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The Copyright of Mein Kampf

Posted 2:51pm Sunday 12th April 2015 by Gini Jory

Perhaps the most infamous book of all time, Hitler’s autobiographical Mein Kampf has always been controversial, but has now probably reached its peak. 70 years after the death of its author, in accordance with German law, the copyright will be running out at the end of this year. Mein Read more...

Digital Love Affairs

Posted 2:51pm Sunday 12th April 2015 by Maya Dodd

Call me old-fashioned, but becoming “Facebook Official” (FO) has never really appealed to me. I dated a guy who was adamant he would never stay with a girl who wouldn’t make the relationship FO. Let’s just say, whatever spark we had fizzled out very quickly. I just don’t understand how people enjoy Read more...

Humans of Hyde

Posted 3:11pm Sunday 29th March 2015 by Olivia Collier

For those of you oblivious hipsters out there still living in the age of Myspace and Bebo, the Facebook page Humans of New York is an arts/humanity project where a photographer in New York — you guessed it — photographs humans in New York. The core message that this project shares with Read more...

Fence-Jumpers and First Years: You Can't Hyde

Posted 3:11pm Sunday 29th March 2015 by Lydia Adams

Saturday 21 March saw this year’s annual Hyde Street Party. With 4000 attendees, there were 15 arrests made. Offenders were detained mainly for disorderly and offensive behaviour, although there was one arsehole who shoulder-barged a St John ambulance on Albany Street in an incident that left a Read more...

The Stories We're Sold

Posted 5:43pm Sunday 22nd March 2015 by Joseph Higham

Any news outlet will promulgate a particular set of stories and demote others. Whether it is small scale and harmless, or targets whole groups, religions or communities of people, over time the outcome can be devastating. Media is the plural of medium: “one of the means or channels of Read more...

Drop Outs: An Educated Decision

Posted 5:43pm Sunday 22nd March 2015 by Kirsty Gordge

Students drop out of universities across the country and throughout the world. Do they lack money or motivation, is it the cold weather, or is the student life just too hard? Or do some students simply not see the point anymore? Data released by the Tertiary Education Commission shows more Read more...

The #fitspo Movement

Posted 5:43pm Sunday 22nd March 2015 by Sarah Templeton

“To the susceptible, it’s a disorder in disguise of health, bad habits masquerading as good ones. It’s a massive trigger that can send you spiralling into a dark world of disarray … Soon I was just like the rest: re-blogging pictures of skinny girls with their running shoes on and their bones Read more...

Manipulative Marketing

Posted 2:32pm Sunday 15th March 2015 by Brandon Johnstone

Coca-Cola, Google, Apple, Samsung, YouTube, Amazon, Starbucks, McDonald’s, Facebook, Nike, Cadbury, Mars. These names don’t come to you easily for no reason. When you think of a product, there’s normally one brand that will immediately come to mind first. These corporations, who are at the top of Read more...

Otago Toilet Reviews 2015

Posted 2:32pm Sunday 15th March 2015 by June Collier

The title of this article belies its serious nature: a daring exposé on the state of the bathrooms around campus conjured up in a fit of mad rage after being exposed one too many times to tap water hotter than Satan’s ball sack in the Central Library toilets. While I’ve frequented a lot of Read more...

Here Comes the Bride

Posted 2:32pm Sunday 15th March 2015 by Emily Draper

Some do it on a beach. Some do it in the backyard. Some even do it in church. From the smallest of intimate celebrations to the largest and most raucous of affairs, a wedding is undeniably a special moment in a couple’s life. This article delves into the nuttier of nuptials across the Read more...