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Curlitzia and Sonop win Serrie 2014

Clockwise from left: Curlitzia, Katjiepiering, Sonop and Olienhout. Photos: Kirsty Mackay

MICHAL-MARÉ LINDEN Curlitiza and Sonop took first place at this year’s Serrie finals.

The finals were held on 19 May and residences performed for judges in both the Amphitheatre and Aula.

Six men’s and six ladies’ residences took part in the final but it was Curlitzia with their lifeguard theme and Sonop, who presented a unique 1900s Bohemian Paris-themed performance, that beat out the competition.

Second place went to Katjiepiering and prelim winners Olienhout, both of who had an eerie theme, lighting and stage props.

Third place was presented to the bartenders of Mopanie and the ladies of Erika who made used the musical Chicago as

inspiration for their performance.

First prize for the mixed residence category was shared by TuksNaledi and Onderstepoort.

Other residences that made finals included Boekenhout, Taaibos, Olympus, Magrietjie, Asterhof and Madelief.

Both venues were filled to capacity for the duration of the performances and the crowds were lively and responsive to the performances. Despite the fact that the results were announced in the early hours of Tuesday morning, much of the crowd remained behind after the performances ended. The crowd was entertained

by Bittereinder, who performed their 100th set, while waiting for the results.

Stuku and the production teams ensured that the evening progressed smoothly.

Men’s finals theme winner: Olienhout and Sonop Ladies’ finals theme winner: Curlitzia Mixed res theme winner: Onderstepoort Men’s prelim winner: Olienhout Ladies’ prelim winner: Magrietjie Mixed residence prelim winner: Onderstepoort Missed the event?

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Step two Panic because you realise exams are only a month away.

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The generalisation in this statement is purposeful as we all need a little perspective.

A cancer patient couldn’t care less about a conceited pose without makeup nor does Boko Horam bat an eyelid at the number of celebrities holding placards with the #BringBackOurGirls hash tag.

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Step four Ignore your study timetable for two weeks.

Because “Monday: study literary theory” actually means, “Monday: watch as many episodes of Parks and Recreation as possible.

It’s okay. You’re not wasting time. According to your nifty study timetable, you have plenty of time left to study.

Step five Wake up at 03:00 in the morning in a cold sweat after an exam nightmare and realise that your timetable isn’t so nifty after all. Do quick calculations and realise that you should have started studying at the beginning of the semester.

Step six Cry. A lot. (Step five isn’t pretty.)

Step seven Accept the fact that your life is over for the next while. Embrace sleep deprivation, stock up on Red Bull, and memorise the number of the closest restaurant or fast food outlet that delivers. Delete Twitter so that you won’t be distracted.

Step eight

age group 15 to 44 years in this statistic.

This gives us 3.2 billion people, still only 7.7% of the world population using Twitter. A drop in the ocean. Do I use Twitter? Yes, it is a fantastic tool. I am not dissing Twitter.

I do, however, want people to think further than just following a trend (read hash tag), to actually donate to cancer when growing that Tom Selleck caterpillar on your lip or showing your cleavage in your #NoMakeupSelfie. I understand the power of a hash tags and the awareness it creates but sometimes awareness doesn’t solve the

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Step nine Start studying. It’s pretty much the logical thing to do by now.

Step ten Start to feel confident about the amount of time you’re spending studying. So confident, actually, that you start to get bored and decide that you need a study playlist to motivate you.

Spend an entire study session making this playlist.

Step eleven Curse yourself for making a study playlist.

Instead of remembering the narrative voice in Mrs Dalloway, all you can remember are One Direction lyrics.

Step twelve Panic because it’s the night before the exam.

Yell at yourself for not having studied sooner.

Stress eat (this is even less pretty than step five).

Drink so much Red Bull in an effort to prepare yourself for an all-nighter that you start to see sounds.

Step thirteen Survive the exam. Realise that it wasn’t that bad. Promise yourself that you will plan better next time so that you don’t stress so much.

Step fourteen Laugh, because you know that’s not going to happen.

Good luck for exams.

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26 May 2014

It seems like May is a month that always makes you feel ill at ease because of all the odd things that happen.

It was on 26 May in 2012 that Ronald Poppo, a homeless man, was attacked by the infamous Rudy Eugene who ate 80% of Poppo’s face and sparked many “zombie”

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rumours. Earlier this month Lonnie Hutton, a man from Tennessee, was arrested after trying to have sexual relations with an ATM, and then later on also with a wooden picnic table.

What’s more, 7 May is known as International Masturbation Day, a day dedicated to your individual right to masturbate.

All the odd news aside, there are also frustrating developments in worldwide news that adds extra tension to us in this already peculiar month.

Boko Haram’s refusal to return the kidnapped Nigerian girls has sparked a wave of outrage across the world, and even on social media.

Similar to the Stop Kony trend a few years back, #BringBackOurGirls has spread like wildfire on Instagram and Twitter, sporting images of resistance against women abuse.

Rage against women abuse seems to come and go in terms of popularity, and the current upset might fade in the same manner as the rage regarding Anene Booysen’s rape and murder did when Oscar Pistorius caught the limelight.

Then there is also the planned movies based

problem, doesn’t bring back the girls.

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on the Oscar trial as well as the missing Malaysian plane. One has to question the integrity of a film made about a plane that still has not been found and has gone missing with no facts offering a backstory, or one made about a court case that has not yet reached a verdict. This disregard for the families affected by both events, along with the broadcasting of a very serious trial, shows the sinister interest people have in turning suffering into entertaining reality TV. May has also affected me in a strange way, as I was offered a job with a salary of R60 000 a month but I could only get the job if I gave the man who offered me the job “what he wanted”. I also quit my waitressing job, but not because of the dodgy job offer.

So seeking cover in May might have been the best option, but with a very long holiday looming I think it is safe to focus on the better things ahead in June (such as my birthday).

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Second Student Forum meeting STAFF REPORTER

The Student Forum met on Wednesday 21 May to discuss the SRC’s progress since the start of their term. A range of issues were also presented by students and societies.

After Chief Justice Emile Zitzke started the meeting, SRC President Enwee Human presented the quarterly report of the SRC and said that the budget for the annual SRC dinner has been cut to R60 000.

One of the prominent issues raised at the forum meeting was the discontinued Sunnyside and Arcadia bus service. The SRC said they have raised the issue with management and expect a response on 24 June.

Human said the SRC recognises transport is still an issue and said the SRC is addressing it.

Milisa Mbete, chairperson of the ANCYL at Tuks said that students living in Arcadia and Sunnyside should have equal access to the bus service like other students. She added that 24 June is too late for a decision because exams will have finished by then.

Issues surrounding the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) were raised

by Hlarane Legoabe, Xayata chairperson.

Legoabe asked whether registered students with historical debt due to NSFAS’s lack of funds will be assisted by the SRC. He also asked who the Vice-Chancellor’s Fund (VCF) will assist.

Amy Ashworth, who holds the SRC study finance portfolio, said that it is unclear at this point what will happen to these students. She said that the SRC Study Aid Fund has been used to assist some students. Most of the funds from the Study Aid Fund will go towards the

The second Student Forum meeting was held last week Wednesday. Photos: Anele Mkungela

proposed work for study programme.

After funding was discussed, Zandile Nkambule from Sasco asked what the SRC has done to accommodate the cultural differences between black students when assigning rooms in residences. Nkambule said the current system separates students based on race.

Nthabiseng Nooe, who holds the transformation portfolio, said this was a practice issue and not a policy issue. “It is not something that is implemented by TuksRes but by the HKs of the residences,” Nooe said.

She added that the criteria for allocating rooms

SRC opposes implementation of sBux system

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MOLEBOGENG MANGOALE The SRC has rejected the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) sBux system.

