A student flat has received a warning from police over the controversial name of their flat.
As is common practice among scarfie flats, the residents of 584 Castle St erected a sign to announce their flat’s identity to the North Dunedin community. This particular group decided to name their flat “the Cuntry Club” with the convenient omission of the “o”.
Campus Watch first approached the flat last week, followed by Campus Cop Max Holt, after senior members of University staff, who use a public carpark within sight of the flat, made an informal complaint.
No official complaint has been made to the police. However, if one were laid, “the sign can be seized as evidence if the Campus Cop chooses to charge them.” Charges could be made under the Summary Offences Act, which provides for fines of up to $1000 for ‘offensive behaviour or language’. The word in question “is still significantly offensive”, according to Campus Cop Max Holt.
When asked whether the sign was a reasonable expression of student creativity or whether it overstepped the mark, OUSA President Logan Edgar replied, “Fuck, I don’t know what to think of that.”
Mike Giampetro and Ethan Mudford, occupants of 584 Castle St, report that they have since taken the sign down.
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