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Te Wiki o Te Reo

Posted 10:46am Sunday 22nd July 2012 by Gianna Leoni

Hei aha te nui, te iti rānei (No matter how big or how small)Indigenous languages are becoming extinct at an alarming rate. In recent months I have been fortunate enough to meet and listen to different indigenous peoples from around the world, which has made me aware of how lucky we are here in Read more...

It is How We're Drinking

Posted 5:14pm Sunday 15th July 2012 by Katie Kenny

Is student drinking really a problem? Aren’t we just young people having a good time, getting a bit loose with our mates, and enjoying ourselves while we still can? Katie Kenny takes a look at the damage that can be caused when we go a bit too far with the booze. According to the Ministry of Read more...

What The Drunk?

Posted 5:14pm Sunday 15th July 2012 by Lauren Wootton

On any given night of the week scarfies and their friends go out to play, and nine times out of ten their sport of choice is drinking. Getting booze is easy, and getting drunk is even easier. But why does alcohol make us feel so good (and then oh-so-bad)? And what is it actually doing to us? Read more...

Beer, Glorious Beer

Posted 5:14pm Sunday 15th July 2012 by Zane Pocock

As someone who’s all too familiar with the epic nights of a student and spent the prior night sinking piss at a work function, going Gonzo for a feature on beer didn’t seem like a great concept, but my trepidation was brief. I had forgotten that real beer need not be associated with slabs of SoGos Read more...

State of The Nation

Posted 5:13pm Sunday 8th July 2012 by Michael Neilson

Before getting started, I must admit that, as a fourth-year Politics student, assessing the National Party’s second term in government for my first feature is like a dream come true. A sad dream (and a confession likely to diminish my chances of getting laid for a while), but a dream Read more...

The Dunedin Dictionary

Posted 5:13pm Sunday 8th July 2012 by Anonymous

The only thing worse than hearing people casually fling around trendy words and phrases you’ve never heard of is realising you’re so out of touch you still use the word “trendy”. Luckily, help is at hand in this blatant Urban Dictionary ripoff, which handily explains a few of the terms you might Read more...

Get (Re)Oriented

Posted 5:13pm Sunday 8th July 2012 by Staff Reporter

OUSA and Radio One have teamed up again to bring you a huge line-up for this year’s Re-Orientation. Here’s what you can hit up over the next week: WednesdayClubs DayClubs and Socs Centre, 10am – 3pm (and it’s FREE!) Clubs Day is back! Head on down to the Clubs and Societies Centre Read more...

Dunedin Through International Eyes

Posted 8:39pm Sunday 3rd June 2012 by Anonymous

I estimate that as I endure my stressful daily routine - sleeping, eating, considering going to lectures, deciding in the negative, sleeping, Facebooking, quick trip to Sav Jap, illegal downloading, sleeping again - I spend about 94.6% of that time thinking about how much I hate Dunedin (the other Read more...

Last Breath Left

Posted 8:39pm Sunday 3rd June 2012 by Zane Pocock

Suicide is an issue that hits close to home for too many New Zealanders. We have the highest suicide rate in the OECD, and an estimated 3% of our population considers suicide every year. Debate rages in the media about how we should approach and treat this problem. Critic's Zane Pocock delves into Read more...

Depression: The Hidden Illness

Posted 8:39pm Sunday 3rd June 2012 by Katie Kenny

Sufferer’s descriptions of the experience of mental illness can be as varied as the individuals themselves. “[I feel] as though I don’t have the right to be depressed”; “like being on the opposite side of a glass wall”; “out of control”; anxious”; “sleepy”; “cold and numb”; “like I’m going Read more...