The SRC called on university management to oppose the implementation of the system should NSFAS introduce it at UP. The sBux system is a new system that has been introduced by NSFAS at various institutions of higher learning in South Africa. sBuxwill be used to cover costs for food, accommodation, books and travel using vouchers sent to the student’s cell phone.

Students can only use these vouchers to pay for goods and services at registered sBux merchants. sBux has already been implemented at the University of Cape Town (although it was put on hold), University of the Western Cape (UWC) and six other institutions of higher learning.

SRC portfolio member for transformation and student success Nthabiseng Nooe said that the SRC’s stance was taken so that the financial integrity of students using NSFAS may be preserved. She said that it is important to make services financially convenient for students as they are already threatened by historical debt.

“As it stands, some commune and flat owners that registered as merchants are increasing accommodation costs by 4% to compensate

for the commission they have to give NSFAS. This means students will pay more for essential services and that is not helping students ‘not misuse funds’,” Nooe said.

The SRC’s decision came after the UWC SRC pointed out some failures of sBux. One of these is that students need airtime to access sBux but NSFAS does not cover airtime. It is difficult to access the system unless the user is in close proximity to registered NSFAS merchants. Students that use public transport like buses and taxis cannot use the sBux vouchers to pay because these public transport means are not registered as NSFAS merchants.

“The 4% commission [paid] to NSFAS by registered merchants, and the unreliable system going on- and offline will not help our NSFAS students spend better. It reduces the financial freedom they have with the money they are loaning,” said Nooe.

The SRC has said it would like a comprehensive assessment from NSFAS that will detail a sustainable way forward.

According to the NSFAS’s website, sBux is to be implemented in 2014 at Unisa, Durban University of Technology, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University and the University of Vend, to name a few. UP is not on the list of institutions in which the sBux system will be implemented this year.

differ between residences.

Nooe said the SRC is working on residence placement guidelines. The current placement quota is a 60:40 ratio and 40% of residents must be first-year students. According to the SRC, 50% of residents must be first-year students next year. This will increase to 75% by 2018.

Continuing with the issues of residence placement, some audience members said placement should be based on distance and need instead of academic merit, which is the current policy.

Questions were also raised about TuksRes’s pregnancy policy, which stipulates that a pregnant student can only be allowed to live in residence until the 34th week of her pregnancy.

Human said it is unconstitutional to make someone leave residence because they are pregnant.

The preliminary date for the next SRC elections has been set 3 September and nominations for SRC will open in the second week of the second semester.

Candidates will run independently, although they can choose to be affiliated with societies.

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Young Communist League protests in support of #BringBackOurGirls

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INTERVARSITY NEWS SABRINA MWAURA

STAFF REPORTER The Young Communist League (YCL) and other members of the Progressive Youth Alliance protested outside the Nigerian High Commission last week Monday to put pressure on the Nigerian government to take action after the kidnapping of nearly 300 choolgirls by Islamist group Boko Haram.

Protesters carried posters saying “Bring back our girls”, “Islam by choice” and “Don’t rape our girls Boko Haram”. Women chanting “bring back our girls” in Zulu led the march.

YCL national secretary Buti Manamela addressed the crowd and the media. Manamela said, “It is an act of cowardice to abduct girls and use them whether as slaves, whether as trade or for political convenience. Real men would go and fight people their age and people their size and not target young women.”

He said that, “We as the children of Africa have witnessed consistently how there seems to be procrastination in dealing with such incidents.”

Manamela called for the Nigerian government to act decisively in releasing the girls unscathed and getting them back to school with immediate effect.

“If those were daughters of presidents of republics, if those were daughters of CEOs of multinationals, if those were daughters of leaders of the United Nations or any of the strong bodies of capitalist institutions or corporations … today as we speak Boko Haram

Stellenbosch University (SU) On the evening of 12 May, 21-year-old SU student IIze-Dene Oberholzer was abducted as she was walking away from her car in the SU parking lot. She was about to write a psychology test when she was grabbed and forced into a car by two unknown men.

According to Eyewitness News, Oberholzer was grabbed by two unknown men who forced her into their car. She managed to escape when the car pulled over.

She suffered bruises to her arms and knees.

SU has said that they will do what they can to prevent similar incidents from happening in the future. According to Wits Vuvuzela, the university is looking into the practicality of evening tests and exams.

“I think everyone should be aware of the incident and just take note. Don’t go out by yourself,” said Oberholzer.

The Young Communist League protested at the Nigerian High Commission in Arcadia last week.

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would be in ashes, the girls would be back at home. Act as if those girls were your own,” Manamela said as he ended his speech.

After his speech Manamela extended the mandate to rescue the girls to the deputy head of mission for the Nigerian High Commission in Pretoria Martin Cobham.

Lapa Mahapa, head of communication for the

YCL on campus, Mahapa said, “Military action should be taken. If this could happen in Nigeria it could happen anywhere else in Africa.”

Thando Dhalha, chairperson of YCL on campus, added, “Girls are not for sale and people are not for sale. These terms of negotiation should be put aside and these girls should be brought back by all means necessary.”

Mopanie celebrates feesjaar at Oesdag

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TANYA NIEUWENHUIZEN On 17 May Mopanie celebrated their fourth Oesdag as well as their feesjaar. Chair of Mopanie Martin Meiring described the day as “amazing”.

“We sold 1 500 tickets without any advertising whatsoever. Next year we might move the venue to accommodate more students as Tuks rules specifies that we may only have 1 500 people at an event,” Meiring said.

Tickets for Oesdag sold out fast and were still in high demand on the day of the event Mopanie residents from the Sports Corner 1-1 corridor won the competition for the corridor with the most sold tickets. For selling approximately 200 tickets they received free entrance on the day and a case of beer.

This year’s Oesdag had many activities, ranging from boere sport and a mechanical bull to a large beer pong table. There was also the annual Mej. Mielie competition.

Mopanie residents sell tickets for Oesday. Photo: Tahnee Otto

Braam Lourens, the Mopanie HK responsible for the portfolio of Oesdag, clubhouse and senior guardian, said that he is excited about future Oesdag events. “This year we placed a lot of effort into the small stuff. For instance, more

seating for guests and more entertainment. We also tied up with some sponsors and got amazing specials from Oppisquare for the after party,” Lourens said.

MadRepublic engages in community outreach TANYA NIEUWENHUIZEN On 17 May residents of Olienhout and Madelief went to Mamelodi to visit the Faith Day Care centre and the True Gospel Church River of Life, to donate their Rag float.

The church, which has been run by Reverend Samual Mntambo since 1992, consists of a small shack with a few drapes inside.

The day care centre was established four years ago and accomodates 102 children daily ranging from babies to six year olds.

“It’s difficult most of the time,” said Stevani Mntambo, the reverend’s wife, who runs the centre. “We started with nothing, and we get no grant from the government. I think I could cry, we are so pleased and so appreciative for this donation,” she said.

Cobus Terblanche, prime minister and minister of community engagement of Olienhout, said that they are pleased to give back to the community. “We saw the need in this community and would like to do something

The Freedom Front Plus (FF+) and the Dagga Party recently held a debate about the legalisation of marijuana at SU. According to Die Matie, former SRC treasurer Shomane Mathiba and Neil du Toit from the debating society were panellists at the debate.

Jeremy Acton from the Dagga Party said, “It [marijuana] is even safer than aspirin; you should be able to buy it at Pick ‘n Pay.” FF+ youth leader Wouter Wessels disputed the argument saying that there is no research that proves that cannabis does not alter the brain or has permanent damaging effects.

High school learners who will apply to study at the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) will be expected to register for a compulsory Zulu course from 2015.

According to UKZN, this is a first for the South African higher education sector. The university refers to this as a “watershed” moment in its history. The decision has been made that students need to demonstrate “bilingualism” in order to complete their degrees.

