Dunners

Degree factory churns out more WINZ applicants

Posted 7:08pm Sunday 13th May 2012 by Bella Macdonald

The University of Otago is divesting itself of nearly a tenth of its students this month, releasing 1,755 graduates into the empty void of unemployment. Graduation Ceremonies to mark the event are being held from May 6 to 19 in the Regent Theatre. 1,345 students are expected to attend the Read more...

Scarfies find their place in world is up trees, wasted

Posted 7:08pm Sunday 13th May 2012 by Claudia Herron

The iconic scarfie drinking game “possum” has gone global after an Otago Daily Times article reported concerns that growing popularity of the game is causing problems in the Dunedin Botanic Gardens. The story was subsequently run by The Guardian and The Sun in England, Fox News in the United Read more...

Drunk Wayfarers Get Their Just Desserts

Posted 12:51am Monday 7th May 2012 by Josie Adams

Twelve students and their substantial quantaties of alcohol required rescue from Pudding Island on April 26, when they became trapped by the rising tide. After hearing the stranded students’ cries for help, Portobello residents alerted the Dunedin Coastguard. A rescue mission was sent out at Read more...

Power-hungry scarfies briefly thwarted

Posted 12:51am Monday 7th May 2012 by Claudia Herron

The University was struck by a power cut at around 11am on Monday April 30, disrupting lectures and severing the campus’s internet connection. The cut was the result of a contractor outside of the campus interfering with a power cable with an excavator, which stopped the supply to the main Read more...

Sneaky students slyly subvert system

Posted 12:51am Monday 7th May 2012 by Imogen Whyte

The University caught fewer cheaters than usual in 2011, with figures released by under the Official Information Act showing that cheating and plagiarism incidents have dropped at six of New Zealand’s eight universities over the past year. Of the 19,500 full-time students at the University Read more...

Five fifth-years frolic for fish in filthy waters of Leith.

Posted 4:56pm Sunday 29th April 2012 by Bella Macdonald

A flat of resourceful fifth-years have proven that half a decade of being a scarfie is enough to survive in the wild, after an impromptu fishing expedition put smoked salmon fillets on the students’ dinner plates. At about 10.30pm on April 17, reported sightings of salmon in the shallows of Read more...

International students aware that Dunedin is not Christchurch

Posted 4:56pm Sunday 29th April 2012 by Gus Gawn

The University of Otago International office has noticed a drop in international students enrolling or arriving on exchange in the past year. However speculation (mainly by the Otago Daily Times) that the drop was caused by the Christchurch earthquakes appears unfounded. International Pro Read more...

“What would you do?” no longer a hypothetical question

Posted 4:56pm Sunday 29th April 2012 by Claudia Herron

The University of Otago has announced an operating surplus of $26 million last year, the highest recorded surplus since the figure peaked in 2007 at $26.35 million. The surplus was $9.22 million above what was initially budgeted; however, the likelihood of maintaining future operating Read more...

Thousands of Invisible activists invisibly paint the night

Posted 4:56pm Sunday 29th April 2012 by Sasha Borissenko

Invisible Children’s much-anticipated “Cover the Night” event “took place” on April 20. Despite this, the citizens of Dunedin were surprised to wake up on April 21 to find that global injustice and international human rights abuses continued around the world. Online documentary KONY 2012 Read more...

249 lose their place in the world

Posted 4:56pm Sunday 29th April 2012 by Imogen Whyte

249 students were suspended from the University of Otago last year for failing to pass an adquate number of papers, compared to 84 suspensions in 2010. This increase comes as the as the University shifts its focus to producing “quality” students, Vice-Chancellor Harlene Hayne told the Otago Read more...