Starving For Good

Posted 11:25am Sunday 22nd May 2016 by Sam Fraser-Baxter

Last week I didn’t eat for 48 hours. It was my first fast.For those two days I didn’t consume a single calorie. They were two of the most peculiar days of my life. By the end of my fast I wasn’t quite the empty skulled, staggering zombie I dreaded becoming when I began, but Read more...

Re-capping The Capping Show

Posted 11:24am Sunday 15th May 2016 by Mikayla Cahill

This week you’ll have the chance to see the 122nd annual Capping Show. “Making Grad” is the latest installment in a long tradition of irreverence and hilarity where nothing and nobody is immune to ridicule. Is it all just good fun? Mikayla Cahill investigates the history of the Read more...

I Never Remember A Face

Posted 11:34am Sunday 15th May 2016 by Lucy Hunter

Human beings rely on being able to recognise other people by their faces for normal social interaction. Lucy Hunter talked to three prosopagnosics, people who have difficulty recognising faces, about some of the problems their condition causes in their Read more...

Consent On Campus

Posted 11:41am Sunday 15th May 2016 by Amber Allott

Rape and sexual assault on campus is not a nice topic, but one that everybody at the university needs to think about. Amber Allott discusses consent, the myth of the “grey area”, and resources available for sexual assault survivors.  A little over a fortnight ago, I was scrolling Read more...

Exchanging Yarns

Posted 11:33am Sunday 8th May 2016 by Lana Young

In my second and third year I took the opportunity to study at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Think of it as a balmy version of Dunedin but on the beach with your own campus surf-break and the occasional pug riding a skate-board.  Every other weekend was a camping trip to Read more...

Voluntouring the World

Posted 11:45am Sunday 8th May 2016 by Amber Allott

In a recent article, UK newspaper 'The Daily Express,' claimed that the most common regret of people over sixty was not travelling and seeing more of the world.  As such, it is really no wonder that travel has become an essential life experience for those in their twenties, especially Read more...

Dating a Backpacker

Posted 11:53am Sunday 8th May 2016 by Vicky Ransom

"Hi mum and dad, meet my boyfriend. He lives in hostels and there's a chance he may have to leave the country one day, but I love him so let's try look past that." No, this isn't the tagline to a cheesy rom-com, this is my reality. I'm dating a backpacker, and let me tell Read more...

Interview With A Ghost

Posted 11:34am Sunday 1st May 2016 by Lucy Hunter

In the office, Ceri, Laura, Tash, Joe, Jean, Bij and I sat around waiting. Red light from the candles flickered on our faces and over the board. My workmates and I had had a couple of wines each and were trying to get scared. We held hands, breathed deeply and closed our eyes. “We are here in Read more...

Sayonara, Dignity!

Posted 11:59am Sunday 8th May 2016 by Critic

A rash in Australia I was in Sydney with my new boyfriend and we ended up having sex in a park and falling asleep because it was so warm. I was itchy all over all night and I thought it was because I was hot and sweaty under my clothes. We woke up and there were a pack of Ibis looking at us Read more...

The Big Banana Blow Out

Posted 11:11am Sunday 1st May 2016 by Mikayla Cahill

You may want to sit down for what I’m about to smack you in the face with: bananas are dying, and it isn’t the most a-peel-ing situation. Bananas all around the world are starting to die from a deadly and uncontrollable new strain of Fusarium Oxysporum f.sp. Cubense (Panama Disease) Read more...