history it seems apt to acknowledge some of the people who helped pave the way for this bill. In 1975, National Minister Venn Young (who was a devout Christian) sought to legalize homosexuality.

Though Young’s bill was defeated he started in motion the chain of inevitable social developments that led to our bill and has been almost overlooked by history. Thanks Venn. Eleven years later Fran Wilde’s attempt to pass the homosexual law reform was successful. It seems strange that little over 25 years ago homosexuality was a crime and we owe a great debt as a country to these early reformers and the countless numbers who supported their causes. The two previous examples (one from Labour and one from National) indicate that through our history the support for equal rights in this respect has been cross partisan and although these issues have always been contentious, no one remembers those who stand in the way of progress.

Since the 80’s the changes have been rapid, Georgina Beyer, our first Transgender MP, Civil Unions and now equality in Marriage. Louisa Wall, Tau Henare, Kevin Hague and a whole host of others have helped place us on the right side of history. Queer or straight, left or right we should all be proud of their work.

It is easy now to claim that equality has been achieved, that the last hurdle has been cleared. This is untrue. Queer youth still face discrimination and have disproportionate rates of suicide. This bill is not the means to an end but rather the final step towards legal equality from which substantive equality should flow, this however will take time and a great deal of support from ordinary New Zealanders. To those who I have listed above (and the many that have not been mentioned) thank you for making so very proud to be a New Zealander.

Clubs Noticeboard FREE MOVIE Wed 1st May 2013 12pm - 140pm approx ‘Occupation 101’ Brought to you by Students for Justice in the Middle East (SJME) Venue: Level Zero For more info contact: Shay SJME.waikato@ gmail.com

Sports Fixtures for the 4th of May University Rugby vs Melville 2.45pm at the University.

Unicol Football Mens Fed 1 s Rotorua 2.45pm at the University.

CBD Mens Hockey vs Aber Old Boys 4.30pm at Gallagher Hockey.

Storage King Womens Hockey vs Fraser Tech White 3.00pm at Gallageher Hockey

Entrepreneurs in Action.

www.enactuswaikato.org

Zanian M. Steele

The Mandarin Corner

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GAME

Injustice LIDO CINEMA film

Hyde Park on Hudson Rating: Fifteen minutes into Hyde Park on Hudson the narrator, Daisy, announces that the 32nd president, Frankin D. Roosevelt and herself are “no longer just fifth cousins”. Her inclusion into Roosevelt’s life, including a visit from King George VI during an important part of American-British relations, certainly makes for a pleasant but quite awkward film.

Bill Murray certainly delivers a good FDR, however you can’t help but draw comparisons to the other presidential film which came out this year (you know, the one that got the Oscars...) both in terms of acting and cinematography. The new King and his wife have their moments of comic relief, and provide an interesting cultural contrast to the relaxed and casual FDR. However, it also hardly compares to the other film with King George VI (the one that also won Oscars...)

Laura Linney, as Daisy, is bland and banal but the insights her character gives us into the president’s world is what makes the film watchable. Her comments on FDR’s relationship with Eleanor and his other mistresses share secrets that otherwise would not have left Hyde Park.

Overall, it’s a film I’d take my mother to see, but not one which leaves you without any real impression.

By Louise Hutt

Rating: Injustice: Gods Among Us is NetherRealms latest DC themed game and my new obsession. This games is not Batman: Arkham City, it might not even measure up to the earlier released Batman: Arkham Asylum. If you are looking to fill that particular void then wait till October’s Batman Arkham Origins.

As a game title Injustice doesn’t take itself too seriously.It hasn’t dramatically reinvented the genre or required the end user to put a lot of thought into things. It is button mashing, controller destroying fun.

Players can play as any one of the huge number of DC Heroes and villains complete with DC’s new 52 modelling and style cues. The story mode is your chance to get to play as most of the characters in one game although the “challenges in between” seem like a bit of an afterthought.

The story loosely tries to string together a narrative of unchecked power in an alternate universe. Kind of a who police’s the police and while it is aided by some excellent voice casting (Kevin Conroy reprising his Batman, Firefly’s Adam Baldwin as the Green Lantern and Stephen Amell who plays Oliver Queen in TV’s Arrow taking the character to the the video game).

Lets be honest though you won’t buy this for the storyline or the voice cast. You will buy it because you want to settle the Batman vs Superman debate and several others with friends over a few drinks.

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Grey Street Kitchen Rating: Upon approaching Grey Street Kitchen, I saw that the queue at the counter had almost reached the door, almost all of the tables were occupied, and it was incredibly noisy. As I stood in line, I took the opportunity to admire their selection of cabinet food, which included some delicious looking cakes and slices, and peruse their menu, which consisted of various breakfast and brunch items, and their whiteboard specials.

I ordered the creamy mushrooms from their menu, along with a mocha. The mocha was lovely, just the right amount of strength and sweetness, and I didn’t even need to add any extra sugar to it. The mushrooms were nice and plump, and came served with toast and quite a big serving of baby spinach, perhaps a little too much. When I left, I took a couple of their Afghan biscuits home with me, and they were absolutely amazing, with the perfect balance of sweetness, chocolate, and crunch!

