22 April 2013 Issue 10 Year 75

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they used bolt cutters to open a small gate to escape quickly,” Jacobs said. Among the goods stolen were one computer, two laptops and a cell phone. Jacobs added that there are three other communes on Arcadia Street that have also been broken into this year.

Third-year engineering student Ryan Roberts, who lives in a commune on Prospect Street, said that his commune was broken into at the end of February. Bags, laptops, a sound system and a PlayStation were stolen. He also said that the commune opposite to his was broken into two weeks ago.

Xolani Shabangu told Perdeby that he does not feel safe in his home. He feels that the streets around the Sport campus are the most targeted, especially the streets from Park Street until Hartebeespoort Street. He said that this is due to the lack of Fidelity guards in the area.

“This past week, [criminals have] been on our street almost every day. We can’t sleep, people scream, we live in fear and it’s not healthy for us,” Shabangu said.

Perdeby looked into who is responsible for the areas and what is being or can be done to alleviate this tension.

Hatfield City Improvement District’s (CID) chief operating officer Danie Basson stated that the “CID area of responsibility (mandate)

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With only a quarter of the year complete, some UP students are concerned about the rise in robberies taking place in the Hatfield area, particularly those affecting communes.

Every year, students are faced with accommodation dilemmas. Due to limited space, many students do not make it into a residence and have to look in the private sector for accommodation. This typically results in students moving into a commune.

Rutz Marx, a fourth-year town and regional planning student, explained that during his four years of living in a commune on Park Street, there have been a number of break-ins that were mainly crimes of opportunity. He said that the recent break-ins appear to be more organised.

On one such instance, the robbers gained entrance to the property with a side-gate key.

Rutz does not know how they got the key.

Wayne Jacobs, a first-year BCom (Business Management) student said that a robbery at his commune on Arcadia Street, which occurred on 1 March, also seemed to be planned. “They took the motorised gate off the rails, then broke through my Trellidoor gate [and] glass sliding door, then broke through my room door to get into the rest of the house. Then it seems that

is limited” to the areas between Grosvenor, Francis Baard, Jan Shoba streets and University and Lynnwood roads and unfortunately most of the burglaries occur outside of this area. wwBasson explained that discussions are underway to address these issues and that in order “for the CID to expand, all property owners will need to be consulted and they will have to support it and contribute”.

Hatfield CID often intervenes in order to prevent crimes or arrest suspects involved in ongoing or past crimes. “Even though some crimes still occur I am certain that without these efforts, this area would degrade and spiral out of control,” Basson said.

Media liaison officer for the Brooklyn Police Station Captain Colette Weilbach stated that there has been an increase in house break-ins at students’ residences compared to 2012.

Since the situation developed, the police have intensified patrols in the affected areas.

Captain Weilbach explained that four suspects were recently arrested for related crimes in the Hatfield area and their arrest has caused a significant decline in these incidents.

She added that evidence indicates that “there is a possibility of criminal elements amongst students themselves” where individuals pose as students also living in student accommodations

and who commit crimes from these areas.

She therefore encourages students to take responsibility for their own possessions and safety by locking up when leaving and by keeping valuables away from open windows.

“In the past week, a suspect was arrested after he stole a laptop from a commune. The suspect said he found the gate open, the front door was open and he walked straight into the open room and took the laptop,” Captain Weilbach said.

She also stated that adopting a buddy system, where neighbours can look out for one another, will help in assisting crime prevention.

The police are currently in the process of establishing a community patrol programme among students living in private accommodations where participating students will do block watch duties whenever they are available under the supervision of the police.

Through this, “Students become the eyes and ears of the police, without risking their own safety,” Captain Weilbach explained.

Students who are interested or who want more information about this can contact Warrant Officer Annabelle Middleton on 012 366 1843 during office hours.

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The forgotten Facebook years (or so we hope)

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The internet has done many beautiful things for us in the 21st century.

One of the things that come to mind is when I can search a name that a journalist wrote down in an article to check that it’s spelt right.

Spelling of names, you see, is part of being accurate – which is fundamental when writing articles. Well, I’m sad to admit that some of our writers don’t understand this concept. But there’s no need for alarm. We are teaching them the ways. Slowly but surely, just like a sensei teaches his karate kid.

The other thing that we can be grateful to the internet for is that we have all become googleable. Even if you’re a wallflower, ten to one you will pop up in a search engine thanks to social media platforms like Twitter or Facebook.

This can be good or bad news. I’ll leave it up to you to decide. But I will relish in one bad reason: the forgotten Facebook photos. Have you ever delved into your own past? It’s almost like a voyeuristic experience. Or like a strange thriller movie because, unfortunately, you are that 13-year-old with the really corny nickname.

Speaking of which, we’re all adults here. If you still have a surviving embarrassing email address, something like sexybaby260 – then it would be wise to change it. Right now. Just go ahead. There’s no judgement here. I would especially implore those students involved in student structures on campus to take this advice.

Moving on. Be brave and take a look at your Facebook history. Some of those photos and posts make you squirm. And if you feel that your posts or photos haven’t changed at all since the old days, then I would suggest you take a look at that. I hear that Student Support is very helpful.

I fear I’ve run out of space this week. Maybe I’ll rephrase the heading of this editorial: The forgotten Facebook years. Part one. Because we all know that I haven’t even touched on those cringe-worthy moments when someone says

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that they googled you and found something from your high school days. Or when your mom comments on something but she clearly doesn’t understand that everyone, everyone, can see her comment. Or when someone digs up an old primary school photo, posts it on Facebook and then tags you in it. If you’re one of those ... just stop. It’s neither cute nor funny.

As for the paper, I would like to take a moment to thank our readers who have liked what we’ve been doing the past few weeks.

Your feedback (positive or negative, might I add) is valuable to us and helps us know what you want to read about.

This week we have another crossword for you. We also have sudoku and Pssst..., everyone’s dream paper, I’m guessing. But when you’re done with your doodles or frustrated at not getting the crossword answers – take a look at what’s around the Fun and Games page. We take a look at the HPV virus on page 7 and we have an interview with Zinkplaat on page 9. Our first Afrikaans interview this year.

We have other cool stuff too. There’s nothing to shy away from here. I hope you enjoy it.

