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Greetings!
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20 FREE Services for Unitec Students
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our Orientation Gig Guide
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10 Habits of a Successful Student
Are You Unitec Presents Lipton Ice Tea Sounds in the Sun Ready?
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I Wish I Knew ____ As a First Year
30 Back to School Student Deals
Interview
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Ora! Whether you are new to Unitec or a returning student, I would like to welcome you to Unitec. As a student, you have made the decision to invest in your future, change your life and strive towards your chosen career. We want to help you reach your aspirations and as New Zealand's largest institute of technology, we are well placed to support you and provide the excellent career-focused education you need to be successful in your chosen field. Whether you are based at Mt Albert, Henderson or Albany, we have a range of services including teaching support, personal support services and career advice, designed to help you get the most out of your studies. These services are free and designed to help you, so please make the most of them. When you’re not studying, there is also a range of social, cultural and sport activities happening to keep you energised throughout the year. The USU Students' Association, in partnership with Unitec, arrange a wide range of events, activities and student services to help you enjoy your time here. This magazine, the first of 2012, highlights some of the upcoming activities, including the largest orientation event in the country, Sounds in the Sun. I would encourage you to get involved with student life at Unitec. The people you meet in class or around campus can often become lifelong friends and might even become colleagues later in your career. On behalf of all the staff at Unitec, I want to wish you the very best for the coming year and hope your experience at Unitec is an exciting, positive and life-changing one. Rick Ede Unitec Chief Executive
2012 is going to be an awesome year! You can rest easy knowing that the team at USU and I are going to be here to support you the whole way. I want to say “hi” to as many of you as I can; so if you see me around (and you will!) come give me a hug/high five/ fist bump, whatever works for you. I would also like to say a special Haere mai/welcome to students at our new Albany campus. I will be coming over as often as I can to make sure everything is all sweet. It would be great to see you all at Sounds in the Sun (Which is still free for students!). For those new to Unitec, I was elected last year as your Student President! What does that mean? Mostly it means I sit on committees with academics talking about issues that affect students. I’m here to represent you on the big issues at Unitec and at a national level; so if you have an issue, come share your concerns with me. Working alongside me is the USU team (a worthwhile group of people to get to know). We have the Student Executive, who brings your issues to the table for discussion. You can find their contact information in the front of your diary. We also have the Education team who works as your own (free!) advocate if you need representation on any Unitec issues. Don’t forget the events team who bring all the fun to campus! The media team brings you the magazine, student blog and heaps of other interactive services. While you have been on holiday enjoying the golden weather (cough), we have been organising a great orientation week. If it’s your first year, make sure you catch one of my orientation talks (because I love the sound of my own voice). They are short and sweet and will give you the low down on what’s available to you around campus. Want to know where to get a $15 osteo appointment or find the best pie on campus? I shall tell all! Hope to see you around! Stay cool, Shannon Student President
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INTERVIEW BY ASHLEY SMITH Which do you regard as the best musical performance you’ve ever SEEN? Why? Wow that’s a hard one- maybe lately I would say James Blake at Glastonbury festival. The set was perfect, the sound was perfect. He and the other two members of his band just play the most mesmerizing music and built up to an amazing climax at the end of the set... a bunch of flares went off at the end of the last song and lit the whole crowd up orange .. spine tingling! What’s been your favourite memory of Summer 2012 so far? We did a few gigs over summer around the summer spots of New Zealand and they were pretty epic - but probably just spending time at home - I live right on a beautiful beach on the east coast of the South Island- and love to spend time there especially with my son Remy.
In your opinion, what’s the best part of a Kiwi summer? The best part would be the long days - getting dark at 10 at night down south where I live, long bbqs, late night Sundays - listening to music in the sun. Doing road trips to remote beaches What’s the biggest difference between touring in Europe and touring in New Zealand? Europe is so big and populated, there are just massive highways going everywhere - New Zealand is a lot more back road style driving, but often it’s pretty similar between the two. What’s the strangest gift you received for the holidays this year? I got some 'Mr Men' fronts undies, mine had Mr. Happy on the front. Thanks sis!!
Which is your favourite international venue you’ve played at? We played some amazing venues in Europe and through the UK - Ireland too.. We've played in old war bunkers in Hamburg , an old meat works in Prague, which was called 'Meetworks'. Sydney Meyer bowl in Melbourne (where we supported Tool during a Big Day Out tour) is this amazing outdoor amphitheater set in the middle of the botanical gardens that’s close- but I would have to say the Forum in Melbourne - mainly because of the layout and the ornamentation makes for a good night for the people that come to watch the music.
