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A Quarter Of Health Scis Disappoint Their Parents

Posted 2:16pm Sunday 21st March 2021 by Denzel Chung

Out of the 1323 students enrolled into Health Science First Year (HSFY) at the start of 2020, 300 had changed courses for semester two, a total of 23% of the cohort.  Students Critic Te Arohi spoke to weren’t surprised by the numbers, generally agreeing that it sounded “about Read more...

Uni Cuts Medical Imagery Degree

Posted 2:12pm Sunday 21st March 2021 by Alex Leckie-Zaharic

The University of Otago has decided to kill off three postgraduate programmes based around medical imaging.  The Masters of Medical Imaging, as well as the Postgraduate Diploma (or Certificate) in Medical Imaging were announced back in 2018, but never officially opened to students. Since Read more...

Prices Go Up At Uni Again

Posted 2:10pm Sunday 21st March 2021 by Alex Leckie-Zaharic

The University has raised prices yet again at their food outlets. Those on the study grind are notoriously poor, and after prices went up multiple times last year, this latest increase will be another gut punch to the food court faithful. According to Campus and Collegiate Life Services Read more...

“Fear on Both Sides”: Students and Community March in Support of Burmese People

Posted 12:00pm Sunday 21st March 2021 by Fox Meyer

On Saturday 13 March, 60 people walked from the Train Station to Octagon in solidarity with the people of Myanmar. The mix of students and community members gave speeches and protested the military coup that took place in Myanmar on the first of February.  Eileen Corcoran of Radio One was at Read more...

Student Fined $300 for Eating a Pie

Posted 11:52am Sunday 21st March 2021 by Sean Gourley

A local student has been slapped with a $300 fine after eating a pie in the Night ‘n Day Regent line on St Patrick's day.  “I think it’s fair enough on their part to give me a fine but I did not expect it to be a ridiculous amount of money,” said Greg*, who admits Read more...

$10,000 Set Aside For Mysterious Clubs

Posted 11:42am Sunday 21st March 2021 by Erin Gourley

OUSA has $10,093 set aside from selling equipment belonging to old clubs. The money is currently held in trust for future clubs who are similar to the old clubs that were disaffiliated.  OUSA came across this issue when discussing whether to sell the Dunedin Fire and Circus Club’s Read more...

Harlene Gives Harlene an Honorary Law Doctorate

Posted 11:33am Sunday 21st March 2021 by Denzel Chung

Outgoing Vice-Chancellor Harlene Hayne got a very special going-away gift from the University: A honorary PhD in Law.  Some get gold watches or silver spoons, but not Harlene. Despite her academic background in psychology, Harlene was awarded a law degree at a graduation ceremony two Read more...

Student Fined $300 for Eating a Pie

Posted 1:04pm Friday 19th March 2021 by Sean Gourley

A local student has been slapped with a $300 fine after eating a pie in the Night ‘n Day Regent line on St Patrick's day.  “I think it’s fair enough on their part to give me a fine but I did not expect it to be a ridiculous amount of money,” said Greg*, who admits Read more...

VUW Accidentally Wipes Desktop Computers

Posted 3:08pm Wednesday 17th March 2021 by Erin Gourley

Victoria University of Wellington accidentally deleted all the files stored on its desktop computers last Friday. Items in the H: drive, M: drive, or the cloud were still accessible. This morning, staff and post-grad students received an email saying that IT were “still working on a Read more...

ODT Ends Half-Century Contract For Manager of Paperboys

Posted 5:10pm Monday 15th March 2021 by Denzel Chung

A woman who has helped to deliver newspapers to Dunedin for 45 years, managing 60 children and disabled people, had her contract ended in a single letter from the ODT on Friday.  Sue Loan has managed the distributors of the ODT for 45 years. She managed 60 people, including Read more...