Anthem for the Disillusioned Undergrad
If this was the summer of ‘06, I’d take first-year Weir House resident Nina Fowler out for a drink and shake up her ideas about university education. I’m not talking about the quality of tertiary education in New Zealand or the national skilled trades shortage. Both issues are important but neither will help you, the current or returning student, get the most out of your education at Victoria. Right here, right… Read more »
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So I have a confession to make. I have failed. In a number of areas. It wasn’t intentional. It certainly wasn’t optimal. But it is what it is. But this isn’t the worst fail. There have been some far more epic fails. I will attempt to summarise these. In the first: What the fuck is going on with the weather? Who honestly believes that global warming is to blame for this? The… Read more »
No good will ever come from reading news in Salient
"Oh, people read news,” man about town BK Drinkwater reassured me. “People read news.” I have been lied to by BK Drinkwater before. In 2003, the man who lived E34 at Weir House told me that Radiohead’s ‘We Suck Young Blood’ had “killed” his clown. He later recanted saying he never had a clown and that Thom Yorke’s piercing vocals always found acquiescence with his “sexy” psyche. That lie I could… Read more »
Sign me up to be a Student Sell-Out
Money: we never have enough of it. Salient writer Josh Cleary investigates the chances of a sponsored degree. Before we continue I have been asked to furnish this article with a precursor. Don’t ask any of the companies mentioned in this article for sponsorship. That’s from them. From me, some of these people are friends of mine and they were annoyed with me hassling them about their policies on giving… Read more »