Do you have any pre-show rituals? Definitely, I'm as ritualistic as Nadal - Plane, hotel, lie on bed for 10 minutes then go to sound check- one beer at sound check, take 2 beers and one red bull or V back to hotel - sleep until 3 hours before the gig then get up and scull my red bull or V then pace the room for 1 and a half hours until we get picked up to go down to the venue.
Is there still a place on the bucket list you haven’t yet played? Maybe sonar Fest Barcelona - or Burning man!
What can we expect to hear from you this year at UNITEC PRESENTS Lipton Ice Tea Sounds in the Sun? We have some new stuff and some old stuff - but we've been playing new songs for our upcoming album and so we are really looking forward to jamming them out, and we could get nice and soulful and then we could get quite heavy after that. Can’t wait!
In 5 words, how would you describe the dynamic of the band? Kaleidoscope - Soul Music- Geyser - Dark Chasm- Dreaming
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Congrats! You’re all signed up and enrolled as an official Unitec student! Welcome to an excellent community full of potential and opportunity. Now that your student fees are sorted for the semester, wouldn’t it be nice to know what you’re entitled to? We compiled a list of 20 Unitec services that ARE available to you for FREE or nearly free so you can make the most of them while you’re here!
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The Breakout Service is a searchable database that gives you the best matches for scholarships, awards and grants you are eligible for in terms of criteria, level of study and discipline along with closing dates, application requirements and contact details. As a Unitec student, you have free access to this database from Unitec computers.
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As an enrolled Unitec student, you have access to the Information Technology Help Desk (located in Bldg. 180 at the Mt. Albert Campus). The I.T. Centre can assist you in training for computer orientation. Postgraduate students can be trained in Long Documentation. These guys can also help whenever there’s an issue with computer logins or Moodle. This is a great free service here at Unitec for those who aren’t so technologically inclined.
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Maia Maori Development Centre provides support for Maori students and their whanau. They can help with academic learning, social life, and financial advice. This is a great base for Maori students and staff who are looking for a sense of smaller community at Unitec. It’s also a great space to study when the library environment just isn’t floating your boat.
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Free Counselling Services are available to all students across all three campuses. This is a confidential service that helps you to deal with individual personal issues. Counsellors work hard to make sure you are at your very best to excel at Unitec. The staff members are professionally qualified and range across a number of different backgrounds.
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Te Puna Ako is an excellent FREE resource if you are having any troubles within your courses. The staff at the Learning Centre are there to help students gain confidence and achieve success in the classroom. They offer one on one appointments as well as workshop opportunities. Te Puna Ako has centres in both Mt. Albert and Waitakere.
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8. The Pacific Learning Centre is in place to ensure that current students are able to access the support required so that you receive the best possible experience at Unitec. They offer a Pacific orientation, academic support, pastoral support and counselling and a Pacific graduation for students and family.
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Chaplains are available at all campuses for personal support and spiritual guidance. They provide an open ear for Unitec students of all faiths and beliefs.
The Disability Liaison Centre arranges specialised equipment and offers ongoing support for students with disabilities at all campuses. They offer services such as note takers, readers/ writers and sign language entrepreneurs. There’s a drop in space for studying, mentoring and computer use.
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Student Job Search Need part-time work while you study or want a job during the summer holidays? Student Job Search can help. It's a free service, funded by the Government and local students' associations. Register online at www.sjs. org.nz and take your pick from the over 30,000 roles that are posted each year.
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Student Media at USU is full of ways to stay connected and informed at Unitec. There’s a blog site at www.studentmediahub.com where students can feature their work and opinions. Script Magazine is the FREE student mag; full of cool features and event updates and you've got in your hot little hands!
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What’s been the highlight from Summer 2012 thus far? The highlight has probably been starting work on new material, feels like ages since we’ve done something new! Spent the summer living at my parents again which was not a highlight. We’re excited to have you back for another year at UNITEC ORIENTATION —what’s been the biggest change in your lives since we saw you last March? We finally got the album out in May of last year which was great. Spent a while touring around and doing shows which is always fun, it was the first time we had done a tour of our own and it went really well. The biggest change though is probably the fact that Matt is now living in Oz which makes thing a little bit more tricky!
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Where would be your dream venue to perform?— Sky is the limit! I’d wanna perform at Coachella festival, hopefully pretty early in the morning so that I could spend the rest of the day watching the awesome bands from the side of stage. If the sky was not the limit I would say the moon.