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E-tolls set to be implemented soon Facebook and Twitter comments: E-tolls Registered Not Registered

MARISSA BRITS E-tolls are set to open in the next two months. This follows the national assembly’s legalisation of the bill for the implementation of e-tolling on the Gauteng Freeway Improvement Project on 5 March.

The bill was approved by a measure of 198 votes to 98, with two absentees, and will now go to the National Council of Provinces for consensus.

This follows extensive protests by the Congress of South African Trade Unions last year and the dismissal of the Opposition to Urban Tolling Alliance’s (Outa) application to scrap e-tolls by the North Gauteng High Court in December. Outa will take the matter to the Supreme Court of Appeal in Bloemfontein. A date for this hearing has not yet been set.

Further opposition against e-tolls comes from the Democratic Alliance (DA), who are prepared to take the fight against e-tolls to the Constitutional Court. Mail & Guardian reported that the DA wants voters to use next year’s elections as as referendum on e-tolls. The idea is that every vote for the ANC is for the tolling system.

The South African National Road Agency Limited (Sanral) told the Cape Times that the opening of the e-toll system will create 5 000 jobs and a further 600 jobs per year.

They further stated that the upgrading of road

networks will lead to greater job opportunities and will boost regional economies.

A survey distributed among Tuks students shows that only five out of the 100 students surveyed have registered for e-tolls. Of those who have not registered, only 38 will not be affected by the system.

A final-year LLB student said, “The highway going back home to Johannesburg will become increasingly expensive. [There will be] more traffic on the back roads, which will ultimately be more upkeep for my car and more time on the road.”

Gerco Lindeque, a second-year BEng student, stated that he drives past two e-toll gates on a daily basis when driving to and from university.

Many students who have not registered for e-toll commute on a daily or weekly basis between Johannesburg, Midrand or Benoni.

Dominique Klopper, a fourth-year LLB student, said, “I will not be able to use the highway as often as I do now, due to the fact that I will not be able to afford it. Reaching far off places will become impossible for me.

Keeping up with the petrol prices as it is is already tough enough.”

Konrad de Vries, a first-year BSc student, told Perdeby, “I live in Johannesburg [and study] in Pretoria. I make the trip between varsity and home at least twice a week. E-toll will cost me a lot of extra money and as a student, I’m not exactly rich.”

Jacques Lewis: “I am registered and tagged, not because I wanted to but because there is no other option. Having your car tagged means that you qualify for some substantial discounts. Driving to campus every morning from Centurion, I can tell you that the N1 south is backed up all the way to the Brakfontein interchange at 06:00 in the morning on most days. So what have we achieved? I hate that we always end up paying for the incompetencies of our government.”

Roché Bloemendal: “I have not [registered]. I disagree with the system.

We will basically be paying for the large costs that were involved in building them!

I think it is very unfair and unless forced to do so (by my dad, hehehe) I won’t be registering.”

Rene Dewey: “I haven’t and will not [register]! May as well just invite burglars over for a beer if we do support ‘scumral’ and their e-toll idea.”

Carla Andrea Lopes: “I haven’t registered yet and probably won’t. The money won’t be going to our government and therefore not towards our roads. I am not up to paying an international company that built them and they pocket the profits.”

New flash mob stands up against rhino poaching

BOIPELO BOIKHUTSO Prestige, a newly formed flash mob business, had its first performance at the Piazza on Tuesday 16 April.

According to Jesse Lodge, a third-year tax student and director of Prestige, the flash mob’s purpose was to create awareness for rhino poaching. “Rhino poaching is undoubtedly an area where people need to stand up and make their voice heard. The youth need to believe in something, a cause that speaks to them, giving their life purpose,” he said The flash mob started off with two dancers dressed as white rhinos dancing to Akon’s “Lonely”. The other members of the group then joined in and started shuffling to Sweet Brown’s

“Ain’t Nobody Got Time for That”. Three ladies then led a hip-hop dance to Macklemore and Ryan Lewis’s “Thrift Shop”. As the dance progressed, more and more students joined the flash mob performance.

Second-year BCom Law student Savannah Lodge, who is currently in her final year of teaching with the SA Dance Teachers Association of Modern Dance, choreographed the flash mob. According to Savannah Lodge, the song selection was important because it presents a story.

Akon’s “Lonely” depicts a lonely rhino.

“Then it moves to ‘Ain’t Nobody Got Time for That’ which is the basis of our dance, depicting that we as the people have to make sure we ‘don’t have time’ to see our beloved animals

taken away from us,” she said. “Thrift Shop” illustrates how out of control the poaching industry has become as a result of the love of money.

“The hip-hoppers show off their anger towards these money-making scandals at the expense of one of nature’s most treasured animals,” she said. Rudimental’s “Feel the Love” appeals to the emotional connection people have to the endangered species and “Don’t Stop the Party” represents the passion towards the ongoing cause.

According to StopRhinoPoaching.com, the Department of Environmental Affairs released rhino poaching statistics on 27 March this year.

The statistics showed that 188 rhinos have been poached this year, and only 63 arrests have been

made. Last year, 668 rhinos were poached and only 267 arrests made.

Sarah Mitchell, a first-year natural sciences student and Prestige dancer, said she joined Prestige because raising awareness with a flash mob was a great idea. “I also think that it is so much fun to do that sort of thing together for a good cause. Completely worth it,” she said.

Jesse Lodge said that there are definitely more flash mobs to come. He further added that they would like to thank Giant Squid for filming the video, which is going to be used to spread the campaign nationwide. He also thanked the university, TuksRag and the TSC who have all supported Prestige in making a difference.

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Elements of Revelation win dance-off

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BOIPELO BOIKHUTSO Stuku hosted its second annual Dance-Off last Thursday evening. A group called Elements of Revelation won the competition.

The theme of the competition was “The Journey” which meant that all the contestants had to make a dance sequence that interpreted a journey. The evening consisted of various genres of dance which included hip-hop, contemporary and sbujwa.

All ten finalists performed at the beginning of the competition with a dramatic act where the contestants portrayed suffering from a dancing “addiction”. The first performance was by Lipstick Alley, an all-girl group made up of two chemical engineering students and one internal auditing student.

Elements of Revelation set the stage on fire with their mainly hip-hop performance.

