Dunners

Joyce and Hayne Get Together on Postgrads

Posted 4:49pm Sunday 5th August 2012 by Staff Reporter

Critic has finally made sense of the changes to postgraduate access to the student allowance scheme, which will prevent all postgraduate students from receiving the allowance. Following a meeting between University of Otago Vice-Chancellor Professor Harlene Hayne and Tertiary Education Minister Read more...

Mayor Tells Oil and Gas Industry to Frack Off

Posted 4:49pm Sunday 5th August 2012 by Josie Adams

On July 24, the DCC voted 7-6 to join the call for a moratorium on fracking, making it the fifth local authority to do so. Following the decision, the ODT reported a “fracture” in the relationship between Mayor Dave Cull and his Council and Dunedin-based National MP Michael Woodhouse, which on Read more...

Maverick Professor Threatens to Assemble Eco-Army

Posted 4:49pm Sunday 5th August 2012 by Claudia Herron

Government-owned farming corporation Landcorp and the Department of Conservation are at loggerheads over the potential threat of wilding (it’s a real word, look it up) Douglas-fir trees spreading onto conservation land. Landcorp planted 189ha of Douglas-fir trees on Waipori Station near Read more...

OUSA Revolving Door Keeps On Turning

Posted 2:15pm Sunday 29th July 2012 by Bella Macdonald

Maria Pozza has been elected as OUSA’s Postgraduate Representative after a fierce campaign against bitter rival No Confidence. In the final count, Pozza won with 70 votes, compared with four votes for No Confidence. Poor showing, old buddy. Pozza believed that her PhD would make her a Read more...

Rumours not enough to kill captain cook

Posted 2:15pm Sunday 29th July 2012 by Josie Adams

With the University’s new Alcohol Implementation Group (AIG) aiming to rid the streets of shameful Scarfie inebriation, it was only a matter of time before rumours began to abound regarding their nefarious plotting. Professor Jennie Connor, chairwoman of the AIG, has publicly stated that the board Read more...

Panel Debates Age Restrictions for Fermented Grain

Posted 2:15pm Sunday 29th July 2012 by Claudia Herron

The controversial topic of a split legal drinking age came before a caffeine-fuelled Otago University Debating Society and a panel of guest judges in the Great Alcohol Debate last Wednesday. The negating team, who were arguing that the drinking age should remain 18, secured the win as well as Read more...

South Dunedin Blamed for all Problems

Posted 2:15pm Sunday 29th July 2012 by Zane Pocock

Alternatives to the proposed liquor ban are being sought following a meeting between OUSA, Dunedin City Council representatives, and the Youth Action Committee on Tuesday July 24. The Council’s Liquor Ban Implementation Group delayed its decision on the liquor ban last month to consider Read more...

Student Health Sickened By Influenza Outbreak

Posted 2:15pm Sunday 29th July 2012 by Margot Taylor

An increasing number of people have been affected by the spread of the influenza strain known as H3N2. While the name of the virus sounds similar to that of Star Wars’ R2D2, those afflicted will feel as though they’ve crash-landed on the Ice Planet Hoth. Christchurch has been hit hardest by the Read more...

University Staff Member Receives C+ in FRAUD101

Posted 2:15pm Sunday 29th July 2012 by Callum Fredric

A University of Otago staff member was escorted from the University campus by security guards last week, as police began investigating an alleged major fraud that was uncovered by an internal University audit in June. National Radio has reported that between $200,000 and $300,000 was Read more...

At Last! OUSA Is Incomplete Again!

Posted 10:46am Sunday 22nd July 2012 by Zane Pocock

OUSA is holding yet another by-election, for the position of Post-Graduate Officer, following the departure of Victoria Koszowski. Critic speculates that Victoria valiantly resigned after hearing murmurs that students were disappointed they hadn't had enough opportunities to vote this year. Read more...