According to UKZN, the institution’s senate recently voted in favour of the new policy which will apply to all undergraduate students regardless of the programme that they are enrolled for. UKZN believes that making Zulu a compulsory language will promote social cohesion.

According to Eyewitness News, from 2015 to 2018, staff and students will learn enough Zulu for verbal academic interaction and will have to take an exam. The course duration will be a semester long. From 2019 to 2029, writing skills will be developed, which will keep in with the objectives of UKZN’s transformation charter.

University of Witswatersrand (Wits)

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that will be substantial,” Terblanche said.

The MadRepublicans had their work set out for them. They painted the school, fixed jungle gyms, planted trees and built a new roof for shading.

“We were scrutinised by using too much blommetjies in our float by the other residences but the plastic from the blommetjies will be used as form of isolation in the walls of both

the school and church,” Anri de Lange Rag HK from Madelief said.

Belinda Kelly, primaria of Madelief said, “We wanted to do something sustainable for this community. And we are leaving our mark.”

State president of Olienhout Phil Grabe said, “Rag was established to change things. This will help the community in tremendous ways and holds a lot of good for the future.”

The Wits Sociology department and the Marikana Support Committee have come up with the initiative to allow staff members and students to make contributions to help people affected by the platinum mining strike.

According to Wits Vuvuzela, Prof. Noor Nieftagodien of the Marikana Support Committee said that the situation has become increasingly desperate and that the response at Wits has been very slow. So far, R3 000 and two food parcels have been collected.

Prof. Nieftagodien said he hopes the Wits SRC and student organisations will mobilise support and that students will help raise awareness about the situation.

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Shakespeare’s authenticity: the great debate ELMARIE KRUGER

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On 26 April the world commemorated the 450th birthday of William Shakespeare, one of literature’s most influential figures. Shakespeare has made a considerable impact on the lives of many – whether they realise it or not. Even those who are not well versed with his works use words and expressions coined by Shakespeare on a daily basis. However, since the late 19th century, a group of people now known as the Anti-Stratfordians, have voiced their doubts over whether Shakespeare really did write the plays and poems that have affected the world of literature so immensely.

Anti-Stratfordians theorise that Shakespeare was in fact only an actor (it is true that he worked as an actor for an acting troupe called “The King’s Men”), but never a playwright. The group also claim that Shakespeare would have lacked the schooling to write as eloquently as he did, arguing that someone with his background would have most likely been illiterate.

A 2011 movie by German director Roland Emmerich entitled Anonymous, explores a combination of theories proposed by the Anti-Stratfordians. One such theory is the Oxfordian Theory of Shakespeare Authorship, which says that Edward de Vere, the 17th Earl of Oxford, was the actual author of the famous poems and plays. However, the events portrayed in the movie are more fiction than fact, and should be regarded in that light. The movie may have intended to propose a serious theory, but critics said that it was facetious and absurd, and chastised the movie for being riddled with factual inaccuracies. Anonymous’ poor performance at the box office did not make it any easier for the Anti-Stratfordians to strengthen their standpoint.

Other possibilities that have been suggested as authors of Shakespeare’s works include Francis Bacon, the 6th Earl of Derby and Christopher Marlowe, although it has also been proposed that Shakespeare’s works were written by a number of different authors in collaboration. In fact, more than 70 possible authors for the works of Shakespeare have been

suggested over the years.

Many famous figures, such as Mark Twain, Charles Dickens and Sigmund Freud, have also questioned Shakespeare’s authenticity. In his book The Genius of Shakespeare, Jonathan Bate, Shakespearean scholar and professor of English literature at the University of Oxford, writes that Anti-Stratfordian ideology is “heresy” and states that many of the well-known figures who supported these opinions were intimidated by “the knowledge of Shakespeare’s unsurmountable superiority”. Bate further states that Anti-Stratfordians will “continue to believe in their theories even after scholarship has shown them to be groundless”.

Although the majority of these theories are very compelling, little evidence exists proving that they are correct. It would have been foolish for any of these proposed authors to allow anyone else to “take the credit, money, adulation etc. for the plays which were so popular in London,” argues E Boje, retired English lecturer at UP. “Shakespeare would have been stabbed in a darkened alley if he had claimed to have written them and had not,” she continues.

It is also believed that Shakespeare attended grammar school in his birthplace Stratford-upon-Avon, which means that he was not illiterate. Many Anti-Stratfordians say that there is no proof that Shakespeare attended this grammar school, as no attendance records have survived.

Shakespeare’s education also extended well into his adult life, which becomes evident when one considers that many of his plays are based on already-existing books, showing that Shakespeare was an avid reader.

The notion that Shakespeare was not Shakespeare seems to be no more than a conspiracy theory, as the majority of academics agree that Shakespeare’s authorship was genuine.

Until more modern study has been done, for the moment it may be safest to believe that Shakespeare really was the bard whose words inspired the world.

Mid-year resolutions: ditching the hitch of the New Year’s fever THLOLOGELO MATHEBE Accoring to Roman mythology, the month of January is named after Janus, the Roman god of beginnings and transitions. Janus had two faces: one which looks into the future and one which looks into the past. The first day of the year was dedicated to Janus because it symbolised a new beginning. Because the Romans believed that how something begun was an omen for how it would finish, it was customary for them to wish each other well for the rest of the year. Legend has it that it was from this practice that the concept of New Years Resolutions originated A new year comes with many exciting beginnings, some people advance to the next year of studies and others get promoted in their careers. With all the changes that come with a new year, people see it fit to adjust their lives so that their personal growth can be in line with the changes around them.

Social networks such as Facebook and Twitter are filled with resolution fever at the beginning of the year. However, most people only make resolutions to join in on the trend. These founded resolutions rarely include a follow-up plan. They usually consist of weight loss or weight gain goals, academic improvement and serious money saving. In some cases people even come up with resolutions together perhaps, to motivate each other.

The problem is that very few people actually follow through with the plans they have for the year. First-year BA Languages student Annamart Van Rooyen says that, “They are good motivation but they are also impossible to fulfil because we lack the necessary discipline.” First-year BA Law student Jabulani Motsepa says that, “New Year’s resolutions are an easy way to set yourself up for failure. They are exciting for the first week and then people get over it and stop sub-tweeting your progress updates.”

Another reason why New Year’s resolutions are unsuccessful is that people develop certain habits over time and these habits hinder you when you try to implement some changes. If you are trying to improve your academic record but have developed a habit of sleeping for hours after class, it certainly becomes more difficult to work harder because of hours lost.

Because of inadequate planning, people only jot down the end result, disregarding the most important part of having any kind of plan, which is the implementation process. First-year LLB student Nokulunga Malinga says, “At the beginning of this year my friend and I made big gym plans, then she got accepted at another university and chose to leave. And I, well, I still look the same way I looked on 5 January.”

Making mid-year resolutions can be used to remedy the

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failure of your New Year’s resolutions. A lot of time will have passed once you reach the halfway mark. Not only do you know what the year has brought forth but you also know what your faults are and if you can improve on them. Mid-year resolutions can be a check for whether you have got far with the plans you made at the beginning of the year or not.

There are functional steps to ensure that restoration of balance is acquired through mid-year resolutions. While you will never be in control of the probable turn of events, you can only plan and hope for the best. Should your New Year’s resolutions be unsuccessful, a simple step to follow is to be realistic. Realistic goals are less likely to set you up for a fall. You cannot just go from an extreme case to a very successful one in the time span

of a few months, you need to work towards it.

Create an action plan. This is the most important part and could also be the most exciting as well. Use a chart and decorate it to make it appealing. You will want to follow it. List all the things you had hoped to have achieved by this time in the year and sort them, from the least to the most important and try again.

