Editorial
Lauren Anastasi

Editorial – Issue 15 2025

Admit It, Geeks Run The World Geeks, freaks, nerds and tweaks, welcome to Nexus’ Geek Culture, where I’m sure you’ll find something in these pages to tickle your deepest geeky fancies and fantasies. Somewhere in these delectable pages to come, I’m sure you’ll find something that speaks to you, whether

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Columns
Lauren Anastasi

Pressured: A discussion of sex, drinking, and peer pressure

A guy did me wrong? Go sleep with one of his friends. At least, that’s what I was recommended in the midst of past guy troubles. A perfect form of revenge if you’re ‘normal’, but what if the world of sleeping around isn’t one you live in?  With the progression

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Columns
Lauren Anastasi

Across the Ocean

Imagine packing up everything you’ve ever known, getting on a boat with your mother and eleven siblings, then sailing over fourteen thousand kilometres. One quick stop, and then you’re on another boat trip around fifteen hundred kilometres long before you end up here in New Zealand, which might as well

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Features
Lauren Anastasi

Language with Julie

Is language the truest representation of a culture? And if not, what do you think is the truest representation?  I probably wouldn’t use the word ‘true’ or ‘truth’ in reference to culture, but I am very interested in the belief systems that underpin our cultural practices, how we express those

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Columns
Lauren Anastasi

How to Survive the End of the World

Not to be one of those doomsday people (I swear I’m not) but at some point, we have to admit that there will be an ‘end of the world’ scenario. And it pays to be prepared, so here’s what to do when our environment goes down the trash. Step 1

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Columns
Lauren Anastasi

Missing Milk

Living in close quarters with other people is a strange experience; you have the personality of a grandma, party animal, sensible soccer mum, and toddler all in the same building. All of them are the same age, yet it might as well be living with the most opposite personalities you

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Columns
Lauren Anastasi

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

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Lauren Anastasi

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

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Issue 6 / 58
Lauren Anastasi

Sports Centre – Issue 06 Vol. 58

Chiefs vs Blues The Chiefs narrowly scraped to a win over the Blues by one point at Hamilton’s FMG stadium in a nail-biting match for everyone. It was an anxious watch for fans of both teams as the points climbed up the board, but in the end, the Chiefs managed

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