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ODT and Polytech combine to take a dump on head of Uni

Posted 4:11am Monday 11th July 2011 by Gregor Whyte

The alleged uncovering of a nefarious alliance between the Otago Polytechnic and the Otago Daily Times (ODT) has triggered a ridiculous article in the student magazine Critic. Whilst browsing the ODT website to find filler news for the “Briefs” section of the magazine, Critic Read more...

Everything passes in OUSA Referendum. Except that darned constitution.

Posted 4:08am Monday 11th July 2011 by Gregor Whyte

The OUSA referendum resulted in all motions passing the vote, with the exception of the crucial motion addressing the current constitutional structure of OUSA. Motions accepting the OUSA audited financial statements and annual report for 2010 both passed with only minor opposition, although in Read more...

Otago Less Good

Posted 4:06am Monday 11th July 2011 by Gregor Whyte

Unimpressed with lack of couch burnings and riots, ranking agency punishes Otago with huge drop in rankings. New Zealand universities have fallen considerably in the just released version of the QS World Universities Rankings, with Otago University suffering the most significant tumble, Read more...

Election campaigns reveal that none of these candidates is the next Obama

Posted 4:03am Monday 11th July 2011 by Aimee Gulliver

By the time Critic is being read by all of our many [several] fans, the by-election results for President will be final, as voting closed at 4pm Friday June 3. Based on the results, the relative success of the candidates’ campaigns should now be obvious. However, prior to voting closing Critic Read more...

Police institute highly realistic plan to arrest 30,000 for standing up at rugby game

Posted 3:28am Wednesday 6th July 2011 by Lozz Holding

Many students are outraged, and frankly a tad bewildered, after hearing that the Dunedin police force are planning to clamp down on Mexican waves at rugby games in the new Forsyth Barr Stadium. The configuration of the new stadium means that in certain places the crowd will be less than six Read more...

Cagey Issue. Eggscellent bad pun potential.

Posted 3:11am Wednesday 6th July 2011 by Kari Schmidt

A motion requesting that food outlets on campus stop using factory-farmed products has been included as part of the OUSA referendum, which has been open for voting since May 23 and closes on June 2. However, some students have expressed doubts about whether the motion, ostensibly supported by Read more...

OUSA wants a share of the COC?

Posted 12:17am Wednesday 6th July 2011 by Lozz Holding

A motion is being put to students in the current student referendum that would see the 2006 motion that OUSA officially opposes the Student Code of Conduct (COC) rescinded, and would also void the referendum result of 2005 wherein students voted that OUSA should be in opposition to the Code. Read more...

Presidential Candidates Debate: Showdown of the Century

Posted 12:14am Wednesday 6th July 2011 by Aimee Gulliver

0.25% of Students Listen. The campaign period is officially underway for the four candidates running for the role of President of OUSA in the upcoming by-election.   Candidates are current Acting President Bradley Russell, Welfare Officer Shonelle Eastwood, Colleges and Read more...

OUSA Student Forum mobbed by capacity crowd of politically-informed students. Lol.

Posted 5:00am Monday 30th May 2011 by Teuila Fuatai

Last Tuesday OUSA held its first student forum of 2011. Eight motions were discussed, all of which are to be put to online referendum between May 23 and June 2. Included in the referendum will be motions addressing amendments to the OUSA constitution, the Code of Student Conduct and interest free Read more...

Dodgy Dude gets Double Downed

Posted 4:56am Monday 30th May 2011 by Aimee Gulliver

Police have praised two Otago students for their quick actions in apprehending a man lurking around their community. Critic understands that the 49 year old was caught masturbating over a girl getting changed through the window. Sam Howie and Henry Caulton chased the man in the early hours of Read more...