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St David’s 2 receives $9.65 million upgrade to not fall

Posted 2:07pm Sunday 25th May 2014 by Laura Munro

St David’s 2 will become the new home to the Department of Applied Science following a $9.65 million upgrade necessary to increase the building’s earthquake safety rating. Originally constructed in 1997 and formerly used for Foundation Studies, the building was measured in 2014 to be at 34 per cent Read more...

Poppa's sale complicated by lease extension refusal

Posted 2:07pm Sunday 25th May 2014 by Claudia Herron

The future of another student institution is up in the air with Poppa’s Pizza on the market and the current landlord unwilling to comment on its future after the lease’s expiry. The existing lease is set to terminate in December 2016, with the current operator, Steve Munro, saying, “I’ve done my Read more...

DCC to trial pedestrian precint

Posted 2:07pm Sunday 25th May 2014 by Nina Harrap

Two Otago post-graduate students are working to transform the lower Octagon into a pedestrian precinct with their submission to the DCC’s Annual Plan gaining momentum and support from councillors. Georgina Hampton, a PhD student in Genetics, and Alexis Belton, an honours student in Geology, Read more...

Dunedin flats to be rated, warranted and starred

Posted 4:32pm Sunday 18th May 2014 by Josie Cochrane

“Many of the landlords are nervous about it and maybe they should be,” says Rate My Flat co-founder, Lindsey Horne. Ratemyflat.org.nz is yet another scheme putting the pressure on landlords to improve rental accommodation. The new flat rating system will launch next semester with the intention of Read more...

Greatest Hits / Greatest Shits | Issue 12

Posted 4:32pm Sunday 18th May 2014 by Carys Goodwin

Greatest HitsOver the past few weeks, Campbell Live has been running an “at home with the leaders” segment, where John Campbell goes to party leaders’ houses and eats the dinner they cook. While it might be a strange twist on Come Dine With Me, it’s a good way to see what the leaders are like as Read more...

Politweets | Issue 12

Posted 4:32pm Sunday 18th May 2014 by Carys Goodwin

Clare tells @g_townnz what parliamentary office training comprises. I look forward to the whole musical. Banks also watches Campbell Live. Whatever “floats your boat.” Considering I have my own selfie with him, I’m disappointed. What? Read more...

Critic tackles election year | Issue 12

Posted 4:32pm Sunday 18th May 2014 by Carys Goodwin

For many of you, this will be your first election; and if you’re into politics enough to be reading this, that’s very exciting. Over the past couple of months, I’ve been picking brains and studying policy in an effort to present a few of the people who you’ll have the opportunity to vote for. This Read more...

Sex scandals, sarcasm and simians? Wake me up when there is a real controversy

Posted 4:32pm Sunday 18th May 2014 by Daniel Lormans

This week let’s first go to the unnecessarily apologetic rugby league desk, which has been rocked with another shocking sex scandal that was neither shocking nor was it a scandal, and should have never been news in the first place. A Snapchat video featuring Warriors hard man Konrad Hurrell was Read more...

PhD students lured by free flights and accommodation

Posted 4:32pm Sunday 18th May 2014 by Nina Harrap

The University is offering free flights and accommodation to domestic PhD candidates considering studying toward a doctorate at Otago. The recruitment campaign is designed to allow doctoral students to “seriously consider Otago as an option,” Head of Marketing Services, Lindy Wilson, said in a press Read more...

Dr. Clarke writes “readable books” for 150 years

Posted 4:32pm Sunday 18th May 2014 by Josie Cochrane

University of Otago historian and archivist Dr Ali Clarke is continuing her work of researching the University’s history, an “enormous responsibility,” after being tasked to write a book based on the first 150 years of the University, spanning from 1869 to 2019. Dr Clarke was selected for Read more...

University Volunteer Centre markets lending hands

Posted 4:32pm Sunday 18th May 2014 by Emily Draper

The University Volunteer Centre has established a regular stall at OUSA Market Days, according to a report by Vice-Chancellor Harlene Hayne at the latest University Council meeting on 13 May. The stall hopes to promote UniCrew, a staff and student volunteer organisation, alongside various other Read more...

Police "can't see the bottles coming" in the dark

Posted 4:32pm Sunday 18th May 2014 by Laura Munro

Three students were arrested after a large party on North Castle Street escalated with partygoers throwing bottles at Police. The party took place during the second graduation weekend of May, and saw two students arrested for disorder and another for obstruction and escaping police custody after Read more...

Writers and Readers booked in for next year

Posted 4:32pm Sunday 18th May 2014 by Anonymous Bird

Dunedin’s inaugural Writers and Readers Festival has been hailed a great success, and a follow-up event has already been booked in for next year. The six-day festival took place from 6 May to 11 May and saw more than 50 New Zealand and international writers, poets, playwrights, scriptwriters, Read more...

Execrable | Issue 12

Posted 4:32pm Sunday 18th May 2014 by Claudia Herron

The Executive meeting held on 13 May came with ample discussion on the upcoming referendum and a variation on the agenda. In an Executive round up, Hamish was looking into getting a committee together regarding TED Talks in Dunedin. Nick was “frothin’” after agreeing to a repayment plan in Read more...

Climbing house prices not reflected in 13-year capped living benefit

Posted 4:32pm Sunday 18th May 2014 by Josie Cochrane

Students are once again being left in the lurch as house prices continue to rise, but financial support for student rentals continues to lag. The New Zealand Union of Students’ Associations (NZUSA) has released a report showing that as the average rent for students is increasing, the student Read more...

Colin Craig | Full Interview

Posted 10:37am Wednesday 14th May 2014 by Carys Goodwin

Just while we’re on record, the first thing I wanted to talk about is your defamation experience, and I just want to be guaranteed that you’re not going to sue us for defamation. No, that’s fine. That’ll be a no. Not going to sue us? Correct. Great, okay, I’ll say whatever I Read more...

The history of Otago NORML

Posted 3:11pm Sunday 11th May 2014 by Laura Munro

The University has seen proponents of the cannabis law reformation traverse its campus for years, but none as lasting as the Otago University branch of the National Organisation for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, otherwise known as NORML. Otago students have been gathering as early as the 1970s in Read more...

Greatest Hits / Greatest Shits | Issue 11

Posted 3:11pm Sunday 11th May 2014 by Carys Goodwin

Greatest ShitsI thought, for sure, that Maurice Williamson would be this week’s Greatest Shit, with his controversial phone call to Police over a friend’s domestic abuse charges leading to his resignation. That was until Judith Collins demanded the limelight back again, however, by making Read more...

Politweets | Issue 11

Posted 3:11pm Sunday 11th May 2014 by Carys Goodwin

Lovely poetry from Winston. Oh? Seems Clare likes mobility scooters so much she's expressed interest across multiple social media platforms. The picture is of a random dirt hill. Read more...

Critic tackles election year | Issue 11

Posted 3:11pm Sunday 11th May 2014 by Carys Goodwin

Otago welcomed an unlikely guest the week before last: Colin Craig, leader of the Conservative Party. His visit was a flurry of interviews, including a much-anticipated appearance on Vote Chat, and I was lucky enough to spend a bit of time with the thoroughly intriguing man. Social conservatism Read more...