manawatu halls news issue five 2013

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Open DayThe university has just had its Open Day for the secondary school students who mayhave been thinking of joining Massey University next year. It was a very successful daywith around 3,000 visitors to the university. A big thank you to all of those whovolunteered their rooms to show potential residents.

Community EventsWe have just completed running two successful community events. A few weeks back we

held the Halls Soccer Tourney. This event brought in large numbers. Congratulations to

City Court Hall who took out the grand final against Miro Hall. City Court received $100

credit for their social account plus 50 valuable gumboot points. The MVPs for the

tourney were Matt Kilpatrick from Miro Hall and Jess Ross of Moginie Hall. Other

semi-finalists included Walter Dyer and Moginie Hall.

The second event, the Halls Ball was a fantastic night enjoyed by all. The theme,decorations, the residents, all looked spectacular. Check out the write up inside.

There are still a few cool events coming up so ensure you take part!

Gumboot pointsThe next chance to gain gumboot points is to come along to the Flatting Expo after themid semester break. Another opportunity is attendance to the Tree Planting event inSeptember which is a great event that gives back to the community.

FlattingIt is that time of year to start hunting for a flat! Do you know where to start? For most ofyou, this will be a new experience. To get expert advice, make sure you attend the

Flatting Expo which will be held on the first week back after the mid semester break. Getall the info and win some flat prizes! All landlords require a flatting reference which youcan get from the Accommodation Office. Sign up for a flatting reference at the FlattingExpo. Please remember it will take 5 working days until you can collect your reference soensure you get in before you need it for your flat.

Also, it is that time of year with seasonal flu. Be sure to look after your own health. Makesure you get checked out at the Medical Centre if you are unwell. Also look after eachother in the halls, after all, we are one big family.

We are halfway into Semester 2 already!

INSIDE THIS ISSUE:

Gumboot Shield Ladder Board

Upcoming EventsFlatting Expo, Tree

Planting

Highlights from Events beenSoccer

Tourney and Ball Sport and Recreation CentreBoot

Camp, Les Mills Re-Launch

Student Counselling Service

Depression and the Blues

Campus LivingImportant Notices

ChaplaincyUpcoming Events

CTL Exam Prep Workshops

ISSUE FIVE l 21ST AUGUST 2013

Above: Residents Enjoying the Halls Ball

Below: Tree Planting Event Coming up NextMonth

MASSEY MANAWATU

Level 2, The Student Centre (above the MUSA shop)


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HALLS BALLEGYPTIAN ALLURE

The night was one to remember and made

possible by the efforts of Image Group NZ,Bernadette Peters Photography, PPS Security,

Travelodge and of course our Accommodation

Services team. A huge thank you to everyone for

contributing to such a successful night. Thanks to

everyone who attended, especially those who cut

up some mean shapes on the d-floor! The nightwent so smoothly and it was awesome to see

everyone have an amazing time!!!

Residents were unaware what Egyptian surprises that awaited them at Travelodge. The venue was

transformed into the insides of a mysterious and alluring tomb; with everything from Cleopatra and an Egyptian

man, to hieroglyphics and jewels. Two lucky prize winners, Thomas Holmes (Egmont) and Amber Marshall

(Totara) arrived at the Ball in style, each with seven of their best mates having cruised around Palmerston North

in stretched limousines for an hour. The photo-room was also decorated to the Egyptian Allure theme, with the

boards painted by our dedicated Ball Committee Team which featured as a fantastic and unique backdrop for

our photographer. No surprises that the photo-room was a huge success with repeat offenders and several

hundred photos taken throughout the night.

Ball attendees were kept entertained by our live band, Six Chairs

Missing, who played a range of covers getting the dance floor

pumping, in particular the always popular Wagon Wheel. The

all-important platters of food featured fried prawns, samosas and

mini pizzas to name a few.


