The 2011 Orientation week has been a much reduced affair, with many students commenting that it has been perhaps the most subdued in recent memory.
The Christchurch earthquake has put a significant dampener on the week, especially given the large number of Otago students who originally hailed from the Canterbury region. In addition, the absence of both the traditional Toga Parade and ‘Gardies’ pub have left the week noticeably absent of scarfie misadventure. The cancellation of the Hall Sports Day further contributed to a slow week, and also left organisers pondering what to do with 3000 spare sausages. (Critic understands that a group of UniCol females volunteered to dispose of them.)
Despite these setbacks, however, the local bars seemed busy during the ‘goldmine’ week where all students, fresh back from their summer jobs, are keen to go ‘Donald Trump’ on the piss. Starter’s Bar, along with new kid on the block, Malbas, hosted beer-pong tournaments as well as jelly wrestling and wet T-shirt contests in an attempt to attract the punters.
Critic went to print before the rugby game at Carisbrook on Friday night, but it is fairly safe to assume that a new generation of students will have learnt what a massive shithole the stadium is and how far it is to walk if you’ve missed the bus. Critic speculates that few students who watched the game remember what the score was and that some lucky UniCol lass probably became intimately acquainted with a second string Highlander.
In more academically related news, campus was overrun on Monday and Tuesday as scholars of all shapes and sizes attempted to complete their course approval forms. Many students who assumed this would be a simple process had their dreams shattered as they were sent back to collect a further indecipherable red scribble from a lecturer who had failed to initial some minor and unimportant change.
Apparently OUSA also ran some events. We didn’t attend.
Critic arbritarily decides O-Week was crap. Writes article to that effect.
