Chaff, 76(23), 2009-09-28 (2024)

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THE OFFICIAL
NEWSPAPER OF THE
MASSEY UNIVERSITY
STUDENTS ASSOCIATION
PALMER[...]MERSTON NORTH

Contributing ‘
to this issue

of the CHAFF
are:

Matt Poucher

/ Shane Comerson
S[...]ressed within CHAFF
are not necessarily those
, ' of CHAFF Staff, MUSA,
Massey University or

, TaSsoc[...]ed

a band and the subsequent hard rock lifestyle
Of co*ke Classic and shooting up aspirin in
library b[...]decrepit body.

l’m assuming you’re all aware Of two great
national embarrassments of the last two weeks;
referring, of course, to the Lincoln students who
held their ow[...]Hitler
T—Shirts and attractively arranged stars of David,
and John Key’s appearance on Letterman l[...]ng to Hitler and making tasteless jokes
about one of the darkest periods of human
history", on the other hand, needs to be
discussed, not just because Of the Holocaust-
insensitivity issue but because it represents a
very clear and very disturbing image of the way
we are starting to feel about the past, t[...]y, I don’t believe that anyone with any
inkling of what happened to the Jewish people
from 1937 through to 1945 could make any

kind of jokes, tasteless or otherwise (and it is
possible[...](18-30, let’s say) has such a limIted
knowledge of even recent, post 1900 history,
except to say the Obvious, which is that it‘s .
essentially because of a lack Of interest. We're
flippant, cynical and easily bore[...]ler,
Beatlemania, Watergate — as if recognizing an
event is equivalent to understanding it.

one could further argue that because we dimly
recognize our lack Of knowledge in the past —
and there’s a lot of past not to know about it — as
a flaw in our personal and collective characters,
therels an extra satisfying thrill in laughing at it.
Six mi[...]kinny! We guffaw. African Americans endured
years Of persecution at the hands of funny-
accented Southerner Colonels! We slap our[...]ive
and self-limiting.

Which is not to say a lot Of these things aren’t
funny, or that they don’t[...]edy moustache. I’ve got no problem with
mockery Of Nazis; they deserve to be mocked.

But the Holoca[...]; «as» “T‘~,r1:$"'

.than before the end Of the war anyone
thought humans were still capable of. What’s
,the larf there, gang? Where‘s the ga[...]ren thrown alive into
Epits under the dead bodies of their husbands,
,1 gfathers and brothers, then co[...]dents
in Lincoln, l’m sure, I wasn’t thinking of the
Holocaust as something that actually happened.
It's only because I fell into the kind of life where i
watch Old movies and read old books, especially
early 20'h Century ones (of course there are
endless swathes of history I’m totally ignorant
on), that I’ve g[...]rwise,

And though I’m sure there was a kind of snarky
“take this, sOciety!” punk thing going on to some
degree, mainlyl think that party is indicative

of an almost total disconnect from history as
reality. This is deeply worrying. The past is not
an animated thirty second cutaway gag. Just
because[...]ty years
ago (which, by the way, is nothing. Most of

our grandparents would have been alive then,
so[...]s it may have been
conceived, is like fishing for an endangered
variety Of trout with an Oil freighter full Of
dynamite. And the worst thing is that when
we’ve finally drained our society of empathy and
understanding we'll simultaneously be[...]election
and we got that thanks to the hard work Of the
volunteers who put the hours into the electio[...]be .
ideal). So please write me a letter, send me an
email (Presdient@musa.org.nz) or chuck a letter
i[...]e
can do better. ‘

For all that the events had an adverse effect on ‘

elections I Was very happy[...]on Wednesday On what was a pretty
egak dawn terms of .wind and rain). Good to ‘

.4. ..~.». ... , .[...]en with a few hundred
students in the last couple of weeks about the
services that the university is l[...]me when | talk with the university- students

are Of course quiet unhappy overall about the
increase i[...]n parliament today, a bill that could
see the end of student control over services at
the university,[...]you
representatiOn on the boards and committees
»of the university and generally reduce the
universit[...]y submissions as possible
to the people in charge Of the process, if you or
a student group are intere[...]s you read
this and l’m hoping it is as awesome an event as
it has been in the last few years[...]

V PIE OF THE WEEK:

PEPPER STEAK BATHED IN SCRUMPTIOUS
SOU[...]Dear Chaft'and Chaff readers,

It’s, that time of semester again. That time when
you have a load of assignments to do, tests

to: study for endupossibly even an exam or

four on the horizon. Naturally it’s a[...], is your social life more -
important than those of us who want to use the
university resources to fu[...]when they '
wait in line, even just to print off an assignment,
which would take a maximum of 5 minutes, for,
over half an hour. Yes, all yOu.Facebook plebs, it
happens and[...]the' knowledge that others are suffering
because of their inability to consider others.

I approached[...]do it as they go
between other work". What a load of sh*t. I also
realise that there are other labs ar[...]to learn to use the
university for the furthering of their education
and career can use an area where they can.
The University computers sho[...]ould I
get a petition organised if the management of

as I 0R5...

Serious about pIes

L and the CHAFF letters page!!

1 Letter of the Week wins 4x4 packs of delicio

Dr Pepper TENDER CHUNKS 0F LEAN Sun-W[...]blic debate regarding this and
welcOme all points of view. You can bet I have
made my voice heard thro[...]y Ledbetter

SANITY (AND
SUCHLIKE) ‘

1) Causes of insanity:
Toxoplasmosis

Being a vet .
Instant co[...]screaming loudly)

Joing a cult ' i _,

CessatiOn of life (yours or another’s)

Microwave popcorn with extra b‘utter ‘

Inkblot tests . ‘ '
\ _

3) Signs of sanity: None discovered

4) Cures for sanity: See[...]ng pool up at the rec centre?

