RAM June 2017

RAM Lincoln University Students’ Magazine Issue 4 June 2017

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FEATURES

COVER

REGULARS

10 | Handy Landys Lending a hand on 3 different farms within the wonderfully wild Waiau area

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15 | What Is Happiness For You? It’s like peeing in your pants. Everyone can see it but only you can feel its warmth 20 | Tramping & Climbing Club Tramping and caving and climbing, oh my!

26 | Global Challenges Scholars Who we are and what we do...

38 | Winterfest is Coming!

The temperature is dropping, so that means...

4 | Words from the Prez

June Sight Photographer

5 | Words from the Board 36 | Sudoku

FUN STUFF 3 | Sweet As // Stink One 30 | Flat of the Month 34 | Snapchat Page 37 | Totally Honest Horoscopes

EDITOR & DESIGN Julia Wills PRINTER Wickliffe

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CONTRIBUTORS Tessa Williams Molly McLeod James Ranstead Paige Harris Phoebe Topp

Brittany McCloy Josh Waterman Kristy Havill

Kurt Knarston Veronica Penny Phoebe Topp

RAM is published by the Lincoln University Students’ Association (LUSA) for the students of Lincoln University. RAM is funded by Lincoln University students through the Student Services Fee. Any opinions expressed in this magazine are those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect the beliefs and values held

by LUSA, or the University. If you are easily offended, read on and be sure to send a strongly worded email to the Editor.

RAM is a member of the Aotearoa Student Press Associaiton (ASPA).

SWEET AS COLD BEER IS A BETTER PAIN KILLER THAN PARACETAMOL! The University of Greenwich found that upping your blood alcohol percentage to 0.08% increases one’s pain threshold by a small amount.

A REALLY GOOD SHOWER You know the one: it power blasts the scum away, and turns your entire bathroom into a hot and steamy chamber of bliss on these cold winters mornings.

WHEN YOUR FLATMATES CLEAN THE PLACE WHILE YOU’RE AWAY You got out of cleaning once again.

Perfect timing! #FREETHEBUTT Belfies! Going on adventures to scenic parts of the world, pulling your pants down and taking a photo is apparently the new ‘cool’ thing to do...

STINK ONE YOUR HANGOVER FROM GRADBALL We know at least one of you didn’t make it through the ceremony the next day...

GETTING INTO WHAT YOU THINK IS A UBER Casually walking up to what you think is your Uber while on your phone opening the door & sitting down to realise this is not your Uber.

Always ask your Uber’s name first!

THE DEEP, DARK WEB Apparently 96% of the internet’s data lies in the deep web, while the other 4% is the thing that is accessible to everyone! Child porn, fake I.D’s, drugs for sale...

HUGH ON HIS WAY OUT Playboy founder, Hugh Hefner’s (91) health has been deteriorating with cancer for some time. But in that 91 years he has lived several lifetimes!

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Words from

the Prez

Kia ora koutou, LUSA’s study stall has started, which means the home stretch is here. Before you know it Semester 1 will be done and dusted, and it’ll be time for Winterfest, our way of kick-starting Semester 2. You’ll find some more info about Winterfest in this issue, but the event I’m looking forward to most is the Comedy Night with Ben Hurley and Jarred Fell.

This one always sells out so make sure you get your tickets from iTicket.co.nz Exams need to happen first, I guess. If you’re struggling and need a bit of help then your first port of call should be Library Teaching and Learning (ltl.lincoln.ac.nz). Go to a drop in, a PASS session, or book an appointment with a Learning Advisor and they’ll help you get back on track, or bump your GPA up a few points.

Have you met Kate? She’s our new team member who looks after everything student focused, from clubs to student reps to anything else students need! If you haven’t do drop by and say G’day. She’s getting up to speed on how everything works and then she’ll be out and about making sure you can have an awesome time at Lincoln University.

Retention is the word of the month at the moment. What this means is the Uni is trying to understand what we do and could do to make sure students stay at Lincoln and complete their qualifications. This might be things like better information on what services are available; more tutorials; the range of courses available; or maybe having more student space. If you’ve got any thoughts on what things that’d help that flick me an email at president@lusa.org.nz, or drop by LUSA HQ and let me know, so we can try get them happening.

You may also have heard that last month Academic Board voted for the LINC courses to no longer have to be compulsory for every degree. However, there are a few more formal steps before this is confirmed, and each degree needs to decide if they wish to keep them compulsory. At this stage, you still need to complete the LINC Courses until such a time as your course advisor tells you otherwise – so please keep that in mind while choosing course for next semester, as there would be not much worse than not being able to graduate as you hadn’t completed them!

Other things I’ve been up to include getting a Community Pantry up and running. This is to give a helping hand to students who are suffering hardship and a food parcel would help. If that’s you, or you know somebody who benefit, get them to pop into LUSA HQ and have a chat to Kate, or check out www.lusa.org.nz/pantry.

Have a stunner of a break and we’ll see you back next semester.

Danyon Thomas president@lusa.org.nz

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Words from

the Board The mid year break is closer than MGMT students about to give

Alex and Ryan have also been to the Campus Service Council,

up on tertiary education! And we’re sure you’ve all deserved a

which is where the student services fee gets split up to help make

good break.

your Lincoln experience the best. Whilst Danyon and Tess sat in Academic Board arguing about LINC courses, Alex was busy on

Graduation was a great chance to see a few familiar faces once more and Grad Ball at the Tannery was bloody beautiful. Defi-

the Art Committee. If you have any opinions from course outlines to paintings in the library, we’d love to hear them!

nitely the motivation needed to get those assignment in and make it to graduation when our time comes.

