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iHunch affecting ill-postured student masses

Posted 4:20pm Sunday 4th May 2014 by Josie Cochrane

An epidemic is affecting students worldwide; the painful result of our generation being the first to grow up with an endless availability of smart phones, laptops, iPads and gaming consoles. It is the “iHunch.” The iHunch can result in permanent curvature of the spine and is the underlying problem Read more...

Greatest Hits / Greatest Shits | Issue 10

Posted 4:20pm Sunday 4th May 2014 by Carys Goodwin

Greatest HitsA couple of weeks ago, the Green Party released its Internet Rights and Freedoms Bill. While Labour has spoken of their intention to do the same, this marks a step in a new direction for democratic handling of policy proposals – the bill is being crowd-sourced. This means that rather Read more...

Politweets | Issue 10

Posted 4:20pm Sunday 4th May 2014 by Carys Goodwin

Trevor snaps. Clare retweets her 7 Days lover’s achievements. David handled the response to his ridiculously awkward campaign video with much grace. Fake Hekia working hard. Read more...

Young Politician

Posted 4:20pm Sunday 4th May 2014 by Carys Goodwin

My reasons for joining MANA back in 2011, when I was a fresher, were directly related to my involvement in the International Socialist Organisation (ISO). Thus, the main reason for my support for this party at this particular time is the solid activist basis of its leadership and membership, such as Read more...

Critic tackles election year | Issue 10

Posted 4:20pm Sunday 4th May 2014 by Carys Goodwin

This week Critic would like to welcome the leader of New Zealand’s newest political party to take the stage: Kim Dotcom. I first courted him over Twitter before Easter, and have been in touch with an Internet Party representative ever since. Through a few phone calls and emails, I have been given Read more...

A journey through the codes

Posted 4:20pm Sunday 4th May 2014 by Daniel Lormans

First this week, let’s go to the tattooed and violent rugby desk, and didn’t those Highlanders do everyone a solid favour by going to Durban and giving the table-topping Sharks a thrashing? Yes they did, because no one likes to see too big a gap at the top. The boys put in a huge shift on defence, Read more...

Uni assets reach the billions

Posted 4:20pm Sunday 4th May 2014 by Laura Munro

A financial report released at the University Council meeting on 8 April has shown that the University of Otago held $1.66 billion in assets at the close of the 2013 financial year, an increase from the $1.63 billion in 2012. The greatest asset, recorded at $1.3 billion, was property, plant and Read more...

Execrable (Feat. Vice Chancellor Harlene Hayne) | Issue 10

Posted 4:20pm Sunday 4th May 2014 by Claudia Herron

The OUSA Executive meeting held on 29 April was attended by the University’s Vice-Chancellor Professor Harlene Hayne, whose presence may have rendered the Executive slightly less audible than in previous meetings. During her visit she said she didn’t “think we should be afraid to knit the Read more...

Generation Zero report call to policy makers

Posted 4:20pm Sunday 4th May 2014 by Carys Goodwin

On Thursday 1 May, environmental organisation Generation Zero released their first of three comprehensive climate change action reports. Comprising more than forty pages of research and suggestions for policy makers, the report marks the beginning of Generation Zero’s campaign for a Clean Energy Read more...

International enrolments decline

Posted 4:20pm Sunday 4th May 2014 by Emily Draper

The number of international student enrolments at the University has dropped by 3.7 per cent, according to numbers released at the most recent University Council meeting. The figures reveal a drop to 1191 full-time international students enrolled in the University, down from 2011’s peak at 1664, and Read more...