Slutwalk II: The Sluts Strike Back

Posted 4:03pm Sunday 9th September 2012

On Saturday September 1 Dunedin’s second annual Slutwalk hit the streets. Beginning outside the Dental School, the marchers progressed along George Street to the Octagon, where they were addressed by speakers on the topics of slut-shaming and victim-blaming. The “Slutwalk” movement began last Read more...

Farmers hate the young

Posted 5:17pm Sunday 2nd September 2012

On 18 August student anti-climate change group Generation Zero was brutally suppressed by The Man in response to their latest publicity stunt, a “bus” of recycled cardboard containing some of the organisation’s members, which travelled around Dunedin calling for the Government to invest in smart Read more...

Nuclear Radiation Gives Survivors Oratory Superpowers

Posted 4:26pm Sunday 19th August 2012

On Friday the 10th, Dunedin was honoured to play host to two survivors of the infamous Hiroshima bombing. Shigeko Niimoto Sasamori, 80, and Michimasa Hirata, 77, were children – thirteen and nine, respectively – when the U.S. dropped the atomic bomb “Little Boy” onto the Japanese city Hiroshima on Read more...

Mayor Tells Oil and Gas Industry to Frack Off

Posted 4:49pm Sunday 5th August 2012

On July 24, the DCC voted 7-6 to join the call for a moratorium on fracking, making it the fifth local authority to do so. Following the decision, the ODT reported a “fracture” in the relationship between Mayor Dave Cull and his Council and Dunedin-based National MP Michael Woodhouse, which on Read more...

Rumours not enough to kill captain cook

Posted 2:15pm Sunday 29th July 2012

With the University’s new Alcohol Implementation Group (AIG) aiming to rid the streets of shameful Scarfie inebriation, it was only a matter of time before rumours began to abound regarding their nefarious plotting. Professor Jennie Connor, chairwoman of the AIG, has publicly stated that the board Read more...

Lecturers follow Sheens’ example, take up winning

Posted 10:46am Sunday 22nd July 2012

University of Otago lecturers Doctor Rhiannon Braund, Associate Professor Steve Dawson, and Associate Professor Anthony Robins have won the three annual University Teaching Awards awarded by Otago. These awards recognise an “outstanding ability to teach”, and are generally awarded to those willing Read more...

Re-O Puts Rio to Shame

Posted 5:14pm Sunday 15th July 2012

Re-Orientation kicked off on Wednesday and ended on Saturday, with a stellar line-up running throughout the week. Ladyhawke, Kora, and the comedy night with Paul Ego and Chopper Reed were predicted to be the big hits, while OUSA’s Clubs Day, Market Day and International Food Festival provided Read more...

Scarfies drink for Africa

Posted 8:39pm Sunday 3rd June 2012

The 40-Hour Famine was held on the weekend of 25 to 27 May, with participants around the country giving up something of value for 40 sponsored hours in order to raise money for World Vision. A number of Otago students displayed an especially entrepreneurial attitude to the cause. 20 year-old Read more...

Scarfie Chronicles | Issue 13

Posted 7:40pm Sunday 27th May 2012

The past week has seen some pretty freaky business go down, and for once, we’re not talking sexually. Cumberland College has fallen prey to the Grey Lady, the ghost of an unfit mother, and the first years aren’t handling it so well. Some have tried to communicate with the spirit of Rowena Ravenclaw Read more...

Critic pretends to give a shit about postgrads

Posted 7:40pm Sunday 27th May 2012

The University of Otago will host the inaugural Postgraduate Research Conference on Power and Politics (PRCPP) on 2 – 3 July. The Conference, sponsored by the New Zealand Political Studies Association, will give postgraduate students the chance to present material from their disciplines for Read more...