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OPINION: Is It Just Me Or Was Re-Ori Kinda Shit This Year

Posted 7:07pm Thursday 12th July 2018 by Bryn Massey

Am I just an ancient out-dated old-timer refusing to let go? No, no it is the kids who have gotten boring.  What happened to Re-O Week? Isn’t it supposed to be second semester’s version of O-Week or is the name just for fun? I'm not saying Mario Kart isn’t neat, or the Read more...

Stop playing Beer Pong with water.

Posted 7:02pm Thursday 12th July 2018 by Joel MacManus

EDITORIAL: It’s a new semester in the wonderful world of North D. The clouds are out, the frost is on the ground, and the rain glitters on the footpath. All is good in our peaceful corner of the world.  The new semester also brings with it a fresh batch of exchange students to Read more...

Student Associations Left Out in the Cold After NZUSA Stops Support

Posted 6:52pm Thursday 12th July 2018 by Sinead Gill

The University of Canterbury branch of the student sexual violence campaign Thursdays in Black (TiB) say they were left without support and several hundreds of dollars out of pocket after a sexual harassment scandal ended NZUSA’s TiB campaign.  Critic reported last week that a Read more...

Cumberland College Head to Leave

Posted 6:50pm Thursday 12th July 2018 by Sophia Carter Peters

Cumberland College staple and former head, Nick Bates is taking temporary leave to act as interim Head of Student Experience for the University of Otago. This came as quite a shock to both current and past residents. One resident said, “I’m devastated aye,” and that mentality was Read more...

Knox Church Hails Jacinda Ardern as Incarnation of God on Earth

Posted 6:33pm Thursday 12th July 2018 by Charlie O’Mannin

In a move that probably should have caused more controversy, Knox Presbyterian Church has confirmed New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern as God, the supreme being.  The church recently wrote “May Neve and all God’s children flourish!” on their blackboard facing Read more...

OUSA Trials Free Food Fridays

Posted 6:29pm Thursday 12th July 2018 by Thea Bailie-Bellew

Forget dumpster diving: OUSA is now looking at giving away edible leftovers as free meals to minimise the amount of food waste produced by residential colleges. A trial run in early June saw students queuing for fifteen minutes for eighty frozen meals saved from UniCol kitchens over two weeks. Read more...

OUSA’s Charity Fight Night Punches Off

Posted 6:28pm Thursday 12th July 2018 by Esme Hall

26 brave (or maybe stupid) students, including OUSA President Caitlin Barlow-Groome, trained for two months and raised thousands of dollars for charity to fight each other in OUSA’s inaugural Charity Fight Night. The goal was to make a “flashy high production new event,” said Read more...

How the OUSA Exec Are Doing

Posted 6:25pm Thursday 12th July 2018 by Charlie O’Mannin

In a move that shocked the world to its core, the latest OUSA exec reports were even more boring than first semester. So instead of covering the reports, we’re just going to give you a general update on how the exec are doing based on our half-awake observations.    Caitlin Read more...

OUSA Rejects Re-Affiliation of “Cult”

Posted 6:23pm Thursday 12th July 2018 by Charlie O’Mannin

The OUSA Executive have rejected a proposal to affiliate a club on the grounds that the club is simply a rehash of a previous club that was disaffiliated in 2017 for “bringing OUSA into disrepute, ignoring OUSA directives and breaching [OUSA’s] constitution”. In 2017, the Elohim Read more...

Critic Reviews The World Cup

Posted 5:40pm Thursday 12th July 2018 by Charlie Hantler

By the time of publishing, all of the English fans will finally have shut the fuck up, as football is not coming home. Harry Kane will continue to be a mouth-breathing peasant, Jordan Henderson will be back to being robbed on a daily basis in Liverpool, and Neymar will almost have finished rolling Read more...