Overall, with its friendly staff and great range of food, Grey Street Kitchen is a good place to go if you fancy a treat, but if you wish to do some study while you are there, you may want to wait until it is a little quieter.

By Amanda de Frais

HOROSCOPES ARIES

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(21 apr - 21 may)

(22 may - 21 june)

Pondering - Stop wondering where this “half semesters” O-week is happening. That isn’t how Uni works.

Determination - You should put down the bong and start study..... right after this round of Injustice Gods Among Us.

Shameless - Wow why are you guys plugging Injustice: Gods Among Us in two separate horoscopes (brought to you by Injustice: Gods Among Us now available for Xbox 360, PS3 and Wii)

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book

BRUTAL SIMPLICITY OF THOUGHT

By MAURICE SAATCHI Rating: album How can a pie save thousands of lives? How can a useless piece of fabric determine social status? How do you hold a building together with a thread?

Brutal Simplicity of Thought is not a hard book to read. Weighing in at 107 pages it makes you think- something books twice its size often fail to achieve.

The book started life as a training manual at advertising giant Saatchi and Saatchi and its principles have influenced some of the world’s best known corporate brands.

Anyone can make things more complicated.

To do good work you must be able to simplify.

Simplicity takes time, effort and discipline. The attitude behind this book isn’t hard to graspit is dedicated to showing that simplicity changes the world.

Yes, the book does generalize. It doesn’t have a five-step plan to becoming a simplicity guru.

But that’s the point.

This book is great after a long week of pretending to be interested in obscure academic readings that were supposed to be done six weeks ago. Brutal Simplicity of Thought cuts out the crap, the jargon and avoids explaining the same thing from fifteen different angles.

Megalithic Symphony MARC ONE COMIC

ADVENTURE TIME The RYAN NORTH Rating: Adventure Time is totally mathematical! If you don’t get the reference, go watch Adventure Time NOW! If you do get the reference, read this book. There, shortest review ever. Hmm still need 167 words... Basically, it’s like the T.V. show, but printed on nice, new, ‘booky’ smelling paper. It’s obvious that Ryan North is a fan of the show; the characters here are captured perfectly and you’ll hear their unique voices in your head the whole time you’re reading and long after you’re done... uh-oh...

In other news, I was in MK1 the other day and I happened to notice a copy of Saga Vol.1 still sitting on the shelf, still for $20. What is wrong with you people!??

In other, other news, how good was the Walking Dead this season!? David Morrissey killed it as the Governor. I haven’t seen the finale yet, but if they would only kill Andrea off (grr) I’ll be giving it a perfect 10.

By Daniel Petersen

AWOL Nation Rating: This CD is a weird mix of not quite house, not quite trashy rock; this genre can also be known as “American electronic rock”.

The front man, Aaron Bruno, has a distinctive screech which some of you may be familiar with in their hit single “Sail” (which is awesome and was my summer jam). Sail fits perfectly into the more rock scene with a place on Hauraki or The Rock where other mixes on the CD could easily be found on a TV2 commercial with their uplifting beats and motivational lyrics. I would recommend checking out the single “Kill your Heroes” to see what I am talking about here.

Some tracks I could have on repeat all day, whereas others have the skip button ready to go. If you’re keen to have some casual backyard party music then this cd may meet your guest’s required upbeat party music, with a bit of grunge to keep the lads happy.

Overall, the rest of the songs did not stand up to the awesomeness of “Sail”.

By Kathlene Cook

Should you read it? Yes.

By Sam Marelich

http://www.mk1.co.nz/ www.facebook.com/Mark1Comics

cancer

leo

virgo

(22 june - 23 july)

(24 july - 23 aug)

(24 aug - 23 sep)

Regret - Bet you wish you could take back that holiday fling now. That wasn’t a cold sore on his lip.

Hesitate - Just because someone is newly single doesn’t make them attracted to you.

Love - Even if it is just yourself, but don’t numb your hand first that is a little sad.

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@Honest Matt Meets...

gig guide If your holiday was spent partying, then I suggest you put down this gig guide immediately! Focus on studying, going to the library, and doing some more studying. Actually, who are we kidding? #yolo

Wednesday 24th April Skint House Bar, 6-9 pm It’s getting a bit chilly at night. A warm pizza and some special drink deals await.

2 for 1 Cocktails Grand Central Hotel, 5-10 pm Cocktail hour is happy hour.

Matt Hicks catches up with “That Guy” Leigh Hart. .

MH: What’s your favourite Hellers product?

LH: Probably the new Bacon Old Smokey. I named it as well. I was thinking about the Old Wakachangchang at the time.

MH: What does a typical Day look like for Leigh Hart?

LH: Every day is very different so there is no typical day. But on this typical day I am doing an interview with you. We are filming an ad tomorrow so I am also looking for fake rocks to throw at Colin Meads.

MH: Who are some NZ comedians both internationally and nationally you admire?

