Student life: Abstaining in a world of drinkers
Student life: Abstaining in a world of drinkers
On a campus filled with students who embrace their drinking culture, it can feel awkward for those in the minority who abstain from alcohol.
Orientation Week
Campus life not all fun for international students
Campus life not all fun for international students
Dunedin is a national drawcard for New Zealand students wanting world class degrees and an active student life, but many have come from further afield.
Orientation: Going to extremes
Orientation: Going to extremes
Taking part in the Fresher Comp Mountain Dew xtreme challenge on the Museum Lawn yesterday are Emma Luxton, Malcolm Morrison and Gus Patterson.
Toga participants praised
Toga participants praised
After last year's infamous parade, organisers canned the mass march down George St in favour of students walking to the party in the Union Hall.
One student's throwouts do another round in flat
One student's throwouts do another round in flat
Bed $100, drawers $80, heater $15, dinner set $10. Being part of the student furniture circle of life: priceless recycling.
What a cheek! The students are back
What a cheek! The students are back
There's nothing quite like a quiet stroll around your new neighbourhood, casually getting to know your new neighbours - in your underwear.
Orientation line-up looks sweet
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.
Freshers sign up for week from hell
Freshers sign up for week from hell
Take nine first-year students, a list of activities and challenges and a swag of prizes and you have Fresher Comp.
Lecture covers student life 101
Lecture covers student life 101
About 2000 first-year students filled the Dunedin Town Hall for their first lecture yesterday.
Expect to be arrested, police warn
Expect to be arrested, police warn
A busy weekend dealing with young people has prompted Dunedin police to warn people who do not back off when told to: they will be arrested.
Flatters warned to secure property
Flatters warned to secure property
It may be a student community, but not everyone in the North Dunedin area is a student and burglars target the area looking for insecure property.
What all the noise is about
What all the noise is about
Utilising noise-scapes, flow-charts and a punk rock ethos, Los Angeles band Health has turned self-delusion to its advantage, writes Shane Gilchrist.
Students' toga parade turns ugly
Students' toga parade turns ugly
The Otago University Students Association toga parade descended into disorder last night, leaving Dunedin's main street littered with eggs, rubbish and glass, car and shop windows smashed and participants injured.
Toga cameraman insists faeces thrown
Toga cameraman insists faeces thrown
A TV3 cameraman who was caught up in last month's student toga parade in Dunedin has rejected suggestions that reports faeces were thrown at participants were made up.
Students 'one big family' at oldest hall
Students 'one big family' at oldest hall
Parents of first-year students leaving home for the first time can breathe easy about them behaving and eating their greens in a hall of residence.
Tavern goes in for a skate
Tavern goes in for a skate
There were plenty of spills at the Captain Cook garden bar last night, but few of the liquid variety.
Fresher games hit with inflation
Fresher games hit with inflation
Supersized sumo wrestling anyone? How about a spot of bouncy boxing?
Last fresher takes trotter in stride
Last fresher takes trotter in stride
A ball of wasabi, raw egg and pig eyes, liver, kidney, heart, lung and tongue. Breakfast anyone?
Organisers vow to be better prepared in 2010
Organisers vow to be better prepared in 2010
Bad weather, poor crowd turnouts and the cancellation of events have marred this year's Otago University Students Association Orientation Week, with organisers pledging to be better prepared next year.
Fresher competition gets physical
Fresher competition gets physical
The Fresher Competition got physical yesterday as competitors ran, aerobicised, danced and jostled their way to the final day of the week-long event.