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As dub step is a growing genre in the music industry, who of your fellow dub step artists are your favourites? Im all about Kiwi artists, truth, Optimus Gryme, Crushington, Dutty Ranks, Perverse, Dubkrimes. Internationally, skream & benga, swindle, silky, joker and jakes. What do you think about Skrillex receiving five Grammy nominations? Its awesome, great exposure for electronic music, and his music and branding appeals to a mass market which is cool, hopefully some of those people venture into other realms of bass music, not just hard electro kind of styles. It’s all positive. Facebook or Twitter? Both! Which New Zealand city is the best to perform for? That’s a hard one, Christchurch all the way.
Share the love. People love a freebie, myself included. The way I see it, a lot of people forked out for my albums in the past, so why not give something back.
What’s currently on the top of your dub step playlist? Im feeling a lot of Swindles stuff, his new jam “Ignition” is a big one. You’ve given out a lot of free music over the internet, why so generous? Share the love. People love a freebie, myself included. The way I see it, a lot of people forked out for my albums in the past, so why not give something back. With which artists would you like to collaborate? Benga, kryptic minds, Nero, Jakes. Tell us how you really feel about Kanye West! He's going to win “dj factor”.
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We have been working really hard to make an impact on the NZ public so music can be our full time job. There is nothing like seeing people that are into our songs Being one of New Zealand’s best reggae bands, how has that made an impact on you? We have been working really hard to make an impact on the NZ public so music can be our full time job. There is nothing like seeing people that are into our songs, from big festivals to small towns and the like around the country and overseas, very cool. What’s the best memory from Summer 2012 so far? Have to be Raggamuffin, awesome crowd response even though we played the smaller village stage, they were very eerie, very….. Let’s settle this once and for all— what exactly does it mean to “Skank”? Mmmmmm funny one that, everyone has their own interpretation but when you see everyone getting into it, warms the heart. Which other reggae groups do you enjoy listening to? Katchafire, House of Shem, 3 Houses Down, Cornerstone Roots, Foundation goodness me the list goes on we’ve got so many and for overseas reggae, Morgan Heritage, Stephen and Damien Marley, Alpha Blondie, Big Mountain, Third World, J Boog, Rebel Soldiers, Tomorrow People and NRG Rising, The Green. Wow. Heaps! I have a big collection….. How are you keeping up on your New Years resolutions? Any success stories? No, I’m still moaning, blah blah…… What’s your favourite thing to do with your down time? When I’m lucky enough to get some, playing pool’s right up there, we are very competitive…
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I WISH I KNEW ... AS A FIRST YEAR
“Shuttles run from 7:30 am, good for early morning study” - danielle
“That there is free printing in the CommsBusiness Building” - douglas
“That finding a park in the morning was hard!” - georgia
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10 Accept your inner nerd and take pride in late nights spent at the library and perfecting research papers.
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9 Actually ATTEND lectures. If for nothing else, it creates a sense of community and the social networks from lectures will motivate you to maintain attendance.
8 Habits of a Successful Student
Rebecca Jury graduated from Canterbury University in 2008 with an A+ grade average. She has recently worked with Auckland University Press to publish a book on the secrets to success at University. Her 10 Steps to a Great Degree outlines a very doable approach to maintaining maximum classroom achievement. Here are 10 good study habits she outlines in her new book:
3 Be a Somebody. Engage and connect with your lecturers and tutors. Don’t let yourself just blend into the crowd of a lecture hall.
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If you’re interested in grabbing a free copy of 10 Steps to a Great Degree for yourself, email: StudentMedia@unitec.ac.nz
LEARN in lectures. Go to class with a sharp and ready mind. Lecture is the best place to absorb and remember a concept.
5 READ your readings. Taking notes as you go is a great way to reaffirm that you’re absorbing the material.
1 Reference Everything. If you don’t reference ideas and facts as you come across them the first time, you’re faced with that tedious task of searching for them again throughout the whole of your research! UGH!
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Student Media Lounge Unitec Students' Association will be hanging out in the Media Lounge where you can come participate in the shooting of our Unitec Presents Lipton Ice Tea Sounds in the Sun Music Video, snap some pics in the photo booth and update all the fun to Facebook and Twitter. Post live updates on your festival experience via iPad straight from our comfy lounge!
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Ticket. Yup, there are tickets this year. Make sure you have yours sorted! Check out page 26 if you haven’t got yours yet.
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Rain and Sun protec tion. The festival is on no matter what the weather, so suss out the appropriate gear to keep you comfortable on the day! Knowing Auckland—it could be both!