LH: Ricky Gervais is great as is Steve Coogan, Will Ferrell etc etc. Locally I admire all the guys that do stand-up, as it’s a different type of thing. Jeremy Wells is great as is Jason Hoyte who I have been lucky enough to work with.

the live TV aspect. The travel to Olympics and world cups was also good. Was quite a unique show looking back on it, plus I loved being told what to do by Ric and then doing the complete opposite.

MH: Any words of wisdom for the readers out there?

LH: Yes, if in doubt just have a go and worry about it later. There are very few situations where this doesn’t work out. Cross that bridge when you come to it and if you happen to blow up a few bridges along the way it is not the end of the world. And I always like to give this technical advice.

If you are filming underwater, try and use underwater cameras if you can as it will save you a lot of money in the long run!

To read the full interview (about 16 times longer than this) please visit Sounzgood.co.nz

MH: What’s some of your fondest memories from your time on Sports Café?

LH: It was just a good energy coming from

Thursday 25th April Tight Ass Thurs Altitude Bar & Nightclub Shot shot shot shot shot shot shot shot shot shot shot everybody! Bet you sung it in your head too. Shots for errbody indeed with these $3 shots.

Teknique Thursdays Static Giving us a reason to go out on a Thursday night!

Friday 26th April TGIF Gravity More appropriately, TFIF (thank f it’s Friday) because of the free BBQ and cheap drink specials.

Saturday 27th April Electro Static Static Still the place to be on a Saturday night!

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scorpio

sagittarius

(24 sep - 23 oct)

(24 oct - 22 nov)

(23 nov - 21 dec)

Relax - Sex with a flatmate isn’t the ideal scenario but it is the most convenient, besides what is the worst that could happen?

Persevere - If your boss even had any idea what you did to that food you would have been fired a long time ago.

Re-Think - Even if you could create a meatball that big and attach it to a giant magnet there is still no guarantee that you could catch bigfoot.

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COOL VS NOT COOL

eight ball

tHREE THINGS THAT ARE AWESOME RIGHT NOW AND THREE THINGS THAT AREN’T SO MUCH. COOL Thick socks and cups of tea.

Nothing like being warm on a rainy day.

Friends with driers.

Doing your washing just became slightly less frustrating.

Marriage equality.

Now anyone can put a ring on it.

NOT COOL

Expensive umbrellas.

Especially the ones that break two minutes after putting them up.

Slipping on S Block stairs.

Water + running to class = embarrassment.

Influenza.

Get your flu jabs. Be brave.

The needle isn’t that big.

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.

Who is Amanda thatcher and why should I care? *googles* Amanda Thatcher. Uhhh, some snotty bitch who wears too much black? But she may have also just lost her grandmother so I take that back.

When will the warriors win again?

When the Warriors stop playing that ridiculous sport with that ball.

They say “if a tree falls in the forest and know ones around, does it make a sound” could the same logic be applied to the my situation with my friends sister?

Dude, your friends sister? I authorize anyone to perform a citizens arrest on yo ass. Sicko.

Who is the real slim shady?

Alec Baldwin.

Are my fees actually related to my educational experience?

First rule of university: you pay $25,000+ to get smashed for 3 years and pretend your learning something that will contribute something positive to the world, when infact you’ve just finished making it a worse place. The truth hurts.

They say weed is a gateway drug if that’s the case then what is saying YOLO like you created it a gateway to?

YOLO leads to such things as ‘totes’ and ‘totes’ leads to ‘amaze’ and ‘amaze’ leads to ‘deffo’ and ‘deffo’ leads to Jesus and Jesus leads to Amanda Bynes. Choose your words carefully.

Will the management and law school merge to become something unrelated?

I’ve been waiting for this day all my life. The management and law school merging. Oh my nerd senses are tingling. Fuck off.

Am I gay?

Who isn’t gay these days.

What is the right thing to say when my gf asks “What time is seconds?”

Follow these steps: 1. Look at her like she’s an idiot, because let’s face it, she is.

2. Youtube search: ‘What are this? Jenna Marbles’ 3. Press play.

4. Point at the screen and say this is how I feel about you right now.

That is my answer.

Is the next bird flu going to be better than that weak sars crap?

Don’t call sars weak, man. Look what it did to your face.

How many people will it take to stop Lord Monkton coming back?

Get a gaggle of chums to pump a whole lot of carbon dioxide into the air above where he’s standing, then stand back and watch the ozone layer eat his soul. Too far? Didn’t think so.

capricorn

aquarius

pisces

(22 dec - 20 jan)

(21 jan - 19 feb)

(20 feb - 20 mar)

Freedom - Sure was fun while it lasted enjoy the next six weeks of being chained to books and study schedules.

Cry - We did the first time we saw X Factor NZ, that show is terrible.

Calm - Feed bread to the ducks in the lake, even they can’t survive solely on a diet of rotting human flesh and decomposing shopping trolley.

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

Syllacrostic Fill in the answers to the clues by selecting the correct syllables from the list below. Each syllable can only be used once and the number of syllables to be used is shown in brackets. When the correct words are filled in, the first and last letters reading down will reveal a proverb.

