Issue 18 Feature articles Wanted The trailer for this looked amazing. It had crazy stunts, Angelina Jolie, cars fly through the air upside down, something about bullets bending in the air, and more Angelina Jolie. I only hoped the full length version would live up to the short one.Well it started awesome. There were plenty of cool action scenes that kept me on the edge of my seat for pretty much the entire first half of the movie. The spectacular special effects kept you asking yourself ‘can that really happen?... Read More >> Losing touch in virtual communication "That's going straight to Facebook." A phrase heard all too often these days after a classic photo has been taken. It makes me wonder at what point the line faded when differentiating the virtual world from that which is real around us. The Internet has become so ingrained in our lives that we make reference to it more often than we are conscious of. It then led me to ponder the effects of the Internet on our everyday communication, more specifically, interpersonal communication. T... Read More >> An Alien in America, Part 1: The Journey. There are many perks as to living in a country like New Zealand. Sequestered from the rest of the world, we are far from the perils facing other nations as we blithely live our carefree lives. However, our geographical obscurity means that we rarely get a chance to interact with the rest of the world, leading us to the false belief that we are somehow a microcosm of other cultures. Therefore, when I was encouraged to take part in the AUT Business School Exchange Programme, followin... Read More >> 10 Ways to relieve that exam stress. 1/ Shower in the twilight zone. 2/ Grab a couple of candles and light them around the room. Or if you don't have any, shower in the dark. It's actually quite relaxing. And when you've memorised the feel of the bottles you can challenge your flatmates to a game of ‘guess that bottle' and score some extra cash.  3/ Quiet. 4/ Find somewhere quiet (easier said than done for some). Living in a small town myself, it can get pretty quiet at times. Whether it's just walking around ... Read More >> Boobs on Bikes 2008 Last Wednesday about 100,000 dirty perving Aucklanders filled up Queen St like a big multicultural sponge, soaking up mud off the carpet. debate was there representing the morally decent portion of society, standing up for what is good and right. Haha, boobs.  ‘Boobs on Bikes' is an annual parade that acts as an advertising prequel to the Erotica expo. It basically consists of a whole pile of strippers, porn stars and some amateur flashers rolling down Queen St on motorb... Read More >>