The mid-year mark is fast approaching. You might have missed your chance at the beginning of the year, but now you have another chance to get a motorbike licence, learn how to cycle or even go for something a little more drastic like improving on your chemistry. You can be quick to gather your life. Take advantage of the second half of the year to try to achieve your goals. You might just get something done this time.

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26 May 2014 I have a confession. My The Sims 3 family is currently in its 11th generation, owns the entire town, has completed every career and I haven’t even added an expansion pack yet.

I first encountered gaming when my parents bought JumpStart Kindergarten when I was five.

Through the years my brother tirelessly tried to teach me SSX and I once attempted to collect tazos in an effort to impress the guys in my grade four class.

What this says is that gaming no longer belongs to the stereotypical geek anymore. Gaming is everywhere, all the time and everyone can do it. Many of my lunch breaks are spent surrounded by my friends playing Quiz Up on their iPads and I know a few students that enjoy the odd game of DotA during our English lectures.

The gaming industry has seen a growth, unlike pretty much every other entertainment sector, during the financial crisis and it continues to grow every day (see our infographic below). So it seems fitting that Perdeby includes more gaming content on it’s pages, and this is our first effort.

Be sure to check out our interview with Tuks gamers Maryke Kennard who will be compete in national trials later this year and our list of games for every situation, which is perfect for newbies like me.

I learnt a lot about gaming and its intricate cyber and real life community while planning this supplement and it is truly amazing how much is happening in gaming. We have tons of content we couldn’t fit in our supplement so be sure to visit our web page for more articles. I hope this supplement inspires you to pick up a console and embrace the huge world of alternative reality as much as it’s made me start searching for a Fifa tutor.

Michal Entertainment editor

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Gaming meets art in international exhibition

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ELMARIE KRUGER The month of May marks the running of Tokyo-based gaming store Meteor’s annual My Famicase exhibition, where artists from around the world can display their talents – with a twist.

The concept of the exhibition is as follows: artists must come up with an original storyline for a non-existent game and create a unique artwork to be displayed on Famicom gaming cartridges, as released by Nintendo in the 80s and 90s.

The exhibition celebrates its tenth year in 2014 and features a thought-provoking blend of gaming and elements one would conventionally encounter at an art gallery.

The exhibition is open to a wide variety of artists, including graphic designers, illustrators, cartoonists, authors and game designers. The diverse assortment of participating artists makes

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for a wide selection of “games” to be viewed, which range from smart storylines and artworks to outright ridiculous ones.

Some of these concepts include more realistic storylines such as the game Salaryman, where the game’s object is to make it through a nine to five workday, while others, such as Mystic Triangle: Darkness Knight are more myth-oriented. Some concepts are more fantasy-oriented, such as Unexpected Friends that revolves around a boy who befriends a giant who causes earthquakes in his village.

Another interesting concept on display is for a game entitled Children where the plot takes place in a setting where children rule and explore the city streets.

An exhibition such as My Famicase proves that art is constantly evolving and that neither gaming nor art is limited to its set mould.

Flappy Bird to return this August LIZL LOMBAARD Flappy Bird creator Dong Nguyen told CNBC reporter Kelly Evans in an exclusive interview that fans can expect the game’s return in August. On 15 May 2014 Nguyen tweeted a screen shot of a mystery game in the same style as Flappy Bird, tweeting, “I am making a new game. So people can forget about Flappy Bird for a while.”

Nguyen deleted the original version of Flappy Bird in February this year. Forbes.com reported that this decision was viewed by some as a publicity stunt, since the announcement made mobile users rush to download it before its deletion. Others say the sudden fame Flappy Bird brought Nguyen was a bit too much for the reportedly shy guy.

The new Flappy Bird will apparently be a multilayer game and will also be a less addictive version, according to Nguyen.

“I think people should set some time aside for something more

productive,” he said.

Research director for gaming at American market research and analysis firm IDC Lewis Ward told TechNewsWorld that the chances of the new Flappy Bird being as popular as the original one are slim. He feels the new game won’t rise to the level of the first one. “It’s like asking lightning to strike twice in the same place”, said Ward.

Flappy Bird rose to the top of Apple’s App store at the Image: macrage.com beginning of this year and was also top of the charts on Google Play Store a week after the Android version was released.

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Analogue, digital, mobile: the evolution of the gaming console ELMARIE KRUGER It’s hard to imagine a world in which gaming, be it on mobile devices, computers or consoles, does not exist. Not too long ago, when computers were still the size of large rooms and mobile phones were relatively unheard of, gaming consoles were pioneers in the world of gaming. Although consoles were mostly reserved for the rich, they still paved the way for gaming as we know it today, and the console itself has undergone a significant evolution over the years.

1967 The so-called “Brown Box” is considered to be one of the first ever gaming consoles. Built by German engineer Ralph Baer, the Brown Box boasted a total of 12 playable games.

1972 The Magnavox Odyssey, based on Baer’s Brown Box, was the first commercially marketed gaming console. Unfortunately, customers failed to see the use of the console and sales were not successful.

1977 Gaming company Atari introduced cartridge-based gaming for the first time on their console the Atari 2600 VCS. This console

was a massive commercial success and featured games such as Breakout and Space Invaders, which are still well-known today.

1985 After what is known as the “video game crash”, where many console manufacturers went bankrupt, Nintendo broke through with the release of their Nintendo Entertainment System, or Famicom. Introducing games such as Super Mario Bros and The Legend of Zelda, it went on to become one of the best-selling consoles of all time.

1989 This year marks Nintendo’s next great success – the immensely popular Game Boy. It was one of the very first handheld games and was famous for its version of Tetris.

1995 The release of Sony’s PlayStation was but the introduction to gaming as it is known today. The PlayStation made use of CD-ROM-based games, which were much less expensive than cartridge games, boosting the console’s popularity even more.

Popular PlayStation titles included Resident Evil and Tekken.

2000 Sony had yet another gaming victory with the release of the PlayStation 2, which also functioned as a DVD player. Leaning

heavily on game titles like Grand Theft Auto, PlayStation 2 enjoyed great commercial success.

2001 Microsoft gave Sony some competition with the release of the Xbox, popularising games such as Halo.

2005 Sony made a breakthrough in the world of handheld games by releasing the PSP (PlayStation Portable), which sported many extra features such as photo and video storage.

2006 Microsoft and Sony competed yet again, with both companies releasing big consoles, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 respectively, within a short time of each other.

2013 Sony’s PlayStation 4 promotes social gameplay by providing a means to stream video and access the internet.

And the future?

With software distribution platforms like Steam and Origin making PC gaming even more accessible than before, one could wonder if there is still a future for consoles. But with future consoles also looking to implement distribution platforms of their own, it is clear to see that the age of the console is far from over.

A game in the hand worth two on the desk?

According to a recent survey done by social gaming platform PlayPhone.com, one in five mobile gamers would rather give up sex than mobile games for a week. The survey also found that 28% of mobile gamers who play at least three hours a day admit to occasionally playing while driving. Although this type of behaviour might be the exception, it is still not surprising for a $21.8 billion industry that is said to almost double by 2017 with $35.4 billion in revenue, according to research done by Newzoo.com.

LIZL LOMBAARD Candy Crush Saga, Angry Birds, 2048. These are just a few of the chart-topping mobile games that have become a part of our everyday existence. The mobile gaming industry is growing at a fast pace and with the easy accessibility of games on smartphones and tablets, is mobile gaming stealing PC and console gaming’s thunder?

“The rise in smartphones is undeniable, and with the accessibility to smartphones we are seeing a rise in more mobile gamers across all segments,” says Amanda Presley-Knox, marketing manager at Cape Town-based gaming developer studio Thoopid. She adds that mobile gaming might not necessarily take the place of console gaming in the future, but that there is enough space in the market for PC, console and mobile games to coexist.