The group received third place in last year’s “Tuks Has Got Talent” competition. The dance crew is made up of Kamogelo Molefe, Donald Marrocane, Isaac Nape, Davon Carlinsky and Cohen Grootboom. “It [feels] surreal, I cannot fathom this,” Molefe said about winning. He said that they dedicate their title to their late brother, Bryan Sibisi who danced with them.

“He was with us in spirit,” he said.

Nape, who also competed on his own, received second place. He won last year’s dance-off and said that he entered the

competition again to prove that you can win more than once. He said, “I take dance very deeply. It connects me with God.” His performance received a standing ovation from the audience.

Isaac Leshaba who came third imitated a game with different levels. At the end of each level the words “level completed, choose your weapon and proceed to the next level” rang out and he changed his dance style.

The Dance-Off was the third Stuku event in the series which is collectively called UP Arts. Nthabiseng Nooe, Stuku’s EC of Arts and Discipline, said that the point of these competitions is to promote the participation of all students, especially those who are not in res, in the culture of the university.

The contestants were each given a score out of 90 based on dance sequence, level and space, expression, creativity and interpretation of the given theme. The winners won with 84.7% and took home a R3 000 cash prize. Nape won R2 000 with a percentage of 81.94% and Leshaba won R1 000 with 78.06%.

All finalists will perform for Motswako rapper Khuli Chana who will be visiting Tuks next Wednesday. He will select four people from the Poetry Slam, Idols and DanceOff, who will stand the chance of winning a mentorship and recording a single with him.

Stellenbosch University (SU) A new policy on residence admission for students at SU has been set into motion.

According to Cape Argus, five “diversity factors” will now be considered when selecting students for res placement. Whether the student is a South African citizen or an international student, the student’s ethnicity, language, economic class and whether the student is a first generation student, will all be considered.

On 11 April a meeting was held regarding the policy and 109 members of the assembly, which is mainly made up by alumni, voted in favour of the motion. Seventy-seven members voted against it.

A motion to reject the res policy was not accepted. According to Cape Argus, the reason why some members asked for the policy to be rejected was because it discriminates on the basis of one or more factors, including race, ethnic or social background, colour, age, culture and language.

The policy is to be tabled on 29 April at a meeting of the university council.

University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) Wits’s Vice-Chancellor Loyiso Nonxa told reporters on 8 April that the university has appointed a law firm to probe claims of sexual harassment at the institution.

The law firm will notify them if there are allegations of sexual harassment. Wits University’s registrar Kirti Menon told SAPA that new complaints have come in and are being investigated. This follows a Wits drama lecturer who was fired after failing to disclose his past accusations of sexual harassment. Three claims of sexual harassment were made against the lecturer by students. However, no charges have been laid.

Menon said that it is important to provide a safe space for people to talk about sexual harassment. Wits spokesperson Shirona Patel said that they hope to come to a resolution by June.

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TuksFM shines at MTN Radio Awards MOLEBOGENG MANGOALE

TuksFM won seven awards at the MTN Radio Awards held on 13 April at the Sandton Convention Centre. They walked away with the award for Campus Radio Station of the Year for the second consecutive year.

The MTN Radio Awards seek to motivate people and organisations in radio to constantly raise the bar in terms of their performance. The fourth annual awards attracted more than one thousand entries.

TuksFM managed to collect more awards than any other campus, community, public broadcaster or commercial station out of the seventeen nominations it received.

Last year, TuksFM won five awards and two merit awards in eight categories. The station is celebrating its 33rd anniversary this year and has produced radio personalities such as Anele Mdoda, Gareth Cliff, Grant Nash, Rob Forbes, Liezel van der Westhuizen and Poppy Ntshongwana.

Loutjie van der Merwe, the station’s manager said, “We are extremely proud of the staff that received nominations, but a massive congratulations and thank you needs to go to all the behind-the-scenes staff who contribute to such a great product being offered to be put on air.”

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TuksFM won the following awards: Best Breakfast Show - Campus The Bang-Bang Breakfast Best Breakfast Presenter - Campus Alex Caige Best Afternoon Drive Presenter Campus Nolz van der Merwe Best Night Time Show - Campus The Solid State Best Music Show - Campus Top 30 with James Nevin Best News Bulletin Reader - Campus Sydney King Campus Station of the Year 2013

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Roommates: home sweet hell?

CARMI HEYMAN When studying at university, students find themselves having to make a decision regarding accommodation. Whether it be in res, communes or flats, this question is bound to arise: will I be sharing a room or not, and if I do, with whom? This question should be carefully considered before entering into any agreement. You never know who you might be sharing your space with and you don’t only want to find out when it’s too late.

In res, you are not always allowed to choose who your roommate will be and are assigned one instead. Living with a roommate may either be very fun or very painful.

Zanelle du Toit, a first-year BSc Biological Sciences student and resident at Jasmyn, told Perdeby that the first day she met her roommate, they did not get along at all. Du Toit believes that this was due to stress and the fact that they had to get used to living in each other’s space. “We’re in the same boat now. We look out for each other because not only did we realise that we are a lot alike, but that we both take our studies seriously. We make turns when cleaning our room and we stay out of each other’s way when needed.”

Unfortunately, not all assigned roommates are meant to be. Anthony Müller, a secondyear BCom Economics student, says that his last roommate was a burden. “Not only was he always late with his electricity bills, but I constantly found him taking some of my food without asking and then never replacing it.”

Müller is currently staying alone in a flat and says that he will never live with a roommate again.

Dr Irene Levine, who has a PhD in

MARKO SVICEVIC Picture the following: you have three assignments due this week, are writing two semester tests and are preparing for an upcoming exam. To top it off, you have a social with friends and are going clubbing on the weekend. A busy schedule is nothing new to students, but then again, neither is sleep deprivation. Although it is often not seen as a serious concern, lack of sleep has several detrimental effects.

According to an article published in 2010 by the Journal of Adolescent Health, stress is cited as the major cause of sleep deprivation among university students. The study shows that stress has a bigger impact on a person’s quality of sleep than alcohol, caffeine or late-night browsing on the internet.

While there are those who can shut their eyes and immediately fall asleep, not everyone is so lucky. For most, going to sleep often becomes a problem because of noise pollution from cars hooting or dogs barking. Staying in a campus residence with noisy neighbours can be just as challenging. For a great deal of students, not going to bed at the right time is due to the endless amount of work that needs to be done. Whether it’s researching for an article, studying for a semester test or finishing off an assignment, labouring late into the night is often seen as the only way to cope with the workload.

