The stupid things that make us smile
These are absolutely things we need to address and talk about, but sometimes it can get a bit overwhelming, and we can lose sight of all the beauty and good in the world.
Worst of the Worst movie reviews - Look Who’s Talking Now
Every week I’ll be watching the worst rated movies on Rotten Tomatoes so you don’t have to. I’ll be doing one every week until the final issue where I’ll review the worst movie ever made (according to a random article I found).
Going the Distance
For some, this experience is all they have ever known. For others, they’ve seen what life on campus is like and for whatever reason have switched to distance study of their own accord. Today, we gather intelligence, insight, and information from some of these people.
Feeling positive but testing negative? Perhaps you’re RAT testing wrong.
Although RAT tests are winning in the speed department, their accuracy levels are sub-standard next to their PCR counterparts. Many people have been testing negative with RATs despite being Covid-19 positive, which leads to unnecessary community transmission.
Being alive is expensive
We didn’t ask to be put on this earth, yet we still have to suffer under the crushing weight of capitalism, inflation, and the stock market.
Aotearoa Needs Constitutional Transformation
Through an online petition, party co-leaders, Rawiri Waititi and Debbie Ngarewa-Packer, called for the removal of the British Royal Family as head of state, as well as for the creation of a Te Tiriti centric Aotearoa through constitutional transformation.
Arrest at the protest
“If your pictures aren’t good enough, you aren’t close enough” – Robert Capa.
Last Wednesday I took this challenge personally and it resulted with me in handcuffs.
Covid’s New Breeding Ground
Packing up, moving out of home, the pressure of making friends as well as starting school. On top of all that, we’re in the middle of our nation’s biggest Covid-19 outbreak to date.
Some Fear No Amount of Funding will Solve the Mental Health Pipeline
An immediate funding boost for mental health and addiction support was given to three Auckland universities including Massey University’s Albany campus at the start of the semester. However, there may be more to stopping mental illness than just funding support.
Confessions of a… Formally Shit Cook
Confessions of a is an anonymous column that looks to unearth viewpoints from unique individuals at Massey University.
Ripping Students Off, or Just Following Protocol?
A group of Massey University students are lobbying for tuition fees to be reduced, as many of their courses have been disrupted by Covid-19, or moved entirely online.
Solicited Advice
Solicited advice is a weekly column where an underqualified anonymous guru answers the questions you want answered.
A Definitive Ranking of the Instant Meals I ate in my Childhood
The holy grail of lazy dinners for me was when we’d be left to fend for ourselves as we got a bit older. Instant meals were the light of my young life, making a mess of the microwave, feeling like I was on MasterChef when I seasoned the packets of pasta or added cheese all by myself.
The Taste of Home
Growing up, food tends to just be food. We have a palate of flavours we’re raised on until one day we move away from home. From here, the doors open to the wonderful world of food and we meet flavours we never knew existed.
Editorial: Do your dishes.
Food is a fickle subject for students. Some of us love to chef it up in the kitchen, creating culinary masterpieces to fill our pukus.
Unequal Food Distribution is Putting the Blame on Pacific Islanders.
I’m sure many of us have felt exhausted and frustrated as the health inequities of Pacific communities are framed as the individual failings of Pacific Islanders themselves.
What the Fridge?
I dropped the ball in issue one by not introducing our lovely team. So instead of sharing a picture of their beautiful faces, and a corny paragraph about their fake hobbies, I thought I’d let you judge them based on the state of their fridges!