With exams coming up we’ll be out and about with Study Stall to keep you motivated and on the grind. Don’t forget to look after

Thanks to everyone who got involved with SARA (Sexual Assault and Rape Awareness) Week on campus. We had the ‘May The

yourselves, work hard, and don’t get too stressed out. Meditation, exercise, a beer with mates; whatever does the trick!

Fourth Be With You’ quiz, the #TIB BBQ AND the Hunting Ground movie screening! So, here’s to open conversations,

The team here at LUSA are always here to help, and the Board

spreading love and looking after your mates.

definately ‘know the feeling’.

Alex, Kristy and James have all been busy at their Faculty

Keeping warm, and keep chipping away.

Teaching Committees, making sure students are involved in academ-ic decisions. Make sure to keep that feedback coming

Tess and the Board

in to your student reps for your papers to make it worthwhile.

Words from

the Ed

Brrr its getting a bit nippy out there! I hope you’ve got the flat

Study Stall is here

fire wood stacked somewhere nice and dry or made sure your

for the next two

halls heaters are cranked. But don’t worry, we’ve got Winterfest

weeks, bringing you

coming up after the break to get your blood pumping! Winterball

free food, hot drinks,

is going to be amazing - I’m really excited. This year’s theme is the

massages and even

‘Secret Garden’, where you’ll get to explore the many secrets that

fluffy Huskies to

the garden has to offer.

pet for the day to

Be sure to wish Danyon aka Mr. President a ‘Happy 21st Birthday’

de-stress and take

on Thursday (8th June) - he loves anything involving sugar...Tess

a break from the

is doing a great job of interviewing ‘Flat of the Month’ winners,

books. Keep an eye

and they sure are an appreciative bunch, so keep the applications

out for tips to help

rolling in!

with the study stress in this issue of RAM. Having a party? Be sure register your party with GoodOne as you could win a ‘hangover over’ pack for you and your flat.

Julia Wills ram@lusa.org.nz

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LINCOLN UNI NOTICES FUNNY SMELL We’ve had a couple of reports lately about a funny (gas) smell in the Workshop, in the TV/Lounge area where the steam pipes are exposed in the room.

There is no gas in the building, but rather the smell is a residual ‘chemical’ smell coming from the steam ducts/pipes. It is not harmful and mostly seems to be noticeable when the heating has been off for a bit.

We are working to eliminate it completely, but it might be useful for you all to know what it is in case you were worried.

CONGRATS! Congratulations to LU students Kate Lloyd and Charlotte Elley, who have been named in the NZ U21 netball side for the Netball World Youth Cup Gaborone 2017 (NWYC2017), July 8-16.

Good luck to the both of you!

CLASSES NO MORE

PRACTICAL WORK REPORTS

These courses are no longer offered: ECOL308, Ecology III: Advanced Ecology COMP 626, Interaction Design COMP633, Perspectives on Human-Computer Interaction COMP 635, Agent-Based Computing COMP 203, Problem Solving with End User Tools COMP 205, Development of Effective Programs COMP 307, End User Computing COMP 317, Development of Data-Driven Systems COMP 319, Robotic and Autonomous Platforms COMP 321, Sensors and Sensor Networks COMP 322, Mobile and Web Applications ERST 314, Programming and Customisation with GIS ENTO 304, Insect Ecology and Diversity

If you are required to write reports for your degree or diploma they are due on the 25th July.

Submit a hard copy and an online version to Turnitin which can be accessed on the LEARN Practical Work page.

They may be handed in anytime earlier if you have them ready.

If you have any queries or problems with this please let me know as early as possible so we can sort it out. practicalwork@lincoln.ac.nz Good luck with your exams and enjoy your break!!!

The addition of a 300 level Agroecology course is also likely to be present in Semester 2, 2017.

GROUNDWORKS ON JOINT FACILITY Upcoming work on the Joint Facility, will mean changes to the current car parking. Both the Burns and the temporary park on the old Hilgendorf site will be inaccessible from this time.

You will need to find alternative parking.

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A huge thanks to Cookie Time who donated 100 of their Super Duper Salted Caramel Milk Chocolate cookies to you hungry Lincoln Uni students!

We hope you enjoyed their latest creation before it had even hit the shops and now know where our LUSA HQ new digs are located. We hope to see your smiling faces a lot more now!

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DID YOU KNOW...

That Lincoln University has it’s own Haka and War Cry? Well here it is if you didn’t:

WAR CRY (sourced 1927)

HAKA - COMPOSED BY TE ARI PITAMA

Rikina Kareti e O Rikina Kareti e O Whaka tanga tanga kia kaka Whaka tanga tanga kia kaka Kei pehia hoe e te hoa riri Hi ha Hi ha

Leader - Ko ahu whenua, tene e ngu ngu ru nei All - Maranga tahi Ka rua Haeremai e te toa Orunga i nga motu nei Aue Ripiripia Ripiripia aue Haehaetia Haehaetia Ae Ae Hi AUe

(sourced 1938)

Ode to Sad Student I started the semester Thinking this will be the one Where I start assignments early And get all my shit done

Could I get an aegrotat For I’m feeling rather yucky?