However, sleep deprivation impacts negatively on your physical and mental health. The World Health Organisation states that “sleep is a basic human need and is essential for good health, good quality of life and performing well during the day.”

According to a WebMD.com article by clinical psychologist Michael Breus, prolonged sleep

psychology, says that you need to change your mindset when you decide to live with someone and that you need to approach the relationship in a specific way. “Reframe your thinking so that you approach the relationship as roommates rather than friends. Remind your roommate about the lease and tell [them] that your goal is to work out a peaceable arrangement. [They don’t] have to be your friend but you live together, and you don’t want your relationship to have an adverse impact on your primary reason for being there: completing your education.”

According to Roommates4You.com, a website dedicated to helping people find suitable roommates, any parties that choose to stay together should develop basic ground rules

which they call the “roommate pre-nup”.

Scott Acord from the website says, “You may find it helpful to put [it] in writing and have everyone sign it, but if this is too much, you should at least discuss the essential potential hot topics such as rent and other shared bills, living space, who gets the good room, cleaning, food, guests, noise, moving out and the best way to handle disagreements.”

But what if you choose to stay with friends?

Many would believe that because of the already established friendship, the living arrangements would be easier. According to Dr Cara Sprunk from Psychology Today, this may not be the case and living together could take a toll on your friendship. “When you live with someone, you get to know them better than you’d want

Sleep deprivation:

what you need to know deprivation decreases alertness, impairs memory and the brain’s ability to think and process information. The ability to memorise information and to recall it, as well as to maintain concentration during the day, are much greater when a person is well rested.

Depression, moodiness and aggression are also a result of staying awake for too long.

Another WebMD.com article goes on to say that sleep deprivation has other serious health risks. These include heart disease, heart attacks, heart failure, strokes and diabetes. Negative effects of sleep deprivation have been linked to obesity, where

loss of sleep causes an increase in the hormone ghrelin which makes people feel hungry. Sleep deprivation can even lead to death. When a person does not get enough sleep, their immune system is weakened and they are more prone to disease, especially respiratory infections.

Sleep deprivation also has an effect on your sex drive. Sleep-deprived people have reported lower libidos and have less interest in sex. A study by the Journal of the American Medical Association found that men who don’t get enough sleep produce less testosterone. Sleep deprivation also has an effect on women’s sex drives and decreases the desire for sex.

There are ways of overcoming sleep deprivation and its negative effects. Since sleep deprivation might sometimes be a matter of choice (for example, choosing to pull an all-nighter to study for a test), deciding to go to bed earlier

to. You know how clean they are, how often they shower – every little thing you didn’t need to know. Again, you can’t penalise your roommate for being kind of messy in situations outside of your room if you intend to continue a friendship with them.”

But not all students find living with friends difficult. “I guess you could say we all have our personal space troubles, but once you establish who you are open enough to share space with, it could be a lot of fun,” says Melissa O’Conner, a second-year psychology student who shares a flat with her best friend in Menlo Park. “But I still believe some people are just meant to stay alone and [others] ought [to] be around someone all the time.”

Because of the many complications coupled with living with someone, some students have decided to avoid it completely. Wian van der Walt, a second-year BSc Human Physiology student and a resident at Mopanie, chooses to stay in a single room. “Having my own room gives me a feeling of privacy that really helps when I have a bad day and [am] not in the mood for a conversation. It also makes you a lot more independent as you have your own responsibilities in your room. Nobody is there to clean it for you.”

Whether it is deciding to move in with friends, or being assigned to a new roomie at the end of an academic year, be cautious of whom you pick (if you have that luxury).

“My best advice for living with a roommate can be summed up in [one word]: communicate,” says Dr Sprunk. “Communicate rules, boundaries, and expectations. Then, if you want to have a relationship with the person beyond just roommates, keep roommate issues in the room.”

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and getting enough sleep is a good way to start.

Avoid spending the entire night cramming information into your head as this could possibly do more harm than good.

According to new research done by the University of California (UC), Berkeley, there are several side effects to pulling allnighters, one of which is short-term euphoria.

Researchers at UC Berkeley and Harvard Medical School found that the neural pathway which stimulates emotions of reward and pleasure, especially after a sleepless night, may also lead to risk-taking behaviour. Lead author of the study, Matthew Walker, said that a sleepdeprived brain will swing to extremes and will not be optimal for wise decision-making.

Students often have hectic schedules and these are mostly out of their control. This is when time management is necessary. Try to develop a regular sleeping pattern: if you wake up early on weekdays, do it for the entire week, then sleep late on weekends. Messing up this schedule confuses your brain’s “internal clock” that keeps track of when you need to sleep and when you need to wake up.

Ambient noise can be reduced by wearing ear plugs or your headphones (if you can sleep with music, that is).

If you’re still battling with sleep deprivation, seeking help is another good idea. Take advantage of Student Support by asking for advice on how to deal with your sleep deprivation and the causes behind it.

Some people need more sleep than others. Do whatever works best for you, but be aware that just like sleep deprivation, too much sleep is also unhealthy.

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Vaccinate before it’s too late

DESRÉ BARNARD Zahra* is a 23-year-old Tuks student. Last year she got a phone call from her gynaecologist. “They phoned me and said my pap smear showed it was cervical cancer and they had to operate immediately,” she says. Zahra’s cancer developed under exceptional circumstances attributed to stress, but she is just one of the countless women who have developed cervical cancer.

The South African Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (SASOG) state on their website that cervical cancer causes more than 3 000 deaths a year in South Africa. According to SASOG, in 80% of the cases, cervical cancer is caused by the world’s most common sexually transmitted infection: the human papilloma virus (HPV).

There are 200 new cases of cervical cancer per 100 000 reported cancer cases annually in South Africa. So, ladies, do you remember the first man you slept with? Was it a matric dance date, or were you drunk out of your clothes after a night in Hatfield? Maybe it was the sweet romance story with candles and rose petals (if so, well done: your life is like a movie). Maybe you were high school sweethearts or maybe he was a crazy axe murderer. Either way, during one of your wild trysts, you may have met one of over 120 identified HPV types.

ANLERIE DE WET With sayings like “women are from Venus and men are from Mars”, it is no secret that the male and female sexes are different in many ways. This difference is generally attributed to the fact that different hormones found in each sex affect the way both sexes think and feel.

