The Great Cheerleading Debate
With the Paris Olympics currently in session, national pride and celebration looms over our heads as we watch athletes around the world compete in various sporting events. Just last week, we watched as the Black Ferns won New Zealand’s first medal at this year’s Games (and they won gold, woohoo!!). However, while the excitement runs […]
The Fast Fashion Dilemma: Racing Toward Sustainability
Fashion is constantly evolving, with trends changing as swiftly as the seasons. Behind the glamour of runways and the allure of low prices, however, lies the intricate and often controversial world of fast fashion. This industry has completely transformed the way we shop for clothes, but what are the real consequences? The Emergence of Fast […]
A Hamilton Guide (from an International Student)
In Vietnam, every Tet holiday, when you sit down with your family to watch a 30-minute game show on TV, you will often catch a short ad break with the same song that goes, “Tết nào vui bằng tết đoàn viên” (roughly translated to “there are no Tets as fun as those with family”). Whether […]
This Is A Sign
Everyone sucks. Everything sucks. Life is the worst because I share this planet with complete idiots and the world for some reason doesn’t seem to revolve around me. Segues are hard. The point I was clearly not making any attempt to frame previously is that I managed to fix EVERYTHING in my life. I mean […]
To Breed or Not to Breed?
Ahh, a question as old as Adam and Eve themselves. I desperately hope you know what they chose, otherwise I’d advise getting out from the rock you’ve been under. 300,000 years later, here I am, with no snakes nor forbidden fruit, but rather, a bag full of chocolate-flavoured condoms that give me the choice of […]
The art of buying less
Movie recommendation: Confessions of a Shopaholic In the sea of Temu and Shein fast fashion, pile after pile are being demolished and trashed out at the landfills. Donated clothes and brand news are also residents of the Wasteland. These are caused by the overconsumption of our generation and how we exploit the word “sustainability”. As […]
What’s The Deal With Lizard People?
I’ve always been intrigued about the Lizard People Conspiracy. I mean, if there’s a chance that ghosts and aliens exist, then surely it’s not too wild that there’s a secret reptilian race plotting to overthrow our governments. And you know what? Props to the Lizards. Politics is hard. HYPOTHETICALLY if Lizard People were to exist […]
The “Lost” Princess: Where is Kate?
Social media has been a complete and utter mess lately- but truthfully, when is it not? It seems that the hot topic recently is the apparent disappearance of the Princess of Wales, Kate Middleton. Here at Nexus, we’ve decided to take a deep-dive across the internet to uncover the truth about Britain’s “lost” princess. In […]
The Adultification of our Youth
Eighteenth birthdays are always one big celebration. It feels like you’ve escaped those awkward teen years and are finally a “young adult”. You can legally drink, you can vote, and you’re finished (or finishing) high school. Twenty-first birthdays are somehow an even bigger deal. You’re supposedly in your prime, and you’ve started to live a […]