Considering this is all my fault I’d be bloody lucky

The stress will soon be over So work hard until then And we’ll see you next semester So you can do it all again

But fuck me bloody dead I’ve done it once again It’s the end of the semester And exams are fuck-knows-when

No, I think I can still do it I’ll pull my shit together I’ll drag my grades out of the shit Be it with twine, chain or tether

Stop reading this shit poem And go do some bloody work And if it all gets too much Come in and see the SERC

I haven’t done the quizzes Instead of notes I just got dick I’ve started to get pimples And I’m feeling slightly sick

I’ve bought myself some refill And some Post Its I won’t use Its time to seek repentance For the sex and drugs and booze

Kate Lindsay Student Engagement & Representation Co-ordinator students@lusa.org.nz

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How your Drinking can Help Save Kids?!

Kan Tabs for Kidney Kids is a fundraiser to raise

There is a collection box set up in the Library Foyer for

money for the ‘Kidney Kids Foundation’.

staff and students to deposit their wine bottle tops and

Kidney Kids is a not for profit organisations that

can tabs!

assists 1250 children living with kidney disorders.

Many children need daily dialysis treatment and require assistance funding special camps, as these kids are unable to attend regular school camps.

One can tab will give a child one second of dialysis so get collecting!

Please start gathering your bottle tops and can tabs from your flat drinks, halls, BYOs, parents... Every

The Lions Clubs New Zealand is collecting metal wine

bottle top and cap makes a huge difference to the

bottle tops and can tabs, to melt down for aluminiu.

children and their families, so we urge you all to start

The funds go directly to the Kidney Kids Foundation.

stockpiling your tops and caps after nights out on the

Our 2017 Future Leaders Group Project is to organise a can tab and wine bottle collection drive at Lincoln

raz-a-daz!

By Molly McLeod

University.

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Angus and Meg had a lot more success in the form of gambling, where they won $60 on the pokies and did not even offer to buy anyone a drink. Cheers guys!!!!

Day 2 saw a bright and early start. A feed of bacon and eggs in the morning On Friday 28th of April, ten keen Handy Landys members set off to spend the weekend helping out at three different farms within the wonderfully wild Waiau area.

With the van packed to the brim with snags and a few 24 packs, we were eager to get into it.

Friday night went off without a hitch. Our accommodation was snuggly to say the least, and the drive to find a pub that hadn’t collapsed in the earthquake, meant a trip to the ‘Rotherham’ to watch the Highlanders smash the Stormers!

Not only this, but James ‘Hogget’ Atkinson, miserably lost a match of pool against Mac ‘The Aussie’ Thomson.

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was well needed for the massive day we would all have ahead.

We split up into three groups and headed into different directions of the district. Fencing was our main priority, alongside some gardening, wood splitting and a day full of yarns. We had such a great time getting away from University and improving our practical skills on a farm. At the end of the day we shared a BBQ with one of the farmers back at camp. It was so great how all of the farmers were so willing to share their stories with us and take interest in our education.

However, when the moon went down, the music was

Everyone was so willing and happy to get out and lend

pumped up and it was fair to say that the cruisers were

a hand to the farmers, who were all very deserving of

drunk far to easily that night!

some help.

Tim was awarded the ‘Battler of the Weekend’ for

Our weekend was a heck of a lot of fun, and we believe

his efforts, as he was the last 1st year still up at 2am.

that the true success of the trip can be measured

Proving he could cut it with the big 2nd years.

through the fact that we got there and back in the van

Sunday morning saw a few dusty faces trying to stomach the beautiful bacon and eggs that were

without any troubles at all! (Unlike our Young Farmers friends.)

prepared, and to our surprise, everyone had enjoyed

Thanks to all that came along. We couldn’t have done

themselves so much on the Saturday that we went

it without you and we look forward to plenty more

back to one of the farms to put up another fence!

trips like this.

We were truly amazed at how bad some of the damage was created from the Kaikoura Earthquake and didn’t

By Paige Harris & Phoebe Topp

expect to see what we did.

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HAPPINESS happiness is like PEEING in your pants. everyone CAN SEE IT but only you can feel the

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f you’re a human being, I suspect you want to be happy. What is happiness for you? Happiness for me is reminiscing about great parties I had in my earlier years with an even better mate, while I indulge in some really good Mexican food, or snapping into my skis on the first day of the season with crystal clear skies and fresh powder waiting for me at the top. My versions of happiness may not be your cup of tea, but the stimulus for happiness is subjective and this makes it hard to measure objectively.

So, if the feeling of happiness is hard to define, then what?

The solution to understanding feelings like happiness, is through examination and experimentation, and that’s where science comes in handy!

The science of happiness has received a fair bit of attention lately, because, of course, everyone wants to be happier... and now more now than ever, because studies show, believe it or not, modern living is depressing!

Our tiny little brains are struggling to handle the modern world properly. Scientists say, what should have taken hundreds of thousands of years to adapt to a digital environment through the process of evolution, has taken merely decades.

When the brain comes into contact with technology, it can become extremely addicted to it and reliant on it. This can lead to negative effects such as anxiety, stress, loneliness and depression.

Remember Aristotle? He said happiness had two aspects: hedonia (pleasure) and eudaimonia (a life well lived). In today’s terms, happiness is referred to as simply pleasure and meaning.

Psychologists Dr Martin Seligman, added one more component to the definition of happiness: engagement.

Engagement refers to living a “good life” of work, family friends and hobbies.

Using these three aspects, psychologists came up with a scientific term for happiness called “subjective-well being (SWB)” So this is where the studies really begin. By identifying SWB in people, it found that roughly: 50% of our happiness is determined by our genes •

40% by our daily activities

•

10% by our circumstances

...so what you choose to do with the 40% of your daily activity is entirely up to you!

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ver wondered what age in life you’re the happiest? Well according to a new study there is not just one age, but two!

A new study from the London School of Economics and Political Sciences has discovered that...

