Something Came Up | Issue 24

Posted 2:35pm Sunday 20th September 2015 by Isa Alchemist

We were told as children not to pick at scabs, as parents and teachers believed that exposing wounds to the sun would speed up their healing. There was some wise advice in this because picking off scabs with sticky fingers may introduce fresh infection. But these days there is a newer direction Read more...

Science, Bitches | Issue 24

Posted 2:39pm Sunday 20th September 2015 by Vibhuti Patel

"Koro” is an Indonesian word meaning “shrinkage”, which accurately describes what people fear when they have genital retraction syndrome, as it’s called in the Western world. People with this syndrome have an overpowering belief that their penis (though, it has been Read more...

From the Back of the Class | Issue 24

Posted 2:43pm Sunday 20th September 2015 by Finbarr Noble

Senator Hiram Johnson is supposed to have opined that the first casualty of war is truth. Hillary Clinton has said that “women have always been the primary victims of war”. I myself have stood in the war cemeteries of northern France and seen the white stakes above the graves of the Read more...

From the Back of the Class | Issue 23

Posted 2:24pm Sunday 13th September 2015 by Finbarr Noble

I was going to write something different this week but, because I am a glutton for punishment, I ventured into the stuff.co.nz comments on a piece about the Tino Rangatiratanga flag — and what did I find? Only the same fucking idiots spouting the same fucking idiocy about Moriori that was Read more...

Dear Ethel | Issue 23

Posted 2:06pm Sunday 13th September 2015 by Student Support

Dear Ethel, We’re really worried about one of our flatmates. His drinking is out of control. We all like a bit of a good time, but we can’t remember the last time he wasn’t drunk. He drinks every night and is often passed out on the sofa in the morning. He’s not himself Read more...

David Clark | Issue 23

Posted 2:09pm Sunday 13th September 2015 by David Clark

I find it heart-breaking that New Zealand was so slow to welcome Syrian refugees escaping the biggest humanitarian crisis since WWII. Our existing refugee quota of 750 per annum has been in place for decades, and places us 87th in the world for generosity of welcome. When I was a schoolboy, Read more...

Sceptic Schism | Issue 23

Posted 2:11pm Sunday 13th September 2015 by Wee Doubt

What’s the grossest thing you would do for attention and money? Go on a reality TV show? Film a sex tape? Marry Donald Trump? In Victorian Britain, there was a type of con-artist and liar willing to do something grosser than any of that. They were the “mediums”, and they took Read more...

Unzipping the Myths | Issue 23

Posted 2:15pm Sunday 13th September 2015 by T. Antric

Ok, so you want to spice up your sex life a bit. You’re bored, it’s not exciting anymore, you want the sense of danger. Whether it’s at the back of the movie theatre or at the beach, everyone seems to have a story about it. This is all well and good, but bear in mind that a) public Read more...

Something Came Up | Issue 23

Posted 2:19pm Sunday 13th September 2015 by Isa Alchemist

It dogs us in our teenage years, popping out to dampen a big night out. Severe acne can be a serious affliction that causes a normally sociable student to become shy and withdrawn. The good news is that all acne can be treated. Extreme cases will require a visit to Student Health, but options for Read more...

Science, Bitches | Issue 23

Posted 2:22pm Sunday 13th September 2015 by Sam Fraser-Baxter

Scientists recognise the Ross Sea as the world’s last pristine, intact ecosystem. The Ross Sea is a huge bay cutting into the Antarctic sea and continent. It is 4000 km from New Zealand, the most remote and southernmost fishery on the planet. Given its position, it is also completely Read more...