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Lazy Politicians.

Posted 3:23pm Sunday 11th July 2010 by

The Select Committee deciding the fate of student services has resolved to report back at the end of September, not the end of this month as it had originally planned. The committee received a huge number of submissions regarding the bill, and preliminary counts appear to show a large Read more...

All Fun and Games.

Posted 3:22pm Sunday 11th July 2010 by Julia Hollingsworth

The first SGM of the year took place last Thursday, with about 200 students showing up. he first motions – accepting the audited accounts, and appointing auditors, solicitors, and reinstating Donna Jones as secretary – passed unanimously. Proposed Constitutional changes and Read more...

Finally, justice for the puppies.

Posted 3:21pm Sunday 11th July 2010 by Calida Smylie

A new group on campus is aiming to protect the lives and advance the interests of animals through the legal system. Student Animal Legal Defence Fund (SALDF) is the student branch of the international organisation the Animal Legal Defence Fund, a non-profit group devoted to enhancing the welfare and Read more...

Proctology - 11

Posted 3:20pm Sunday 11th July 2010 by Tailgunner Joe

The Proctor was getting ready to attend his granddaughter’s birthday party when I arrived to interview him this week, although he also allowed of his charges that “they’ve gone mad this week”. This might bring to mind visions of hordes of unhinged lunatics rampaging across campus. You have to Read more...

OUSA staff member gets buzzy on US excursion.

Posted 3:17pm Sunday 11th July 2010 by Guy Wilson

A new ‘40-point drinking plan’ has been floated to deal with Scarfie alcohol abuse. The plan is the product of a year-long trip to the US by OUSA Events Manager Vanessa Reddy.   Reddy toured dozens of major US universities, investigating how different campuses have tackled the problem Read more...

Execrable - 11

Posted 3:16pm Sunday 11th July 2010 by Julia Hollingsworth

If there’s one thing Critic learnt last week, it’s that Budget Revision (BR) is a bore. Officially, BR is when the Executive makes adjustments to the budget. Unofficially, BR is when Meager’s head threatens to explode with his sense of self-importance. Motions were carried that the Read more...

Capping Week: Uni gets wrong end of the stick

Posted 3:14pm Sunday 11th July 2010 by Julia Hollingsworth

Enrolments in tertiary institutions are increasing beyond sustainable levels, causing both Otago and Victoria to take measures to limit them. At Otago, enrolments for semester two are to be capped, with further caps for next year in the works. The caps were part of a recommendation from the Read more...

It’s Officially Official: Design Now Fully Dead.

Posted 3:13pm Sunday 11th July 2010 by Julia Hollingsworth

The fate of the Design Department was sealed last week by the University Council, which voted to pass the proposed recommendations from the Senate.   The recommendations state that the Design Department should be disestablished, and deleted as a major subject. Transitional arrangements Read more...

Helicopter parents and douches asked to stay away this year.

Posted 3:12pm Sunday 11th July 2010 by Anthony Riseley

The Society of Otago Law Students (SOULS) is having its annual quiz night, complete with subsidised drinks and sponsored by law firm Minter Ellison Rudd Watts, this Wednesday at the Captain Cook Tavern. This arrangement is strikingly similar to last year’s event, also held at the Cook on a Read more...

Adam Thomson

Posted 2:40pm Sunday 11th July 2010 by Critic

Straight back from a win over the Brumbies last weekend, Adam Thomson's season is really just beginning. With two more games to play in Australia (at the time this interview went to press), AND the provincial season and the All Black tours still to come, it is sure to be a long year. This is Read more...

Dunedin the New Milan?

Posted 2:35pm Sunday 11th July 2010 by Anthony Riseley

  Two Dunedin fashion graduates will compete on the international fashion design stage, after being selected to contend at the prestigious Mittelmoda Fashion Awards. Sophie Brooke Hardy and Roxanna Zamani will travel to Gorizia in northeast Italy at the end of June, and the Read more...

Rabbit Virus Vaccine for Cancer.

Posted 2:34pm Sunday 11th July 2010 by Gregor Whyte

A University of Otago team has developed a potential cure for colo-rectal cancer based on a virus that affects rabbits. The therapy is now moving closer to human trials, the ODT reported last week. Dr Sarah Young, an immunologist at the University of Otago, says the treatment is “like gold Read more...

FairTrade Fortnight.

Posted 2:33pm Sunday 11th July 2010 by Gregor Whyte

FairTrade Fortnight, designed to raise awareness about the fair trade message, starts today. The first event is a coffee giveaway, taking place at the OUSA main office between 11.30 and 1pm today. The Exec and the Fair Trade Steering Committee will be grinding coffee to give away to anyone who Read more...

Cook Loses Licence.

Posted 2:32pm Sunday 11th July 2010 by Gregor Whyte

The popular student watering hole The Captain Cook Tavern has had its licence suspended for 24 hours after the Liquor Licensing Board upheld a complaint that it had encouraged excess drinking by selling jugs for $3.50 at a Society of Otago Law Students (SOULS) Quiz night. Clearly having studied Read more...

Geoghegan Gagging To Get Out The Broom.

Posted 2:31pm Sunday 11th July 2010 by Calida Smylie

The OUSA President wants to scrap almost all OUSA policy and start over.   At the OUSA Student General Meeting (SGM), which will be held on Thursday at midday on the Union Lawn, President Harriet Geoghegan is intending to move a motion relevant to OUSA external policy. “I am Read more...

Mic Check

Posted 2:30pm Sunday 11th July 2010 by

Last week saw the launch of NZMiC, or the New Zealand Music Industry Centre, at Albany Street Studios, coinciding with the start of New Zealand Music Month. NZMiC is a collaborative effort between members of the University of Otago Music Department and Dunedinmusic.com Ltd, a local music Read more...

Arts Students Too Poor To Attend Graduation

Posted 2:29pm Sunday 11th July 2010 by Julia Hollingsworth

Graduation fever has hit town, with Science graduation taking place on Saturday. 500 students graduated in person, and 110 students in absentia. The Commerce and Law graduations will take place this weekend with 429 students graduated in person, and 70 in absentia. The Arts graduation has 339 Read more...

Token Weekly Steven Joyce Story.

Posted 2:28pm Sunday 11th July 2010 by Julia Hollingsworth

A very small cloud looms over students’ futures as the Government considers charging an annual fee to more than 500 000 people with student debt. The fee is expected to be around $50 a year for every person with outstanding student debt, and will net the Government approximately $15 million. Read more...

After The Dust Has Settled.

Posted 2:27pm Sunday 11th July 2010 by Julia Hollingsworth

Some University of Otago Design Studies students are distressed about how they were treated in the lead-up to the decision to close the Department.   Although a silent protest did not change the outcome of the Senate meeting last week which voted to disestablish the Department, Read more...

One down, three to go.

Posted 2:24pm Sunday 11th July 2010 by Gregor Whyte

In the wake of the closure of the Design Studies Department, Critic can reveal that three other departments are also under review.   The three departments are: the Department of Social Work and Community Development; the Departments of Accountancy and Business Law and Finance and Read more...