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The Perils of Adulthood
By Ashley Smith | 9 Nov 2011 
By: Saraid Cameron
I’ve recently realised that I will one day be “old”. Oh yes, one day I too will be an age where people look at me and think either a). “Jesus Christ why is she dressed in her daughter’s clothes?” or perhaps b). “Damn she might have grey hair but I’d still hit that”.
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26 Sep 2011
Editorial Columns
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Ohhh the good ol’ days
In flipping through the pages of this yearbook, I am reminded of the amazing community that is Unitec. There are so many daily routines, habits, familiar faces, and destinations that are uniquely Unitec. Outside of this campus, when will you EVER utter the words, “See you after lecture for a free sausage at the HUB” or “Did you see the recent exhibition at Long Black café?” or “Do you get your coffee at Gloria Jeans or the coffee cart?”. More »
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All Aboard the Bandwagon
I’ll be the first to admit it, being American, I am totally Rugby ignorant. Let’s face it, the USA team doesn’t hold a candle to the World Cup, they just show up for good looks and party potential. One would assume that part of the cultural immersion into New Zealand includes a complete break down of the game of Rugby. I personally wish that someone at the Customs border HAD stopped me for five minutes and briefed me on the basics.
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It's the Time of the Season
Hi All!
Feels like spring is finally in the air!! What a wonderful time of year; a time of re-growth, renewal, and reproduction....
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Paper Hearts Are Paying it Forward
Paying it forward doesn’t necessarily mean changing the world. It can mean simply holding the door open for the person walking behind you. It can also mean allowing someone to merge into the dreadful Carrington Road traffic ahead of you (with a SMILE please!). Or, if you’re feeling really generous, secretly pay for the person’s coffee that is standing behind you in line. Little acts of kindness perpetuate further acts of kindness. So why not step up as the originator of a long strand of compassion?
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Seven Deadly Sins Meets Domestic Flying
The Seven Deadly Sins have existed since the origins of man kind. And since then, human beings have been guilty of these mortal sins. Everyone has their own personal vice….admittedly, I am a total glutton. Sometimes it’s hard to admit or even recognise your inner vice, but certain edgy situations tend to bring out the roaring sinful demon in each of us. A particular example of these fleeting demons appeared on my gruelling flight back from the States.
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In Unison Presents: The Creative Issue
As you can already tell, this is a much different issue of In Unison. In the Creative Issue, we feature some of the most stimulating work of creatives at Unitec. Through putting together this issue, I have had the opportunity to meet some amazing people. All of the featured artists are incredibly thoughtful and inspiring people, (you have all been such a pleasure to work with). I could not have pulled any of this off without the help of our three photographers, Julia, Talia, and Sanji or without the marvellous designer Mark Lovatt. More »
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Icons be Bygones
Poodle Skirts. The Apple Mac symbol. Marilyn Monroe. What do these three things have in common? They’re all icons of course! Icons seem to come in all sorts of forms these days. You have your computer generated icons, which we also came to acknowledge as “Emoticons”. You have symbols and relics representative of a time in history—hence the poodle skirt. Then you also have iconic people. This requires a significant amount of status and representation to achieve. But you’re catching my drift…an “icon” can be a whole slew of things.
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My Generation
The Generation Y issue was a lot of fun to put together. It was a great way to simultaneously think about the future of our world, and the past that we were molded from. It gave me a certain sense of nostalgia and a chance to take a serious trip down memory lane, and into my adolescent days of the 90s.
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What Makes the World go 'Round
As I have said just about everything that I have to say about the Earth and global environment changes within the pages of this magazine, I am going to take this opportunity to tell you a quick story that went into the production of this issue.
On page 7, we have a story written by Briar Wells about the increase of pestering drifters that are finding home in the streets of the Mt. Albert shops nearby campus. To accompany this news story, we needed a photograph of the area, so I took a bike ride up to the shops during lunch to snap a quick photo.
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