People are Happiest at the 2 ages : •

23

•

69 (very ironic)

At 23, most people would have graduated University and are entering their first ‘career jobs’, while at 69 many people would have settled into retirement and found new postwork hobbies.

So, overall, as happiness is subjective, and what things you need to be happy are also subjective, it’s up to you to find out what makes you happy, whether that be getting a dream job, finding love and popping out a few kids or picking up a crochet as a hobby!

These are the two happiest ages you will have in your life...

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KEEPING UP WITH LEO Facebook: Search ‘LEO Lincoln University’

LEO LINCOLN’S OWN ENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCACY GROUP

and join our group!

We are a Club which prides itself on our ‘Environmental Ethos’! However, that doesn’t mean

Email: leolincolnuni@gmail.com

we are all tree-hugging hippies! We have a unique mix of people from all avenues of life, all

Meetings: Every Thursday 3-4pm in the

keen to help make Lincoln and New Zealand a better place for our future generations. Nothing

Workshop!

complicated here, just students volunteering to stop the world f**king itself over, that’s all! We’re involved in everything from Organic Bins to consultation on the new Joint Facility building, and we’ve got so much more we want to do! We understand that a bender at the Grouse is more exciting for some of you than talking about the inevitable doom of our planet, but trust us, we’re not a boring club…

So bring those Redbands along to one of our meetings, we’d love to hear your ideas + we have food! We hope to be an integral part of campus life this year, so watch out for us and our awesome events, and don’t be scared to get involved!

Josh Waterman – President of LEO

LEO & THE LINCOLN BIO-BLITZ Over the 7th and 8th of April, members of LEO helped

UPCOMING EVENTS

as volunteers at the 2017 Lincoln Envirotown Bio-

Port Hills Post-Fire Planting Day – Westmorland Reserve, 8th July

around Canterbury and beyond came to team up with

We’ve got 500 native trees to be planted out in the beautiful Westmorland

the public to find, identify and catalogue as many

Reserve, which was lucky to avoid going up in flames! Grab your gloves

different bugs, fish, plants, spiders and any other sort

and a couple of friends and head up to Westmorland for a morning of fun,

of life as could be found in the Liffey Stream and its

awesome views and the feeling of accomplishment!

surrounds in just 24 hours! The count so far? 534

‘Chasing Ice’ Movie Night – July 20th, S1 Grab a blanket, a mug and come watch this astonishing big screen experience about the awesome landscapes of Ice, and how they are dramatically changing as a result of Climate Change; not to be missed!

Boiler House Tour – Semester 2, TBC An exclusive event where you get to see how Lincoln Uni generates its heat, by burning Coal (ironic right?) and what plans Lincoln Uni has for the future of this archaic system…

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Blitz. As well as our members, Scientists from Lincoln,

unique species, including a 70+ year old long-finned eel found lurking in the waters of the Liffey! With many more specimens still to be identified, this count is only set to rise, and future Bio-Blitz events run by our friends at Lincoln Envirotown promise to be a fixture for LEO and the local community for years to come…

“We are four study abroad student from the University of California, Berkeley, who are studying here at Lincoln, for the semester.

We took interest in the fact that composting was available on campus, much like our campus back home! We wanted to take food diversion a step further by supplying Farm Road and Crescent Flats with food waste bins.

With the help of James Ranstead and the rest of LEO (Lincoln Environmental Organization), we were able to distribute compost bins to each flat and educate the students living in these accommodations, about the importance of compost.

We hope that the campus community will continue this compost legacy!�

From left to right: Julia Evered, Lizzy Goldstein, Nicole Anacker & Alana Araujo

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Tramping and caving and climbing, oh my!

| Veronica Penny

Do all great adventures in New Zealand

crevices. The track also had a plethora of

the temptation to scratch our own “Still

start with a 3+ hour car ride? Our drive

river crossings and fallen tree barricades

Alive” into the wall. Then we were off

to Punakaiki had everything that long

which soon made me regret bringing

to our next destination, the renowned

car trips should have: one member

along my camera.

Pancake Rocks, to marvel and ogle at the

prepared to fill the hours of silence, an

inexplicable forces of nature.

anxious search for public toilets and

The sun was dropping fast when we

polite shoulder battles in the backseat.

emerged onto the road, intent on

To fully round off the “Tramping and

And, of course, a beautiful destination:

hitchhiking the 12km back to camp.

Climbing Club” experience, the whole

in our case, the Punakaiki Beach Camp.

Things weren’t looking hopeful as

group went climbing. For yours truly,

several cars raced by our sad, pleading

it was the first opportunity to do real,

It was almost 11 p.m. when we arrived,

faces, but after about 3km of walking, a

outdoor rock-climbing, and I loved it.

so we did little but set up our tents and

Good Samaritan in a minivan stopped,

Indoor rock walls, with coloured holds

drift into the world of dreams. In the

and all seven of us squeezed in. (All hail

and squishy mats, cannot compare to

morning, I found myself in a different

the inventor of minivans!)

scaling a real rock face, New Zealand’s

sort of dream world, one of the real-life

own miniature Cliffs of Insanity. And

variety. The views that greeted us in the

The next day, a couple of us tested

the best part of all: the infamous West

morning were breath-taking, as were

the claim that “The pancakes rock at

Coast rain held off!

the sights we saw along the Inland Pack

Pancake Rocks” (conclusion: affirmative)

Track, from towering limestone cliffs to

and navigated our way through the

“fairy condominium” rocks lined with

Punakaiki Caverns, narrowly resisting

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Crow Hutt

| Ronnie

The day was off to a frosty start as we

firewood and get a fire going in the hut.

