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Landers Get The Job Done At The Glasshouse

Posted 10:12pm Friday 9th March 2018 by Charlie Hantler

Highlanders 33 (Squire, A. Smith (2), Naholo, Whitelocktries; Sopoaga 4 conversions), Stormers 15 (Van Zyl, Willemse tries; Marais conversion, penalty)     Getting into the third week of the year, the Freshers were starting to Read more...

Critic Interviews Green MP Marama Davidson

Posted 9:56pm Thursday 8th March 2018 by Joel MacManus

Why did you decide it was important that you run for Green Party Co-Leader? It wasn’t the easiest decision, but in the end I felt I was best to maintain our independence, grow our movement, and be transparent for our membership. It’s going to be really important for us as a smaller Read more...

Critic Interviews Green MP Julie Anne Genter

Posted 9:55pm Thursday 8th March 2018 by Jim Eunson

What do you think young people can expect from the Greens in the next few years? They can expect us to keep leading the call for meaningful action on issues like inequality and climate change. Young people will be hit hardest by both if we don’t change course soon. They can also expect us Read more...

Rule Change Means Students No Longer Lose Marks for Helping Others Cheat

Posted 9:52pm Thursday 8th March 2018 by Staff Reporter

New rules around academic misconduct mean that students will no longer lose marks because of misconduct that doesn’t relate to a paper they are enrolled in or isn’t intended to gain them an academic advantage. This means that any cheating which doesn’t directly benefit Read more...

Black Caps Hold Down The Fortress

Posted 9:16pm Thursday 8th March 2018 by Charlie Hantler

New Zealand 339 for 5 (Taylor 181*, Latham 71) beat England 335 for 9 (Bairstow 138, Root 102, Sodhi 4-58) by five wickets   You know those moments in childhood when you’d rock on down to the local dairy and nab a dollar mix, and the feeling you’d get Read more...

Landlord Mike Harbott rented “unliveable” flats, ignored Tenancy Tribunal rulings, and has not paid the ordered compensation

Posted 9:14pm Thursday 8th March 2018 by Charlie O’Mannin

In 2016 eight girls signed a flat with Mike Harbott at 41 Gladstone Road. He told them that the property was being renovated but that the renovations would be complete well before the end of the year. Many of the renovations were not completed. There was no source of heat, no ventilation in the Read more...

Law Camp Cancelled Amidst a Media Frenzy

Posted 6:36pm Thursday 8th March 2018 by Esme Hall

Law Camp was set to take place March 9th to 11th, but in a meeting between Pro-Vice Chancellor for Humanities Tony Ballantyne and the Society of Otago University Law Students (SOULS), the University withdrew support from Law Camp. SOULS said that “without this support” they were Read more...

We Crashed the Prime Minister's Tea Party

Posted 6:33pm Thursday 8th March 2018 by Joel MacManus

Critic often doesn’t get invited to important stuff. Mostly because we aren’t important and no one really likes us. So we decided to start inviting ourselves. We had no idea that Jacinda Ardern was in town, reopening the Dunedin Law Courts and announcing Labour’s Read more...

Opinion: Are We Making Excuses for Inappropriate Behaviour?

Posted 6:31pm Thursday 8th March 2018 by Esme Hall

The first time I met Professor Mark Henaghan he put his arm around me and kissed me on the cheek. I was 17 years old in my first week of University and he was the Dean of the Law School. It was a University event so the official photographer probably has photos of me looking very Read more...

OUSA Prez: Does the University Really Care About Student Opinion?

Posted 6:26pm Thursday 8th March 2018 by

I don’t know about you, but I don’t see the point in end of semester evaluations of your paper and lecturer if nothing ever gets done about it. Everyone seems to tell you it will be used to improve next year’s class, but does it really? Finishing the feedback cycle isn’t just Read more...

'Health Sci Bible' Causes Controversy

Posted 6:16pm Thursday 8th March 2018 by Joel MacManus

A book on “How to Survive and Thrive in First Year Health Science” has caused controversy after lecturers apparently accused it of being “full of rubbish and mistakes”. The Health Sci Bible was written by second-year students Marcus Ground and Jack Davies as a Read more...

SOULS Law Camp Cancelled

Posted 4:53pm Monday 5th March 2018 by Joel MacManus

SOULS Law Camp has been cancelled after a meeting between the executive of the Society of Otago University Law Students and the Pro-Vice Chancellor of Humanities, Tony Ballantyne.  The SOULS Executive made the following statement in an email to all law students: "The Society of Otago Read more...

Postgrad Students Locked Out of WiFi Days Before Theses Due

Posted 6:02pm Saturday 3rd March 2018 by Joel MacManus

Several postgraduate students found themselves locked out of University WiFi and unable to gain after-hours access to their building just days before their theses were due. The issue appears to have been caused by the automatic reset of the Student ID system on February 23, which cleared 2017 Read more...

University Cracks Down on Initiations

Posted 6:01pm Saturday 3rd March 2018 by Charlie O’Mannin

17 people in 2017 were excluded from University for initiation related events, including nine people from the Debacle initiation that got significant media attention last year, which the ODT called “sadistic”. In comparison, in 2016 and in 2015 not a single person was disciplined for Read more...

THERE HAS BEEN A CRIME!

Posted 5:59pm Saturday 3rd March 2018 by Erin Broughton

A video that surfaced on Facebook’s ‘Cool Skit Group’ showed the first ever glimpse of famous vandal Banksy in the flesh, as he made his mark on a DCC commissioned powerbox artwork advertising Dunedin sound band The Chills. Banksy has long been known for his interest in justice, Read more...

Embers of Couch Fire Culture Pissed Out by Uni

Posted 5:57pm Saturday 3rd March 2018 by Charlie O’Mannin

Couch burning, once so prevalent you couldn’t open your front door without seeing at least three smouldering sofas, a few charred armchairs and an oxidising ottoman, is on the decline. In 2017, 24 fire-related incidents were dealt with by the Proctor, compared with 70 fire-related incidents Read more...

The Otago Student Living in a Boat

Posted 5:56pm Saturday 3rd March 2018 by Esme Hall

Where are you flatting this year? Otago Uni student Malcolm Jones is living on a boat. His boat, the Sea Witch, has a tiny kitchen, a fold-out table, two seats and space to sleep in the bow. There’s a 100W solar panel for lighting, a small coal burner for cold nights, a methylated spirits Read more...

Otago Student Involved in Russell McVeagh Scandal

Posted 5:55pm Saturday 3rd March 2018 by Esme Hall

Top-tier law firm Russell McVeagh, and the law profession in general, has faced criticism after complaints from students of sexual harassment by lawyers have come to light in the past weeks. The initial incidents reported by Newsroom occurred two years ago when two older male lawyers perpetrated Read more...

James Shaw Talks Speight’s, Three-Ways, and Avoiding Political Roadkill

Posted 5:53pm Saturday 3rd March 2018 by Esme Hall

After losing his co-leader just before the 2017 general election, James Shaw was tasked with leading his party alone on a quixotic journey from outsiders to governors. Rather than riding in on a green wave, the party limped across the line, just squeezing above the 5% threshold required to keep Read more...

Opinion: National Made the Boring Choice

Posted 5:51pm Saturday 3rd March 2018 by Swaine Chan

As Labour’s poll numbers rocket up to 48%, National has elected Simon Bridges as their new Leader, in an attempt to resuscitate both their polling and their chances for the next election. Sadly, moderate candidate Amy Adams missed out. Adams doesn’t put herself up high just because Read more...