A Fond Farewell to L.Hotel

On Thursday, March 14th, we all received a gutting post notification (we have ours on at least) from L. Hotel announcing a ‘CYA L8TER NZ Tour’. The tour marks the last chance for fans and haters (kidding, everyone loves them) to say goodbye to the “tax-evading, gluten-free idiots.”  L.Hotel — previously called ‘The Shitz’ — are unique in the sense that they are almost entirely formed of OUSA...

OUSA First Quarter Reports

Every quarter, each OUSA exec member submits a report to prove they’ve actually been doing the job they were elected to do. The exec then meets to vote on whether each member should be paid their honorarium (like a salary for elected positions, paid only on the basis that members are actually doing their jobs). The TL;DR is it was all “aye” (me hearty) this time. At the exec meeting discussing the reports, each exec member...

Pint Night Pox Strikes!

Chickenpox’s ‘patient zero’ has come forth after students received an email on Thursday March 14 alerting them to an outbreak of chickenpox (or varicella-zoster) within the student community. The email warned that the virus is “highly infectious” and the “risk of spread is high,” telling students with symptoms to seek medical support and isolate themselves immediately. Critic Te Ārohi spoke with...

“Nut Free” Carrington College Serves Nuts

Carrington College found themselves in a tricky situation last week, after a resident allergic to peanuts unknowingly consumed a biscuit containing nuts. The student ate said sweet treat with faith in the fact that Carrington kitchen had become nut free. Yikes.  A student associated with Carrington told Critic Te Ārohi that the nut situation was “just an unfortunate mistake.” He reported that “one of...

Citizens Advice Bureau Launch Youth-Focused Website

Nobody ever seems to be truly prepared for the shit show that is moving out of home, which is why the Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB) have created a tool to help. Launched with the knowledge that there’s no 100-level paper on bullshitting through life, the Bureau announced the ‘Youth Tool Kete’ on March 13th to provide a one-stop-shop for solutions to all of the most common issues under-25s have.  For those not in the know,...

Otago Regional Councillor Calls Student “Entitled” Over Bus Fares

Last week, the Otago Regional Council (ORC) voted 5-7 not to extend the half price bus fares. In what would normally be a...

‘Let’s talk about Drugs’ Turns To ‘Let’s Talk Shit’

Sparks flew at an otherwise underwhelming ‘Let’s talk about Drugs’ event where panellists and the handful of...

Uni Football Rising Out of the Pits

University football has pulled itself out of a hole after slashing through both men’s and women’s University of Canterbury teams in a pre-season derby. Now the club is talking a big game,...

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