packs, bid farewell to our fellow trampers

hit the trail around mid-morning but

With sub-zero temperatures persisting

and set off on the frozen trail. We

with our packs hefted on our backs and

throughout the day, a toasty-warm hut

followed the track downstream and when

our legs moving, things soon warmed

was a welcome end to our efforts! Before

it came time to cross the Crow River, the

up! A bit of a trek up-and-down through

the day’s end another six travellers had

distinction between the girls and boys

the beech trees soon gave way to the

joined our half-dozen members who

became clear; the girls heartily strode

expanse of Turkey Flat, and with it some

made the trip, making the ten-bunk hut

through the stream and onto the opposite

spectacular views up the Waimakariri

cosy indeed! Luckily two of our crew

bank while their male counterparts spent

Valley! The dusting of snow that we

came prepared with sleeping mats; we

five minutes finding a way to boulder-

had during the week really showed

volunteered to take the hut floor space,

hop across without getting their feet wet.

the best of Mt Stewart and Mt Harper,

with one brave soul opting to test his

Hardy indeed! Lunch was spent admiring

highlighting every spur and crevasse

winter kit by sleeping on the porch

the view of Mottram Peaks and Mt

that might otherwise be missed. A bit

outside! A few beverages had been earned

Speight, before fording the Waimak and

of banter as we made our way over

by the day’s ventures and all parties

traversing back across Turkey Flat with

the flats, then it was boots-off to cross

commenced to engage in a swapping of

the sun on our backs. A last quick stop

a single braid of the Waimak, across

stories, tales and other topics of interest.

in the sun before heading into the trees,

the Crow River delta and onto the trail

we were on the final stretch back to the

through the trees. We navigated our way

The next morning had a rather gradual

up the river bed, stopping briefly for a

start, with some of us taking a little longer

bite to eat, before pushing on to the hut.

than others to extract from our sleeping

Arriving mid-afternoon, it was out with

bags. Eventually, and not before a little

the axe and saws to restock the supply of

caffeine and food, we’d reassembled our

carpark and onwards to civilisation!

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Otehake Hot Pools II - The Rewarming Our first trip to the Otehake Hot Pools went so well that we decided to go again! In earlyApril we set off in the morning with some beautiful sunshine, 11 enthusiastic trampers and a common goal: to reach the hotpools!

After crossing the Otira River, we trekked through some bush, past a crystal-clear spring-fed pool, along the Taramakau Valley, before turning up the Pfeifer Stream. After a quick refreshment break, we headed back into the bush along the Lake Kaurapataka Track , which took us on a journey among ferns, past blue mushrooms and through some pristine podocarp forest before delivering us to the shores of the lake in time for lunch. We sat on the lake shore soaking up the sun’s rays and the views, then hit the trail again to tackle the notorious Blood Track down to the Otehake River. Sidling across a steep slope, this track is not for the faint-of heart or spirit! We all made it down to the river in good steed and quickly covered the last couple of km’s up the stream bed to reach our ultimate goal: the hot pools!

Well-worth the trip in, we spent the evening soaking in luxury before retiring to our tents.

Crawling out of our sleeping bags in the morning, we took the opportunity for another quick dip, packed up camp and headed off on the return route. The group unanimously decided that ‘once was enough’ for the Blood Track, and we followed the Otehake River out to the Taramakau Valley, by-passing Lake Kaurapataka and criss-crossing the Otehake Gorge as we walked out instead. There were some spectacular orange lichen fields expanding across the river bed, not to mention the views looking down the river and out across the Taramakau Valley. After another lunch break spent soaking up the sun, we picked up the Te Araroa trail and, with a bit of bush travel and river bashing in parts where floods had washed out the trail, followed it back to the carpark. Sun, smiles and soaking in hot pools: what a spectacular weekend!

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Canterbury Museum Visit

On Saturday 13th May, the Lincoln University International Club (LUIC) organised a visit for its members to the Canterbury Museum. That morning, seven participants gathered at the Lincoln Uni bus station and travelled together to the Museum. It was the first time for many of, and we were all very excited with the journey.

The Canterbury Museum is in the centre of town at the East end of Hagley Park.

Several exhibitions can be found in the museum, such as Antarctic Gallery, Asian Arts, Canterbury Stories, early European, Fred and Myrtle’s Paua Shell House, Geology and Iwi Tawhito.

At 3 pm, we’d had enough for the day and decided to finish up and jump on the back on the bus to Lincoln together.

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GRAD BALL On the night before Graduation the graduands took a step back to 1920’s America and into the Speakeasy for Grad Ball. LUSA’s Annual Grad Ball was held at The Tannery in Woolston for the very first time! By 8.30pm the atrium had filled with over 300 people all celebrating their success and that of those around them. As the night wore on there was live music from the Shadow Puppets, who brought the night to a close, all before everyone boarded the buses to the city to get a few hours asleep before Graduation – some being a little worse for wear than others! All in all a great night, and we hope The tannery will have us back next year!

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MAY THE FOURTH BE WITH YOU! They came. They saw. They conquered.

Actually, no that’s a lie, only one team came out on top. With 6 teams competing in the May the 4th Quiz night in the Workshop, it was always going to go down to the wire. With 5 teams opting to elect the last round (food = shock) as their double points round. The quiz doubled up as a Thursdays in Black awareness event, so it was very informative and helpful to have members of the TIB team there to share more about the movement. Two of the quiz rounds were dedicated to questions in relation to TIB and sexual violence, in which there were some interesting facts learned by all. The questions in the other three rounds were fairly marginal, which is probably representative of who wrote the quiz – the one and only LUSA President.