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HALLS BALLEGYPTIAN ALLURE


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SOCCER TOURNEY

Placing Guys&Mixed Time Girls Time1st CityCourt6 28.47MataiMuppets 33.532nd Egmont3 28.51CityCourt5 36.323rd Egmont1 29.04CityCourt3 39.114th CityCourt1 29.17Egmont4 44.235th CityCourt2 29.566th CityCourt4 34.227th Egmont2 39.02

REC CENTRE HALLS TEAM CHALLENGE

Congratulations to the halls team that participated in the Massey Rec Centre Team Challenge on Sunday 4th August. Clearly theevent was dominated by a few halls. Lucky for you guys, there were gumboot points for participating. Well done!

The Soccer Tournament provided the opportunity for halls to come face to

face with each other, igniting competitiveness, excitement and perhaps

animosity from the social leagues. With the combination of blaring

music, ecstatic cheering and sideline coaching, the quick pool games of

no longer than 15 minutes kept the supporters excited and entertained.

Progressing into the quarter finals in top spot was Moginie who came up

against 8th placed Tawa. Also qualifying through to quarters was: Walter

Dyer v Matai, City Court v Colombo and Miro v Kairanga. Four intense

games later, we were straight into our semifinals with the match

between City Court and Moginie coming down to a thrilling penalty goal

shoot out. Having defeated Walter Dyer, Miro advanced through to thefinals up against City Court. Although both sides scored, City Court out

played Miro with a final score of 21.

Their win saw them shoot up into 3rd place in the Gumboot Shield,

narrowing Egmonts lead. The tournament also saw two individuals win on

the day; Jess Ross (Moginie Hall) and Matt Kilpatrick (Miro) who were

both picked as MVPs by the referees. Congratulations to City Court, the

2013 Soccer Tournament Champions.


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GOING FLATTING?Take the stress away and dont get caught outwithout any insurance cover. Come in and let us putprotection in place for your belongings and for legalliability while flatting. Its not expensive and so easyto set up. For around $8 per week its worth it -based on $10K base cover. We are here to help atthe Massey ANZ branch.

SPORT AND REC CENTRE

Get all your friends together and get down to

the Rec Centre on Monday September 16th for

our Les Mills Re-Launch party. Experience a

free introduction to all the Les Mills classes you can try a taste of them all, or pick the ones

that appeal to you. Spot prize

giveaways and pumping music - what a great

way to start the week!

LES MILLS RE-LAUNCH

PARTY

HALLS TREEPLANTING EVENT

PITT PARK TREE PLANTINGSATURDAY 21ST SEPTEMBER

1:30PM-4:30PM

Massey Halls have been involved in thisproject for a number of years now and thisyear its your turn to be involved in shapingour community.

Be sure to wear old clothes, a rain jacket

and gumboots or old shoes.

Meet at the RSO car park at 1:15pm.Buses provided to transport everyone down

and back.

Afternoon tea is provided.

Gumboot Points also on offer for this eventjust for participating.

See you there.


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CHAPLAINCY

Within the day to day life of the Centre we continue to offerthe following events:

LEARNING ENGLISH THROUGH THE BIBLEMondays 12-2pm

Fridays 4-6pm

CATHOLIC MASSfollowed by lunch together

Every Wednesday 12 noon

PANCAKESEvery Wednesday 7pm

INTERNATIONAL STUDENT LUNCHEvery Thursday 12.00pm

Everybody welcome to all of the above.

Bradley Manning and Edward Snowden have been inthe news a lot lately. Depending on how you view them,they are either dangerous traitors or heroic whistleblowers.

Have you ever thought of Jesus as a whistleblower

lifting the lid on how life works at its deepest level? Jesus as someone invading our real world with an

even greater reality, bringing vital information onGod, us, and the best strategy for living.

Jesus whistleblowing on what God is really like andhow accessible he is.

Jesus revealing inside information on how God cantransform a life.

That certainly seems how he was received by people as hewent around talking about, and demonstrating, the reality

of Gods presence and activity in our world and potentialfor our lives. Very different to the conventional picture wehave of him as an institutionalised religious figure totallyirrelevant to contemporary living. Possibly somethingworth thinking about!

