Going Up / Going Down
Going Up Courtney Barnett. Swiss balls. Visible panty lines. Thursdays in Black campaign. Wear black on Thursdays to join a movement showing support for a world without rape and violence. Plants....
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Minister for Economic Development Steven Joyce has made headlines again, and this time for something way less cool than a flying sex toy. Joyce’s Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment have...
View ArticleProfile—Richie McCaw
What do you do now that you’re not an All Black? I call up people at random in the Yellow Pages to remind them that I am the most-capped player in rugby union history, with 148 caps. What was the best...
View ArticleKiribati is about to fucking sink
“We are not drowning, we are fighting.” In the calm before O-Week, Victoria University hosted an event which was kind of a massive deal—the Pacific Climate Change Conference 2016. For three days,...
View Article$15 billion debt day nauseatingly successful
On Wednesday March 2 at noon, student politicians, real politicians, and totally broke students assembled in the Hub to talk about debt. Specifically, the $15 billion of student loan debt floating...
View ArticleEye on the exec: Buckle up! “Sick collabs” with NZUSA on their way
The most recent VUWSA executive meeting took place on Friday, Feb 26 at 3.00pm. Yep, 3.00pm on a motherfucking Friday. But it wasn’t all bad. Not only were the exec in surprisingly high spirits after...
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A Michigan family has recently welcomed its second child born on a leap year. The second child was also born within half an hour of the time her older sibling was four years prior. Crazy. Just crazy....
View ArticleHarassment is not fucking cool
At least ten people who live and work near the University of Otago have signed a petition to the Vice-Chancellor calling for action to be taken on harassment. The letter read, “this is not another...
View ArticleWeir House too turnt
On Tuesday, February 23, first-year students at Weir House found themselves on the receiving end of a strongly worded email from the university Vice-Chancellor, Professor Grant Guilford. The email...
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The ‘world’s most genetically blessed criminal’, and ‘hot convict’ Jeremy Meeks, has just been released from prison after serving his term (for weapons charges). He has been hired by a talent agency...
View ArticleProfile—Hillary Clinton
What’s the best part of your job? Implying that people aren’t feminist if they don’t vote for me, because I’m a woman. What’s the worst part of your job? Not being able to go the dairy in bare feet...
View ArticleLizzie Marvelly Interview
Almost a year ago, Lizzie Marvelly launched a website that would come to produce one of the most successful social awareness campaigns of the year—My Body My Terms. Kate Robertson caught up with Lizzie...
View ArticleKnow your Mind, on your laptop, at home.
100-level law and psychology students who aren’t arriving to lectures on time are having to watch lectures in an overflow room, online, or not at all. PSYC121 is the worst affected course, with around...
View ArticleZero-hour contracts made redundant
Last week, the Labour party and the Government agreed to abolish zero hour contracts. Zero-hour contracts gave employers the power to vary employee’s hours, allowing employers to set them anywhere from...
View ArticleShakey Graves Interview
You’re here for Auckland City Limits and a couple of sideshows. Do you find touring enjoyable or is it quite laborious? It’s a horribly taxing experience and there’s a thousand ways to do it. I’ve been...
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Profile—Jonathan Gee How long have you been VUWSA President for? In my heart, years, but IRL like 3 months. Best 3 months of my life though! What’s the best part of your job? Being able to see all the...
View ArticleKate and Jayne talk diversity with Uncle Grant
Grant Guilford. If you haven’t heard the name before, he’s the Vice Chancellor, aka, the guy who gets shit done. After seeing Grant tweeting about International Women’s Day and the He For She campaign,...
View ArticleRIP Media Studies Cloob
The Media Studies Cloob have rebranded themselves to the VUW Media Studies Society. The name change emerged from their AGM and the Facebook group name was officially changed by re-elected co-president...
View ArticleEye on the University Council
A few of weeks ago the power trio (Emma, Jayne, and I) attended the second University Council meeting of the year. University what? I hear you asking. Let me elaborate. The University Council is the...
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*Interview* with Taika Waititi What’s the best part of your job? I have 52K+ Twitter followers, I’m more popular than Regina George. What’s the worst part of your job? People always try talk to me when...
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