Dunners

Minor Change Called “Attack On Democracy”

Posted 1:47pm Sunday 22nd September 2013 by Claudia Herron

The University of Otago is looking to abandon a 120-year-old tradition in which Otago Graduates are able to vote fellow alumni onto the University Council. Established in 1891, the Court of Convocation has the sole purpose of electing three of its members from among the ranks of its Read more...

Governance Review Shockingly Fails to Deliver

Posted 1:47pm Sunday 22nd September 2013 by Zane Pocock

OUSA’s Governance and Representation Review is now “not necessarily” expected to be complete by the end of the year, says OUSA President Francisco Hernandez. Hernandez told Critic that since recommendations made by the Governance and Representation Review Working Party (the Fun Party) “would Read more...

Constitution in Tatters

Posted 1:47pm Sunday 22nd September 2013 by Sam McChesney

Both of OUSA President Francisco Hernandez’s referendum questions may prove invalid, after one was ambiguous and the other improperly presented. Hernandez’s question “Should the Otago University Students’ Association (OUSA) adopt a Single Transferrable Voting (STV) system for its elections?” Read more...

Frances Hodgkins Fellowship Announced

Posted 2:39pm Sunday 15th September 2013 by Zane Pocock

Auckland artist Patrick Lundberg was announced last week as the 2014 recipient of the University of Otago’s Frances Hodgkins Fellowship, one of New Zealand’s most prestigious art fellowships. Beginning on 1 February, he will receive a stipend for a year and a studio on campus to pursue his art. Read more...

Execrable | Issue 23

Posted 2:39pm Sunday 15th September 2013 by Sam McChesney

No scandalous revelations this week, folks. This week, all you get is the collapse of drawn-out, politically contentious OUSA project; Budget 2014; a referendum we’ve been waiting for years to hold; a proposal to change OUSA’s voting system at elections; and a laughable attempt by Fran to Read more...

Feral Cats to Be Sent to Heaviside Layer

Posted 2:39pm Sunday 15th September 2013 by Josie Cochrane

Dunedin City Councillor Kate Wilson has created a ‘‘cat committee’’ to discuss solutions to the city’s growing feral cat problem. The committee was set up in response to ongoing concerns about the “pest problem” represented by such cats. Residents argue that if there is a system in place for Read more...

Council of Smaug Hoards Treasure

Posted 2:39pm Sunday 15th September 2013 by Claudia Herron

A number of major forthcoming projects have seen the University pump up its cash reserves and produce an operating surplus significantly above budget, according to monthly financial statements presented at last week’s University Council meeting. The statements revealed that as of the end of July, Read more...

God Throws Roofs at Cars

Posted 2:39pm Sunday 15th September 2013 by Bella Macdonald

In the wake of the storm that bolted through Dunedin last week, the Dunedin City Council has deemed the large amounts of damage caused to nearby cars by parts of its buildings flying off “an act of God.” One victim, reported in the Otago Daily Times, was Uil Ludemann, whose car was damaged Read more...

Otago's Stock Does a Fannie Mae

Posted 2:39pm Sunday 15th September 2013 by Thomas Raethel

The University of Otago has been declared the 155th best university in the world, tailing 61 places behind the University of Auckland. The Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings are published annually in the United Kingdom, and according to the official website, feature “over 800 Read more...

Hernandez: “I Am Not A Bitch”

Posted 2:39pm Sunday 15th September 2013 by Sam McChesney

OUSA has firmly denied that the University of Otago attempted to strong-arm the association out of purchasing the Cook or any other North Dunedin pub, after concerns to that effect were raised in an OUSA Executive meeting on 3 September. OUSA currently receives around three-quarters of its Read more...