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Geoghegan Too Lazy to Even Enroll?

Posted 4:45am Monday 2nd August 2010 by

On 9 October this year, Otago local body elections will be held to decide the make-up of Otago’s regional government. Despite the importance of the local council in influencing facets of the student lifestyle it appears only half the student population in Dunedin is registered to vote, and Read more...

Anyone for interest?

Posted 4:43am Monday 2nd August 2010 by

Prime Minister John Key says student debt is a “disaster”, and has raised fresh debate surrounding the future of the current interest-free student loan model.    Key put across his views on the loan system during a question and answer session after a speech to students at a Read more...

Islam Awareness Week

Posted 4:42am Monday 2nd August 2010 by Anthony Riseley

Not to be out-done by last week’s dedication to Jesus, the Muslim University Students’ Association (MUSA) presents us with Islam Awareness Week, which begins today. Islam Awareness Week has been around for ten years, and is aimed at providing a better understanding of Islam and its Read more...

Exec Reports - 18

Posted 4:40am Monday 2nd August 2010 by Staff Reporter

 Imogen Roth     General Rep    Imogen sits on a whopping eight University and OUSA committees, including her position on the University’s senate. Her main area of interest post-VSM campaigning has been the strategic direction of the University and of Read more...

Neurosurgery Cuts

Posted 4:39am Monday 2nd August 2010 by Gregor Whyte

he Dean of the University of Otago School of Medicine, Dr. John Adams, has spoken out against the potential cuts to Dunedin Hospital neurosurgery services, telling the Otago Daily Times that any such action risked becoming the "death of tertiary services by a thousand cuts.” The review of the Read more...

Swine Flu Cases

Posted 4:38am Monday 2nd August 2010 by Calida Smylie

The University of Otago has reported that there have been two confirmed cases of swine flu this season. Despite this, the prevalence of influenza in Otago and Southland remains at expected seasonal levels. Otago and Southland medical officer of health Marian Poore says Public Health South are Read more...

Study Criticised

Posted 4:37am Monday 2nd August 2010 by Kathryn Guise

A study by University of Otago researchers that looked at childhood experiences, and discovered a link between traumatic upbringings and homosexuality, has been met with widespread criticism. According to the study’s findings, people who have violent or abusive childhoods are three times Read more...

OUSA Survivor contest turns nasty

Posted 12:04am Monday 26th July 2010 by Julia Hollingsworth

Last week’s referendum looks set to result in a significant change to the governing structure of OUSA. Student General Meetings (SGMs) will also now be held online. When Critic went to print last week the results were still provisional, due to then-unresolved complaints regarding possible Read more...

Free candy and rides in van offered. Not creepy.

Posted 11:59pm Sunday 25th July 2010 by Anthony Riseley

Jesus Week is upon us, bringing an assortment of events which are sure to excite those religious (and possibly the not-so religious) students among us. Historically, Jesus Week has been held in relation to Islam Awareness Week (which is next week) and has now been running for eight years. Read more...

Proctology - 17

Posted 11:56pm Sunday 25th July 2010 by Tailgunner Joe

The Proctor kept me waiting for some time this week while he read a series of grave indictments to some young idiot who had been collared by Campus Watch a few nights ago. When he finally called me in, he noted this guy would probably be on remand if the police had got to him first, and that Read more...

Exec Reports

Posted 11:53pm Sunday 25th July 2010 by Staff Reporter

Shonelle Eastwood – Women’s Rep. Eager beaver Shonelle was the first to get her report in this time around. Shonelle has maintained good relationships with a variety of women’s community groups, and organised a balloon launch in memory of survivors of violence and sexual Read more...

Execrable - 17

Posted 11:49pm Sunday 25th July 2010 by Julia Hollingsworth

Last week’s meeting was more succinct than a Shortland Street special, with Earnest Adams slices to boot. With Dan Stride at the helm, some more clubs were affiliated, namely the Jewish Students’ Association, The Renaissance Rapier Club, the Dunedin Abrahamic Students Interfaith Group, Read more...

OPSA withdraws from NZUSA

Posted 11:47pm Sunday 25th July 2010 by

The Otago University Polytechnic Student’s Association (OPSA) has officially withdrawn from the New Zealand University Student’s Association. OPSA President Meegan Cloughley cited concerns about NZUSA’s financial management and a perceived lack of proactive measures on behalf of students as Read more...

Vitamin C Just Keeps Getting Better

Posted 11:46pm Sunday 25th July 2010 by Calida Smylie

A University of Otago study published in the latest edition of the Cancer Research journal has found that Vitamin C may help fight cancer. The study showed that tumours had 40 percent less vitamin C than the surrounding normal tissue. The findings indicate that Vitamin C could limit the rate Read more...

Abuse Link to Mental Illness Uncovered

Posted 11:44pm Sunday 25th July 2010 by Teuila Fuatai

A University of Otago study has found that children who suffer abuse are more likely to develop psychiatric problems later in life. The study, led by Dr. Kate Scott, examined the records of 2144 individuals in the Te Rau Hinengaro: New Zealand Mental Health Survey and differed from previous Read more...

Otago Gains $3.2 Million in Grants

Posted 11:43pm Sunday 25th July 2010 by Kat Guise

Researchers at the University of Otago have been awarded $3.2 million by the Foundation for Research, Science and Technology. The funding is part of a $48 million Government initiative to support research that could potentially benefit the economy.  A team from the Department Read more...

Bouncing off the Halls - 17

Posted 11:39pm Sunday 25th July 2010 by

Last week was a week of firsts in the fresher realm. It was the first Re-O Week for the freshers full stop, it was the first Re-O week without Gardies, and it was also the first Re-O Week with freshers who had never been to a Cookathon. Despite these incredulous setbacks, its seems necessity Read more...

Gun Show on Dundas

Posted 11:35pm Sunday 25th July 2010 by

The Armed Offenders Squad was called to a Dundas Street student flat last Monday, after receiving a call that a man was threatening female flatmates, and that weapons were being held at the address. After a standoff that lasted an hour, the Armed Offenders squad removed a 19-year-old man Read more...

Profile: Alison Shanks

Posted 11:28pm Sunday 25th July 2010 by Georgie Fenwicke

Forget the Olympics: the Commonwealth Games are where it’s at (or for this year at least). Kicking off in October in Delhi, India, one of those representing New Zealand is Otago’s own Alison Shanks. A budding ball sports star by trade, Shanks made the switch to cycling a few years ago and hasn’t Read more...

Whoops, how ‘bout another Semester then?

Posted 4:03am Tuesday 20th July 2010 by Gregor Whyte

The University of Otago has been caught in an embarrassing situation after it incorrectly calculated the points a student required to graduate. Fifth-year BCom/BSc student Oscar Harvey was told by an Advisor of Studies at the start of the year that he needed to take four papers to graduate, Read more...