In spite of this, when it comes to having sex, are we really not from the same planet?

According to Emma Gray, a journalist for the Huffington Post, when it comes to the dating world, “Wisdom tells us that men

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Prof. Lindeque, head of the obstetrics and gynaecology department at Tuks, says that 94% of sexually active people will have been exposed to one of the HPV types in their lifetime.

While most immune systems eliminate the infection, some of the types are more sinister. HPVs are identified by numbers and several can be high-risk types and cause cancer. Of these, the highest risk types are 16, 18, 31 and 45. Depending on the type, the viruses can be asymptomatic or they can cause warts.

“Genital warts, not warts on your nose or like Liewe Heksie had on her forehead,” Prof. Lindeque says.

According to Prof. Lindeque, the dormancy period of these HPVs can be years, even decades. So, that special night with Piet or Jabu may still come back to haunt you.

HPVs work by penetrating the cervix which is paper-thin. The virus settles into the growth layer and there it becomes part of the nucleus of healthy cells and starts regenerating and it is these abnormal cells that may become cancerous cells.

Prof. Lindeque explains that condoms don’t always help because HPVs do not grow in isolated areas, meaning it can live on the skin surrounding your genitals. In fact, research shows that HPVs can be transmitted via skin-to-skin contact, including oral sex and genital stimulation with your hands.

Prevention is always better than cure. Obviously, abstinence

is best, but Prof. Lindeque suggests that to lessen the risk of contracting an HPV and developing cervical cancer, one should engage in monogamous sex, always use “a suit of armour” and avoid smoking (post-coital or otherwise).

The other preventative method is the HPV vaccines. There are two kinds of vaccines that have been on the South African market since 2008: Gardasil and Cervarix. Gardasil will protect against infection with high-risk types HPV 16 and 18, as well as against HPV 6 and 11 (which cause anogenital warts). Cervarix will protect against infection with high-risk types HPV 16 and 18 (which cause cervical cancer).

Medical professionals suggest that these vaccines be given to prepubescent girls, but it is effective in all women that have not yet contracted the high-risk types. It is also effective in boys, but Prof. Lindeque says that it is a matter of economics. “The virus dies if the girls are immune, so vaccinating boys is a moot point.”

HPVs can cause penile cancer if the virus is not eliminated by the male’s immune system, but the risk of penile cancer is one that is drastically lower than that of cervical cancer, says Prof.

Lindeque.

The vaccine is given in three shots over six months. The shots may be covered by your medical aid, depending on your plan. There are rumoured plans of a government subsidised programme, but no formal announcement has been made yet.

Now, you may be sitting reading this and have an HPV type.

In fact, there is a 94% chance that you do. It is unlikely that you will know about it until your 40s. Cervical cancer is particularly threatening because it is rarely caught in the early stages.

However, there are screening processes that you should consider when you’re about 30 years old. HPV testing isn’t really worth it before you turn 30 because of the high incidence of HPVs, but by the time you hit the big 3-OH, most of these HPVs will be gone. If you have been tested positive for HPV, a pap smear will determine the kind of abnormal cells. If caught in the early stages, like Zahra’s, cervical cancer isn’t the death sentence she and many other women initially think it is.

Cervical cancer caught early is infinitely treatable. But very few women are aware of the HPVs. “Fear for the disease is not there, so the desire for protection isn’t there either. But we shouldn’t fear the disease, we should respect it,” Prof. Lindeque says. *Name has been changed Photo: guardian.co.uk

From lust to love: sex and emotional attachment and women have totally different feelings about sex. Women automatically get emotionally attached and men quickly flee to the next social partner.”

However, a study done last year disproved this myth. Psychologist Jim Pfaus and his research team from Concordia University in Canada wanted to discover where feelings of lust and love originate in the brain. By scanning men and women’s brains with fMRI (functional magnetic resonance imagining) machines, these two emotions would light up in the part of the brain they originate from – the striatum (the part of the brain that gets messages about emotions and memories from the cerebral cortex). Although these are two separate emotions, they were found to come from the same area in the brain.

However, more specifically, lust originates from the ventral striatum of the brain, which is associated with the emotion and motivation area of the brain, whereas love comes from the dorsal striatum, which is associated with decision-making. Pfaus says that although love and sex are different, his research team discovered that there is an “overlap between sexual desire and emotional love in the brain’s insular cortex”. This explains why even though someone might have the intention to have meaningless sex, that lust may change into love after sex.

Ian Kerner, a sex therapist and relationship counsellor, argues that even though men and women are free to have casual sex, women almost always form some sort of attachment. Kerner says that with women, “deeper pleasures require some level of emotional attachment”. This is mainly because oxytocin, “the cuddle hormone”, is released during the female orgasm. Dr Lauren Berman, a sex and relationship educator and therapist, says that “oxytocin can inspire feelings of closeness, affection, and intimacy”. Berman goes on to say that “This is why women might ‘catch feelings’ after a onenight stand or a so-called casual hook-up.”

When Perdeby spoke to Tuks student Tamara*, she agreed with Kerner that women feel an attachment after sex, saying, “As soon as sex is over and a guy doesn’t want you anymore, then you get emotional. So it’s more of an emotional attachment to the feeling of being wanted and being close to someone than the actual feeling of being attached to men.”

Berman further mentions that even though men also release oxytocin during orgasm, their high levels of testosterone combat the

effect of “lovey-dovey” feelings, making casual one-night stands less meaningful to them. Men’s dopamine (the “pleasure reward” hormone released during orgasm) levels decrease after orgasm is achieved, resulting in men having negative withdrawal symptoms after sex. This makes men feel irritated along with the need to flee from their sexual partners.

Moustapha Diop, a second-year BPolSci student, tells Perdeby that he has never had an emotional connection with a girl after casual sex. “I sometimes feel guilty because the girl makes it obvious that she has feelings for me and my emotions aren’t [the same],” he says. He goes on to say that most men are not as hollow-hearted as they seem, but when it comes to sex, it is only considered as “making love” if the man really likes the woman before they have sex.

Erick Leech, a blogger for WomenOnTheFence.com, argues that men who have feelings for a woman need confirmation that their relationship means as much to their partner as it does to them. This confirmation is usually made through sex. “It reminds [men] that [women] are still attracted to [them],” says Leech. Only after this confirmation can some men’s sexual desire be replaced by love and a sense of attachment.

