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Campaign To Repeal Voluntary Student Membership Starts

Posted 10:18pm Thursday 5th July 2018 by Charlie O’Mannin

The New Zealand Union of Students’ Associations (NZUSA) has begun a behind-the-scenes campaign to repeal Voluntary Student Membership (VSM), offering the greatest hope for reversing the controversial policy, which has been responsible for gutting students’ associations across the country Read more...

OUSA International Officer Wins at NZ Youth Awards

Posted 10:17pm Thursday 5th July 2018 by Staff Reporter

Umi Asaka, OUSA International Officer, was one of three recipients of the Inclusion and Diversity Award at the NZ Youth Awards last week.  Described as a “social justice warrior,” Umi Asaka was credited for actively challenging societal perceptions of what young people with Read more...

University Rolling out Sanitary Bins to All Female Toilet Cubicles After Low-Effort Critic Investigation

Posted 10:15pm Thursday 5th July 2018 by Charlie O’Mannin

The University are putting sanitary bins in every female toilet cubicle after Critic pointed out that Property Services Division Director Barry MacKay’s statement that, “Every female toilet cubicle has a sanitary bin” was false; Critic had a little wander around and found 25 female Read more...

OPINION: Otago University’s Hunt for the Loch Ness Monster was Embarrassing and Expensive

Posted 10:14pm Thursday 5th July 2018 by Joel MacManus

While we were away, Otago University Professor Neil Gemmell spent most of June searching through the depths of Loch Ness looking for evidence of a monster. I’m going to take a wild punt here and say he didn’t find one.  While he was doing this, the University’s Read more...

Student Loan Cap Extended

Posted 10:13pm Thursday 5th July 2018 by Esme Hall

Want to stay at University forever? Well, now you (almost) can. If you are a student of Medicine, Dentistry, Optometry or Veterinary Science, the Government has extended the student loan limit from seven to ten years, meaning you will no longer need to take out personal loans to complete your Read more...

How a Sexual Harassment Scandal Brought Down a Million-Dollar Student Campaign to End Sexual Violence

Posted 10:08pm Thursday 5th July 2018 by Sinead Gill

Content warning: sexual harassment, bullshit bureaucracy   Last year, the New Zealand Union of Students’ Associations was celebrating a $1.4 million dollar contract with ACC to combat sexual violence.  The deal was quietly cancelled due to a sexual harassment scandal within Read more...

Auckland University Students’ Association Loses More People

Posted 10:05pm Thursday 5th July 2018 by Esme Hall

The co-editors of Auckland University’s student magazine Craccum have resigned, alongside the International Students’ Officer of the Auckland University Students’ Association (AUSA), due to unsustainable workloads. This marks five total resignations for student reps at AUSA this Read more...

University Reveals Boring Surprise

Posted 10:03pm Thursday 5th July 2018 by Charlie O’Mannin

The Black Wall of the lie-brary. Who can remember when it came, that impenetrable eternal Wall. A computer lab is lost in the golden lake of memory and all that’s left is the Wall, flashing cryptic messages from our masters. WATCH THIS SPACE WE ARE CREATING A NEW SERVICE FOR YOU OPENING NEXT Read more...

Selwyn College Students Secretly Voted on the Fresher Girl with the 'Best Rack'

Posted 10:02pm Thursday 5th July 2018 by Joel MacManus

Second year Selwyn College students secretly voted on and publically awarded a prize for the fresher girl with the “Best Rack,” among other derogatory awards. Monica Nelson, who was given the award in 2014, described it as “sexist and bullying”. The tradition was part of Read more...

Why We Didn't Name A Sexual Harasser

Posted 9:50pm Thursday 5th July 2018 by Joel MacManus

EDITORIAL: Hola! Welcome back to Dunners for another semester. It’s cold as fuck, so remember it’s perfectly OK to wear a puffer jacket to town.  I wish I had some fun news to yarn about, but unfortunately our news team is just too damn hard-hitting. Blame Charlie Read more...