Steven Norris, editor at Gearburn, says that the chance for mobile gaming domination exists. “But that takes time. Right now, the best games graphically on iPad are almost as good as the Xbox 360 or PS3 if you look at Infinity Blade or Modern Warfare,” he says. Norris said that mobile games do, however, fall short in a very important aspect – the control scheme. “Touch controls, replicated on a touch screen are awful. So while mobile

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games may be able to replicate a console game graphically, it will never be able to touch it based on controls,” Norris says.

However, mobile games bring other benefits to the table.

“Mobile games are more affordable, more accessible and cater to a wider audience,” says Presley-Knox. Mobile gaming has allowed people, who would not necessarily call themselves gamers, to also experience the rush of achieving a high score, since most mobile games are designed to be quick and highachieving. “It’s certainly helped the gaming industry to break out of its ‘only for pimpled geeks’ status,” says Norris.

According to Norris, older players and female gamers make up almost half of all mobile gamers. “47% of mobile gamers in

the US are female,” says Norris. He adds that the social features built into most mobile games also make it easier for people to connect with each other during a game.

Richard Quantrill, a product designer at engineering firm Emiline, says that while mobile games have certainly broadened the scope of the gaming audience, it will not take the place of PC or console gaming with regards to hardcore competitive gaming. He highlights the fact that when it comes to the different gaming platforms, the crux of the argument lies in the complete difference of technology and purpose of these devices. “The focus with mobile isn’t necessarily on gaming; it’s across a whole range of different things. At the end of the day a mobile is a communication tool,” says Quantrill, who used to be a competitive gamer. “Gaming stations like an Xbox or PlayStation are dedicated to only gaming, so people who want that experience will go there,” he continues. He adds that even the gap between PC gaming and console gaming is still very big.

“Most of the competitive gaming is actually on the computer, social gaming on console and then the light, fluff gaming almost on mobile,” says Quantrill. He also adds that while you do find competitive console gaming, most of the money in the competitive gaming industry goes to computer gaming.

So while mobile phones are not dedicated mobile platforms, they do create an easier way for upcoming gaming developers to break into the gaming industry. “A huge benefit of mobile game development is the ability to create something awesome with smaller teams, which is also less financially restrictive for indie start-ups like Thoopid,” says Presley-Knox.

Locally, the gaming industry, and especially the mobile gaming industry, seems to be focused on smaller indie gaming development companies like Thoopid, Tasty Poison Games and Afroes. “The industry in SA just needs time to catch up with the rest of the developed world. The games coming out of SA are great, but we can’t sink millions of dollars into games like the US and UK can,” says Norris. Presley-Knox agrees, “Mobile gaming is still quite a young industry in South Africa, but the rise in animation and game development is producing talent to make some really innovative games.”

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The noob’s guide to gaming for every occasion

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MAXINE TWADDLE Not everyone is a born gamer. Some of us nod wisely when the conversation turns towards the graphics in the new Halo game and hope that we won’t have to venture our opinions (we had never heard of Halo before). If you’ve caught a severe case of gaming Fomo from reading this supplement and would like to try your hand at gaming but have only ever used a PlayStation to watch DVDs, don’t worry. Perdeby has put together a list of the

best games for a first-time gamer to play.

The best game to annoy your neighbours: Singstar Do you remember when your neighbours decided to have all the people they’ve ever met over for a braai the night before your biggest exam? Well, revenge is sweet and Singstar is the sweetest. Plug in the microphone, crank up the volume and choose the most annoying song you can find.

The nice thing about Singstar is that your voice doesn’t even have to be that good – you just have to hit the right note, no matter how awful it sounds. If you get stage fright, keep reminding yourself that, despite what your neighbours are yelling, you’re an absolute rockstar. And your PlayStation agrees.

Warning: don’t overplay the Singstar card. Singstar: ABBA exists and your neighbours might just get it.

The best game to impress your boyfriend: Fifa Your boyfriend probably enjoys a game or two of Fifa.

Sometimes, no matter how nice your new jeans look on you, what’s happening to his team on the screen in front of him is just more important than you. Don’t sulk. Two can play this game.

It’s cute to let him teach you but if you’re super competitive you can teach yourself or get a friend to teach you.

Don’t throw feminism completely out the window. Play properly and don’t let him win. Football is serious, so take it seriously and play properly. Don’t transfer all the cute players into one team (that’s a different type of fantasy football).

Warning: don’t keep ogling at the game version of Cristiano Ronaldo. It’s creepy and you’ll probably end up without a boyfriend to play Fifa with.

The best game to procrastinate: The Sims If you’re not going to do anything in the real world, you might as

well build a house, get married, have a child, and reach the top of your career in the Sims world. The Sims has a way of making you feel like you’ve accomplished a lot when, really, all you’ve done is wasted three days of your life. This is okay. At least the Sim you has showered, eaten and had social interactions.

Incidentally, The Sims is also the best game for control freaks.

So, if you feel like bossing people around for their whole lives and actually have them obey you, turn your phone off, turn your console on and enjoy.

Warning: don’t leave The Sims on when your crush is around.

It’s going to be very embarrassing when they find out they have a family with you in Pleasantville.

The best game for letting out aggression: Batman Begins Nothing makes you feel better after a long, hard day than defeating villains. You might have failed that semester test miserably, but at least you saved the world afterwards.

Any superhero game would work here, but being Batman is especially exciting. Plus, the game’s characters are voiced by the movie’s characters. Imagine listening to Christian Bale’s voice all the time.

Warning: there may be side effects of listening to Christian Bale’s voice the whole time.

The best game to revert back to childhood: The Lion King: Simba’s Mighty Adventure Sometimes being an adult is hard. Every now and then, it’s okay to hide from the world and pretend that you have no responsibilities. At times like these, an escape to Pride Rock is a good idea. Worry about evil uncle Scar instead of assignments and bills. Hakuna matata.

Warning: It’s going to be sad when Mufasa dies. Be prepared.

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I realised I actually had a natural talent when it comes to gaming when we placed third in SA for my first rAge event. Now I can’t stop...

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The rise of the girl gamer LISA KAHIMBAARA Video gaming is traditionally regarded as an all-boys club.

Non-gamers may be surprised to learn that women are just as avid about gaming and are firmly cementing their place in the industry.

The gaming industry has been influenced by women for many years. Carol Shaw is regarded as the first female game designer for her 3D Tic-Tac-Toe game in 1979. She later joined video game publisher Activision to develop her popular game River Raiders. Another well-known female force in the gaming industry is Kellee Santiago, the president and co-founder of Thatgamecompany, who created the games Cloud, Flower and Journey.

Reddit.com defines a “girl gamer” as a “delightfully polarising term for women who game”. The term has a mixed reception.

Some critics believe the term forces women who game to censor their femininity in order to be taken seriously in the gaming community. Conversely, there have been advocates for the reappropriation of the term in order to take away its negative and offensive connotations.

Leandri Klopper, a UP drama alumna who is currently an actress, puppeteer and filmographer, is a self-proclaimed gaming enthusiast. “What keeps me attracted is the fact that I game with my friends,” said Klopper. There are some misconceptions regarding women who game and Klopper describes the biggest one, “The biggest one is that ‘girls don’t game’. It’s 2014 and I still get surprised looks when I tell people I’m a hardcore gamer.”

In her opinion, the idea that women are a minority in the gaming community is inaccurate. “We have a lot of girls who game here in South Africa. In my friends group we almost outnumber the boys. Granted, when we combine with another group that group is always surprised to see so many girls who game.”

Like other forms of social activities, gaming has given rise to many websites and blogs dedicated to discussing the hobby.

“I don’t know of any community for girls who game [in South Africa]. I know of one in America though,” says Klopper.