A, BI, BU, CI, COM, GE, IG, LI, LOUS, ME, MI, NE, NE, NI, NORE, ORB, PASS, RE, SIS, TAL. 1. Disregard (2) 2. Third sign of the zodiac

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3. Bane (3) 4. Globe (1) 5. Performance (3) 6. Legal excuse (3) 7. Lacking in definition

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Across 1. Twelve (5) 4. Hoard (5) 7. Unaware (9) 8. Gape (4) 10. Wore away (6) 12. Birds of prey (6) 13. Notion (4) 16. Large spider (9) 18. The lowest point of anything (5) 19. Implied (5)

Down 1. Journal (5) 2. Menagerie (3) 3. World’s longest river (4) 4. Secret or hidden (6) 5. Bustling (7) 6. Abated (5) 9. Placed a bet (7) 11. Thinner (6) 12. Consumed (5) 14. Proficient (5) 15. Female relative (4) 17. Part of a circle (3)

Hub Words How many words can you make from the letters in the wheel? Each word must contain the hub letter B. Can you find a 9-letter word and at least 20 other words of four letters or more avoiding proper nouns?

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Boganology Rules the Globe

Heavy Metal and Popular Culture International Conference. 4-7 of April, 2013.

Bowling Green State University, Ohio.

Four days of paper sessions and roundtable discussions from metal scholars hailing from New Zealand to Finland to the UK. An academic Wacken.

So read the sign outside one of the large lecture theatres at Bowling Green University, and yes the mention of New Zealand is in reference to me. The Waikato Institute of Technology kindly funded me to attend and I felt like New Zealand’s ambassador to a Heavy Metal United Nations.

The location to host this may seem strange. I’m sure Ohio does not seem comparable to more immediately thought of locations like Los Angeles (Sunset Strip Hair Metal), San Francisco (Bay Area Thrash), or Tampa (Death Metal mecca). But as conference chair Prof. Jeremy Wallach pointed out in his opening remarks, small town America is truly Metal’s home (think Slipknot and Des Moines).

Travelling to the conference was a mission. A 20 hour flight combined with a 17 time difference takes its toll. I have no energy to argue with the man in Phoenix who, despite my assurances to the contrary, assures me that New Zealand is part of Australia. I consoled myself with Taco Bell, eating it for every subsequent dinner, except my last one, in the U S of A. My first meal incidentally was at a diner, just like the movies, where I had a steak meal for breakfast and the waitress refilled my coffee cup five times. I left a 50% tip as the novelty wasn’t lost on me.

The town took approximately 20 minutes to completely tour. I got lost on the University campus for an hour – the University cemetery almost the size of Wintec’s City Campus serving as a useful landmark.

Impressive too was the library’s music collection. It was the size of a University library floor with wall to wall vinyl. A friendly elderly gentleman was our guide; he tours the country in a U-Haul truck picking up donations from loving collectors and reformed hoarders.

They also have a pop-culture centre that features archived action figures, old television scripts, and even embarrassing World War II

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American propaganda posters that typically feature small men with large front teeth and Fu-Manchu moustaches.

The papers presented were fascinating and sadly too many to go into in any depth. They covered cultural aspects (including my own Bogan research), promoting music internationally, the link between Heavy Metal, pop-music and comics, as well as a guy analysing death metal vocals and their production. For more info read the PDF at http:// researcharchive.wintec.ac.nz/2571/.

I feel I truly experienced the American mid-west, even down to the large, ex-army, gum-chewing individual who, mid conversation in a retail store, asked me whether I was a Christian. I said no, prompting a follow-up question of “Do you have any belief system?” Recognising the dangers in disclosing atheist beliefs in small town Ohio, I politely said no, leaving him chewing his gum in a confused, but frantic, manner. On the last night the 30 attendees at the farewell dinner, held in a Mexican restaurant, were eventually whittled down to four hardcore drinkers (including myself).

We were later joined by one of our Spanish speaking hosts. We drank Coronas till 5am – eventually drinking the unsuspecting Mexicans out of glassware. Heavy Metal is truly alive and well, if not inebriated, on a global stage. The next conference is in Hell-sinki, 2015. I look forward to holding the horns up for New Zealand once again. Metal Rules the Globe.

Stay Bogan \m/

By Burton C Bogan

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Auteur Farewell to Richard Griffiths, a last look at his underrated acting career.

The British actor Richard Griffiths died over Easter. The fact that his passing went somewhat strangely unnoticed says something about the American bias of IMDB. This omission has a sad consistency with how Griffiths was overlooked in his lifetime.

In a forty-year acting career he was only ever nominated for one BAFTA and was completely passed over at Oscar time.

Awards blindness aside, it was difficult to miss Griffiths. In terms of physical dimensions alone he was the Orson Welles of British stage and screen. A gargantuan man who seemed to get bigger by the year, seldom if ever did he indulge in the “jolly fat man” stereotype in his acting; Griffiths’ best parts

1980s black comedy ‘Withnail and I’ is a performance for the ages. A grasping, wheezy old queen with improper designs on his nephew’s best friend, Monty is still a sympathetic, hilarious figure a true character study in British eccentricity.

