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Greenwashing: different shades of spin
Friday, 9 October 2009, 4:06 pm | Salient
As ‘green’ marketing becomes more popular, the path to a clear conscience is becoming a bit of a jungle. More >>
Legal practice invaluable - Sir Geoffrey Palmer
Monday, 5 October 2009, 3:03 pm | Salient
New Zealand’s law schools need to do more to ease the transition from being a student to being a practitioner, according to Sir Geoffrey Palmer. The Head of the Law Commission and former Prime Minister made the comments during an address to Victoria’s Law ... More >>
Hardy wins VUWSA election
Monday, 5 October 2009, 2:31 pm | Salient
Former VUWSA Vice-President (Administration) Max Hardy has comfortably won election to the office of VUWSA President for 2010. Hardy beat opponent Alan Young by 807 votes to 205. Guy Williams, who was unable to remove his name from the ballot after ... More >>
Why we love old things
Monday, 28 September 2009, 2:38 pm | Salient
In my wardrobe, there currently sit two coats. One of them—a sports coat—still smells a little of the man who was lucky enough to have owned it before me; a man who is almost certainly now dead. It was bought for me for what I believe to be significantly ... More >>
Fees go up, services levy almost double
Monday, 28 September 2009, 2:31 pm | Salient
Victoria University has agreed to increase fees by 5% and almost double its Student Services Levy for the 2010 academic year. The decision was made during a heated and difficult meeting of the University Council last Monday. Government-funded honours ... More >>
Uni issues former VUWSA President 2-year trespass
Monday, 28 September 2009, 2:30 pm | Salient
VUWSA accused of not being radical enough. “Gnarly” and “bodacious” still up for debate. Victoria University has issued former VUWSA President Joel Cosgrove and Workers’ Party member Heleyni Pratley with a two-year trespass for their part ... More >>
Protest mars council meeting
Monday, 28 September 2009, 2:26 pm | Salient
Give not this Rotten Orange to your Friend! University Council members had to duck for cover as protesters threw fruit and eggs at them at a meeting where fees and the student services levy were raised last Monday. VUWSA President Jasmine Freemantle ... More >>
Is internet bigger than universe?
Monday, 28 September 2009, 2:25 pm | Salient
Salient editor Jackson James Wood investigates our integral internet inclination—how we now rely on the web for information. It wasn’t always like this. Once upon a time we relied on card catalogues, word of mouth and books. No doubt you’re currently ... More >>
By-Election was botched for reals
Monday, 28 September 2009, 2:23 pm | Salient
Salient can now confirm that parts of VUWSA’s July by-election have been ruled invalid by an independent arbitration panel. The election of Max Hardy, Caitlin Dunham and Guy Williams, to the positions of Vice President (Administration), Women’s ... More >>
Attorney-General agrees with smug BA students
Monday, 28 September 2009, 2:21 pm | Salient
The New Zealand legal profession is being let down by incompetent barristers who lack the skills necessary to practise the bar, says Attorney General Chris Finlayson. In a recent speech, the Attorney General described the professional law courses offered ... More >>
VUWSA AGM points of order poked
Monday, 21 September 2009, 12:42 pm | Salient
He may be renowned for sipping on milkshakes at VUWSA meetings and around the general Wellington area, but Peter McCaffrey now holds a new mantle: picking holes in VUWSA meeting procedure. Last Wednesday’s VUWSA Annual General Meeting (AGM) was interrupted ... More >>
VUW students lose internet access
Monday, 21 September 2009, 12:41 pm | Salient
The university has recently introduced a new ‘system’ which may limit some students’ internet use. Students were not notified of the change and are instead finding out the hard way: being blocked from certain essential websites. One student was shocked ... More >>
Sleeping with the enemy: press secs & journos
Monday, 21 September 2009, 12:40 pm | Salient
Why press secretaries and journalists need to get along. Press secretaries. They are both a help and a hindrance to the lowly journalist. They are the gatekeepers of information, and they are the first person a journalist needs to call to arrange ... More >>
Paper Borders
Monday, 21 September 2009, 12:38 pm | Salient
Empires used to build big walls to keep people out. The Persians built the ‘Red Snake’ wall in north-eastern Iran and the Romans erected three great walls in Great Britain. The Great Wall of China is visible from space. Today, barriers of entry ... More >>
Growing concern over student safety
Monday, 21 September 2009, 12:35 pm | Salient
With a spring of violent attacks around the Wellington region, student safety is quickly becoming a top priority. Within the last month, a young female has been sexually assaulted and several youths have found themselves beaten and robbed on city streets. ... More >>
Flight Potential: The A-League Season So Far
Monday, 21 September 2009, 12:33 pm | Salient
A few weeks ago I wrote for Salient a preview of the upcoming A-League season and an analysis of how our own Wellington Phoenix were shaping up for the competition. I concluded that despite a lack of big-name signings like those made by other clubs, ... More >>
VUWSA by-election botched
Monday, 21 September 2009, 12:31 pm | Salient
Salient understands the recent VUWSA by-election was declared invalid by an independent panel following a complaint by Act on Campus vice-president Peter McCaffrey. Sources revealed the decision to Salient last week. The report had not been officially released ... More >>
A Typographic Primer
Tuesday, 15 September 2009, 2:09 pm | Salient
There’s a very good reason why you didn’t get that last job, why they’re still not replying to your emails, and why you failed that last paper—yet again. There’s a reason why no one comes to your parties. It has almost nothing to do with your ... More >>
A Word About Language
Tuesday, 15 September 2009, 2:06 pm | Salient
“I don’t know what you mean by ‘glory’,” Alice said. Humpty Dumpty smiled contemptuously. “Of course you don’t—till I tell you. I meant ‘there’s a nice knock-down argument for you!’” “But ‘glory’ doesn’t mean ‘a ... More >>
By-Election bonanza coming to an end
Tuesday, 15 September 2009, 2:03 pm | Salient
The fate of five members of the VUWSA Executive whose election is the subject of an investigation will know whether they’ll keep their jobs this Friday. The VUWSA Election Arbitration Panel is expected to deliver its judgement to the Election Committee ... More >>