Have a great semester. Feel free to call in at the Centreany time.

Colin Day(on behalf of the chaplains)

CLV Eats and Treats Shop

A reminder to all students that our Eats and Treatsshop is now closed. We are no longer sellingphone top ups and we are unable to give outcash. However, internet cards and cables are stillavailable to purchase over the counter.Instead, we now have up and running an eftposvending machine where you can purchasesnacks. There will also be a new drinks machine

arriving shortly, so keep an eye out!

Matai Students

Mid semester break is fast approaching! Pleaseensure you are checked out of your rooms by10am Sunday 25 August 2013. You are requiredto leave your rooms in a clean (including fridges),

tidy and vacuumed state. If your room is notemptied and cleaned you may be charged a $50cleaning fee. Check-in day is Sunday 8thSeptember from 2pm onwards. If you are unableto make this time please contact the RSO to makesuitable arrangements.

Semester 2 Check in Competition

Guess the lollies in the Jar

Congratulations to our winner Alex Fronk whowon our lollies in the jar competition, with awinning guess of 1285. He was only five sweetsoff total number in the jar was a huge1280! Thank you to all who entered!


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CENTRE FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING

HEALTHY EATING

Young adults need to consider having a heart healthy lifestyle whatever you are doing now CAN influence how your health and life willbe in the future.

I dont want to give you information that you already know, lets assumeyou are already aware that you need to eat your colours each daycolourful fruit and veges.

At your next meal look at the colour palette of your plate is it all beige ,meaning nothing but battered fish and oily chips?Is it alive with colour? Does it have green veges, yellow veges, whitefish or chicken, brown meat? Colourful = Healthy.

Ok, so lets also assume you already know you must eat healthy 90% ofthe time are you actually doing it?I know that it is hard, at times to make a healthy choice when there is nota lot of healthy options to choose from do the best you can with what

you have. If you feel you need to take dietary supplements such as multi

vitamins then that is a good choice. Ask yourpharmacist for the most appropriate for you, this is a good idea atexam times when your body is under some stress and you may notbe eating as well as you should be.

If you are feeling tired and unable to concentrate then you can haveyour iron and Vit B12 levels checked by a nurse.

If you dont eat well, you wont have the energy to go out with yourfriends, study or play sport.

Always grab food in season good for the environment and healthyon the wallet.

DID YOU KNOW?Your heart beats 101,000 times a day. There are 20 teaspoons of sugar in a 600ml bottle of fizzy drink!! Chicken nuggets contain TWICE as much fat per ounce as a

hamburger!!

Hints and tips:Dont skip breakfast if you cant eat first thing in themorning then ensure you have something healthy around morning tea time.Eat your food slowly and enjoy it you will feel fuller and your body willdigest the food properly.Eat plenty of superfoods what are superfoods I hear you ask?

- Wholegrains- Colourful veges- Fish- Yoghurt- Water- Porridge and cheap to eat- Bananas- Beans- Nuts walnuts, brazil and almond especially

Portion controlOh yes, I can imagine all the sheepish grins on faces while you read this,follow these simple rules for proper portion preferences.

DONT UPSIZE YOUR MEALS UNLESS YOU WANT TO UPSIZE YOURWAISTLINE! Its ok to have a burger now and again, but dont have the fries or

fizzy drink. of your plate should have carbs potatoes, kumara, corn, rice,

pasta of your plate should be protein meat, eggs, fish, nuts and seeds of your plate should be vegetables

Weight gainWe all know that our population is growing in size, having some healthyflesh on your bones is a sign of good health. Feeling good about how welook gives us confidence, but having too much weight can make us feellethargic and unwell it can also cause some serious health concerns.Having too little weight can also be a concern for our health and can causemultiple problems, including irregular periods and fatigue.

MASSEY MEDICAL CENTRE

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