Speaking of marginal, this also applied to James Ranstead’s attempts to impress his girlfriend with his quiz knowledge (see attached snapchat). Alas, there could only be one winner.

The mighty Blonde Battlers came out on top, comprising of Georgia Teakle, Livvy Thomson, Olivia Amey and Angus Lindsay.

Well done team, enjoy your Mrs O’s vouchers!

- Kristy Havill

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GLOBAL CHALLENGES SCHOLARS - 2017 I guess my first question would be, “Do you know who we are?” and my second being, “Do you know what we do?”

Well, 21 students across 3 different years of study, meet in a stuffy room for 1.5hrs every Wednesday to chat about life… well that’s what it might seem like from the outside. The Global Challenges Scholarship was formed in 2015 with an initial intake of 60 first year scholars. The aim of the scholarship was to bring together like minded students who have a passion and interest in the ways of the world and the constant strain of challenges that effect our global societies.

Now in its 3rd year, the scholarship programme has grown in ways we never imagined despite decreasing size. The new scholars have come in and brought with themm great passion and experience.

Despite the Scholars’ love for a good yarn or two, the scholarship has also been part of many successful events, initiatives and projects since it was established. Most recently the scholars organised and ran ‘Green Week’, during the month of March.

Scholars also volunteer with charities and community events, as well as working toward individual group projects throughout the year.

You’ll be hearing a lot more about us this year so keep your eyes on the RAM for our monthly updates and a bit of information about our scholars. The Global Challenge Scholars have big goals for 2017!

Here’s an introduction to two of our dedicated scholars. Max, a 1st year scholar and Benita a 2nd year scholar.

Name: Benita Degree: Bachelor of Agriculture Home town: Motueka (don’t dis) Hobbies: Farming, Horse Riding & Rock Climbing Drink of choice: VODKA! Favourite 90’s Jam: Livin’ la Vida Loca If you were a Crayon what colour would you be: Maroon If you had to describe a colour to a blind person what colour would it be and how would you describe it?

Black like your evilest thoughts!

Are you a saver or a spender?

Well I always considered myself a saver but then I came to uni…

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Life after University (goals, ambitions, life): Get a job, build a house.

Tell us about the importance of Global Challenges to you/ why did you apply for the scholarship: Making a positive impact on the world, reducing the mess humans are making and becoming more sustainable.

Name: Max Degree: Bachelor of Environmental Policy and Planning Home town: Auckland Hobbies: Fly fishing, Hunting, Sailing, Skiing & Running Drink of choice: Speight’s Favourite 90’s Jam: Californication, Red Hot Chilli Peppers If you were a Crayon what colour would you be: Dark Blue If you had to describe a colour to a blind person what colour would it be and how would you describe it?

This is a tough one… I’d probably give them an orange and hold, touch and feel and say it is the colour orange and describe the taste as refreshing, sweet and juicy and explain that is what the colour is like to look at.

Life after University (goals, ambitions, life): Enjoy and make the most of whatever I end up doing!

Tell us about the importance of Global Challenges to you/ why did you apply for the scholarship: In 2015, my mate and I founded a Non-profit Charity called ‘Let Them Fish’, that collects second-hand fishing gear here in NZ and ships it up to the Pacific Islands. It is then distributed to remote impoverished coastal communities, that fish for a subsistence lifestyle. To me, Global Challenges are seriously real and something we can not ignore. As the future generation, we have to get creative in creating a better world for ourselves and everybody else today but also for years to come. I applied for the scholarship programme because I believe we should be leaving this planet in a better state than it was when we arrived. In doing so, we cannot forget about people, as well as our pristine and beautiful natural environment.

Are you a saver or a spender? Somewhere in the middle…

Written by Brittany McCloy

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SARA Week During the week of the first of May, Lincoln University held its first ever SARA (Sexual Assault and Rape Awareness) Week on campus! The week was a huge success with lots of events going on – from a screening of ‘The Hunting Ground’ documentary, to an awareness raising BBQ and a slight hijacking of LUSA’s ‘May The Fourth Be With You’ Quiz Night. A big thank you to everyone that helped out or got involved in some way – you guys are the real MVPs!!

Keep an eye out next semester as we bring SARA Week back bigger and better than ever, and remember to keep asking “is this normal?”

#Thursdays in Black #Thursdays in Black has been exploding on campus recently with a string of events and campaigns to get behind.

Following on from our first ever Denim Day, the #TIB Society launched straight in to SARA Week. Over the course of both events we asked the questions “Do you see it? Do you hear it? Do you read it? Is this normal?” Looking into the scary reality that while a lot of the advertisements we see, songs we listen to and the articles that we read seem normal and okay on the surface – once we look, listen or delve a little deeper, the harsh contrast showing how much is normalised nowadays is uncovered. A big shout out to the Society also for all the help with the ‘May The Fourth Be With You’ Quiz Night – where #TIB hijacked 2/ 5 rounds to ask both some hard-hitting and entertaining questions!

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Sort Your Habits Sort Your Habits is about doing more of what helps and less of what doesn’t because the little things we do can really add up.

Get yourself a Habit Stick and start working on those little every day habits, you could play an instrument, learn another language, practice mindfulness for 10 mins each day. Whatever you choose, keep it simple; start building new neural pathways in your brain for your new habit.

