AUSA Attempts to Abort Student Group

Posted 10:46am Sunday 22nd July 2012

A motion that “the Pro-Life Club be disaffiliated for propagating harmful misinformation” has been voted against 227-125 by members of the Auckland University Student Association (AUSA) at a Special General Meeting on Wednesday July 18. Following an anonymous complaint made to AUSA, the Read more...

At Last! OUSA Is Incomplete Again!

Posted 10:46am Sunday 22nd July 2012

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...

Students Celebrate Christchurch Heritage by Recreating Earthquake

Posted 10:46am Sunday 22nd July 2012

Investigations are underway into the collapse of the floor of the University of Canterbury’s new $2.5 million temporary events centre, which opened in April after the University's student bar was damaged by the February 2011 earthquake. The incident occurred after some intense moshing early Read more...

Beer, Glorious Beer

Posted 5:14pm Sunday 15th July 2012

As someone who’s all too familiar with the epic nights of a student and spent the prior night sinking piss at a work function, going Gonzo for a feature on beer didn’t seem like a great concept, but my trepidation was brief. I had forgotten that real beer need not be associated with slabs of SoGos Read more...

$24 for a dozen, $16 for a bottle of wine, world will indeed end in 2012.

Posted 5:14pm Sunday 15th July 2012

The Alcohol Reform Bill continues its progress through Parliament, but although parties agree on the importance of the bill, debate persists regarding the exact details of the proposed changes currently before the Justice and Electoral Committee. The hot topics of the day are a proposed minimum Read more...

Last Breath Left

Posted 8:39pm Sunday 3rd June 2012

Suicide is an issue that hits close to home for too many New Zealanders. We have the highest suicide rate in the OECD, and an estimated 3% of our population considers suicide every year. Debate rages in the media about how we should approach and treat this problem. Critic's Zane Pocock delves into Read more...

Altered States

Posted 7:58pm Sunday 20th May 2012

Lets face it, listening to mainstream radio feels more and more like getting Rick-Rolled. An alternative is vital, both for your sanity, and to maintain any sense of culture in society. Threatened with sale last year, Otago Uni's other student voice - Radio One - has come under a lot of fire. Read more...

TRANS

Posted 12:51am Monday 7th May 2012

Imagine you are five again. Sitting on Santa’s lap, you ask in a whisper for the one thing in the world you truly desire: A Barbie. Christmas morning rolls around; you run to the tree, sliding around the corner like a scampering dog in your excitement. And under that tree you find, with baited Read more...

The State of Style

Posted 4:26pm Sunday 25th March 2012

It’s a sunny Sunday arvo at the Ironic Kronic flat on Castle Street. You and your fellow scarfies are sitting on the last remaining, slightly-charred couch on the porch. The mate to your left grunts about his new Lower jeans. You look at him slowly, with your head cocked ironically to one side, and Read more...

Death of Occupy

Posted 4:27pm Sunday 18th March 2012

When I set out to write this piece, it was under the assumption that the Occupy movement was dead. Plans to interview people by moonlight at cemeteries were going ahead brilliantly until the scream of “Occupy hasn’t died!” echoed loudly from the mouth of anthropologist David Graeber, a key founder Read more...