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Olympic hosts Brazil and stoned students have more in common than you thought

Posted 3:11pm Sunday 11th May 2014 by Daniel Lormans

This week, let’s go to the corrupt and over-budget Olympics desk, where we know that all self-respecting Otago students are self-taught experts in the art of procrastination (I, for one, consider myself a master). Small-scale procrastination is somewhat acceptable, like neglecting that 10 per cent, Read more...

Fringe Festival farewells a few fronting figures

Posted 3:11pm Sunday 11th May 2014 by Josie Cochrane

The Dunedin Fringe Festival is set to lose two key organisers but the change will bring “new blood and new ideas,” according to departing Director Paul Smith. Smith has been part of the Festival since its creation in 2000 but has resigned, effective from July 2014. Chairman of the Dunedin Fringe Read more...

University hosts one and a half CoREs

Posted 3:11pm Sunday 11th May 2014 by Nina Harrap

The University of Otago has been selected to host one of six national Centres of Research Excellence (CoRE) and will co-host a second CoRE with the University of Auckland, following a Government announcement. Both the Dodd-Walls Centre for Photonic and Quantum Technologies (Otago) and Brain Research Read more...

Abbey College expansion accommodates more post-grads

Posted 3:11pm Sunday 11th May 2014 by Emily Draper

Accommodation for postgraduate students is set to increase after the University purchased a property neighbouring Abbey College in order to increase the College’s capacity. 55 Duke Street backs on to the College and was purchased by the University for $550,000 to be used as housing for College Head Read more...

Dunedin streets sprayed with phlegm

Posted 3:11pm Sunday 11th May 2014 by Emily Draper

Dunedin is quickly becoming a concrete canvas for internationally renowned street artists. Globe-trotting English street artist Phlegm is one of the latest to embrace Dunedin streets as a canvas for his unique brand of “visually stunning, playful and transformative” art, according to DCC Community Read more...

Proctology - The extreme campus cop makeover

Posted 3:11pm Sunday 11th May 2014 by Claudia Herron

Despite Critic’s prying attempts to unveil the usual ridiculous student antics, the Proctor had little to share and reasoned that “everybody’s got their heads down and their bums up with exams coming up.” However, the Proctor said he was sad to see that Campus Cop Max Holt is leaving his post to Read more...

Summertime internship offers jobs and sex

Posted 3:11pm Sunday 11th May 2014 by Claudia Herron

The Sexy Summer Jobs internship programme has created almost 100 full and part time positions in Dunedin businesses since beginning in 2008, and according to DCC Business Developer Advisor Chanel O’Brien, that number is expected to rise to 120 jobs by June. Established in 2008 by the Read more...

Emergency Execrable | Issue 11

Posted 3:11pm Sunday 11th May 2014 by Claudia Herron

An emergency Executive meeting was called at 4pm last Thursday to finalise details and questions for the upcoming OUSA referendum, which resulted in the entire process being moved back, highlighting the unorganised nature of its planning. The meeting began with Ruby addressing the Executive, Read more...

Charitable organisation ignites community contribution

Posted 3:11pm Sunday 11th May 2014 by Claudia Herron

Student-run charitable organisation Ignite Consultants has taken out this year’s Supreme Award at the TrustPower Dunedin Community Awards, ahead of a number of competitive entries in Dunedin’s not-for-profit sector. The honour will also see Ignite Consultants represent Dunedin at the National Read more...

120th Capping Show makes people laugh, fails to offend

Posted 3:11pm Sunday 11th May 2014 by Josie Cochrane

The 120th annual Capping Show, A Capping Carol: The Night Before Hyde Street, kicked off last Wednesday and once again delivered a unique and entertaining show. Capping Show director, Baz Macdonald, said the show had so far gone “really, really well.” The first two opening nights were Read more...