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University Bullies OUSA Over Bar

Posted 1:51pm Sunday 8th September 2013 by Sam McChesney

The revelation in last Tuesday’s Executive meeting that the University is directing how OUSA spends its reserves is significant, but unsurprising. OUSA is known to have large reserves, which it could in theory use to purchase a bar with or without the University’s approval. However, given Read more...

Captain Cook Staggering Back to Life

Posted 1:51pm Sunday 8th September 2013 by Josie Cochrane

The Captain Cook Tavern will be open again within a year, according to a New Zealand architectural firm. Edwin Elliot of Elliot Architects confirmed that the company has been hired to draw up plans to convert the pub, which shut its doors in July after 153 years of operation, into a Read more...

Grinch Continues to Ruin EXMSS

Posted 1:51pm Sunday 8th September 2013 by Bella Macdonald

Following revelations about the Massey University Extramural Students’ Society (EXMSS) President’s salary, EXMSS is once again under scrutiny after one of its staff was suspended without explanation and a member of the Executive unexpectedly resigned on the eve of an Annual General Meeting. Read more...

Execrable | Issue 22

Posted 1:51pm Sunday 8th September 2013 by Sam McChesney

The agenda for last week’s Exec meeting totalled 70 pages, with 27 different items listed. The room had been booked for five hours, but thankfully the meeting “only” lasted three. So, what happened? 1. Serious financial discussions devolved into sugar-fuelled gigglings. Fran kept losing his Read more...

Bus Trial to Cost Far Less Than Actual Bus

Posted 1:51pm Sunday 8th September 2013 by Zane Pocock

The trial for tertiary student discount bus fares set up by OUSA, OPSA and the Otago Regional Council (ORC) is expected to cost the ORC up to $15,000. Ratepayers have been assured, however, that they will not be hit in the pocket. ORC Chairman Stephen Woodhead put the trial “in perspective” Read more...

Arrest And Relaxation

Posted 1:51pm Sunday 8th September 2013 by Anna Bradley-Smith

Students heading away on their OE may soon face a nasty surprise, with new legislation poised to stop the worst loan-defaulters at the border. The Student Loan Scheme Amendment Bill (No 3), which would allow for the arrest of those who have defaulted on student-loan repayments, passed its Read more...

Students Learn to Appear Good and Fuck the World Discreetly

Posted 1:51pm Sunday 8th September 2013 by Zane Pocock

Disciplinary figures released to the Otago Daily Times last week under the Official Information Act show that student behaviour for the first half of 2013 has significantly improved when compared to the same period last year. Only five students were referred to Vice-Chancellor Prof Harlene Read more...

Words Superimposed Onto Ad

Posted 1:51pm Sunday 8th September 2013 by Jamie Breen

This Saturday will host an event designed to bridge the gap between Dunedin’s “town and gown” student population and the general public. The Dunedin Craft Beer and Food Festival, to be held on 14 September, is described by the event organisers as “an evolving platform upon which craft brewers can Read more...

Interview: Steve Drain of The Westboro Baptist Church

Posted 1:51pm Sunday 8th September 2013 by Tristan Keillor

Westboro Baptist Church has become infamous over the past twenty years for its stridently anti-gay messages and picketing of soldiers’ funerals. Steve Drain is a former documentarian who joined the Church in 2001. Drain featured heavily in Louis Theroux’s documentaries The Most Hated Family in Read more...

OUSA to Pad Eleven More CVs

Posted 1:51pm Sunday 8th September 2013 by Staff Reporter

Nominations for positions on the 2014 OUSA Executive are now open until 4pm on 19 September, with voting to take place from 31 September to 4pm on 3 October. There are 11 positions on the Executive. In addition to the full-time position of President, there are four 20-hour positions Read more...