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Dirty Student Politics

Posted 10:28pm Tuesday 9th September 2014 by Carys Goodwin

*content warning* Kiwiblog's David Farrar stands by the blog post in which he argues OUSA President Ruby Sycamore-Smith is implicitly condoning rape in her support of Tom Scott’s @Peace song “Kill the PM.” On 1 September, Sycamore-Smith published a column in Critic in which she praised Read more...

Politweets | Issue 22

Posted 11:52pm Sunday 7th September 2014 by Carys Goodwin

Um, lol. Tau has been sassy this week. I don’t know, John in Clarendon Hills, Illinois. Read more...

Greatest hits/ Greatest shits | Issue 22

Posted 11:52pm Sunday 7th September 2014 by Carys Goodwin

Greatest hitsStuff gets Shit, but they also get Hit for releasing a segment featuring up-close-and-personal portraits of what they call “political bloodstock.” Dark, gritty, and sly, these photographs come far closer to visually depicting the intensity of the election campaign than the majority of Read more...

Critic's guide to Young Back Benches

Posted 11:52pm Sunday 7th September 2014 by Carys Goodwin

John Brinsley-Pirie | Young Nat / Dunedin South Campaign TeamFavourite policy in a sentence: The most valuable stance this Government has for me is their resistance to using tax increases to solve problems. Sometimes tax is an answer, but I appreciate that this government looks to others in the Read more...

Interview: David Clark

Posted 11:52pm Sunday 7th September 2014 by Carys Goodwin

David Clark is probably one of the more familiar political faces around campus. He has an office right nearby, he’s our elected representative, and he’s vying to continue in his position. With experience in a number of student-related areas, including being Warden of Selwyn and taking a turn at Read more...

Premier League silly season breaks spending records

Posted 11:52pm Sunday 7th September 2014 by Daniel Lormans

To the ridiculously expensive football desk where the transfer window has just closed and the best part of £1 billion has been spent. This obscene amount of money spent in this transfer window highlights just some of the absurdity in English football, with many fans and managers wishing that the Read more...

Who let the dogs out

Posted 11:52pm Sunday 7th September 2014 by Steph Taylor

Recent figures released by the Dunedin City Council show that 244 dog attacks have been reported to the Council during the last year. Council figures report that the various dog attacks were on people, pets, livestock and wild animals. From July 2013 to July 2014, 69 dog attacks in the Read more...

Alumni events for students to meet Otago celebrity graduates

Posted 11:52pm Sunday 7th September 2014 by Anna Whyte

The Otago Alumni are holding events at the University, with opportunities for past and current students to experience, interact and network for life beyond university. The Allan Hall Theatre is hosting a reunion party this weekend from 12 to 14 September to commemorate its 100th birthday. For Read more...

“Study Dunedin” enforces image that no one does anything but study here

Posted 11:52pm Sunday 7th September 2014 by Emily Draper

The Dunedin City Council is launching a new brand in the hopes of combating decreasing international enrolment numbers. Study Dunedin, or Project Export Education Uplift, is one of six projects launched within Dunedin City Council’s Economic Development Strategy, designed to re-brand the region in Read more...

Medical student life appears less and less appealing

Posted 11:52pm Sunday 7th September 2014 by Nina Harrap

Studylink’s current student loan policy finds many medical students having to find the final $20,000 to fund their last year of school. As the policy currently stands, students can borrow money for the equivalent of seven years of full-time study (7EFTS). This means that students doing long-course Read more...