Get Your Faith On

Posted 5:14pm Sunday 12th August 2012

“Thank God I’m an Atheist” - Luis Bunuel It would be pretty easy, too easy, for a student magazine to write an article about religion and simply tear it down. Religion is stupid in the face of any form of rationality. Pretty much every faith asks you to believe in something unseen – a Read more...

Editorial | Issue 20

Posted 5:14pm Sunday 12th August 2012

While admittedly I have not spent much time researching it, I have always thought, based on the most circumstantial of evidence, that there was no institutional gender imbalance at Otago. That, amongst students at least, there was gender equality. However, take a slightly closer look and Read more...

Editorial | Issue 19

Posted 4:49pm Sunday 5th August 2012

Hey first years, how you doing? I hope you’re really enjoying your hall of residence. And geez, I bet you are really really excited about going flatting next year. I fondly remember my first flatting experience: the politics of trying to get a group of friends together to head out flat hunting, and Read more...

Editorial | Issue 18

Posted 2:15pm Sunday 29th July 2012

I tried, oh how I tried, to get up on my high horse and write about the marriage amendment bill that will shortly be coming before Parliament, which will of course allow gay and lesbian couples to marry. But I just couldn’t get passionate about it. Not only is it highly likely that the bill Read more...

Editorial | Issue 17

Posted 10:46am Sunday 22nd July 2012

There were three issues in the media this week that got me thinking about the limits of free speech, and the difference between offending and harming someone. 01 | The Auckland University Students’ Association asked their members to vote on whether to exclude the group Pro Life after they Read more...

Editorial | Issue 16

Posted 5:14pm Sunday 15th July 2012

It seems very 1930s to be having a debate about alcohol, but here we are. Parliament is looking at legislation to up the drinking age, the University is going further and further in its efforts to reign in student drinking, and the city council continues to consider the proposed North Dunedin liquor Read more...

Editorial | Issue 15

Posted 5:13pm Sunday 8th July 2012

In my first draft of this week’s editorial I referred to myself as a writer, and I quickly became stuck on the idea. Was it really okay to refer to myself as a writer when I am only just getting started in my career? I know that I want to be a writer, a journalist. But what is the threshold that you Read more...

Editorial | Issue 14

Posted 8:39pm Sunday 3rd June 2012

We’re taking a look at mental health issues this week, specifically depression and suicide. They’re tricky subjects to talk about, and even trickier to talk about in a way that isn’t going to cause more harm than good. I hope that you get something out these articles. It’s unusual not to have been Read more...

Editorial | Issue 13

Posted 7:40pm Sunday 27th May 2012

In 1913 Henry Ford had a problem with his new Model T. There simply weren’t enough people who could afford to buy it. He also had issues with worker attrition. Overworked and underpaid staff would quit, or simply fail to turn up. What Ford did revolutionised industry in the US. He doubled the wage Read more...

Editorial | Issue 12

Posted 7:58pm Sunday 20th May 2012

As you can (maybe) tell from the photo, I finally graduated on Saturday. It was a long and at times hard road, and it is pretty satisfying to be done. And while the actual graduation ceremony can drag a bit, the expensive alcohol and gourmet food afterwards made it all worthwhile. Graduating Read more...