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Posted 11:56pm Monday 9th May 2011 by Hana Aoake

On Monday May 2, Dunedin personality Larry Matthews was found dead in his George Street apartment. His death came as a shock to those who knew him, and he will be sorely missed both within the arts community and throughout wider Dunedin. Larry was an artist, designer, poet, writer, magician, Read more...

Chronicles of Castle - 10

Posted 11:52pm Monday 9th May 2011 by Sam Reynolds

After the Easter break, Castle Street residents have quickly slipped back into the routine of getting drunk and doing drugs to escape the cold, damp reality that is flatting in Dunedin. This routine is broken only by the odd assignment or, in some cases, if it’s time to go for a wave. It’s a Read more...

Stuart White

Posted 5:47am Thursday 5th May 2011 by Georgie Fenwicke

The Legal Services Bill is now law. On April 11, 2011 it passed through the final hurdle of New Zealand's legislative process, the granting of royal assent by our Governor General, Sir Anand Satyanand. The act aims to provide legal services to those with insufficient means, and to deliver these Read more...

Proctology

Posted 4:15am Thursday 5th May 2011 by Gregor Whyte

After an absence of far too long, a whole eight issues in fact, Critic is proud to once again bring you Proctology. Critic’s first meeting with the Proctor was a nervy affair. After getting used to the familiar sight of TailGunner Joe, the Proctor was instantly suspicious of a new face, especially Read more...

Student loans to remain interest free. Students to remain OTP.

Posted 4:12am Thursday 5th May 2011 by Gregor Whyte

The government has announced that significant changes to the student loan scheme will be included in the Budget of May 19. However, Tertiary Education Minister Steven Joyce confirmed that student loans will remain interest free for those students residing in the country. Among the changes to the Read more...

Otago catches up with AUT

Posted 4:09am Thursday 5th May 2011 by Aimee Gulliver

The University of Otago has moved to standardise its Honours degree system, moving to the “3+1 model” currently used by other universities nationwide. The move comes after a University working party recommended the change, which is intended to substantially improve the administrative aspect of Read more...

Dunedin to transform from cold shithole into busy, cold shithole

Posted 4:05am Thursday 5th May 2011 by Aimee Gulliver

The month of May in Dunedin is characterised by graduating students descending on the city in droves for the three graduation weekends. Restaurants, accommodation and flights are booked months in advance to ensure the availability of each element of graduates’ last weekend of scarfie debauchery Read more...

Execrable - 9

Posted 3:48am Thursday 5th May 2011 by Aimee Gulliver

Last Exec meeting saw a change of scene for the meeting’s location. With the Capping Show practicing in the boardroom, Critic and the Exec relocated to the OUSA office, behind the desk where you all hand in lost property and the like. This had the added bonus of having couches as seating, so if Read more...

Otago film selected for festival

Posted 3:46am Thursday 5th May 2011 by Lozz Holding

A controversial film by University of Otago student James Muir has been selected to screen in the London International Documentary Festival in May. River Dog is an environmental documentary that follows Muir’s father’s battle to stop farmers grazing stock on the Pahaoa riverbed in the Read more...

NZ Pair place third in international law competition

Posted 3:42am Thursday 5th May 2011 by Lozz Holding

University of Otago law students Nic Blumsky-Gibbs and Sean Conway gained third place in an international client consultation contest in the Netherlands earlier this month. The duo entered the contest’s final with a perfect score. Ultimately the competition was won by a team from Jamaica, Read more...

Law Study Released

Posted 3:31am Thursday 5th May 2011 by Aimee Gulliver

Timaru’s finest export, University of Otago Law Facult Professor Mark Henaghan, has said that more can be done to reduce delays in processing civil cases through the court system. Professor Henaghan, Dr Saskia Righarts and Rachel Laing have recently authored a preliminary study on civil case Read more...

Chronicles of Castle - 9

Posted 3:28am Thursday 5th May 2011 by Sam Reynolds

Most people headed home for Easter, leaving Castle Street as hollow and empty as the social life of a Health Sci student. Luckily for us there was enough muppet behaviour before Easter to keep us going. This story happened a while ago but it’s worth the retelling as one poor fellow had a Read more...

Fonterra

Posted 4:07am Wednesday 27th April 2011 by Georgie Fenwicke

Is there a method to this madness? John Campbell has been raging against high dairy and milk prices for weeks. We pay too much, says he. Why should Australians get cheaper milk and cheese than we do? We make the stuff, after all. Fonterra, the country's largest dairy producer, responded by freezing Read more...

Apocalypse Now. Possibly.

Posted 3:51am Wednesday 27th April 2011 by Aimee Gulliver

Disclaimer: article full of doom, gloom and ranty quotes An OUSA panel set up to review the future of its media company Planet Media took submissions last week, and will report to the OUSA executive on the 3rd of May with their findings.   OUSA has been reviewing all its assets and Read more...

Execrable - 8

Posted 3:46am Wednesday 27th April 2011 by Aimee Gulliver

Last week’s Exec meeting welcomed in OUSA’s two newest members, Postgrad Rep Thomas Koentges, and International Students Rep Art Kojarunchitt. And WHAT a first meeting for them to have come to… The bulk of the meeting was taken up with a formal complaint from former OUSA Financial Service Officer Read more...

Roman Empire declined, domestic enrolment numbers just following the trend.

Posted 3:43am Wednesday 27th April 2011 by Teuila Fuatai

Stricter entry requirements to the University of Otago have seen a reduction in Semester One enrolments. With penalties for exceeding their allocated domestic roll cap, the University raised entry requirements in Semester Two last year and introduced a two-tier domestic enrolment system this Read more...

OUSA brings in the suits

Posted 3:41am Wednesday 27th April 2011 by Aimee Gulliver

OUSA has engaged Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited, better known as Deloitte, to take over general management of OUSA. OUSA called in the world’s largest private professional services firm to fill the gap left by the resignation of General Manager Stephen Alexander.   Sources Read more...

Heated Debate Over Coal Burners

Posted 3:39am Wednesday 27th April 2011 by Lozz Holding

Students for Environmental Action (SEA) are pushing for the University to clean up its act and swap its current unsustainable use of coal burners around campus for a more sustainable and environmentally friendly option. SEA has expressed its concern about the issue, stating that using coal for Read more...

Education Amendment Bill (No. 4) somewhat controversial

Posted 3:31am Wednesday 27th April 2011 by Staff Reporter

The Education Amendment Bill (No. 4) was introduced to Parliament recently and had its first reading under urgency last week. The Bill makes a number of changes to the Education Act, including establishing a new Crown agent Education New Zealand. Perhaps of particular interest to students is that Read more...

Science Communication Centre Booming

Posted 3:29am Wednesday 27th April 2011 by Gregor Whyte

The University of Otago’s Centre for Science Communication has enjoyed phenomenal growth over the last four years, and is now the third most popular masters degree program at the University. The program opened in 2008, enrolling a single student. At the end of last year the program had 24 Read more...