For too long those of use who enjoy aquatic
pursuits have been denied t[...]wimming pools! Granted, the only one we
are aware of is Waikato, but we are sure there
must be more.[...]rriving
back at 1, 2 and 3am and pouring busloads of
bladdered, smashed and wasted students out
into t[...]their cause;
I was in fact pointing out the lack of recognition
for the civil rights movement of the (admittedly
small) minotity group that I belo[...]Sorry about that — I did understand the point of

your letter, but my titling did admittedly lea v[...]e I’m in au‘bad mood from just nearly
failing an assessment- ' I ‘

ONE THESE HINGS
IS NO[...]

:2 w,

It’s on._ New Zealand’s
Fight of the Century
is going down this. ,
Saturday. “Th[...]ht titles
as well as the right
to claim the title ofof training.’Sparing has been
going very well. The[...]ll the work is
done, mate, it’s just a’matter of finishing off this
week of sparing and then resting up and getting
strong fo[...]y’ll be no problem there.

With the huge amount of
hype around this fight,
are you approaching

it d[...]lot more work in, but in saying

that I put a lot of work in for every fight. We’ve
done a lot more rounds than we‘d normally do

in terms of sparring just to make sure that l’m in
tiptop s[...]I am. I suppose it
comes down to the mental side of it at the end
of the day, and my mental side of things is pretty
strong, mate. So nothing has faz[...], if the
fight would ever'happen. It was just one of those
things that happen in boxing all‘the time[...]appening, and it’s
good, mate. It’s certainly an opportunity for me.
It’s a big opportunity for[...]ng, and
to fight for the heavyweight championship of
«the world you’ve got to be ranked anyway, and[...]way, which will be bigger
and better things ahead of me. Obviously for
me, what I’ve been saying the[...]my
ultimate goal is to fight for the championship of
the world, and this fight here is just going to g[...]some point. SO I don’t look at the other side

of it. ' '

A lot of people consider
you as the underdog.
The TAB has[...]og .tag?

It doesn’t worry me, mate. At the end of the day
it’s more pressure on him; he has to be[...]in who they think will win the fight. .At the end of
the day, you can talk it up as much as you like,[...]to matter really, but come
fight night, come 3rd of October, Saturday night,
the winner will be exposed.

I You and Tua have had a

I couple of good stare-

: downs at the press

: conference a[...]stare- down. The hairs stand up on the back

’ of your neck a little bit sometimes. Sometimes
I , y[...]e doesn’t
realise that GOAT stands for Greatest Of All
Time, so l should be thankful for that really[...]exwlms

. loss against Friday

Ahunanya. How much
of an impact did that
have on» your career?
Has it cha[...]e are some
things you can’t control. At the end of the day

I had the loss, and I certainly learnt m[...]done if I had the victory. On the
technical side'of things, in the ring there are
things I should hav[...]o do. So it was a bit devastating on the
one side of things, but you Can always find a
positive to come out of it. ‘

What did this surgery
involve?

The bone[...]nd l’m going to beat

him good. I feel that out of all his fights, l’m

the closest man to[...]

ENROL TODAY, PROGRAMME COMM[...]

Mr[...]uld like to finish his degree next year.

A'total of 550 internal students voted in the '
MUSA Electio[...]three candidates ran for
thé’ presidency, one of whom was Mr. Pearce.

Other successful candidates[...]Students’ Officer).
Apart from Ms Matthews, all of these successful
candidates have served on the MU[...]~ Next year he will‘be focusing on the issues of
voluntary students’ association membership,
the rise in living costs for halls of residence
students, creating a 10-year plan for MUSA
to become self-sustainable, the lack of
employment for students, and the establishment
of the MUSA bar.

"I’d certainly like, to see that[...]his
iconic beard shavenaotf,
breaking the hearts of his
millions of fans across the
world, and leaving friends
and fa[...]gazine so as to only have to look at
the top half of Poucher’s face.

Mr Poucher had his famous beard shaven on the
concourse last Wednesday as a requirement

of his role in the upcoming Massey University
Drama Society (MUDS) production of Cabaret.
Cabaret is a musical set in the sleazy K[...]s
pretty racy.” It is MUDS’ second production of
the year, after The Vampire, Bride of The Isles,
which received glowing notices for its[...]t-wrangling.

Mr Poucher will be playing the role of beardless
Kit Kat Klub owner Max.

The shaving of Mr Poucher’s glorious beard was
originally inte[...]eather had driven
people inside. However, a crowd of students got
to witness the cast of Cabaretperform a few

numbers from the
show.[...]ace is cold. It’s not
very pleasant. I’m full
of regret,” whimpered Mr Poucher.

Mr Poucher was cut a number of times by

is shavers, though he said they did oka[...]they used. When asked what
his girlfriend thought of his new look, the man
affectionately known as The[...]ed to be okay with it, but she said it feels
kind of like she’s cheating because I look so
different[...]ned
toholda sausage sizzle during the three

days of voting, and give free sausages to
those who voted[...]ter
turnout was not due to students being unaware
of the election.'However, he said he would like
to s[...]n
the future, and he will look at the possibility of
online voting.

ELECTION
RESULTS:

President
Karl[...]ersity had been looking to cut down on the
number of shuttle bus runs between the Turitea
and Hokowhit[...]the service.

“Effectively it will probably see an overrun on
the budget for the year,” he said.[...]AIR THE
THUMBS
UP

Students have voted in favour of a MUSA bar
being built in the student lounge, which has
come as no surprise to MUSA President Matt
Poucher.

Of the 576 students who voted last week, 80
percent were in favour of MUSA building a bar
that could cost up to $100,00[...]her said that he was not surprised by
the outcome of the vote, and that it was done
mainly to p[...]

Here are the winners of the International Office’s student exchange
pho[...]by students last week.

A) Winner of the “Me” category: Gemma Papprill at the Gran[...]nia State University for her exchange.

B) Winner of the “People” category: Alex Rielly, who attended the University of Northern
British Columbia in Canada, for her photo of Angel Glacier cave in the Canadian Rockies.

C). Winner of the “Places” category (tied): Gemma Papprill for her photo of the Golden Gate
Bridge in San Francico. I ‘

D) Winner of the “Places” category (tied): Charles Wilson, who went to Charles University in
Prague, for his photo of the Tyrrhenian Sea.

