Dunners

University Entices Students With Stolen Gym

Posted 6:37pm Sunday 11th March 2012 by Gus Gawn

The Otago University has still not had to pay for the University Plaza building located in front of the stadium, despite using it since the start of the year. The Unipol recreation complex has been open since mid-January and has had massive numbers of students from the University and Read more...

Dunedin "100% Likely" to Suffer Catastrophic Earthquake by 2012

Posted 6:37pm Sunday 11th March 2012 by Callum Fredric

The University is spending $50m to upgrade its buildings over the next seven years, in order to reduce the buildings’ vulnerability to earthquakes. A top-secret forum, off-limits to students and the media, was held last Tuesday March 6 in the College of Education Auditorium, in order to Read more...

Sun sets on ODT's news section

Posted 6:37pm Sunday 11th March 2012 by Gregor Whyte

The Otago Daily Times was so delighted by the appearance of the Sun in the Dunedin skyline last week that they put an article to that effect as the lead story on their website. The short article was entitled “Strange excitement as sun appears above Dunedin”, and did not state who authored Read more...

Hyde and seek

Posted 6:37pm Sunday 11th March 2012 by Gus Gawn

OUSA president Logan Edgar has lashed out at claims by the Otago Daily Times’s Rosie Manins that the Hyde Street Keg Party has been “marred by disorder” in previous years. The comments from Edgar came as he clinched a significant political victory, securing the future of the keg party after having Read more...

Unversity kills 25,000 primitive animals during research

Posted 6:37pm Sunday 11th March 2012 by Margot Taylor

25,000 animals died in University of Otago research and teaching projects between 2009 and 2010. This number is expected to increase significantly, as statistics from 2011 are yet to be released. A recent Otago Daily Times article pushed the issue into the public sphere when it published Read more...

Edgar: "OUSA loses its Mojo"

Posted 6:37pm Sunday 11th March 2012 by Claudia Herron

Last Tuesday saw the long-overdue demolition of OUSA building Mojo’s Hall, after over a year of inactivity in deciding what to do with the weather-damaged site. OUSA finally sold the condemned property for above market value to a land developer, who then instigated its demolition to make way for Read more...

What's a few million amongst friends

Posted 4:53pm Sunday 4th March 2012 by Claudia Herron

While many students were pissing away their course-related costs in Dunedin’s “pimping new Forsyth Barr Stadium” last week, the Dunedin City Council announced that the total cost of the stadium was still not clear, and that an independent investigation by auditing firm PricewaterhouseCoopers would Read more...

New Unipol offers Freshers false hope over inevitable 'Five'

Posted 4:53pm Sunday 4th March 2012 by Gregor Whyte

The new Unipol recreation centre, located next to the Forsyth Barr stadium, opened in late January and the facility has so far received a warm reception from students, with 4600 students going through the gym in a single day last week. The facility boasts two weight rooms, a cardio room, Read more...

Skateboarders unable to read minds

Posted 4:53pm Sunday 4th March 2012 by Gregor Whyte

Property Services have announced that they will release a new Cycling and Skateboard policy later this year, with the intention of addressing several areas of concern for campus users. The policy will include maps showing cycle routes, an update of the current “open” bike racks on campus, and Read more...

William Tell, apparently not such a fantastic shot after a tray of SoGos

Posted 4:53pm Sunday 4th March 2012 by Gus Gawn

In a continuation of the gratuitous violence that has plagued Dunedin in recent weeks, a man was shot in the foot with a crossbow during an alcohol-fuelled incident in the suburb of Mornington. A 54-year-old male required surgery to remove a crossbow bolt from his foot after a 51-year-old Read more...