Rubbish Crisis in Lebanon Sparks Protests

Posted 11:29am Sunday 6th September 2015

Thousands of Lebanese have rallied in the country’s capital, Beirut, to protest the “rubbish crisis” occurring in the city. Rubbish has been accumulating in the city since July after the closure of the city’s main landfill. More than 20,000 tonnes of garbage have piled up Read more...

Bin Laden’s Family Die in Suspicious Plane Crash

Posted 11:09am Sunday 9th August 2015

Three members of Osama bin Laden’s family died in a plane crash in the English county of Hampshire on 31 July. The passengers were his stepmother Raja Bashir Hashem, 75, her daughter Sana bin Laden, 53, and his brother-in-law Zouheir Anuar Hashem, 56.  The family passed away, along Read more...

Five Servicemen Killed at Military Base

Posted 11:51am Sunday 26th July 2015

On 16 July, a lone gunman opened fire on two military bases in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The shooting, which occurred shortly after 10am, killed five servicemen. Another serviceman and a policeman were left injured, and the shooter was also killed at the scene. Mohammad Youssef Abdulazeez, who was Read more...

Health-e Campus Website Launched

Posted 11:07am Sunday 12th July 2015

The University of Otago’s Student Health Services have initiated a new service in the form of a website, Healthy Campus. The website, an extension of the University of Otago website, was initiated by Director of Student Health Services, Dr. Kim Ma’ia’i, after a conversation he had Read more...

Love Wins: Rainbows Everywhere

Posted 3:23pm Sunday 5th July 2015

On 26 June, history was made when the United States Supreme Court legalised the marriage of same-sex couples in all 50 states. Gay and lesbian couples were already able to marry in 36 states and the District of Columbia, but the 5–4 ruling means the remaining 14 states in the South and Read more...

Greece Fails to Make IMF Payment

Posted 11:23am Sunday 5th July 2015

Greece has slipped deeper into a financial wormhole after failing to pay the 1.5 billion euros it owes to the International Monetary Fund (IMF). After last-minute efforts to extend the bailout repayment failed, Greece has become the only developed country to miss a scheduled payment to the IMF in Read more...

Bali Nine Executed

Posted 11:59am Sunday 3rd May 2015

At 12:30am on Wednesday 29 April, two Australians, Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan, were executed on Nusa Kambangan Island in Central Java. Sukumaran and Chan were among eight other drug smugglers who were put to death on the same day. The men included four Nigerians — Okwuduli Oyatanze, Read more...

Wanted: Speedy Cat Experts

Posted 11:11am Sunday 26th April 2015

OUSA is calling all quiz lovers to participate in the entry tests for this year’s University Challenge. The challenge is a television show, aired on Prime, in which universities from all over New Zealand compete in an academic quiz. The entry test to be considered for the University of Read more...

A Date with Nicky Hager

Posted 3:11pm Sunday 29th March 2015

Last week, Zahra Shahtahmasebi caught up with investigative journalist, Nicky Hager. Hager is most known for his books Secrets and Lies, The Hollow Men, Seeds of Distrust and last year’s Dirty Politics. Recently, Hager has been working with computer professional and whistleblower, Edward Snowden, to Read more...

Rattray Mural Adds to Street Art

Posted 2:32pm Sunday 15th March 2015

A s part of a project by the Dunedin Street Art group, Australian artist Fintan Magee has begun a new mural on Rattray Street. The mural, which spans from three to four storeys, is one of three projects in the area and is located on the side of the Scenic Hotel building. It is set to take a Read more...