McHardy Hall students raised[...]concourse last
Wednesday, drawing quite the crowd of
interested students. Each hall of residence
at Massey University is required to org[...]ed over 400 members in a month.

“It feels kind ofof this week.
Details on how to make a donation can[...]orner

With up and coming study for exams and end of the semester socialising I thought it would be a[...]t together with your
flatmates the next day; make an effort to clean it up, your guests may have left[...]stay safe.

Address:

Contact phone number:
Date of party:

Starting time:

Number of guests:
Estimated time of finishing:

Comments:

“Book your room n[...]

a large amount of Pink Ribbon stock to sell or give to

people that[...]ucating people about and increasing the
awareness ofof Bogtown”., '

You might have seen the Lords of Bogtown
(consisting of Drew Delany, Jake Lilley, Jamal

Olatunji, and Andrew Landmark) or a number '

of other avid longbaorders rolling around

campus. A[...].

,have a longer deck'than the shortboard style
of skateboards made famous by video game
character T[...]rfing and
snowboarding, and recreates the feeling of
those sports on a solid surface.

» “When you[...], or visit

her in her office on the second floor of the student centre.

much the same thing you see[...]to ride
over stones, therefore reducing the risk of
falling off.

> “You’re more likely to get an injury from going

on the bits and falling o'ut t[...]claimed

' Delany.

Longboarding can initially be an expensive
hobby/sport, with Olatunji paying $600[...]baords are '

. bendier and not made for the kind of tricks

shortboarders do, the deck is less likely to
snap.

The high price of retail longboards prompted
Landmark to start maki[...]ur days to make a deck.
First he cuts a mould out of polystyrene, and
clues wood around it. He then puts it in a
home-made bag and uses a fridge pump to
suck all of the air out and compress the, wood
against the mo[...]by the fact that I use this so much. The
quality of the boards he has made is really
decent,” said Drew before trying to punch a
bee.

The Lords of Bogton can often be found
bombing (skater slang f[...]big hill) Cashmere Drive. They say that the
whole of Summerhill Heights is perfect for
longboarding be[...]od,
smooth asphalt, and minimal traffic.

“Some of [people who live there] come out
on their balconi[...]ey Recreation Centre, but.

they are not big fans of the Palmerston North
skate park

“The skate par[...]" even though
their kid is standing in the middle of a
gateway or something."

They claim to cop a bit of flak from
shortboarders at theskate park, who tell
them to do an ollie or kickflip, moves that ,
longboards are not really made for.

While the Lords of Bogtown say there is
no great hate between longbo[...]ing, not hating,” said
Landmark. . .

The Lords of Bogtown encourage more
people to take up longboar[...], Semester and Non-Semester

Times
departing
Type of service Hokowhitu Type of service from Turitea
.Free bus No 14/15 7.40am V[...].
'Shuttle

Good morning,

You may be aware of the recent proposal to review and perhaps reduce[...]ensure that we
get the most effective use we can of finite budgets. This particular shuttle service has always had very low rates
of off-peak usage. For example, we currently run eig[...]the future, there is scope to increase the number of bus trips.

. FreeBus No. 1.5.. .,

2:11:35 N0[...]firm commitment to sustainable transport as part of its environmental responsibility will
i”[...]

' their grand slam tour at the end
: of the year, but now that it’s

been canned, l’m kind of gutted.
Unlike New Zealand, Australian
rugby does[...]provincial competition to assess

the performance of fringe

‘ international players. instead,

, ,v[...]contender and maybe sacrifice
some court time in an attempt to
win the championship that has
eluded h[...]ole thing going to
custard.

- Support the future of

,Manawatu rugby! l’m writing this

column on the back of the'Turbos’
depressing loss to Northland,

but I still think the idea of cutting
four teams from the Air New

‘ Zealand[...]want check
out www.keeptheturbos.com and

be one of the teams that gets
the chop, but a little bit of online
support is better than doing
nothing about[...]eams.

- On a more positive note, Turbos
fans got an early Christmas
present last week when star first[...]watu for_ another two
years. He’s had all sorts of offers
to pay elsewhere, but the fact
that he dec[...]ther union if
Manawatu are cut from the top
level of provincial rugby at the
end of the year, but he would be

but it looks like gree[...]on

History

This week the Turbos play the second of
three straight away games against very tough
oppo[...]tu
in their first season back in the top division of
provincial rugby.

The 2007 match at Westpac Stad[...]me for the Lions.

2008 saw the Turbos on the end of another
big loss, going down 36-13 in Palmerston[...]have OJ Mayo there. Mayo was
the 2008- 09 Rookie of the Year
runner-up in what was a pretty

sign the[...]ition and Manawatu might

tempted to stay if most of the
team stuck around. I hope that

are taking no[...]urbos
were fully aware that the home game
against an unpredictable Northland outfit
would be a must wi[...]being the humiliating
37—21 defeat at the hands of Counties-
Manakau. Additionally, the match had
po[...]y penalties, Northland

“ held the greater part of possession and

it didn’t take them long to get[...]gerous as they held possession for

large periods of time and scored a well

WME 2", Comm...” .5

No[...]pture the good form it showed in the early
stages of the season.

Who To Watch

- The All Blacks were[...]huge mountain
to climb.

- Cory Jane is the talk of the town after his
spectacular performance for the All Blacks in
the last match of the Tri Nations. There’s no
doubt he will be using the rest of the Air New
Zealand Cup to stake his claim for a permanent

, starting spot on the All Black’s end of year tour.

— Now, I’m writing this in before[...]ainst Northland
before Cruden came off injured is an exciting
idea. Yeah Cruden is a spectacular first five,

but he played plenty of second five at school
and could fix up a shakey T[...]v North Harbour
Counties-Manukau v Canterbury
Bay of Plenty v Hawke’s Bay
Auckland v Southland
Welli[...]ncellor (12 points)
North Harbour

Canterbury
Bay of Plenty
Auckland

Jerem
News

Wellington
Otago
Nor[...]men 3 player (11 points)
Waikato

Canterbury

Bay of Plenty

Southland

Manawatu

Taranaki

Tas[...]