There is, however, a blog dedicated to female gamers in South Africa. Tarren Turner, or ValkyrLee as she is known to her followers, is a 31-year-old Johannesburg-based graphic designer, programmer and founder of the blog SA Girl Gamers (SAGirlGamer.blogspot.com) which has been running since August 2012. “You know how you will be browsing the internet one day and you happen upon something really awesome and you’re like ‘I must share this now so that others may know of its awesomeness’, and a blog seemed like the easiest way to start doing that at the time,” says ValkyrLee about the birth of her blog. She describes her favourite gaming memory as trying to convince a friend of hers that gaming was cool by making her watch Tomb Raider 2 when she was 12 years old.

Although she is a fan of gaming, ValkyrLee has a few gripes with the South African gaming industry. “If I had to point out one thing that really gets to me it would have to be the availability of some of the titles to the South Africa market. Some of the new really awesome and anticipated games only become available for purchase in our country long after their release,” she says.

Gamers at Tuks are not rare but not all of them have achieved as much as Maryke Kennard. Currently on Platinum level 5 on European servers, Maryke is also vice-chairperson of Tuks Mind Sports Club and the recipient of Gauteng provincial colours for League of Legends. Perdeby chatted to her recently about her achievements and women in gaming.

What initially attracted you to gaming?

When I turned seven, my dad bought me an epic PC (of the time of course: 4 Gig hard drive, 256 MB Ram, the works) so I automatically had to start LANning with all his friends and that just got me hooked.

When I went to high school, I had to start being serious about school work, so I stopped gaming and just kept playing netball and studying. But in 2011 I got a serious knee injury, which resulted in on and off walking for two years and months of missed school. In my spare time I went back to gaming and started getting serious about it as I had so much off time. I realised I actually had a natural talent when it comes to gaming for my first rAge event, we placed third in SA. Now I can’t stop till I’ve achieved my goal of competing on an international level.

You recently got provincial colours of League of Legends.

How do you plan to prepare for the inter-provincial tournament later this year?

The inter-provincials should be an easy win for the Gauteng team as we have some of the best players in the country representing our province. We still play together to prepare for these events but our main focus is on improving individually so that many of us can get Protea colours and represent not only Gauteng, but South Africa as a Tuks majority.

Many perceive gaming as a male-dominated sport and you have made moves to initiate an all-female League of Legends team that will compete on a national level. What is the motivation behind this?

Many females do not get the chance to improve as there aren’t many high-skilled female players in South Africa to guide and help them. This is why I took the initiative to try help these fellow female gamers to improve and be ready to compete at an international event. We all still have a lot to learn, but I am here to lead and teach with the help of the other skilled male players from our university.

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Event guide

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17-29 May I am me, nothing else – Phillip Badenhorst Tina Skukan Gallery

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30 May Michael Lowman and Bouwer Bosch – Live and Acoustic Railways

23 May-11 June 21 Trees of Tales – Ilze Jansen van Rensburg Association of the Arts, Pretoria

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30 May Simon and the Bande a Part Gauteng Tour 10 8th Street West, Menlo Park

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23 May-13 June Doccie Fest Cinema Nouveau, Brooklyn Mall

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31 May May Day Menlyn Skate Park

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27 May Hirsch’s Frisbee Golf Day Hirsch’s Centurion Events

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1 June Park Acoustics (ft. St Lucia, Jeremy Loops, Al BAirre, Sibot) Voortrekker Monument

6 June: A fear and loathing theme party ft. Shortstraw, New Academics, We Are Charlie, Le Voyage and Hello Beautiful, Arcade Empire 14 June: Capital Craft Beer Festival, Voortrekker Monument 5 July: Crafty Beer Crawl Big Red Barn, 7 Nelson Road, Olifantsfontein 26 July: Taaibos July, Huis Taaibos 7-9 August: Oppikoppi, Northam 6 September: I Heart Joburg, Ellis Park Stadium 3 October: Vodacom In the City, Mary Fitzgerald Sqaure

Bound by Flame Developer: Spiders Image: game-modo.com

JOHAN SAAYMAN Being a human fighting alongside the elf nation to stop the Ice Lords from destroying your land seems like the perfect reason to perform a ritual to give you the power of fire.

Magic rituals are always fun until they end up damning your soul and possessing you with a fire demon.

Spiders, a French video game developing company, has brought out yet another roleplaying game called Bound by Flame. It is the company’s seventh game and it falls nothing short of a declaration of pallid potential and overenthusiastic confidence.

The graphics of the game are satisfactory.

The style of the artistic designs heightens the fantasy drenched set-up of the game, with the necessary level of fear induction for the ominous unknown. The monsters that lurk behind every bush, rock, cave or anything that can serve as sufficient cover, are well designed but also hard to like since they flock the player

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every chance they get. Some aspects of the design style do make certain objects appear out of place or badly drawn into the visuals, but an unaware eye will rarely notice these instances as the background and environment is generally detailed and thorough.

When it comes to playing the game, the obviousness of the unpolished nature of the game is drowning. The enemies can sometimes strike you with short-range attacks but are out of range for your attacks. With long-range magic spells, your attacks sometimes hit the

target but appear to phase through the enemy.

However, it is very useful that you can change between fighting styles throughout the game and that the player is not forced to choose a single style.

The level of difficulty increases exponentially, being somewhat challenging from the start. Immense strategy is required to defeat enemy swarms, which is good for gamers that like strategic attacks but bad for newcomers to gaming.

With a customisable character, you can be

either male or female with an array of attire to choose from. The character dialogues are humorous and amusing at places, although the general dialogue lacks substance.

Along with flaccid dialogue between characters throughout the game, the animations seem to not be in synchronisation with the mouth movements of the character. Not only is the dialogue rushed, but the scriptwriters seem to have tried filling the gaps with foul language and constant sexual innuendos. This can easily put off players that appreciate decent language.

The non-player characters lack depth in their involvement in the plot, although they all have a smidge of a backstory. Without the player’s help, the other characters in the player’s band fold during battle and are easily slain, which requires constant brute fighting from the player and removes the opportunity to plan strategic attacks.

The excitement of the game starts off on a high but stays at the same pace until the end.

With only a limited amount of combos that can be learnt through battles, the fact that levelling up doesn’t carry much weight becomes more unpleasant.

The level of difficulty will intrigue those that like a challenge and often leave the player feeling accomplished when the difficult tasks are complete. This does not steer away from the obvious signs that the game’s production was rushed and that the release was made without Spiders polishing off the game to the squeaky clean product that Bound by Flame could have been.

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Curlitzia and Sonop claim first place at Serrie 2014 Serrie 2014 results Finals Men’s first place and overall winners: Sonop Ladies’ first place: Curlitzia Sonop. Photo: Kirsty Mackay

Men’s second place: Olienhout Ladies’ second place: Katjiepiering Men’s third place: Mopanie Ladies’ third place: Erika Mixed res winner: Tuks Naledi and Onderstepoort Men’s best theme: Olienhout and Sonop

Curlitzia. Photo: Kirsty Mackay

Ladies’ best theme: Curlitzia Mixed res best theme: Onderstepoort

Prelims Men’s winner: Olienhout Ladies’ winner: Magrietjie Mixed res winner: Onderstepoort Olienhout. Kirsty Mackay

Ladies’ best theme: Curlitzia Men’s best theme: Olienhout Men’s best reception: Olympus Ladies’ best reception: Erika Mixed res best reception: Onderstepoort

Katjiepiering. Photo: Kirsty Mackay

Mopanie. Photo: Kirsty Mackay

Erika. Photo: Kirsty Mackay

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Ways students procrastinate

It appears some reses can’t distinguish between real and fake emergencies. Pssst... knows it must suck to be part of a Groenkloof res but Pssst... reckons Inca need to stop trying to make themselves relevant by trying to burn down their own residence. Pssst... can only guess that this was part of Inca’s ploy to lure old Rag partners Olympus to “save them”.

