Soapbox

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Posted 2:23am Monday 20th September 2010 by Samuel JK

To govern, in the simplest of terms, is to direct and control the masses. For centuries people have appreciated the fairness of majority rule. In a democracy you have a say in who you are governed by, which should theoretically mean that policies are implemented which bring about the Read more...

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Posted 2:51am Monday 23rd August 2010 by Gareth Thomas

Dear OUSA Executive and members of the Wannabe political tribe, Stop taking yourselves and the job you do so seriously. Having been a student at Otago University (barring a seven-year gap when I actually worked in the pharmaceutical industry, using my PhD and BSc (Hons) for 13 years, I Read more...

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Posted 2:11am Monday 9th August 2010 by Louise Pearman

‘Politics, it seems to me, for years, or all too long, has been concerned with right or left instead of right or wrong.’ - Richard Armour Last week I found myself pulled from my nerdy life as a PhD student into the joyful arms of student politics. Two years ago myself and others worked for Read more...

Why Today's Youth Have No Respect For Authority

Posted 1:24am Monday 26th July 2010 by Mia Watkins

If you're a parent disappointed with your children, read this, then look at yourself. Respect, what is it? An attitude of esteem, consideration or regard. A respectable person is generally thought to be deserving of the respect of others. Today's authority figures aren't respected because they don't Read more...

Accounting and Finance Department Merger

Posted 3:26am Tuesday 20th July 2010 by Logan Oliver

The closure of the Design Department saw the Registry picketed by a motley collection of jawboning student politicians, unkempt art students, and hangers-on from the International Socialists. As I’m in finance, my mind clearly works differently to the aforementioned rabble, so would someone please Read more...

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Posted 12:13am Monday 12th July 2010 by Urich Hunt

Take your ghetto, and fuck off! Would you like to know what I realised recently? I fucking hate Scarfies. I really do. It’s weird to say that because I am a uni student myself, but you guys are a serious blight on society. It’s got to the point where I’m actually embarrassed Read more...

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Posted 10:31pm Sunday 11th July 2010 by James Gluck

Student organisations are and should be political. Yet we have people like Harriet Geoghegan constantly claiming that the few groups that still admit this, like the International Socialists, are irrelevant to students. Her ‘working party’ on the governance of OUSA has just brought out its Read more...

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Posted 8:39pm Sunday 11th July 2010 by Critic

For some reason, I'm not out with my flatmates. Even after four and a half months of living with them, I haven't told them that I'm gay. I'm out with nearly everyone else I know, but I haven't told the people I live with. Why?   To almost everyone I know, I identify as gay. Proudly. Read more...

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Posted 4:31pm Sunday 11th July 2010 by Tom Taylor

Our Western fixation with monetary value has skyrocketed over the past few decades. By no means am I saying money is entirely a bad thing –it’s a tool, of course. What I am getting at is that this very obsession is screwing us over. Let’s take the University as an example. It’s no Read more...

Smile, You’re on Overheard @ Uni of Otago!

Posted 3:36pm Sunday 11th July 2010 by Critic

I have to admit it – I like following trends as much as I like following Justin Bieber on Twitter. I’m a complete sheep. A tights-as pants-wearing, bubble tea-drinking, dubstep-listening sheep. I even sort of wish I was an Aucklander. They are cool. They set trends for me to follow! But the Read more...