Kerner says that it is possible for women to have meaningless sex like men. He believes that the real question is whether they should or not? Although this answer is up to each individual, there are things for both parties to consider. Kerner feels that “We can treat sex lightly, but sex doesn’t always treat us lightly back in return.” He further explains that casual sex can make a person feel depressed after climax has been reached because people, though mostly women, can sometimes feel “post-orgasm regret” along with anger and sadness if there was a feeling of hollowness and a lack of passion during sex.

It seems that the orgasm, which is the main goal of sex, may have a negative side effect after all. Although casual sex may not affect you directly, the other person could have unwillingly broken the core rule of engagement – no emotional attachment. It appears that men and women can view casual sex in the same way, but it doesn’t necessarily mean that they will come out on the other side seeing eye to eye. *Name has been changed.

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Zinkplaat: “Ons wil onthou word”

ERENE OBERHOLZER Tien jaar en vyf albums later, groet die bekende afrikaanse groep, Zinkplaat vir eers hulle bewonderaars. Zinkplaat het vanjaar op 11 April in Pretoria as deel van hulle laaste toer en bekendstelling van hulle nuwe album, Retrospekulasie opgetree. Bertie Coetzee, Beer Adriaanse, Basson Laubscher en Beitel van der Merwe het met Perdeby oor die afskeid gesels.

Hoe voel julle oor die afskeid van Zinkplaat?

Bertie: Gemengde gevoelens, dink ek. Ek bedoel 10 jaar is `n lang tyd en dit het maar gebeur dat ons nou gaan ophou, maar ons is amped oor die album en hoop hy doen goed en ook amped oor die show vanaand.

Beitel: Dit het nog nie lekker ingesink nie.

Ons het nog ses of sewe gigs oor, ek dink ons fokus nou eers daarop.

Basson: Ek dink dit gaan bad wees by die laaste show.

Julle het `n merkwaardige merk in die SuidAfrikaanse musiekbedryf gemaak. Hoekom het julle besluit om Zinkplaat te be-eindig?

Beer: Dis tien jaar, dis `n dekade, dis `n mooi

ronde getal. Bertie het `n plaas wat roep, Beitel het `n loopbaan in die regte wat roep, Basson het `n sideproject wat roep en ek [het `n] paar fliek goeters. En ons moet een of ander tyd opbreek sodat ons kan reunite.

Wat is vir julle spesiaal of uniek aan julle laaste album, in vergelyking met julle vorige albums?

Beitel: Ons het lank geweet dit gaan die laaste een wees, so op `n manier het dit `n oefening geword waar ons terug kyk na die laaste tien jaar. Dis ook waar die naam vandaan kom, Retrospekulasie. Daardie tien jaar gaan so vinnig verby, mens probeer nog so half sin maak daarvan. Ek dink dis wat dit anders maak.

Beer: Daar is elemente van al ons albums en ook iets nuuts.

Eendag as julle in die ouetehuis is en terugdink aan julle dae as Zinkplaat, wat sal julle nooit vergeet nie?

Bertie: Die crazy toere en die slaap sonder enige iets langs die Weskus. Die wyn bootleg uit `n trok uit met `n klomp vriende, sonder enige beplanning.

Basson: Ek dink die feit dat dit op `n weird

manier uitgewerk het sonder dat daar `n plan was. Dit sal altyd nogal uniek wees. Ander mense beplan `n ding, ons gaan net soos dit kom.

Beer: Ons het definitief plekke gesien wat ons nooit op ons eie sou sien nie.

Wie was vir julle die mees opwindendste sangers/bands om saam mee op te tree?

Beitel: Tidal Waves. Ons het saam met hierdie band, Die Helde, ook opgetree.

Beer: Ek het van Foto na Dans ook gehou.

Basson: Toe ons begin sing het, het ons saam met Die Melktert Kommissie en Klopjag begin sing.

Beer: Ja , hulle is tydgenote van ons.

Basson: Ons het altyd lekker saam gehang.

Watter raad sal julle gee aan opkomende bands in Suid-Afrika?

Beer: Jam net! Almal sê vir ons daar is nie meer bands nie. Orals waar ons kom vra ons vir mense wat is nuut in die dorp en dan is daar niemand nie.

Beitel: Moenie copy en paste musiek maak nie. Originality is wat vir jou sal onderskei van ander.

Julle het saam met Sanlam en Litnet die Sing ‘it kompetisie gedoen. Hoe was hierdie ervaring?

Beer: Dit was lekker en `n uitdaging. Ons het nog nooit ander mense se lirieke gebruik nie.

Dit was moeilk om deur al daai lirieke te gaan, Bertie: Ons het 600 inskrywings gehad. Jou brein kan later nie meer inneem wat is goed en wat nie.

Basson: In `n weird manier het dit ons krities na ons eie lirieke laat kyk. As mens dit self skryf dink mens nie altyd so objektief daaraan nie.

Waar sien julle julleself oor die volgende tien jaar?

Bertie: Ek sien myself op `n baie volhoubare plaas besig om biologies te boer. Lekker beeste, visvang, jag.

Beitel: Ek dink oor tien jaar sal ons nog saam speel, êrens in `n jaar sal ons bymekaar kom en dan bietjie te jam.

Basson: Ek sien myself op `n verhoog êrens.

Photo: Hendro van der Merwe

Perdeby is giving away Man As Machine merchandise – two copies of their album Nothing But A Thing and two Man As Machine caps.

If you are a fan and would like to win one of each, all you have to do is complete the following lyric: “Shut up, I’m trying to speak but you’re not listening to me…”

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1. Congratulatory wish heard once a year 8. Antibiotic medicine discovered by Alexander Fleming 9. Intelligence agency for US government 10. Palm trees and waterfall in the desert 13. 2012 movie starring Mila Kunis and Seth MacFarlane 14. Not out 15. Digit contributing to balance 16. Belonging to the eyes 17. Actress in 2010 movie, Easy A: ____ Stone 19. 2012 movie starring a sea-faring tiger: Life of __ 20. Alice in Wonderland spies through this 21. What students need: to be financially ______ 23. Bicycle plus one 25. Major agricultural importance in the Meditterranean region 27. The Pied Piper led them out of Hamelin 28. Black bird seen as a bad omen 29. Abbreviation formed from the initial letters in a phrase

2. Arranged meeting 3. Served with cinnamon and sugar 4. Theme song from City of Angels by Goo Goo Dolls 5. Opposite of short 6. Recreational boat or ship 7. Author of Fantastic Mr. Fox 10. Do, re, __ 11. Insects that can lift 20 times their body weight 12. Coffee that will not keep you up 16. Slippery liquid of vegetable, animal or mineral origin 18. Penn & Teller and David Copperfield career 19. Movie snack 22. A story circulating without an established source or foundation 24. Let the ___ out of the bag 26. Type of tree

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2. Arranged meeting 3. Served with cinnamon and sugar.

