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CounterPoint With Christian Union: “God”

By Salient | 15 Oct, 2007

Wouldn’t it be great if you could ask God whatever you wanted, and find out what the deal was with… everything? If all your questions and doubts about Him could be settled in one conversation? That tends to be the way we think when we’re trying to get to know who a person really is—we spend time with them, ask them questions, and eventually build up a picture of who that person is. More

A-Team

By Chris Bishop | 8 Oct, 2007

This is (basically) the article Steve didn’t want you to read last week. Despite page after page of news articles about the A-Team with scarcely any mention of the ludicrous promises or dirty tricks campaigns of their opponents, Steve felt this article was too “partisan” to be included in last week’s issue.

[ED: This article was intended for the week before last. Chris declined our offer to print it last week, when the results of the election were in. ]
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Let Them Eat Cake: The Problem with Right-Wing Politics.

By Peter Wolodzko | 1 Oct, 2007

“Let them eat cake” - words spoken by the misfortunately naive Marie Antoinette, and that are symbolic of the classical attitude of the privileged towards the poor, and, it seems, of the A-Team to the student body at Victoria.

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CounterPoint With Sarah Teng

By Sarah Teng | 24 Sep, 2007

Tolerance and respect are words that get bandied around a lot in today’s society. But how often do we put our preconceptions aside and actually engage with ‘the other’?

‘Faith Encounters’ provided just such an occasion. At an interfaith day recently hosted by the Anglican Chaplaincy, Kiwi and international students tackled such questions as: ‘Can people of different religious convictions converse honestly? Can we move beyond stereotypes?’ More

CounterPoint With VUWSA Staff

By Salient | 17 Sep, 2007

“Open letter concerning upcoming VUWSA election”

To all VUWSA members,
From the Permanent Staff Members @ VUWSA

As a result of the impending election, much debate has been made on the role of VUWSA, particularly the Executive. While criticism has been leveled at the behavior of VUWSA this year, little coverage has been made concerning the valuable services provided by VUWSA staff. More

CounterPoint With Paul Morris

By Paul Morris | 10 Sep, 2007

“Not politically correct either”

It is hard to know quite how to respond to the two-part ranting rave on Islamofascism in recent issues of Salient. We should probably read and respond with roughly the same degree of seriousness of research and attention exhibited by the writer. These two pieces appeared under the rubric of ‘not politically correct’ and were clearly intended to shock and provoke rather than inform and generate reasoned debate and discussion. More

CounterPoint With Chris Palmer

By Chris Palmer | 3 Sep, 2007

“Freedom is what you do with what’s been done to you.” - Jean Paul Satre

There’s a shining magnificent quote while we’re into them. The trouble is it’s the sort of thing you could say to someone on death row. More