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after 14 phases of continuous

build-up, they sent the ball

'wide t[...]e to make the. 1 > '1‘
eight after their string ofof the Dragons, scoring another
two tries to finish[...]klander, Lachie

my

W

The Dragons played one of their
worst games at the most crucial part
of the season. Forget the hiding that
the Rabbitohs[...]inger Brett Morris, who scored the
only two tries of the Dragons’ dismal
performance. I am surprised[...]g coach Wayne
Bennetjs prior involvement as coach of
the Broncos may have allowed him to
establish pla[...]ing
victory, they were to be without the
services of halfback Peter Wallace
in theit preminlinary fina[...]thused overall, the Dragons got lucky
when Winger of the Year Brett Morris.
bowled over defenders with[...]xtent

_.f they were something you would
- expect of a junior referee, not
:1?- a first class one. The[...]after their humiliating 56-0 defeat

at the hands of the Raiders just over

a month ago? How can a tea[...]ments Lisiate
Fa’aoso and Sean O’Connor,

but an Andre Taylor pass was
fumbled by Junior To[...]

That is my deepest desire, to be heard above
‘ the noise of normality; to speak with a tongue of
f. strangeness to our darker deamons in the hope
at the night made blacker makes the truth of life

all the more lucid.

My images are a reflection of who I am, and the
muses who move me. My work is a[...]e following month. Last year
CHAFF presented some of his pieces in Issue 23;
here are some of his more recent work, Alex is
represented[...]

to be able to keep out of things (being the pacifist/ However, once Tashee[...]s and hand claps for a track. it

afterwards. was an awesome way to finish off our recording
week and attempt to release the rest ofof Plants vs. Zombies. Good times indeed. EP that was of somewhat better quality than our

white. Then ~ after having an epic music yarn with 1 current batch of horne recordings We ended up

someone at Ma[...]g finishes mixing it.
After smashing the crap out of my drums (and Day three Of a planned five began With a take: ~ For a far mor[...]. There is nothing quite like French fries ., . .
an hour, i managed to get one whole song donei for breakfast. The grease and salt just seems to . Of RUSK, 3 recording experience'
That really[...]

broaden my horizons and my understanding of
different-people. You are huge part of an overall
experience Universities provide.

until p[...]sa.org.nz

Help Yourself at ‘
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Sick of queues? We’ve figured out a few ways
for you to[...]. We have a self-check
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It’s quick, and private. Self[...]rmation Desk, Level 2, which do it all

for you.

Of course, if you run into trouble just ask
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an hour. Oh yeah, there’s a $5 printing credit in[...]utorials, not. you!

If you’re interested, keep an eye out for when we
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After an introduction like that, you expect The
Taking ofP[...]— to be a
fast-paced, action-packed m0vie full of twists
and life-and-death drama; ' '

But as far as an action movie goes, this... isn’t.
The writers t[...]gs, deep
personal revelations, and even a éouple of
decent attempts at a‘Y'car chasé‘scene. But
nothing can mask-the fact that, for most of
this movie,both herorand villain are just sitting
at opposite ends of the phone, having a chat
(interspersed with the o[...]ese are intelligent men, careful men.

The leader of the gang, “Ryder” (John Travolta),

I
I
I[...]that this
movie does, for the most part, consist. of the
villain in a train talking'to the good guy on the
other and of the phone. It's not high in action.
But it.does h[...]t afraid to kill, and that keeps you on

the edge of your seat as you slowly become
attached to some of the hostages and wonder,
which one’s next? When[...]e.

Through the movie, Garber gradually comes
out of his shell, and learns to be braver and
less timid — more of a “hero” Character. The
character of Ryder was interesting: while "7
Travolta plays a[...]are; that bit bored

me. But the Writers did make an effort to keep
the characters from being two-dime[...]ot, brainless and somehow
forbidden, e.g. by dint of being one ofof an action movie as the
trailer makes it out to be. i[...]d it does have _
some action in it, and some edge-of- .
your—seat scenes. But as far as real
action[...]a
faraway planet

We

Think you know the identity of the

pass to the movie of your choice a
‘ Downtown Cinemas.

YO[...]

Pleasure ofof Isfahan.

Coasting along the Coast, France
1958.[...]es and music from
Georges Delerue. “The journal of a spirited
woman who goes on a jaunt between Nice[...]pez, from where she sends us a postcard

of camera shots in order to reply to her friend
Chri[...]sand and ends up at the
red and blue espadrilles of Adam and Eve.” —
Jean-Luc Godard

Uncle Yanco, France 1967. A portrait

of Varda’s uncle, the painter Jean Varda, who
live[...]t in San Francisco Bay. “The
playful interviews of Yanco, the lively collages,
the quasi—idyllic walks by the sea of Jean Varda
with his band of hippie-artists could not be

,. J ‘ I, .
mwm-rm[...]ntler if they were filled with air. This portrait
of a naive and anti-conformist artist is also the
portrait of a generation of San Franciscans, at ,
the same time innocent and libertarian and of
which life’s principles are those of an old man."
- C. Clouzot

Black Panthers, France 19[...]rations to free Huey Newton.
Fascinating document of black activism in the
19605. “If other films had been made on the
subject of the Black Panthers, they were left
more or less in their boxes. It’s the only film in
favour of black extremism shown commercially
in America. It’s an incendiary commentary...
White Americans’ memor[...]I ggééé’faéié cat
I

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College of Humanities and Social
Sciences Summer Research
Sc[...]be
studying at 400 level or above in the
College of Humanities and Social

' Sciences. Applicants mus[...]will be submitted
by project leaders via the Head of
Academic Unit to the Office of the
Pro Vice-Chancellor, College of
Humanities and Social Sciences.
Successful projec[...]applications close 1
October 2009.

NEW

College of Creative Arts Summer
Research Scholarships: The
s[...]be studying at
400 level or above in the Colleges
of Creative Arts. Applicants must be
New Zealand cit[...]be submitted
by senior researchers via the

Head of Schools or Institutes to
the College Research Off[...]applications close 1
Octciber 2009.