Another high profile homosexual part sustained Griffith’s reputation in the mid2000s. Playing Hector, a charismatic and

popular high school teacher with wandering hands in Alan Bennett’s ‘The History Boys,’ the actor won every stage award going.

Equally good was the 2007 film adaptation, and he enjoyed his sole BAFTA nomination.

Griffiths was not originally cast in Bennett’s next play, ‘The Habit of Art.’ Michael Gambon - arguably a lesser performer - was to have debuted in the role of WH Auden in the drama about that poet’s friendship with the composer Benjamin Britten. When Gambon became ill at the last minute, Griffiths stepped in and enjoyed a last theatrical triumph.

I saw ‘The Habit of Art’ at Hamilton’s Lido cinema as part of the internationally broadcast

“Audiences are encouraged to revel in his comeuppance and Griffiths mugs appropriately.” were entirely more malevolent. Even when playing charming or fey types of roles there was usually a sinister or sexual hidden agenda.

The wider world is likely to remember Griffiths as Harry Potter’s nasty Uncle Vernon. In five of the eight Potter films Griffiths is the epitome of Muggle stupidity: a fat bastard indifferent to magic, and ever favouring his own portly son over the bespectacled orphan he so reluctantly housed under the stairs. Uncle Vernon has no redeeming features. Audiences are encouraged to revel in his comeuppance and Griffiths mugs appropriately.

Older and more discerning film buffs will remember the actor more for an earlier, more shaded ‘uncle’ part. Griffiths’ acting of lecherous old Uncle Monty in the cult 28

National Theatre live program, an experience which preserved much of the original production’s intimacy.

I have seldom seen acting as fine and as nuanced as Griffiths in that part. Not merely playing Auden but playing an actor playing Auden in Bennett’s convoluted play-within-aplay structure, the big man was able to display the full range of his skills as perhaps he never had before. Fussy, haughty, vain, funny and tragic, it was tour de force of thespian business that fulfilled the artist’s prime function: to communicate the complexity of the human condition.

Auteur House stocks Withnail and I, The History Boys and all of the Harry Potter films.

By Richard Swainson

Auditor Freudian skip this paper.

The forbidding walls rise up around me, and in no time I’m lost within their labyrinthine depths. Who designed this building? Did they, as an impressionable child, somehow miss the class on leaving your crushing hatred of all humanity at home and out of the workplace?

I have never, in all my varied travels around this university, been more lost than I am now, as I desperately try to look purposeful on this ill-advised foray into the teaching blocks.

A room chosen at random looks more like a traditional intermediate school than the Waikato campus we all know and tolerate. The lecturer arrives in a whirlwind of bright purple and poetry, and immediately starts discussing Freud’s infamous obsession with the sexuality of his mother. I twitch. Never mind what they’re teaching kids these days; what are we teaching their teachers?

After a protracted and uncomfortably probing dissertation on phallic symbolism, we move on to why you should be urgently concerned about the subtext of that one recurring dream where your teeth fall out and you involuntarily nosedive into a vat of strawberry pudding.

I finally manage to deduce that, despite its locale, this is actually a paper from the English department, and – if nothing else – the discovery confirms those sneaking suspicions we all secretly harbour about the dodgy characters who habitually lurk on I-block’s third floor.

Things devolve further when the class is separated and sent out on a sort of treasure hunt, a FASS-tastical expedition to locate a piece of artwork in the amply-decorated corridors and analyse with extreme prejudice exactly what Freud’s questionable interpretation of it might have been. Of course this is wildly enjoyable and entirely inappropriate, and constitutes one of the rare occasions when dick jokes are 100% relevant to the course material.

Consequently, the exercise turns out to be one of the sole redeeming features of this paper; and even so, when things threaten to drag on for another hour, I quietly slip out the back. I have better things to do, like taking a long, cleansing shower, and planning out my weekly phone call home (to ensure that every possible conversational topic is absolutely, completely, irrevocably genital-free).

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Things you should know about on the internet.

Paying your dues..

Tip of my Tounge http://chir.ag/projects/tip-of-my-tongue/ Tip of my tounge is a website which helps you find words which are just on the tip of your tongue. Aimed at helping frustrated writers, panicking students and forgetful people in general, Tip of my Tongue lets you search partial words, meanings or letters.

Advanced Style http://advancedstyle.blogspot.co.nz The phrase “I wear your granddad’s clothes, I look incredible” has never been truer. Not letting their age get in the way of their personality, Advanced Style is definitely fashion blog which inspires all generations.

Tasteologie

When you start a new job or position, I figure that you slog through the tough times until you’ve earned your fellow man/woman’s respect. And then you’re free to create some wiggle room – but only then. That was, until I had slogged all I could slog, and it had thankfully begun to pay off. Sitting pretty in a new semi-sort-of-maybe-management position, I’ve discovered interesting attitudes from the new recruits. These kids will have to slog away through tough times hoping it will pay off eventually before they quit or die of emotional fatigue. Or at least I had assumed this is what they would do.

smile) they replied with “In a minute,” or, “Sure.” (and then didn’t even pretend to do anything.) I’m at a loss here, guys. I kind of assumed that when you start a new job – you’re the office bitch for a while. You get the coffees, you run the food, and you accept the shit end of the deal until someone decides that you’ve earned a reprieve. Right?