Playing games on your phone Pssst... thinks that Inca would have had a better opportunity MICHAEL REINDERS AND MARKO SVICEVIC These are notorious traps which destroy with Curlitzia, though. All that Curlitzia do nowadays is productivity. The belief that you can quickly remind everyone that they can save lives, because, you know, Students will do just about anything to get out of studying and beat your high score begins the downward spiral into studying a medical degree apparently isn’t proof enough of this. with exams just around the corner, for some, procrastination procrastination.

Between Curlitzia’s superhero informals and lifeguard-themed has become a finely-tuned art: Using social media Serrie, Pssst... thinks that everyone has caught onto their This is a multi-tiered wonderland of not-so-subtle hint. You can save lives, Curlitzia. Pssst... and procrastination. From stalking people on Facebook to everyone else has got it loud and clear, you can drop it now.

Using Wi-Fi looking at the profile picture and status of every one of your While Curlitzia tried very hard (and failed even harder) It’s an airborne disease that promotes symptoms of WhatsApp contact list, there are endless possibilities. to be subtle, whoever offered Kollege a pig as a gift clearly prolonged procrastination.

Picking up meaningless abilities or skills hasn’t mastered the art of subtlety. Pssst... imagines that this Cleaning out your car You find yourself learning how to do a Rubiks person must feel very strongly about Kollege. Pssst... thinks During exam time students’ cars are polished, or mastering how to tie a tie and even honing your that Magrietjie may be the guilty party behind the prank. waxed and cleaned in every way possible. hand eye coordination by throwing random things into your As Pssst... expected, Boekenhout walked away from For res students, doing your washing dustbin. the Serrie finals last Monday night without placing. Pssst...

No res student ever does washing except for when Watching YouTube would think that Boekenhout adding an extra throw into their they have to study.

I might as well leave it at that. The fact that you final, together with all the hours they spent practising would Watching that strange Spanish channel can start by watching a music video and a few have been enough to win, but guess not. Pssst... suggests Which is dubbed in English (or any other weird minutes later end up watching videos of babies passing out in that Boekenhout spend less time practising and more time meaningless TV programme). their own food or of animals that can drive-cars has to make winning next year. Speaking of not winning anything, Pssst…

Going for a jog this one of the worst forms of procrastination.. thinks it’s high time that Olympus stop looking for a cure Exercise is usually a foreign concept to students And... for cancer in old “no-makeup selfies”, and spend more time but some will even go as far as exercising instead of I’ll add the top way students procrastinate winning res-related events. working. later...

For the third year in a row, Magrietjie have won Serrie prelims, but choked at the finals. Pssst… just wants to remind Magrietjie that there is such a thing as third-time lucky. If all else fails, Pssst… thinks Magrietjie could join TuksNaledi or Onderstepoort, because when it comes to mixed residences Stuku apparently thinks everyone is a winner.

While Madelief made finals with their Lost-themed Serrie, Pssst… and everyone else at the General Practitioner Amphi and Aula wished that Madelief had taken their theme more literally and actually got lost on the way to the finals. Pssst… can’t help but wonder if all the fighter jet planes flying over Now practicing at Pretoria last week weren’t Madelief’s reinforcements for Serrie.

Hatfield Plaza Pssst… thinks that Taaibos is so desperate to win some ladies’ residences over that they 4th floor, 1122 decided to serenade them all in Serrie. Pssst… can’t imagine that Erika is feeling too upset about Burnett street it, but Pssst… must point out that Erika got further in the competition on their own than they have the whole year with Taaibos as Rag partners. It seems to Pssst… that Taaibos are clearly not Tel 012 362 2799 good luck charms.

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TuksCycling to host the 2014 USSA tour

Tuks cyclists competing in the 2013 USSA cycle tour. Image provided.

Tuks cyclists look to defend 2013 USSA title WILLIAM ALDRIDGE UP is set to host the 2014 University Sports South Africa (USSA) cycle tour taking place at the end of June. Tuks are the holders of the 2013 USSA title, which they won at Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU) in Port Elizabeth, sealing the victory by dominating the race from the start. On 1 July TuksCycling will be looking to replicate the form shown last year in the road race.

The universities taking part in this year’s tour include: Cape Peninsula University of Technology, NMMU, North-West University, Tshwane University of Technology, University of Cape Town, University of the Free State, University of Johannesburg, and University of Stellenbosch.

The teams will arrive in Pretoria on 29 June, two days before the road race starts. The tour will take place over three days and includes five different stages of road racing. The first stage takes place on the morning of 1 July and is an 80-100km road race.

Stage two will take place that afternoon with a 20km individual time trial. On the second day (arguably one of the toughest days) is stage three, which will include a 140-150km road race. The final day will see stage four in the morning, a 4km individual hill climb around the Voortrekker Monument, and in the afternoon the LC de Villiers Sport campus will host the kermesse, where a track will be demarcated and riders will have to race around the track and complete a final sprint lap.

There will be both a men’s and women’s tour. TuksCycling has confirmed the teams which are as follows: the men’s team consists of Christiaan Mostert, Christoff Dames, Hein Badenhorst, Jacques Horn, Kevin Patten, Stephan Reyneke, Thomas Weeks and Viehann du Plessis. The women’s team consists of Andri Coetzee, Anja Renjsburger, Chrisel van der Merwe and Jessica Smith. “We’ve got some big shoes to fill,”

says Jacques Horn, chairman of TuksCycling, after losing star rider Willie Smit to a career in professional cycling. Tuks men will now look to new team leader Kevin Patten, who is an exnational champion, to try to gain the yellow leader’s jersey from the first stage and to keep Patten in yellow throughout the tour.

Perdeby spoke to Horn about the team’s upcoming USSA cycle tour.

How will this year’s tour be different to last year?

I think, firstly, we are going to be racing on home soil and we are defending champs. So it’s going to be interesting, it’s going to be a lot of extra pressure, since it’s here [UP], but I think it’s going to be a good route to race. It looks nice and it’s nice cycling out here, it’s better cycling out here than at the coast in winter because it’s not wet and raining. Other than that I think it’s going to be a hard race once again. The top riders from all the universities are going to be here and it’s going to be some good competition.

What have preparations been like for the tour?

The year started off really busy with most of our guys taking part in lots of racing because most of our guys ride for professional teams, so that was a good start for us. But the last month has quieted down quite a bit, which allows the guys to get their training in and be well prepared for the tour.

Which other teams are you most wary of?

Definitely NMMU, they have a lot of good riders as well as UJ. All the professional teams are actually based in Johannesburg so you can never rule anything out. Stellenbosch also have a lot of good riders so we’ll see how it goes.

How can aspiring cyclists get involved in TuksCycling?

You don’t have to be a particular rider to join TuksCycling. We welcome road and mountain bikers. We have social rides on the weekends when there are no semester tests, but for now there won’t be any because people are very busy with exams.

Day one: short road stage (with profile)

Day one: time trial course (with profile)

Day two: long road stage (with profile)

A look at Tuks cyclist Kevin Patten KHUMO MEKGWE

After playing a crucial role in securing Tuks’ University Sports South Africa (USSA) win last year Kevin Patten will lead the team that will defend the title in this year’s USSA Championships from 1 to 3 July.

Patten will be one of 17 cyclists to represent Tuks at the USSA Championships. However, Patten is not a newcomer to the road, track and mountain bike cycling format of the USSA. A four-year running South African representation in road cycling and a first place in the Action Ford Classic earlier this year have prepared him for the three day tournament on home ground.

Patten has ammassed over ten achievements this year, including the “Tour de Boland” race, which is a four-day road cycling race that covers five towns in the Boland region.

Follow the race live on Twitter by following TuksCycling Club.

Image provided.

