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The Men’s Movement

By Jenna Powell | Mon, 12 May 08 | 1 comment

Men’s social movement groups are interest groups that believe there is not enough support for men and men’s issues due to gender discrimination. The movement in New Zealand is anything but homogenous, with different groups promoting different agendas. Men and women are still not equal in contemporary New Zealand society. This is evident from the lack of women in high status jobs. In the 2006 census only 14.5 per cent of law firm partners were women, despite the fact women make up well over a third of the law profession, and two thirds of law graduates.

Global Warming: So Hot Right Now

By Sarita Lewis | Mon, 12 May 08 | No comments

Global warming is freakin’ EVERYWHERE these days. The media covers it nearly as much as Hollywood hook-ups and political scandals, so it’s become almost as annoying as those “Save the Whales” shirts from Supré (Almost). Sure, the climate may a bit hotter now than it was before, and yeah, the weather has been a bit weird lately – but does that really warrant all this fuss?

My Column About Smoking - I Mean not smoking

By Guy Armstrong | Mon, 12 May 08 | No comments

News Flash! Ads! Ads about smoking! I mean about not smoking! Ads with celebrities! Celebrities like Shortland Street star TK Samuels telling people it’s time they started smoking! I mean started stopping smoking! They will ask you why you would want to do that to your body and bring your self-respect into question, so have a good excuse ready. Just all this talking about it makes me feel like a smoke. But no! - I will be in steely resolve against it - I will not compromise - at least until StudyLink pays me this Wednesday.

Why Victoria University should become carbon neutral

By Tushara Kodikara | Mon, 12 May 08 | No comments

In order to overcome the challenge of climate change, significant institutional, technological and behavioural changes clearly need to occur. Universities are in an ideal position to act as model institutions, by taking a leadership role in demonstrating the types of changes that need to occur. A significant way of demonstrating this leadership would be by becoming carbon neutral.

DDT

By Tristan Egarr and Conrad Reyners | Mon, 12 May 08 | No comments

Mapua’s Toxic Cleanup

The former Fruitgrowers Chemical Company site was the most contaminated in New Zealand, with DDT levels recorded at 1000 times the recommend maximum level. The site was host to a pesticide factory from the 1930s to 1988, which disposed waste into the surrounding Waimea Estuary and buried more waste along the Tahi Street peninsula. Tahi street peninsula ends in Grossis Point, an ancient Maori burial ground and hangi pit site.

Hungry World

By Tristan Egarr | Mon, 5 May 08 | 6 comments

Is the current food price crisis the result of overpopulation, or just the uneven distribution of wealth?

So, I was talking to this dancer the other day. She mentioned that her income had gone down because noone can afford lap dances any more, because of the rising price of milk.

Campus Development Framework

By Sarah Robson | Mon, 5 May 08 | 1 comment

You may have noticed there’s some construction going on at the Kelburn campus: big trucks, cranes, fluro jackets, hard-hats, and even the provision of portaloos for construction workers. It’s hard to miss. The reason behind the madness, muddied fields and pedestrian diversions: fulfilling the aims of the Campus Development Framework.