Wrong? In a world ultimately shaped by the acts of individuals who shirk the norm, is this idea out-dated? If we play the submissive intern bit, do we unconsciously hold ourselves back? These new kids also lack initiative, so it’s hard to tell if ‘doing what you’re told’ is really the issue here – but what is the protocol these days on earning in-house respect?

Would you follow the rules until someone deems you free, or play it fast and loose for the chance at immediate pay offs? I just don’t know which is the riskier move…

I realised quickly that most of these newbies seemed unfamiliar with my cherished idea of paying your dues. When I politely requested their assistance (I’m not even being sarcastic – I used please and thank you and a genuine

http://tasteologie.notcot.org Tasteologie is a food blog of amazing recipes and innovative inventions for the kitchen.

While it might make you feel way too poor and way too hungry, its still worth a squizz for any food enthusiasts.

Do Not Touch http://do not touch.org Ever wanted to be in a music video? Now’s your chance! An interesting experiment in crowd participation in the digital world, Do Not Touch is certainly a one of a kind

Instasham http://instasham.me Is your instagram feed filled with too many selfies in the dreary Hamilton weather? Make your friends jealous with Instasham, the cheats way of seeming waaay more exciting than you really are.

Regresty http://www.regretsy.com Ever tried to make a DIY or crafts project and have it go totally wrong? Regretsy show cases some of the terrible and hilarious handmade crap which is put up for sale on Etsy.

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Living on the Cheap

50 Shades Of Gay

Dirt-cheap is no pun with this cost-effective cleaner.

Making History with Style.

Are you struggling to make ends meet on a student budget? Would you like some tips on ways to help you pay less for essential things, like cleaning items? Would you like to know how to make a little go a longer way? Would you like to live a greener life style and pay less for it?

If the answer to any of those questions above is yes...

I would like to share with you a simple, multipurpose cleaning product that can be used for floors, toilets, baths, windows, stoves, in fact anywhere that needs cleaning. It is especially brilliant at cutting through greasy stains. Best of all, it’s not harmful to the environment and is very cheap and easy to make.

New Zealand has officially become the first country in the Asia-Pacific region to attain marriage equality. The marriage bill passed 77-44 and NZ just got a whole lot more awesome. As you are no doubt aware, videos of MP’s speeches and the gallery bursting into song have gone viral. Ellen DeGeneres, Macklemore, Zach Braff and George Takei

Mr Minty Fish Tweets straight from the fish’s mouth.

have shared the news along with the BBC, Huffington Post, and many other major news outlets from around the world. Many kiwis at home and abroad (including Melanie Lynskey and All Black Adam Thompson) have publicly declared how proud they are to be kiwi at this moment. It is a frenzy of love and happiness.

But what is the real rainbow icing on the cake of awesomeness is that Hamilton and LegaliseLove Waikato have had honourable mentions both abroad and in the house, and local MP David Bennett changed his vote at the final reading to be in favour of marriage equality. Woo! If ever there was a time to be proud of who we are, and what we have achieved both as a nation and as the Waikato, then this most definitely is it! #Winning!

By Lezbi Honest

- “Ugh omg lola I cooked it, I put it in your bowl, just eat the damn mince” - “Became a werewolf, scared some teenagers.”

- “I have this unwanted complex. I will not find you attractive unless you’re a little bit fucked up looking; kind of like you’ve stolen a cat.”

- “omg Sally Ridge, no one cares.”

You’ll need: White vinegar (1 litre; approx $2) Citrus peel (of any sort, orange is great but I love the smell of lemon).

You will also need a jar with a tight fitting lid and a cheap spray bottle, (the $2 shop has some great ones).

Simply collect the peel from your citrus fruit (instead of throwing it out). Collect enough to fill a jar- packed as tightly as you can. Cover with white vinegar and seal tightly. Place in a warm sunny spot for about 2 weeks in the winter, about a week in the summer – shake every day. Then strain the resulting mix, and throw the skins out in the compost.

Dilute 50/50 with water for use.

This can also deter ants.

Cheap, easy and effective!

Next time I will share a laundry detergent recipe that works effectively and best of all - is only a few cents a wash load! No more paying for expensive laundry detergents.

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Sophie was not here for this discussion. She may think she was, but I can assure you that she wasn’t. Sophie will try and convince you otherwise but I and promise you that Sophie was never, is never, and has never been here for this yarn. Who is Sophie? Noone knows, because as I said, she wasn’t here.

My philosophy on parenting is simple. Give the kid away until it’s 3, raise it until it’s 13, give it away until it’s 18th birthday and then kind of wing it from there tbh.

Just like my philosophy on raising another human, my inspiration for this week is a bit shit. We all know that when Jizz has shit inspiration, MMF gets tacky with body odour and we hate it. I’d offer a hi5 for anyone that gets the reference but I’m tbh not your paedophile youth group leader with nothing better to use as an excuse to touch you other than offering you a hi5. Anyway, I’m off track (surprise; said no one ever). I think the point I was making is that I’m going to insult your intelligence with my most recent tweets.