Name: Kevin Michael Patten Age: 21 Height: 172cm Weight: 58kg Strengths: Tour riding, climbing and time trials Tertiary education: BSc Architecture at UP Manager (agent): Robbie Hunter (Protouch Global)

Final stage: lap race at LC de Villiers sports grounds

Kevin with TuksCycling teammates. Image provided.

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2014 Fifa World Cup player profiles

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Leighton Baines (England)

Javier Hernández (Mexico)

Jesús Navas (Spain)

1. Baines played in every single minute of Everton’s 2010/2011 English Premier League campaign.

2. In the 2010/2011 season, Baines won Everton’s Player of the Season Award, Players’ Player of the Season Award and Goal of the Season Award.

3. During the 2011/2012 season, Baines reached a landmark of 99 consecutive games in the English Premier League, but could not complete the season due to injury. Although his season was cut short, he still became the first Everton player in 22 years to be named as part of the PFA’s Premier League Team of the Year.

4. A shy child, Baines grew up doubting his ability to play football. When former club Wigan was promoted to the Premier League he said, “I should have been celebrating, but I spent a large part of that summer worrying about what it would be like spending the next year on the bench.”

5. This year Baines will participate in his first World Cup, having missed out on a place in England’s squad that travelled to South Africa in 2010.

1. Hernández is the first ever Mexican to play for Manchester United. He is also Mexico’s third highest goal scorer ever.

2. In 2011, Hernández was the overall top scorer in the Concacaf Gold Cup and was subsequently voted the most valuable player of the tournament.

3. Hernández’s father and grandfather used to play for Mexico and although his father doubted his ability to play, Mexican club CD Guadalajara snatched Hernández up when he was nine years old.

4. Hernández scored on his professional debut. He also became the first player since 2002 to score 20 goals in his debut season for Manchester United and he won the Sir Matt Busby Player of the Year Award, an award voted for by the fans.

5. When Mexico played France on 17 June 2010, Hernández scored his first World Cup goal and was voted Man of the Match.

His grandfather Tomás Balcázar also scored against France at the World Cup in 1954.

1. The Manchester City winger, won two Copa del Rey titles, two Uefa Cups, a Spanish Super Cup and a Uefa Super Cup during his time at Sevilla.

2. Navas’s older brother Marco Navas is also a professional footballer. Although he made three first team appearances for Sevilla, he played in the second division for most of his career.

3. Navas has both World Cup and European Championship medals, having helped Spain win the 2010 World Cup and the Uefa Euro 2012.

4. Navas suffers from anxiety attacks, seizures and chronic homesickness. This has often caused him to leave training camps outside of his hometown of Seville and even led to him quitting international football for a few years.

5. Navas used his desire to play in the 2010 World Cup to overcome his condition and travelled with the team to South Africa. “To play for your country is the greatest thing and I hope to be able to, too. I have to be calm and make my decision. I have to continue taking the right steps,” he said.

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Fifa World Cup Edition

World Cup: favourites v underdogs

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player to look out for is James Rodríguez, a teammate of Falcao’s at Monaco, who scored five goals and chipped in with three assists in the qualifying round.

Germany are also among this year’s favourites, as the team boasts talent and depth. The team is filled with household names and anything shy of a semi-final would come as a disappointment. Manuel Neuer is the man who occupies the current first choice goalkeeper spot, with Roman Weidenfeller being second. The defence includes players such as Jérôme Boateng, Benedikt Höwedes, Mats Hummels, Philipp Lahm, Per Mertesacker and Marcel Schmelzer. The midfield is just as talented with Lars Bender, Julian Draxler, Mario Götze, Sami Khedira, Toni Kroos, Thomas Müller, Mesut Özil, Bastian Schweinsteiger and André Schürrle being some of the players called up. The strikers that earned a call up were veteran Miroslav Klose, Kevin Volland and Arsenal’s Lukas Podolski.

Other teams that are regarded as underdogs include Belgium, Uruguay, Ghana and Portugal, while the favourites to win the World Cup include Argentina, Spain and Brazil.

The biggest sporting event in the world is almost upon us and with the kick-off fast approaching, it is only fitting to take a look at the chances that this year’s underdogs have compared to the favourites.

In the past, underdogs have always made the tournament interesting. Uruguay was such a team in 2010. Although they are previous winners of the tournament, their progression in South Africa stunned everyone as the small nation from South America reached the semi-finals in 2010. Thrilling performances from Diego Forlán and Luis Suárez helped the team progress as far as they did.

This year, Colombia is the team to watch carefully. Currently sitting fifth on the Fifa world rankings, they finished second in a group consisting of Argentina, Chile and Uruguay in the qualifying stages. Monaco player Radamel Falcao leads the attack and has been called up despite being injured. Another

The Itaquerão Stadium in São Paulo, which will host the opening game of the Fifa World Cup between Croatia and host nation Brazil on 12 June, will not be fully complete. It is a prerequisite for all stadiums which are set to host games during the competition to stage a number of matches in front of a major crowd before the World Cup to test whether the stadiums are indeed ready.

All stadiums were originally meant to have been finished on 31 December 2013. However, after a series of extensions granted to Brazil by Fifa to complete the stadiums, the last of the 12 stadiums were only recently handed over to Fifa – less than a month before the opening game.

Eight workers died in construction-related accidents and some of these deaths prompted organisers to halt construction in a bid to improve safety measures for workers.

The infrastructure in and around some of the stadiums will not be complete before the start of the World Cup. Transportation to and from the stadiums will be a problem as some of the roads in the vicinity of the stadiums will not be complete. Metal detectors, which are mandatory at all stadiums as per Fifa’s regulations, have also not been installed at most of the stadiums.

The biggest concern is the fact that the roof at the Itaquerão Stadium will only be finished after the World Cup. The glass roof, which is supposed to protect fans occupying seats close to the pitch from the weather conditions, can only be fully installed after the World Cup because some of the materials needed to complete the roof have not been imported yet and studies still have to be conducted to ensure that the roof allows sufficient sunlight into the stadium and that it does not affect the playing surface in a negative way.

The accidents involving the construction workers have resulted in many stadiums exceeding the budgets which were allocated to them.

Communication is also set to be a problem and spectators will struggle to access the internet inside some of the stadiums.

World Cup 2014 coach profiles BRIAN KIAUTHA

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Name: Didier Deschamps Team: France World Cup 2014: Group E along with Ecuador, Honduras and Switzerland.

Nationality: French Playing career: Played as a defensive midfielder for Chelsea, Juventus, Marseille and Valencia. He has also amassed 103 caps playing for France.

Coaching career at club level: Monaco (2001-2005), Juventus: Serie B (2006-2007) and Marseille (2009-2012).

Coaching career at national level: France (2012-present).

Interesting fact: Brazilian legend Pele named Deschamps one of the top 125 greatest living footballers in 2004.

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Name: Jürgen Klinsmann Team: USA World Cup 2014: Group G along with Germany, Ghana and Portugal.

Nationality: German Playing career: Played as a striker for VfB Stuttgart, Monaco, Inter Milan, Tottenham Hotspur and Bayern Munich. He has also amassed 108 caps for Germany scoring 47 goals.

Coaching career at club level: Bayern Munich (2008-2009).

Coaching career at national level: Germany (2004-2006), USA (2011-present).

Interesting fact: Klinsmann won the World Cup in 1990 and was the world’s top scorer in 1995.

Name: Louis van Gaal Team: Netherlands World Cup 2014: Group B along with Australia, Chile and Spain.

Nationality: Dutch Playing career: Played as a midfielder, most notably for Sparta Rotterdam.

Coaching career at club level: Ajax (1991-1997, 2004), Barcelona (1997-2000, 2002-2003), AZ (2005-2009), Bayern Munich (2009-2011) and Manchester United (2014-present).

Coaching career at national level: Netherlands (2000-2002, 2012-present).

Interesting fact: Van Gaal is a recipient of the Knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau.

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