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Re-Orientation Week Happened | Opinion

Posted 8:23pm Sunday 14th July 2013 by Thomas Raethel

As quite possibly Dunedin’s nonevent of 2013, Re-O-Week has been a constant disappointment for anyone with a brain stem. Only through a haze of excess alcohol consumption and synthetic cannabinoid smoke will people be led to believe they had a mean time. Too bad most of North Dunedin’s dairies Read more...

Weeding Out the Poor Performers

Posted 8:23pm Sunday 14th July 2013 by Jamie Breen

In a sign of growing intolerance against drugs and alcohol in the workplace, wider testing mechanisms are being introduced for workers and beneficiaries. The New Zealand Government is set to introduce new requirements on 15 July whereby a beneficiary will need to test for various forms of drugs and Read more...

Critic Keen on Puns

Posted 8:23pm Sunday 14th July 2013 by Staff Reporter

A new student-made app, brazenly billed as “Twitter meets Facebook meets Snapchat,” has been launched in Dunedin by start-up Keen. Co-founder Emily Sutton describes Keen as “an app that enables people to spend less time with technology.” The app allows its users to post about Read more...

Dunedin Craft Beer Festival

Posted 8:23pm Sunday 14th July 2013 by Zane Pocock

Due to a partnership between Forsyth Barr Stadium and Lion Nathan, the name “Dunedin Craft Beer Festival” is set to be somewhat ironic. The stadium has a contract with the beer mass-producers/ monopoly-holders that requires any event involving alcohol to include the company’s brands. Read more...

Campus Produces Two Council Hopefuls

Posted 8:23pm Sunday 14th July 2013 by Jack Montgomerie

Students looking for representation on the Dunedin City Council in October’s general election are spoiled for choice this year, with two candidates already courting the student vote. Aaron Hawkins, who came fourth in the 2010 mayoral election with three per cent of the first preference votes, Read more...

Otago Considers Recreating Christchurch

Posted 8:23pm Sunday 14th July 2013 by Claudia Herron

The University is considering demolishing both the Arts building (Burns) and the Property Services building on Albany Street after the two buildings were deemed earthquake-prone under the University’s Seismic Programme. The University’s Seismic Strengthening Policy states that all buildings Read more...

Dalai Lama Visits New Zealand’s First University

Posted 6:05pm Sunday 7th July 2013 by Phoebe Harrop

The Dalai Lama’s recent visit to Dunedin was, in local terms at least, quite the scandal. Before the visit, Mayor Dave Cull had joined the ranks of other esteemed political figures (Barack Obama, Julia Gillard, John Key) who, wanting to be BFFs with China, have refused to officially welcome his Read more...

Students on the Streets in Turkish Turmoil

Posted 6:05pm Sunday 7th July 2013 by Jack Montgomerie

What began as a protest against the construction of a shopping centre has turned into the largest public demonstration seen in Turkey in recent years. Students have been at the forefront of the protests, which erupted in Istanbul, Ankara and many smaller cities and towns. “Innocents have been Read more...

What’s Up, Doc? Not Much

Posted 6:05pm Sunday 7th July 2013 by Claudia Herron

Doc’s Coffee House has sadly closed up shop in George Street and filed for bankruptcy after a series of relocations saw it go from a profitable business to “essentially drowning.” Critic spoke with Doc’s owner/ operator Phil McDonald about the future of the café, which is looking to return in mobile Read more...

Dunedin: New Zealand’s Second-Best Wellington

Posted 6:05pm Sunday 7th July 2013 by Zane Pocock

On 14 September, OUSA will be bringing the inaugural Dunedin Craft Beer Festival to Forsyth Barr Stadium. The beer brands involved are still being finalised; however, they are likely to include such South Island companies as Emerson’s, Mac’s and Moa. Many different food vendors will Read more...