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Your I.D. You’ll need an I.D. in order to purchase alcohol from the bar, so that’d be a REAL bummer to forget! Photo ID will also be checked at the door to ensure that the name on your ticket matches up with your photo ID (This could be a passport, drivers licence, student ID or 18+ card).
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Cruiser Cleo Bachelor of the Year will be present at the festival with giveaways. Swing by to cast your vote for this year’s Cleo Bachelor of the Year. This year’s MC— Clint (from The Edge)—is in the running, so show your support!
Mai FM Will be at the gate full of energy and giveaways. Don’t miss them on your way in!
CHARGED Mobile phone. Usually with larger crowds, your mobiles are working on overtime to find a signal, so charge ‘em up before you get to Unitec. Unopened bottle of water to keep hydrated in between epic dance binges. Make sure it's a sealed plastic bottle. Cash Money There won’t be cash machines on site, so prepare ahead of time with the no fail payment method— cash! There will be eftpos payment options available at the bar. Or get a Dash card (see below). A fantastic attitude. Nothing’s worse than a party pooper!
Pre-loaded Dash tickets cards are available from USU reception for free. You can activate it on your dash account (which already exists if you have a ticket). The card can be loaded to use at the bar and can also be used as your ticket! The advantages to having a Pre-Loaded Dash Tickets Card: -Less waiting time in the bar- there will be dash only card lines. - Discounted drinks. -Top the card up on the day using your smart phone or the top up station. -Any money not spent will be refunded back into your account free of charge.
LEAVE AT HOME
The following items will REFUSE you entrance to the event, so be sure to leave these things back at the flat!
Alcohol. We’ve got booze for sale inside the event. Save your stash for next Saturday night. F.Y.I: There’s a liquor ban in the entire area between Mt. Albert and Point Chevalier, so best to just leave it at home. Glass Containers are a hazard to everyone. If you’re bringing in a bottle of water, make sure it’s plastic and sealed.
Animals other than guide dogs are not allowed at the festival Rif Raf. If you’re going to cause trouble, we don’t need you there. Plain and simple. MAXIMUM FUN FOR EVERYONE!
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TO UNITEC PRESENTS LIPTON ICED TEA SOUNDS IN THE We are so excited about UNITEC PRESENTS Lipton Iced Tea Sounds in the Sun! It will be our 5th one! As a result of feedback from last year's Sounds in the Sun, this year things are a little different and every one will have to have a ticket - although don't worry - tickets are still free for Unitec students. You will be on our ticket database once you are enrolled at Unitec. We will refresh the database once a week, so it's best to try about a week after you have received your acceptance letter. We know you're all keen to get your hands on your free Unitec Presents Lipton Ice Tea Sounds in the Sun ticket - so follow these instructions and you'll have one in your inbox in no time:
Visit the ticket site www.dashtickets.co.nz/account/login 1. Log in with the email address that you provided to Unitec on your enrolment form. 2. Enter your Student ID as your password (you can find this on your acceptance letter) 3. Once you're logged in - use the search bar to search Sounds in the Sun and click into 'Find Tickets' 4. Select the option for a Free Unitec Ticket!! The system will recognise that you are a Unitec student and you'll be able to select 1 ticket. You can also buy tickets for your mates who don't go to Unitec at this stage by selecting the 'Second Release' tickets - these are just $20 each. 5. Click 'Add to cart' and pop in all your details.
Hey presto! Your free ticket will be sent to your email address. This is your one and only ticket - do not delete it! You cannot apply for a new one. Your name will be on your ticket so you'll need to bring some photo ID (this could be your Student ID, your driver's license, passport or 18+ card) to the gate with your ticket so security can ensure that you match your ticket. If you have any problems logging in please call the Dash Tickets help team on 0800 327 484
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STUDENT Available at McDonald’s® Pt Chevalier until 31 March 2012. One offer per person per visit. Not to be used with any other promotional offer.
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10% off all regular priced beer, wine and spirits. available at 1130 gt north rd, pt chevalier Discount does not apply to in store specials. Unitec I.D. must be presented at point of purchase. Unitec I.D. must be presented at point of purchase. 1 coupon per customer Expiry: 11 March 2012
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This is a space for students and by students! We are looking for photo submissions, funny stories and the juicy talk on campus to feature online. If you want to share anything from a funny pic to a personal service to a recorded gig with the Unitec student community just email your content to StudentMedia@unitec.ac.nz See you there! Keep an eye out for the Student Media Stall in the HUB during orientation and at Unitec Presents Lipton Iced Tea Sounds in the Sun!
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