The OUSA rescue mission to the earthquake-stricken Canterbury region was a roaring success, OUSA told Critic, with OUSA saying that Christchurch residents had told OUSA how wonderful it was that OUSA had taken time out of their busy schedule to bring them some free baked beans and half a bottle of H2GO.
The rescue mission, estimated to have cost OUSA a grand total of $0 of Otago students’ money (since everything was donated), consisted of OUSA President Harriet Geoghegan, and some other people who aren’t as important. They drove to Christchurch in an OUSA van on the weekend, rocked up to Geoghegan’s sisters to sleep on the floor, and brought with them much-needed supplies, including a few shovels they nicked from Property Services.
The team then chipped in with four hours (slow down now) of helping to clean up St Albans, and also took a tour around the city to see the devastation. Apparently it was a little messy.
Geoghegan told Critic that the University of Canterbury are being bastards and refusing to move exams back by a week, and that the University of Canterbury Students’ Association is in negotiations with the University to try to rectify this.
OUSA single-handedly eases Cantab plight
