EDITOR v EDITOR – Can You Fuck a Tree?
Each week, our not-so-mild-mannered section Editors will compete with one another, not for fame or fortune, just to be told they won something. After the mid-trimester break, all of these topics will be assigned by a puppet master and will focus on current affairs or recent news, with a forfeit for the loser in the […]
When does Uni Feel like Uni?
When will it hit? When is it gonna feel like I’m in University? Or is this just what it feels like? Sitting in the Library, scratching my head, staring at PDFs about people in foreign places and old people dying and abortion and wondering: Will this hit? Has this hit? To be honest, it has. […]
A Brief History of Time
Stephen Hawking’s A Brief History of Time is the ultimate guide to understanding the universe—or, in my case, realising just how little I actually understand. It’s like Hawking sat down, took the most complex concepts in physics, and thought, “Let’s see how far I can push this before people’s brains short-circuit.” Spoiler alert: mine did. […]
Blood of Ink
Hardwood floor sparkles with the touchOf past midnightsThat cascadedWood running thick spilled candle waxOxytocin smears rubbed through thick waved carpet Strike bones and crack heartsHave you ever heard of the girl who fell in love with the words?She diedWith smudges under her nails Fail at CPRFlip off your ghostsFucking hated him anywayHave you ever heard […]
Lectured with Andrea Perry
Nexus talks to Teaching Fellow Andrea Perry who escaped from Victoria University, we assume because Salient is a garbage student magazine (@ us) Film recommendations? Hidden Life, not necessarily my favourite film, but one I really like at the moment. Favourite musicians/bands and why? U2. What’s a cool book you’ve read? American Dirt, such a […]
TEC: Expect funding cuts or increase your EFTS Quigley: Hold my caviar!
The Tertiary Education Commission (TEC) is suggesting that some academic institutions shouldn’t rely on cashing as big a cheque unless the institutions start delivering results. The commission’s annual guidance to institutions said they should not assume their funding would increase or even be maintained next year. “Total funding available for Vote Tertiary Education will be […]
Holi
The recent Holi celebration held at the Waikato University campus Village Green saw an explosion of colour, dance, and festivities for the holiday. The ‘Festival of Colours’ brought a crowd of people together, who all left covered in evidence of their joy for the day. The celebration signifies the beginning of spring, love, togetherness, and […]
Near miss as train crashes into car moments after occupants abandoned the vehicle
(Photo from Stuff.co.nz) Screenshot from Video Footage of the collision Four women were involved in a terrifying near miss after their car stalled on the Grey Street railway crossing in Hamilton. The event occurred on Saturday the 15th March, when a small hatchback carrying four passengers stalled as the railway crossing barriers were being lowered. […]
Love Island for Life (Literally)
Are you a struggling influencer? Are you too attractive for dating apps but not attractive enough for Instagram? Are you lonely? If you answered ‘yes’ to all of the above: I have the opportunity for you. It’s time to strip off your dignity and your clothes, add the terms ‘my type on paper’ and ‘pull […]
A Day In The Life of a 3rd-Year Engineering Student
The lecture theatre is too bright. The lecturer is droning on about some abstract concept, I’m not sure he’s using real words anymore: “orthogonal array” and “Ziegler-Nichol’s tuning”. I didn’t get enough sleep last night; I was up ‘till the wee hours of the morning finishing an assignment, another round of psychological trauma assigned for […]