Nutrition Tips Coming into the colder seasons it is so important to keep your Vitamin C intake high. To ensure you are doing this make sure you are eating a lot of colourful fruits and vegetables such as red capsicum, oranges and kiwifruit to shorten the symptoms of cold and flu if you happen to get sick.

Book Club The Rec Centre is keen to start a Book Club on campus. We have a collection of motivational books that could be very useful to students and staff. Many of them are just a short read. We can define times etc. once a group is established. If you are interested or have any questions, contact Rosie.holmes@ lincoln.ac.nz Posters will be up with more detailed information coming soon!

Lacking Energy Lacking a bit of energy? Needing something to get you through the long periods of study? Try having some healthy carbohydrates spread throughout the day such as carrots, wholegrain crackers, or celery sticks to gain a natural increase in complex carbohydrates and to supply more glucose to the brain when it is most needed.

- Siobhan O’Brien, Ara intern 2017

Live Brighter Live Brighter is a new initiative within the All Right? Campaign. Live brighter is about taking stock of where we are at, playing to our strengths and taking little steps towards a happier and healthier life.

That might mean doing your favourite activity, spending time with family or friends, following goals and dreams and being engaged in the moment. It may even mean living smarter by doing things that make us feel good and help us get to where we would like to go.

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‘The Trough’ is a 7-willy, 1-Fanny flat, located at 364 Yaldhurst Road. The flat is made up of 2 myths, 1 sports star, 1 brother-of-asports star, 2 bitter singles, and 1 Mangu bucket of wicked wings.

The trough is a sausage-fest of varying sporting capabilities and relationship statuses.

Fanny is the backbone of the house with a wonky leg bone. Fanny

The Trough

is a beautiful hairy white sassy cat, who prowls more than Post in first year. Fanny recently fell out of the window, and is nursing a dislocated elbow. If you’ve got a kind heart and a nice rack, feel free to come around a visit her as she mends.

Speaking of hairy and white - John Borland is a 3rd year BAFM student, with as much heart as he has hair. John was unable to be reached for comment as he’d just left on a peacekeeping mission to his girlfriend’s house. If John spent nearly as much time in lectures as he did in the dog box, he’d probably be the pride of the Christ’s College Old Boys Association.

Instead, that title falls to the Brendon McCullum reincarnate of the flat, Jim Southby.

Southby is studying a B. Commerce majoring in Really Exciting Sport. His logistics minor comes in handy when it comes to fielding all the girls coming in and out of The Trough at all hours. A classic cultural

Fanny

Christchurch lad, Jim thinks that every black singer is Chris Brown, and his favourite song is Humble by Chris Brown.

Speaking of brown, Nikau Westrupp is brown. When the rest of the flat is immersing themselves in the wonders of dealing with women, Nikau prefers to chat up the guy at the KFC drive through. A success story of Lincoln University, Nikau has completely 1 dippy and is now in his 2nd year of a B.

Nikau

Commerce. Nikau’s interests include talking about wicked wings, not going to lectures,

John

and making judgey comments about white people. Both Nikau and Sam have mastered the art of judging people; maybe its something you learn when you do year 14.

3rd Year AgSci Sam, is your chance to experience the Trough firsthand, as his room has come up for rent due to lack of use. His flat mates still know very little about this mysterious dark-featured man.

Sam’s interests include stealing Christmas, spending time at his girlfriend’s house, and smacking his head against the concrete

Jim

when he gets mad.

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Sam

Since first year, rumours have circulated as to the origin of 3rd year AgCom, James Kellow’s nickname. If James is a Post, all his female admirers are the battens on a boundary fence line of a considerably sized station. Post is more jah than a joint and a dreadlock, and loves a bit of Bob Marley blaring out of his V8 fwd Holden Astra. James is a single Gingernut looking for a cup of tea. Apply within if the juxtaposition of carbon emissions and an animal shelter get you going. He’s a Gumboot Throwing Champion, but he’s no

James K

James M

tosser.

James Mangin has had more degree outlines to his name than John Borland’s had uncooked dinners. Mangy started in BAFM, only to find that lectures just made him hungry. Although he gained a great understanding of carbohydrates, the risk to his rugby career mounted and he took up accounting in 2nd year. Here he was expecting to encounter more sexy accountants in low-cut V-necks and pencils skirts than a 13-year-old boy browsing the web at 10pm, James was rudely disappointed. In his own words, “you can retake a paper, but you can’t relive a party” (Mangin, 2015-2020).

Finally, George Stratton is studying a Bachelor of Agribusiness Food Marketing, majoring in

14 FRANK QUESTIONS Where do you live?

364 Yaldhurst Road The fav flat meal?

Raw spuds, boiled chicken and string beans by John - He cant cook!

What’s your go to hang over feed?

Fish and chips Anyone screwed the crew?

We all love and value each other.

Flat pets?

A cat named Fanny Flat traditions?

Moustaches

International Relations.

George is the brother of the absolute sex god, Graduation processionleading, sporting superstar Jack Stratton.

George is a Taihape boy through and through, which explains

Red Cards?

Wearing nappies, having a few drinks and getting weird together, what happens on tour stays on tour, #YTB Which Disney channel actor does Sam think is the hottest?

Raven off ‘That’s So Raven’ Who cleans/is the tidiest?

Post thinks he is but he isn’t

an unusually close relationship he has with his cousin. George’s interests include eating salad, asking people to not touch his titties, and unsuccessfully growing a moustache.

Anyone damaged the flat yet?

Not the flat but Nikau pushed the cat out the window and it broke its leg!

Best thing about Lincoln Uni? “My girlfriend goes there” - John

Looking forward, Sam and John will settle down and become soccer dads. Southby will chase his international debut as George chases his international century. Mangy too may head offshore as we know he fancies an Irishman.