NEW

College of Business Summer
Research Scholarships: The
schola[...]be,
studying at 400 level or above,in
the College of Business. Applicants
must be New Zealand citizens[...]assey.ac.nz/

Cambridge Commonwealth Trust
Prince of Wales Scholarship: The
Cambridge Commonwealth Tru[...]prestigious awards
each year to enable graduates of
high academic ability to study at
Cambridge Unive[...]Zealand citizens and who wish to
pursue a course of research leading
to the degree of PhD at Cambridge
University. Full regulations and[...]from a New
Zealand university

- Be under the age of 40; - Be
applying to study at a Chinese
Universit[...]ac.nz
Applications close 1 October 2009.

College of Business Doctoral
Scholarship: The College of
Business Doctoral Scholarship is
the premier scholarship offered

in the College of Business. Its
purpose is to foster excellent
doctoral research. It is tenable at
any of the university’s three physical
campuses (Wellington, Palmerston
North, Albany). The College of
Business Doctoral Scholarship is
open to persons[...]eligible to enrol full-time for

a research paper of 120 credits
during a 12 month period towards

a Doctoral degree in the College

of Business at Massey University.
Consideration will normally only

be given to students with a GPA of
7.5 or better (on a 9 point scale) in
graduate le[...]research report
must be due to submit by the end of

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encouraging excellent postgraduate
research in the College of j
Business. It is tenable at any of

the university’s three physical
campuses (Well[...]eligible to enrol full-time for

a research paper of a minimum

of 90 credits towards a Masters
degree in the College of Business
at Massey University, or in two 60
credi[...]ill normally only be
given to students with a GPA of 7
or better (on a 9 point scale), or an
A- average or better in graduate
level pap[...]

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line, low-key drums and an amazingly sexy vo‘cal
delivery while Yeah Yeah[...]ther their electronic
andindie influences to make an album full of
ruthlessly catchy dance tracks.

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88is an album firmly rooted' In electronica. However,
on[...]lectronica.

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— that shows off the collective talents of the entire
band. The instrumentation is original,[...]records’ good
paints together to make 14 tracks of what can be

The“_fifth record from the three B[...]th sci-fl sounding keyboards wailing over the
top of an 80’s glam groove. Frontman Matt Bellamy keeps h[...]rock and superb
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most of the album, the last three tracks that make up
Bellamy’s symphony Exogenesis are nothing short of
astounding. The strings sweep, Bellamy’s piano playing

From there on we are treated to various shades of R&B throu d k I I ‘ ‘
ghout the album I an eeps the lIstener on theIr toes. Furthermore, even Is t ' - ' ' '
in the form of Undisclosed Desires and l B l T Y ‘ - ' the l I[...]int- : Bellamy gets a chance to pay homage to two of his

or vocal) on top of almost thisentire symphony, but
instead let the o[...]pleased.
the band’s original music either side of this does : Chopin ” on apocalyptic United States Of Eurasia. He
not even nearly measure up to Saint-Saens’ I also treats us to another taste of‘George Orwell’s 1984, We can call the end of this album genius, but anything
operatic score. w[...]or fails to break any new ground in particularly

of the album. One could
almost go as far as tosay

c[...]should
from electronica into a classic Muse three of these artists fall back into place
chorus.[...]

who spent weeks prior to‘the tiip a[...]eptember

After finding my bed in the early hours of the
morning, we were all too soon awoken to
atten[...]was only the second day
and already the majority of us were deprived
ofa few hours sleep after an awesome night.
With a big day ahead we soldiered on,

we were blessed by the presence of Mark
Solomon, the gKaiwhakahaere of Ngai Tahu
who gave an amazing lecture on his own

iwi and their progres[...]ed
with a standing ovation and seasoned with
lots of 005 and aahs. Soon after we were all
entertained[...]Kapahaka. It was now time to put all those
hours of practise into play and make our
way on stage. Kap[...]September

Sports Day! With those deprived hours of
sleep accumulating we made our way to

the field for sports...well some of us made
it.... We competed well across the board,[...]aori who took it out. Manu K6rero was the
kaupapa of the afternoon, there we were
amused by those who[...]We also
learnt a kupu hou which has become a part of
the Manawatahi vocabulary...tradgetanga,
in other[...]night we
attended the prize giving accompanied by
an amazing hakari, the decorations were
beautiful an[...]get involved with what's going on. Hui
last half an hour then you can get back to
whatever you need t[...]nd Tees - $30. If you are keen to
purchase either of these two items come along
to our hui on Wednesdays. Here’s a few
models of the prints.

AGM - Manawatahi Hui-Ei-Tau

The AGM[...]eral Meeting will be
held at Kaingarua on the 7th of October. Here
we will analyse our Current[...]

of channels to choose from, but as it often
happens,[...]with the Kardashians.” I don’t know how
many of you watch that show, but it is just
terrible, especially the attitude of the three
older sisters. I couldn’t watch for l[...]J. But this was no ordinary sex
tape! At the end of the tape, Kim allowed Ray
J to urinate on her face; what an interesting
way to end a round of sex. Anyway, she
became famous for that tape, sold it to a
p*rnography distributor for a ridiculous
amount of money, and ended up with a TV
show that same year[...]the show came first, but you can bet the
release of the tape increased the audience
watching the show. Seeing the show made
me think of the sex tape, and then lead me

to wonder: What i[...]urine." This sexual arousal can come
from the act of peeing on someone or being
peed on. Research has[...].

A Sex and the City episode addressed the
issue of golden showers. Carrie was dating
a local politic[...]n much different and
much stronger.