4. Theme song from City of Angels by Goo Goo Dolls 5. Opposite of short 6. Recreational boat or ship 7. Author of Fantastic Mr. Fox 10. Do, re, __ 11. Insects that can lift 20 times their body weight 12. Coffe that will not keep you up 16. Slippery liquid of vegetable, animal or mineral origin 18. Penn & Teller and David Copperfield career 19. Movie snack 22. A story circulating without an established source or foundation 24. Let the ___ out of the bag 26. Type of tree

Pssst… hears that res pride is an issue at Kiaat again. Apparently, the Cubs are having a diva moment and are refusing to wear their first-year uniforms, which Pssst… understands because Pssst… wouldn’t be seen in them either. Pssst… sees that the Kiaat HK is not too bothered about their fashionista first years.

Apparently they’ve given up on their first years and Pssst… does not blame them.

Pssst… is getting quite bored of the love affair between Katjiepiering and Taaibos.

As if sharing a dining hall with the Taaibos boys was not satisfying enough, the Katte have started to play with the boys too. Pssst… is speaking about playing on the sport field, of course. Pssst… has noticed that Taaibos quite enjoys being chased by girls but Pssst… wonders if this is only because the female attention is a new experience for the boys.

Pssst… hears that Olienhout should ask Katjiepiering how to go about sharing a dining room since Olienhout and Mopanie do not seem able to get it right. Pssst… sees that things have got so bad that Mopanie has resorted to eating all their meals at KFC. Pssst… is not expecting to be wowed by any of the Mopanie boys’ bodies at this year’s Serrie unless they find a healthier alternative soon. Pssst… suggests that Mopanie also exercise with Taaibos. Borrowing Sonop’s

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bicycles is also an option.

Pssst… hears that Jakarandia was lucky enough to be included in the Groenkloof residences’ “Mini Pot `n Pons” festivities.

If Pssst… were Jakarandia, Pssst… would not feel too honoured. Pssst… is glad to see that Lilium did not back out of this event.

Obviously there was not much practice required. Pssst… knows that Lilium girls can never say no to unlimited punch. Speaking of possible Serrie disasters, Pssst… has noticed that things do not seem to be going well at Boekenhout. With most of the seniors gone, apparently the Serrie practices are quite shambolic. Pssst… is looking forward to seeing if Boekenhout can pull off a Serrie performance of their usual standard without the help of the ou manne.

Pssst… sees that Mopladyn is no more after the Klaradyn and Olienhout semis shared a romantic trip on a party bus that ended in their mistaking Jasmyn for a public bathroom.

Pssst… feels sorry for Mopanie. Pssst… imagines that it must be quite embarrassing to be replaced by Olienhout. Maybe it was all the fast food.

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UEFA Champions League quarter-finals

GABRIELLA FERREIRA European football’s top sides competed in the quarter-finals of the UEFA Champions League on 9 and 10 April.

Even though Real Madrid lost 3-2 to Galatasaray, they still proceeded to the competition’s next round with a 5-3 aggregate after winning 3-0 in the first leg. Madrid took an early lead in the second-leg fixture after Cristiano Ronaldo scored in the seventh minute.

Real Madrid then dominated much of the first half. Galatasaray played well in the second half, with Emmanuel Eboué, Wesley Sneijder and Didier Drogba creating chances for ontarget shots and scoring three goals. Madrid’s Álvaro Arbeloa was sent off in the 90th minute

after receiving a second yellow card, giving Galatasaray a one-man advantage late in the game. Madrid prevented Galatasaray from capitalising on this and overcoming their firstleg deficit after Ronaldo scored again in the 92nd minute.

Borussia Dortmund came from behind to win 3-2 against Malaga in Dortmund, going through to the semi-final round with a 3-2 aggregate.

Although Dortmund dominated much of the game, it was Malaga’s Joaquín Sánchez who scored the first goal on the 25-minute mark.

Dortmund equalised before the end of the first half with Robert Lewandowski scoring in the 40th minute. Malaga took the lead again in the second half with Eliseu scoring in the 82nd minute. Dortmund equalised again in the

TuksTennis troef verwagtinge PHILIP STOFBERG Oor die naweek van 5-7 April het 12 TuksTennis spelers aan die jaarlikse Intervarsity toernooi wat by Sun City gehou is deelgeneem.

Ondanks die afwesigheid van ‘n paar sleutelspelers het Tuks nogtans die derde plek behaal.

Na ‘n naelskraapse verlies teen Kovsies (Die Universiteit van die Vrystaat) tydens die semifinaal, het Tuks gemaklik teen Pukke in die derde plek uitspeel wedstryd gewen. “Die span het bo verwagting goed gedoen vir so ‘n jong span,” het die hoof afrigter van TuksTennis, Warno Smit, in ‘n onderhoud met Perdeby gesê. Tuks het in 2011 en 2012 hierdie toernooi gewen.

Die intervarsity kompetisie bestaan uit die vier

top tennis universiteite in Suid-Afrika. Tuks se span het teen ‘n span van Kovsies en twee spanne elk van onderskeidelik Maties en Pukke deelgeneem.

Die spanne is opgedeel in twee groepe wat onder mekaar uitgespeel het om in die semifinale rondte deel te neem. Wanneer twee spanne teen mekaar te staan kom speel hulle drie wedstryde om ‘n wenner te bepaal: een mans en een dames enkel wedstryd, en een gemengde dubbels wedstryd.

Later vanjaar speel Tuks in die Universiteit Sport Suid-Afrika (USSA) toernooi waar al die universiteite van Suid-Afrika deelneem. Smit voel dat Tuks ‘n goeie kans staan om by hierdie toernooi hul titel as kampioene te verdedig.

