All Fun and Games.

Posted 3:22pm Sunday 11th July 2010

The first SGM of the year took place last Thursday, with about 200 students showing up. he first motions – accepting the audited accounts, and appointing auditors, solicitors, and reinstating Donna Jones as secretary – passed unanimously. Proposed Constitutional changes and Read more...

Execrable - 11

Posted 3:16pm Sunday 11th July 2010

If there’s one thing Critic learnt last week, it’s that Budget Revision (BR) is a bore. Officially, BR is when the Executive makes adjustments to the budget. Unofficially, BR is when Meager’s head threatens to explode with his sense of self-importance. Motions were carried that the Read more...

Capping Week: Uni gets wrong end of the stick

Posted 3:14pm Sunday 11th July 2010

Enrolments in tertiary institutions are increasing beyond sustainable levels, causing both Otago and Victoria to take measures to limit them. At Otago, enrolments for semester two are to be capped, with further caps for next year in the works. The caps were part of a recommendation from the Read more...

It’s Officially Official: Design Now Fully Dead.

Posted 3:13pm Sunday 11th July 2010

The fate of the Design Department was sealed last week by the University Council, which voted to pass the proposed recommendations from the Senate.   The recommendations state that the Design Department should be disestablished, and deleted as a major subject. Transitional arrangements Read more...

Arts Students Too Poor To Attend Graduation

Posted 2:29pm Sunday 11th July 2010

Graduation fever has hit town, with Science graduation taking place on Saturday. 500 students graduated in person, and 110 students in absentia. The Commerce and Law graduations will take place this weekend with 429 students graduated in person, and 70 in absentia. The Arts graduation has 339 Read more...

Token Weekly Steven Joyce Story.

Posted 2:28pm Sunday 11th July 2010

A very small cloud looms over students’ futures as the Government considers charging an annual fee to more than 500 000 people with student debt. The fee is expected to be around $50 a year for every person with outstanding student debt, and will net the Government approximately $15 million. Read more...

After The Dust Has Settled.

Posted 2:27pm Sunday 11th July 2010

Some University of Otago Design Studies students are distressed about how they were treated in the lead-up to the decision to close the Department.   Although a silent protest did not change the outcome of the Senate meeting last week which voted to disestablish the Department, Read more...

Execrable - 09

Posted 1:16pm Sunday 11th July 2010

RIP the three hours and thirty-three minutes Critic spent in the boardroom. You will be sorely missed. Suffice it to say, the meeting dragged on, to the point where someone could have watched The Fellowship of the Ring: Extended Edition AND made two-minute noodles during the time. Or, in Read more...

Execrable

Posted 3:49am Monday 28th June 2010

The first OUSA meeting of the year (well, the first Critic deemed worthy of attendance) saw the room brimming with as much excitement as a primary school dance. The girls and boys were even seated on opposite sides of the room.   Chirpy stories were swapped, but best of all was Read more...

International Women’s Day

Posted 3:46am Monday 28th June 2010

Monday March 8 is the 99th International Women’s Day. Fifteen countries, including Azerbaijan, Tajikistan, and Moldova, celebrate International Women’s Day as an official holiday.   Unfortunately, no such luck in New Zealand, so everyone will still be expected to turn up to lectures Read more...