If a partner of mine ever asked if he could pee
on me or vise ver[...]And
I would also realize that it would be the end of
the relationship. As I’ve stated before, as tim[...]on from
what arouses in order to reach that state of
arousal. If urine is what turns them on, I don’[...]ou
to perform or receive a golden
shower? Send me an email at
sexwithaunty@hotmail.com, I’d l[...]

in favor of decorating for the End-Of-PRIDE—
Week flat party that night. The filled b[...]vast pink herd,
like giant microbes, or some kind of alien sex-
ritual that I wasn’t sure how to tak[...]hen that I realized the

only logical explanation of the

obvious mysticism we were

in the presence of: the Christ

had returned — and he was a

heliu[...]k has drawn to a close
once more. If you were one of the lucky
folks who grabbed a balloon, lollypop o[...]perhaps you merely
saw our colourful displays out of the corner

of your eye as you passed between lectures;
we hope[...]rightened and your
eyes were pleased. The purpose of PRIDE
Week is to promote visibility, understanding
and acceptance of those of us who may not
identify as strictly (or at all) h[...]transgender. In
some countries, PRIDE festivities of any kind
are still illegal; met with rocks and ri[...]ny Church shows us that New Zealand
has its share of raised fists. One of the points I
made in PRIDE Chaff, was that every[...]festival with his holy benevolence.
It was truly an awe—inspiring occasion which I
will neve[...]

and responsibilities as well as

part of this. As we move towards
our goals, learning takes place

on a lot of different levels. We
develop new skills and learn new
knowledge. Our self-esteem and
feelings of competency and mastery
increase. This increases our sense
of satisfaction, although as you will
all be aware, at times the process

of getting to this satisfaction can be
frustrating a[...]prize.

For learning to take place with any
kind of efficiency students must be
motivated. To be mot[...]llege
natal

Learn

somet

The life long practise of learning
makes life interesting and meaningful
and can be lots of fun. Maybe there
is something you always wanted t[...]n

fisaW

concerted effort over a long period of
time. Here are some common ideas
that people ofte[...]OLearn how to cook or learn new
dishes or styles of cooking

0Learn how to bake

0Learn basic car mai[...]ge

OLearn to dance or take up a
particular style of dance

{Learn a new sport

0Learn about nutrition[...]atch
0Learn how to paint, draw or make
things out of wood or metal

0Learn how to sing

0Learn how to[...]ings into
your life, the challenge, and the sense
of accomplishment as you improve.
Learning in this way can increase your
confidence as well as being a way
of dealing with stress, and widening
your interests[...]le nutrients.

alcohol can interfere with the use of these

Pearls of wisdom
about life learning
— quotes from
wise p[...]Wellness on campus
— COMING UP

WOW (Ways of Wellness)
workshops: VENUE: Student Life
Seminar[...]any more
disadvantages.

In the average 330mL can of beer, there’s
640kJ, 09 of fat, 14mg of sodium, 1.69 of
protein,12.8 grams of carbohydrates, 14.2mg
of calcium, 96.1mg of potassium, 0.018 mg
thiamine, 0.089 mg of niacin, 1.826 mg of
riboflavin, 0.146 mg of pantothenic acid, 0.164
mg of vitamin Be, 21 mcg of folate and 21mg
of magnesium. The average beer is low in
sodium and fat, which is a good thing. It also
contains an array of vitamins and minerals,
which indicates that it is not just an empty
‘ “(calorie beverage. Thus, beer is ok[...]mall amounts. However,
drinking excessive amounts of booze can
mess with our bodies. Alcoholics (and I think
drinking 8.8L of beer during one session on

a regular basis count[...]ly eat poorly which limits the variety
and amount of nutrients that get into their
needy bodies. Not o[...]lly eat
badly, but alcohol inhibits the breakdown of
nutrients into usable molecules be hindering
the secretion of pancreatic enz‘ymes. Too
much alcohol inhibits[...]ed blood cells and

recycles them.

Social ffects of ,
alcohof

Alcohol has been dubbed as a social
lu[...]generally
unpleasant.

So, have I talked you out of frequent binge
drinking yet? This doesn’[...]

of my city but at the end of ' ' . ' carbon Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS). I[...]behave the way he has. Not more than a week * One of the more pressing issues of our times you believe most of the media take on the new
or two before the decis[...]n the right places at the right
attacking a class of ten and eleven year olds ' His opposition to the idea has been dogmatic - we have the highest number of inmates this time. But more importantly, by not n[...]k fix idea with Labour, National has run the risk of yet
his view. I'm pretty sure the people of Wanganui it a personal issue a long time ago and[...]nk" prisoners but this is being another iteration of an ETSif/when they return
don’t want to be represe[...]w he got elected a second time. Is there the mark of his office and his behaviour and tone hand we are[...]ater out there? are embarrassing to the residents of Wanganui. around prisons and punishment to help c[...], businesses, and traders have a right
At the end of the day it's one simple letter, why this growth,[...]it perhaps a slim one, that Labour
representation of your city and so Laws is after all, it was[...]

When the[...]ye, properly and peacefully,
there will always be an inevitable
‘ mixture of sadness and relief.
So it is with myself and Mass[...]helping international students. That
is just One of many inspiring stories
of lifelong Contact with Massey
University. In my ca[...]under the government

led by then Prime Minister of New
Zealand, David Lange.

'I am one of these strange mortals
who loves education, but di[...]p to Tonga during
the summer vacation, with team

of us helping to rebuild several
villages‘after a hurricane. I loved
Tonga and dreamed of living there
one day. As a song of the time
went, all things romantic mean the
South[...]ege
for Palmerston North Boys High

. School, one of the best schools in
New Zealand academically.

Wi[...]e team
that would face Queen Elizabeth
College in an impromptu debate,
which we expected to take place[...]lunch
hour

When we got there, we were
shown into an auditorium full of
hundreds of students, some of
which welcomed us with the two-
finger salute. We[...]m, in our grey uniforms, were
surrounded by a sea of people
who could wear what they liked

to school.[...]already felt like a do‘rk,
and would feel like an even bigger
dork if I had to talk about the reality
of Father bloody Christmas to a
crowd of rowdy teenagers.

In a starling moment,of logic, when
it was my turn to speak I said that
w[...]ng reindeers or sacks
down chimneys, but a symbol of
our traditional holidays. We won the
debate.

Tha[...]it, when

I was invited to chair the local
branch of Labour Youth two years
later. -

In the meantime,[...], getting good grades. I’d even
madethe top 10% of the sixth form
in economics. l topped the whole
sixth form with an essay about the
musical uniqueness of Memphis in
the American South ,- a subject I
revi[...]el Kelly. As with the Santa

debate, these bUrsts of study paid

- off when I found myself. meeting

the political giants of the time.

