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Emily On Campus

NewsJune 11

Student life settles down after Orientation

Student reporter Emily Menkes reflects on her first week back at university.
NewsMay 9

The takeover of the Apple Mac

Looking around the library it is more and more apparent that Apple Macintosh computers are becoming eerily common.
NewsMarch 8

No toga parade but students will still party

Otago University's Orientation 2010 has started.  The student year has begun, writes Emily Menkes.
No toga parade but students will still party
No toga parade but students will still party
NewsMarch 5

Introducing NZ's youngest MP

Emily Menkes talks to Green MP Gareth Hughes and finds out why he thinks Greens have the answer for students.
Introducing NZ's youngest MP
Introducing NZ's youngest MP
NewsFebruary 23

Orientation line-up looks sweet

Dunedin has experienced its first major influx of students for the year. ODT Online reporter and second-year student Emily Menkes looks at the Otago University Orientation line-up.
Orientation line-up looks sweet
Orientation line-up looks sweet
NewsDecember 13

Studentville has become Ghostville

Exams are finally over. Finished. And with their completion, Dunedin has become notably deflated with the mass student exodus.
Studentville has become Ghostville
Studentville has become Ghostville
NewsSeptember 13

Students say Undie has created own hype

Otago student and ODT Online reporter Emily Menkes gets the student take on the weekend disorder.
Students say Undie has created own hype
Students say Undie has created own hype
DunedinSeptember 13

Undie 500 chaos - a student's view

First year student and ODT Online reporter Emily Menkes was in the thick of another unfortunate night on Castle St.
NewsSeptember 10

International students give Otago global glow

The international student section of the Otago University is rapidly increasing,  resulting in growing awareness of the diversity around campus, and a growing global profile for Otago, writes Emily Menkes.
International students give Otago global glow
International students give Otago global glow
NewsSeptember 10

Students apprehensive ahead of Undie 500

Emily Menkes takes the temperature on campus ahead of tomorrow's Undie 500 rally.
Students apprehensive ahead of Undie 500
Students apprehensive ahead of Undie 500
NewsJuly 28

Review: Bringing the world to Dunedin

OUSA's second annual ‘International Cultural Night' set itself a steep task - 'Bringing the world to Dunedin'.
NewsJuly 25

Swine flu no longer far-off fear for students

The spectre of swine flu has swept into Otago University.
NewsJuly 15

A good start to the semester?

Semester Two has begun this week, and amid the flurry of student activity is an underlying tone of indignation regarding the re-naming of ‘Re-Ori' to ‘Take Two' in an attempt by OUSA to rid themselves of the notoriety typically attached to the celebrations.
NewsJune 25

Student volunteers leading the way

Student Victim Support volunteers Jasmine and Annabelle say they just want to "give a bit back".
Student volunteers leading the way
Student volunteers leading the way
NewsJune 11

Beers shut away as exam time hits

Mid- and final years exams are the annual events when students have the ability to cast off the term ‘Scarfie' and some of its connotations.
NewsMay 22

Review: Excellent Capping Show not for faint-hearted

The 2009 Capping Show has had a lot to live up to, not only because of its legacy (this will be its 116th year) - but also with a growing number of audience members over recent years remarking on the increase in smut at the expense of creative wit.
Review: Excellent Capping Show not for faint-hearted
Review: Excellent Capping Show not for faint-hearted
DunedinMay 2

Undying fame of student flats

They have colourful names and even more colourful histories - and now Dunedin's named student flats could be on their way to featuring in their own book.
Undying fame of student flats
Undying fame of student flats
DunedinApril 6

Bedlam on Hyde St - a student perspective

One of the biggest events on the student social calendar was again carried out in true Scarfie style, with this year's occupants of Hyde Street determined not to disappoint.
NewsMarch 24

The highs and lows of hall life

A large number of students spend their first year at Otago University living in a residential college. Emily Menkes went to find out why.
NewsMarch 10

Disappointed Castle St flat has to grin and beer it

Emily Menkes visits a Castle St flat upset that the 'actions of one group' ruined their efforts to try and win themselves some free beer.
NewsMarch 10

Reflections on my first O-Week

Orientation 2009 is over for the year.
NewsFebruary 27

Caught up in the toga madness (+ pics)

I wasn't marching in the chaotic Toga Parade - and yet I still got caught up in it.