- “Is channing unintelligent? He just looks unintelligent. #cutforchanning”

- “$5 in my pocket. “Oh, hello, rich people?

Yeah hi, I’ll be joining you now.””

- “wine because I’m classy. Mixed with V through a straw because I’m not.”

- “Show me someone that doesn’t hear ‘cum dumpster’ in the chorus of Gangnam Style, and I’ll show you Helen Keller.”

And there we have, musings of the clinically insane; well, yet to be formally made ‘clinical’ as such but I do have a few personal references to verify.

Aaron will probably try and convince you otherwise but I do adore a few of you.

Will be back swinging next week. Either that or I’ll give a free funnel away to the first caaaant that complains @mrmintyfish you sluts Love you.xx MMF P.S. It’s called a funnel. It’s NOT called a fucking ‘wah.s’

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Alice & Anne

By ALICE & ANNE

Alice & Anne talk tits.

A new study was released earlier this month by the University of Franche-Comte stating that bras are a “false necessity”. The modern bra was invented in 1889, however supportive garments have been found as far back as ancient Greece. Consumers spend around $16 million a year on bras, and when the infamous Wonderbra was released it was estimated one was sold every 15 seconds. The finds of this study bring to light the question of whether your over-the-shoulder-boulderholders are needed at all, or are simply another attempt by the fashion industry to regulate womens bodies (hint: it’s the latter).

The illogical social need for bras comes from the same brand of censorship which doesn’t let women breastfeed in public. Women’s nipples aren’t just nipples. Breasts aren’t just breasts. They’re not just another part of your body. They’re sexualized whether you like it or not. If I forget to put a bra on before I walk to the dairy, or have to answer the door in my pajamas, my inherent worry is that someone will see my nipples. Why? Why is my body so embarrassing? Men can go outside without a shirt on at all and won’t be reported for public indecency so why do I still feel worried when I am wearing clothes?

The 15 year study measured 300 women’s breasts between the ages of 18 and 35, and “validated the hypothesis that the bra is a false need”. The United States has its own National No-Bra Day, on July 9th every year and lingerie giant Victoria’s Secret has said that the day is not so good for business. While burning bras (along with all those unused textbooks) might help you keep your flat warm this winter, there have been slightly more artistic ways of showing contempt for those unholy boob-handlers. Emily Dufty was sent more than 18,000 bras by unhappy owners for the BraBall scupture in 2003.

Because your insecurities and fears feed a multi-million dollar industry. Because regulating your body is another way of holding power over you. When we posted this article on our Facebook page, we had one person comment that they like wearing bras. If you think bras are great and happen to be something you enjoy wearing – continue wearing them. Just don’t let society dictate what you do, whether it’s through discredited health concerns or social norms.

Trend Spotting

By ALICE AND ANNE

Campus Trends

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Stay beautiful, Anne.

You need: 500g mince, 1 onion, 1 tbl curry powder, ¼ of a cabbage, 2x chicken noodle soup packets, 1/2cup rice, 2 cups water.

Just because you work in hospitality doesn’t mean you have to be bland and boring.

Momento’s bar staff and waiters always brighten up everyone’s day with their personal style, proving that work clothes don’t have to be the worst things in your wardrobe.

Fry the onions and curry powder then brown the mince in a tblspn of oil.

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Arts Black Fox Press Black Fox Press is run by Phillip Guthrie, an offset printer by trade, who has a deep & unshakable love of letterpress printing.

He prints posters & commissions using wood & lead type + images in polymer plate.

Printing is done in the Hamilton East workshop on a Farley SRA2 flatbed proofing press built in the 1960s. facebook.com/Black-Fox-Press

Add the cabbage and fry until cabbage has wilted down.

Add the noodle soup, rice and water. Simmer unitl rice has absorb the liquid.

Dish up and eat.

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Veeps Tena tatou katoa!

Thought I’d use this time to promote to everyone my DEFINITE office hours! So if you ever need help, or want to talk about anything, Maori or non-Maori, my door is open! However, if you want a confidential talk, just email me at vpmaori@wsu.org.nz to set up an appointment, which will be outside of my open-door office hours. So, here they are friends: MONDAY: 9am-12am & 1pm-3pm TUESDAY: 9am-12am & 1pm-3pm

President’s Column First Week Back.

So here we are, back at University after a much deserved teaching recess. I know what you’re all thinking: this sucks. It’s cold, it’s wet, and we are getting closer and closer to the business end of the season. But, things could always be worse. You could be studying at Wintec. I hope you all caught up on your readings over the break, finished off those essays, and didn’t spend the entire two weeks in a drunken haze. But if you did, it’s okay. That’s just what students do.

bit jealous. Those graduates have all clocked the game that the rest of us are still playing; moving on to what I presume will be a bigger and brighter future. You could see the emotion on their faces as they stepped forward for their 3 seconds in the lime light, to receive a piece of paper that cost them $30,000+, and shake the hand of an elderly gentleman in a suit that they have never met before, and will probably never meet again. They were happy to be closing a chapter of their lives.