At school, however, I was offered
'a j[...]David '
Lange had been elected Prime
Minister in an historicsnap election.
The New Zealand dollar was[...]ulting on its
debt. Nevertheless, there was
sense of excitement in the air. I
found out how to make money on
the stock market. In Tonga, l was
invited to be part of a fledgling,
now thriving business exporting
yams to the Tongan community in
San Francisco. Though rumblings
of imminent high unemployment
were felt, I had three[...]House. We all felt great about New
Zealand making an international
impact. An impending goods and
services tax meant that famil[...]cal Labour
Youth, even though I wasn’t a
member of the Labour Party. But

I agreed in the secret hope of
seeing Lange and his finance
minister, Roger Doug[...]l engagement” in
this new political venture was an
introduction to the man who led
the Labour Electo[...]e moving onto his present
role as Vice Chancellor of Massey
University - Steve Maharey.

The meeting w[...]e guy
was Albert Einstein, and maybe
he owed part of the Theory of
Relativity to his uncle’s Sherlock
Holmes appro[...]zeal
involved writing apolicy remit,
standing for an inspiring education
system that includes families[...]nal conference in Levin. I
went through a baptism of fire, was
shouted at, shouted back, and the
remit[...]e uptight and
intense than I imagined. At the
end of the vote, I asked if I could
make an announcement, and the
room froze in horror. My st[...]he room erupted in laughter,

Which was the point of the remit. In
Wellington, the remit went through[...]int on, I then subscribed to the
Dr Robert school of politics - “it
doesn’t mean a thing if you ca[...]occasionally wading in to lend
my steadying hand of support. I
can’t divulge the details, because i[...]happy to receive a Tongan
newspaper from friends of mine,
covering his visit to the Kingdom

of Tonga. He knew the village, the
family I stayed w[...]re he passed away -
in 2005, he provided full use of all
available audio in support of my
mother’s film No Chance to Paint
the Canvas. Our team recorded

a musical archive of David

Lange’s work, with the recording

of two music tracks Overdubbed
with his voice, title[...]racks
appear on the completed music
album “Land of New Zeal”, release
date pending. '

Upon leavin[...]And there is good and bad inthat.
But the balance of

Syphilis increases your risk of getting HIV
sexually, and during pregnancy it can[...]t for syphilis during
pregnancy. Proper treatment of the mother
during pregnancy will prevent the baby[...]tious syphilis.

Primary
syphilis

The first sign of syphilis is a sore, usually on
the genitals but it may be at other sites of
sexual contact. The sore might be hard to
see (eg[...]body, face, arms and
often on the palms and soles of the feet. The
typeand extent of the rash will vary from
person to person and even vary on~different
parts of the body of the same person, it might
be very obvious or it m[...]ur to six weeks. \

There may also be one or more of the
following symptoms:
0 mouth ulcers
headache
s[...]egion.

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A person in primary or secondary stage of
syphilis is very infectious because the sores
and rashes are full of syphilis bacteria. There
is a very high chance of infecting a sexual '
partners

Tertiary
syphilis

In about a third of people — if left untreated

- the syphilis bact[...]ture (spinal tap) is
needed to help assess if any of these parts ofan earlier stage.

Howdo I
know if I have
syphilis?[...]iagnosed by blood tests,
and these should be part of every sexual
health check—up (and remember to a[...]e

Whatis the
treatment for
syphilis?

The length of treatment varies according to
the stage of infection and type of antibiotic
used. In most cases penicillin injecti[...]way to control the
disease and protect the health of your sexual
partners.

If you find out you have s[...]ur partner. Anyone
who is sexually active can get an STI.

The only guaranteed way to avoid getting
sy[...]on?

Talk to your GP or get yourself along to one
of the sexual health clinics here in Palmy, at
Famil[...]nalds) or
at the public hospital. If you live out of town,
in Levin the clinic is in the new Horowhenu[...]us (details below), just‘ring ‘or drop
in for an appointment. Treatment is free and
confidential a[...]afe than sorry. '

Massey Medical Centre

Level 1 of the Registry Building

Private Bag 11222[...]

To fund the future you’ve been looking f[...]r your PhD and Master’s study
at the University of Otago.

Prestigious PhD Scholarships PhD S[...]

young people — that doesn’t mean you
won’t[...]August 21

I foresee you eating much in the way

of McDonald’s in the coming weeks.

Maybe you shou[...]three times a

week to balance out the fatty-ness of

McD’s.

Virgo

August 22 — September 23

A c[...]a car
in a competition, rather than you being

in an accident.

Libra

September 24 — October 23

Th[...]for zen-Sept—

STRAIGHT FROM THE. CRYSTAL BALL OF MADAME

Your week will be filled with happiness
a[...]is. If you

meds, it could potentially be a week ofof time
to build their defenses back up.

Scorpio

O[...]way from KFC. I
know KFC is incredibly tasty most of
the time — but just for the next few
days heed[...]oning.

Sagittarius

November 23 — December 22

An evening phone call, from pirates
(of course), will reap unexpected
benefits. Better wa[...]ricorn

December 23 — January 20

You will have an important decision
to make this week. This decisi[...]You will be several disappointed by

2)
the lack of chocolate chips in your ‘_
chocolate chip biscu[...]ic dancing flying
through your future with a dash of love ’
and puke. Best lay off the drinking )
th[...]hookers that Will promised to
provide at the end of year party)

Everyone reviewed the cool movies
before me

Everyone reviewed all the rest of the
movies before me

Will didn't invite me to th[...]recession for me to review

Bashing the crap out of my drum kit
makes for far better stress relief

W[...]t the TV is harder than it sounds

A degree worth of procrastination has
turned me from a hard working[...]busy watching drum solos on
YouTube

Taking care of the G.R.C.