Nikau and Post will continue to avoid the tangles of

Do you read RAM? Southby can’t read, so he just looks at the pictures.

Fav part of RAM? Pictures

romance in favour of KFry and cats, and the bonds made in the moist haven of the Trough will live on.

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Open Weekend Duck Shooting – Kurt Knarston

We were off to Southland for the opening weekend of duck shooting.

Armed with the essentials, two Lincoln boys and one Canterbury Uni joker, were present in the 1998 Toyota Corona as it glided to Dunedin for the night. After a hazy 4 hours and enough tar consumed to repave Yaldhurst Road, we made it to ‘dirty Dunners’ for the night. One of the boys didn’t turn up to that nights’ accommodation until around 7:30 in the morning, after spending the night at a random flat, waking up in grandstand made of pellets, with a bucket in front of him!

After the addition of one Otago Uni student, and a cold Mizone from the local Couplands Bakery, we were off to Southland. The boys thought it was a piss take when I said that I had purchased a plate meter and pickup was in Herriot (a half hour detour on the journey to Southland) through a gorge with more corners than an octagon. However we battled through and eventually made it to Southland, after dropping off the Lincoln boy and his mate from UC, myself and meatball from Otago, we were finally at our destination!

It was a big night in the city of dreams (Winton), where we were in bed with alarms set for 5am.

Waking up to go duck shooting and watch the Landers’ play the Cheetahs, was no chore and the snooze button didn’t need to be hit.

At 6:45am we were off to the pond with our guns (the decoys and BBQ had been dropped of the night before). We got there and heard nothing. After thinking ‘shit there’s nothing here’ we were into it, and we were right. It took until 8:15am until a silly single fell for the squeakiest quack you’d ever heard and cupped his wings, only to be met by about 13 shots and he hit the water. The morning was slow and it was clear a bluebird day was evident. Action was slow throughout the day with the ducks flying as high as snoop dog on a Friday night. We ended the day with a mere 14 ducks and some tired bodies.

After another night on the ‘water’ in the city of dreams, we were into our second day of hunting. This time in Opio, a place no one has heard of that has produced poor duck shooting results 15 years in a row.

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Not surprisingly Opio lived up to its name and only 6 ducks were bagged on the Sunday, despite the addition of the pheasant caller which has attracted a few mallards in the past.

After stalking a few other ponds, no ducks were added to the tally which meant the tally for the weekend came in at 20 ducks. However after a 6 ½ hour drive back to Lincoln and the compulsory stop at the Dunedin KFC, we will look back at the weekend with fond memories and we all can’t wait until the next opening weekend only 363 days away…

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WINNER ‘WHEN CHOC MILK IS LIFE’ COME ON IN TO LUSA TO COLLECT YOUR VOUCHER TODAY!

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WINTER WORDFIND

SNOW HAT SNOWMAN WINTER SHOVEL COLD WEATHER FREEZING MITTENS SNOWFLAKE SLIPPERY SLEDDING SKATING SCARF SLIDE EARMUFFS

SUDOKU

simple

easy

reasonably doable

medium

hard

over cooked

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BRUTALLY HONEST [INCREDIBLY INACCURATE]

HOROSCOPES ARIES

GEMINI MAY 22 – JUNE 21

MARCH 21 – APRIL 20

TAURUS

Be careful not to drive a funny car into

APRIL 21 – MAY 21

picking fights with small children or

Your smug expression may not be quite so smug this week because you will

moon people at 21st either.

constantly clunk themselves in the skull.

Cat Stevens’ “Hard Headed Woman” was probably an Aries.

a tree or building this month and no

One minute you’re up, the next you’re down. You love happy movies where everyone is jolly and having fun, but fight with waiters and get upset with billboards.

So try and find a happy medium this week.

VIRGO AUG 24 – SEP 23

CANCER Try not being such a pain in the ass. Stop JUNE 22 – JULY 23

LEO

You like to know what’s going on in

JULY 24 – AUG 23

regulating your breathing and colorcoordinate the clothes in your closet.

the lives of everyone in the galaxy.

However, you will tend not know know

Don’t get caught kissing the mirror

what’s going on in your own this week.

this week and try not to interrupt a

If you are lucky, your friends will tell

conversation! Humility frightens you but

you.

give it a go.

Give way to cleaning every square inch of everything they own twice daily with a toothbrush. Relax.

SAGITTARIUS

LIBRA SCORPIO

NOV 23 – DEC 22

OCT 24 – NOV 22

Try to take the easy way out this week,

SEPT 24 – OCT 23 You are oh-so-elegant and tasteful to the point of incurring nausea from loved

Your strong sex drive will give you

ones. But your bipolar will shine through

another opportunity to smoke.

and you won’t be able to make a decision

Try not to give too much advice on

on your own this week.

matters that are of no concern to you &

rather than sustain a crippling injury.

Turn the light on before walking into the bathroom.

no cheating during exams please!

PISCES

AQUARIUS

FEB 20 – MARCH 20 JAN 21 – FEB 19

CAPRICORN

Don’t forget to study sometime this month

DEC 23 – JAN 20

Everywhere you go, laughter and comedy as we know you like to party - anytime, anywhere. And no, a wake is not a good

Your hardworking ethic and reliability

place to meet chicks.

becomes dull as hell, so keep on the move, headed towards your next delusion of grandeur.

ensue. This would be great if you were trying to be funny. You are deeply confused by the idea of sex. As far as you are concerned, it doesn’t exist.

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