For all the first years, a.k.a anyone who is actually reading this magazine, I hope you have enjoyed your first taste of university life.

Study, and the student experience, is addictive like a drug. The primary difference being that your first try of tertiary education definitely isn’t free. Education isn’t cheap so be sure to make the most of it, and put in the hard yards when needed so that piece of paper you walk away with at the end of it all is actually worth something. Because whether it has value or not doesn’t matter to the IRD, you’re still paying for it.

So, next time you are stressed about that assignment or the test you have the next day, just remember that there is light at the end of the tunnel, and focus on that. That light could symbolize freedom, or perhaps it’s just the headlights of the 18 wheel truck called the current economic climate coming to crush your dreams. I guess we’ll never know until we get there, so just enjoy the ride.

During the break I was fortunate enough to sit through not one, not two, but three graduation ceremonies. While I was extremely proud of all those graduating, I couldn’t help but feel a little 34

On a more positive note, if you are looking to make it out of the cold and rain while on campus, why not come visit LJ and Khayt at the WSU Level Zero Space underneath the library?

There are couches, TVs, a microwave and hot drinks. Use it or lose it.

Aaron

FRIDAY: 9am-12am & 1pm-3pm Yeah. Jot down these times in your books or diaries because knowing when I’m free is sure to help you as I can be the point of contact that you have to help with university experience needs. We of WSU have many resources and I urge you to help me be useful and resourceful by asking for help when you need it. It’s all good. So yeah, keep a lookout as well for all the Maori events updates that will be kicking in to gear very soon! Cheers guys and remember to smile.

Wai.

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Ask Amber Ah crap, I have received a letter from the university stating I may be alleged of misconduct. What does this mean?

Okay, so this week we shall be discussing what happens when you’re accused of being misconduct. Well, in a University sense anyway. If you are accused of plagiarism, have been caught doing inappropriate things to campus property, or generally behaving in a manner not to be considered in line with the university rules and regulations you will find yourself in front of the Discipline Committee.

Now don’t be too alarmed. If you do find yourself in front of the Discipline Committee this does not mean you are automatically going to receive consequences. The Discipline Committee is there to give students a fair process and to listen to both parties before coming to a final decision.

If you do find yourself in this situation we urge you to come and speak with us at the WSU Advocacy Service we will be able to individually and confidentially explain, support and guide you through this situation.

Things to note if you go to a committee meeting alone: 1.

2.

The Committee is made up of a mixture of staff and students.

You will be provided with an outline of the process and complaint against you

3. Being on time is important, if you want

to take a support person with you this

is fine just inform the committee before-hand.

4.

The key to presenting your case well is to prepare including presenting a wellstructured timeline of events and reason ing around the actions you took.

If you do find yourself in a situation like this please feel free to come see me at the Waikato Students Union. Alternatively contact Amber on advocacy@wsu.org.nz or 0272065011 36

Young Workers Resource Centre Change Makers.

Over the past five years I have watched and heard about my peers making some silly mistakes, some of which could have been avoided by education. Schools give students the opportunity to learn skills which will enable young people to do their jobs.

However, often life and employment education is not included.

I’m referring to life skills such as: insurance, credit cards, tenancy, healthy living, employment and other community services.

Some students get this information at home and others don’t-and even if they do get the information at home sometimes we just won’t listen. This is why we have the Change Makers night.

Training Rooms, in Garden Place (look for the signs J). Change Makers is brought to you by the Young Workers’ Resource Centre and Hamilton City Youth Council, we are young people sharing information that we think other young people should know- whilst having a good time On the 17th of April we have Selwyn Cook (operations manager of a number of Z Stations)coming to speak about his experiences hiring young people and what he is looking for when interviewing. We also have Sabina from Careers New Zealand who will give us tips on how to plan a successful career.

On the 11th of July, healthy living, 17th of September- Tenancy, and the 6th of November – Studylink tips and guidance, eg. how to manage work and study.

These events start at 4.45pm and it is free entry; there will also be light refreshments provided.

Change Makers is a free event for all young people but targeted at school leavers. Check out the Facebook event for further details or call Kylie on 07 834 7124 http://www.facebook.com/events/312830865510597/

The Change Makers is happening 4 times this year and the first night will be held on the 17 th of April, at the Hamilton City Council

Citizens Advice Bureau Problem Flatmate.

One of our flatmates is a problem and we asked him to leave and he won’t. What can we do?

If he is a threat to the other tenants they could ask the landlord to serve a trespass notice. If he won’t leave he is trespassing and could be arrested by the police. You could also apply for a protection order against that flatmate if he is violent.

If the flatmate’s behaviour breaches

obligations in the tenancy agreement the landlord can issue them a ‘notice to remedy’ the behaviour. If he doesn’t comply with the notice, the landlord can apply to the tenancy tribunal to end the tenancy. If the tenancy is not for a fixed period of time (ie.a periodic tenancy) then any tenant can give the landlord 21 days’ notice (or less if the landlord agrees to it) to end the tenancy and start a new tenancy excluding the problem tenant.

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

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