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of co*ke Classic and shooting up aspirin in[...]pits under the dead bodies of their husbands,[...]THE OFFICIAL
NEWSPAPER OF THE decrepit body.[...]:-1 1 ·rm assuming you're all awar.e of two great
PALMERSTON NORTn national embarrassments of the last two weeRs;[...]referring, of course, to the Lincoln students who[...]T-shirts and attractively arranged stars of David, knowledge of even recent, post 1900 history, Ro[...]essentially because of a lack of interest. We're my animated sitcoms, a[...]in Lincoln, I'm sure, I wasn't thinking of the
T[...]It's only because I fell into the kind of life where I[...]Beatlemania, Watergate - as if recognizing an early 20 th Century ones (of course there are[...]erstanding it. endless swathes of history I'm totally ignorant
about one of the darkest periods of human[...]discussed, not just because of the Holocaust- recognize our lack of knowledge in the past - And though I'm sure there was a kind of snarky[...]ecause it represents a and there's a lot of past not to know about it - as "take this, societ[...]very clear and very disturbing image of the way a flaw in our personal and colle[...]to feel about the past, the world there'.s an extra satisfying thrill in laughing at it. of an almost total disconnect from history as[...]We guffaw. African Americans endured an animated thirty second cutaway gag. Just[...]n't believe that anyone with any years of persecution at the hands of funny- because you might not know a[...]to this issue inkling of what happened to the Jewish people[...]ago (which, by the way, is ·nothing. Most of
ot the CHAFF kind of jokes, tasteless or otherwise (and it is[...]ng about the Which is not to say a lot of these things aren't[...]g and conceived, is like fishing fo'r an endangered[...]I've got no problem with variety of trout with an oil freighter full of
Robyn Pewhairangi mockery of ~azis; they deserve to be mocked.[...]we've finally drained our society of empathy and
Jono Galuszka[...]ersity is also to the people in charge of the process, if you or
Adam Greenwell[...]and we got_that thanl<s to the hard work of the students in the last couple of weeks about the come up to the MUSA[...]certainly the events that coincided are of course quiet unhappy overall about the[...]this and I'm hoping it is as awesome an event as
..... The views and opinions[...]ideal). So please write me a letter, send me an[...]job for this year.
: of CHAFF staff, MUSA,[...]see the end of student control over services at[...]For all that the events had an adverse effect on representatron on the board[...]ctions I was very happy to see the activity on ,, of the university and generally reduce the[...]bleak da}! (in ter.ms of wind and rain). Good to 1 pr.ocess w[...]

to claim the title of[...]t of an impact did that
Warr1or last week.
Ho[...]number one pos_ition which things you c,an't control. At'the end of the day
very well. It's been a goo~ camp; w[...]certainly learnt more from
our eighth week of training: Sparing has been[...]y when I called the fight out I knew A lot of people consider and[...]I fight would ever happen. It was just one of those[...]technic.al side· of tl'lings, in the rir:ig there are
done many[...]n't do, but
d~ne, mate: it's just a' matter of finishing off this 1 people out. But the fight'[...]~t sitl;Jaticin again I certainly know
week of sparing and then resting up and getting good, mate. It's certainly an opportunity for me.[...]one side of things, but you can always find a[...]positive to come out of it.
And -the hand is doing[...]to fight fC?r the heavyweight championship of comfortable with this
well?[...]adar, It doesn't worry me, mate. At the end of the day[...]the nation is divided
With the huge amount of and it's a go[...]in who they think will win the fight. At the end of[...]fight night, come 3rd of October, Saturday night,[...]respectively?
that I put a lot of work in for every fight. We've couple of good stare- Finally, the big question:[...]ss what are you going to do
in terms of sparring just to make sure that I'm in v[...]I suppose it
comes down to the mental side of it at the end
and better things ahead of me. Obviously for[...]what I've been saying the whole time is my
of the day, and my mental side of things is pretty ultimate goal is to fight for the championship of[...]him good. I feel that out of all his fights, I'm
strong, mate. So[...]

"It feel~ kind of cold, but it's a good cause four months, s[...]the cancer society until the end of this week.[...]Corner
With up and coming study for exams and end of the semester socialising I thought it would be a[...]t together with your
flatmates the next day; make an effort to clean it up, your guests may have left[...]:

Address:

Contact phone number:

Date of party:

Starting time:

Number of guests:

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8.0[...]You may be aware of the recent proposal to review and perhaps reduce[...]get the most effective use we can of fintte budgets. This particular shuttle service h[...]of off-peak usage. For example, we currently run eig[...]the future, there is scope to increase the number of bus trips.[...]firm commitment to sustainable transport as part of its environmental responsibility will[...]

After smashing the crap out of my drums (and Day three of a planned five began with a take-[...]Craig's expensive drum microphones - woops!) for
an hour, I managed to get one whole song done![...]rease and salt just seems to of Ruski's recording experience,
That really did not[...]video diaries of each day in the[...]

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release of the tape increased the audience
watching the show. Seeing the show made
me think of the sex tape, and then lead me[...]

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Just close skin-to-skin tontact) with an
infected person. Syphilis can also be spread[...]ups.
Syphilis increases your risk of getting HIV[...]and these should be part of every sexual
stillbirth or miscarriage. It can[...]e months to develop
pregnancy. Proper treatment of the mother ~yphili~[...]of the sexual health clinics here in Palmy, at[...]often on the palms and soles of the feet. The
type and extent of the rash will vary from What is the[...]parts of the body of the same person, it might treatment for[...]at the public hospital. If you live out of town,[...]weeks. The length of treatment varies according to[...]the stage of infection and type of antibiotic[...]in for an appointment. Treatment is free and[...]There may also be one or more of the used. In most cases penicillin[...]Level 1 of the Registry Building[...]A person in primary or secondary stage of[...]and rashes are full of syphilis bacteria. There
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Cancer[...]ne 22 - July 22
This week will be strangely void of[...]the lack of chocolate chips in your[...]provide at the end of year party)
you that people can, in fact, hear y[...]14) A degree worth of procrastination has
when you ask them to do some[...]through your future with a dash of love 4) Everyone reviewed all the rest of the
I foresee you eating much in the way[...]the drinking movies before me
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