“Dit is die [toernooi] wat ons graag wil wen.”

90th minute through Marco Reus. Dortmund scored late in the game after a cross from Lewandowski led to Felipe Santana’s goal in the 93rd minute. The goal was awarded, although replays show that Santana was offside when the cross came in.

Barcelona drew 1-1 with Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) at home to go through to the next round based on the away-goals rule after drawing 2-2 in Paris in the first leg. PSG’s manager Carlo Ancelotti said in a press conference that his team “did everything [they] could to win. Our team showed quality, character [and] bravery. In the end, I’m disappointed.”

Neither team converted goal-scoring opportunities in the first half. The first goal was scored in the second half when PSG took

the lead after Javier Pastore scored in the 50th minute. After a quick pass from David Villa, Pedro equalised 20 minutes later for Barcelona.

Bayern Munich defeated Juventus 2-0 in Sicily to go through to the semi-finals with an aggregate of 4-0. Mario Mandžukić scored in the second half to give Bayern the lead. Bayern scored again in the 91st minute after Bastian Schweinsteiger’s through ball to Claudio Pizarro.

The semi-finals of the UEFA Champions League will be held this week. Real Madrid and Barcelona travel to Germany to take on Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich respectively in the first leg of the round.

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With the Premier League season coming to a close, this is your last chance to join Perdeby’s Fantasy Premier League on www.fantasy.premierleague.com League code: 2345600-488540

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Perdeby and Mountain Dew are giving away 10 Mountain Dew hampers worth R500 each to our readers.

All you have to do is send a photo of yourself drinking a Mountain Dew at the Tuks bootcamp on 23 April to perdeby@up.ac.za.

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AmaTuks managed to hold Mamelodi Sundowns to a 1-1 draw in a Premier Soccer League (PSL) encounter at Loftus Versfeld Stadium last Wednesday. On-form AmaTuks striker Bongani Zungu cancelled out Sundowns striker Richard Henyekane’s opening goal. Both goals were scored in the second half.

Steve Barker’s team was confident going into the match after a 3-1 triumph against AmaZulu at Tuks Stadium on 6 April. Sundowns had suffered a Nedbank Cup quarter-final defeat to Platinum Stars at Loftus three days before the match.

The opening five minutes of the PSL Tshwane derby saw both teams displaying exciting football, although neither team was able to produce shots on target early in the match.

Sundowns dominated ball possession, especially in the midfield.

Mame Niang nearly scored an early goal for AmaTuks when his header from the edge of the 18-yard box sailed just inches from the far post following a cross from Vincent Kobola in the 20th minute. On the 33-minute mark, Aubrey Ngoma failed to make the most of a Sundowns defensive error as his effort from the box landed in Wayne Sandilands’s hands.

The best chance for Sundowns came on the

half-hour mark when Edward Manqele blasted a shot which Arubi saved. Wayne Arendse had his goal disallowed after he scored from an offside

position.

The second half was characterised by missed chances from both teams. A well-worked cross

into the box by Manqele met the boot of the advancing Henyekane, who put Sundowns in front in the 51st minute.

Two minutes after gaining the lead, Arendse’s headed cross into the box saw Hlompho Kekana producing a spectacular bicycle kick. Arubi reacted well to save the shot in order to deny Pitso Mosimane’s team a second goal.

AmaTuks were attacking and Sandilands was the busier of the two goalkeepers for at least 20 minutes. In the 60th minute, Siyabonga Shoyisa fed Niang with a cross that was saved

by Sandilands.

Two minutes later, Ngoma’s delivery from the left flank had Jabulani Shongwe making a sloppy clearance which ended up close to a well-positioned Zungu. Zungu fired the ball into the net from 25 yards to level the score. Ngoma had his chip at goal from the edge of the box punched over the cross-bar by Sandilands after a Zungu cross in the 76th minute.

Zungu beat two defenders to supply Niang with a cross in the final seconds of the game, but Niang’s mild shot sailed comfortably into Sandilands’s hands.

With just five games of the 2012/2013 PSL season remaining, AmaTuks are sitting on eighth position with 32 points, while Sundowns occupy position eleven with 28 points.

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Exclusive interview with Varsity Cup players DAN LOMBARD FNB UP-Tuks successfully defended their Varsity Cup title when they beat FNB Maties 44-5. Throughout the season, captain Jono Ross and Courtnall Skosan played important parts in helping Tuks to win the competition for the second time. The two players spoke to Perdeby after the final about TuksRugby’s season so far.

How did the team prepare in the week before the final?

Ross: It was a tough season with the three losses [against NWU-Pukke, Maties and NMMU] but the aim was always to get a home semi-final. We hit our stride at just the right time. The team did not train differently for the final than we trained for previous games.

Skosan: The team did a lot of video analysis to make sure we knew what to do on the field.

We did not focus on the games we lost as we needed to focus on the game we needed to win, which was the final.

Both of you were part of the team that won last year’s Varsity Cup. Was it any different winning the Varsity Cup for a second time?

Ross: It is always a new experience to win a competition again. This victory was especially special because of our inconsistent season.

Winning the trophy away from home added to the experience.

Skosan: It’s always special to win the Varsity Cup but I think what made it even more special for us was that we won it in Stellenbosch.

Jono, your injury in the first round against NWU-Pukke was considered a major setback

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for the team. How did having three different captains during the course of the tournament affect the team?

Ross: I would not consider my injury a major setback for the team because both Wian [Liebenburg] and William [Small Smith] are great leaders. There are many leaders within the team such as Marvin [Orie], Handré [Pollard] and others who contributed to the team’s success. I’m proud of the boys.

Did you enjoy the way Tuks played this season?

Skosan: Definitely. I really enjoyed the freedom I was allowed on the field to express myself. We gelled really well as a team.

What was the highlight of the Varsity Cup? Ross: The way the team came together during the season and the way we handled ourselves against all odds stood out for me.

Skosan: The way we ended the season was my highlight. [We were] able to prove to the world that we are capable of being a champion side.

What is next for the team?

Ross: Doing well in the Carlton Cup and hopefully winning it as we lost the title to Pretoria Police last year.

Skosan: Winning the Carlton Cup would allow the team to be successful in both the Varsity and club campaigns. [As players], attending classes and just going back to our normal routines.

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