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Hey guysWe have our very own Mayor of Christchurch, Mr Bob Parker coming to speak to students THIS TUESDAY (9th of September), 2.30pm in the Shelly Common Room.He's going to be talking about his views for the city, where students fall in this plan, and also the possibility of getting a light rail system. AND there will be time for questions at the end, so if you have anything (anything at all,

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So- the S block lecture theatres are due for refurbishment in the next couple of years. This is going to be a major undertaking, looking at what's needed in the way of facilities over the next decades, and student input is going to be key to the process! So, if you have any interest in what your lecture theatres are going to be like, what facilities you would like to have in them (more power

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http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10523364So AUSA (Auckland University Students Association) is rewarding $5k to a student, if a citizens arrest is made on US Secretary of State Condi Rice when she visits us.As a student association, is this really their core business? Does arresting Condi help students in any way?It's crazy shit like this, which casts doubt on the

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This coming Thursday (the 31st) is the National Day of Action for Thursdays in Black. This campaign focuses on rape and violence in our community; wearing black on Thursdays "demonstrates a desire for a community where we can all walk safely without fear of being beaten up, verbally abused, raped, or being discriminated against due to your sexual orientation, political affiliation, gender or

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Hey there guys and gals,Some of you may have noticed the super-bright yellow boxes dotted around campus recently. These are your nomination boxes for the Lecturer of the Year competition, which because we're such nice people, includes a prize draw for everyone who nominates a lecturer!What's more, you don't even have to vote on an actual piece of paper in one of the boxes, you can also vote

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Here is a comparative list of student fees across NZ in fee band 1 for Arts & Humanities.Canterbury $4,064 (4)Auckland$4,304 (1=)AUT$4,304 (1=)Waikato$4,304 (1=)Massey$3,976 (5)Victoria$3,720 (8)Lincoln$3,864 (7)Otago$3,943 (6)The annual fee round is approaching when inevitably Universities try to move fees up by the govt maximum of 5%. Personally I think having a policy such as this is

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It is that time of the year when students go through the process of electing their representatives for 2009.Nominations are now out for the UCSA exec 2009. Get your nominations in to theRO by Aug 1. Forms are available from UCSA reception.Being a UCSA rep is mainly about UC & greater Canterbury region and being an advocate for students here. Clearly representation at the University to keep

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A living allowance for all students? This looks like a possible policy for Labour in the upcoming election. Some 500,000 students around NZ will be stoked to hear of this news - a policy that will cost over 2billion over the next 4 years, but stop students from being the 'only group of society who has to borrow to live.'The radio stations and newspapers have gone crazy debating this - as what

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Have just had a few newspaper articles given to me from the Otago Daily Times. (unusually one of the few newspapers in NZ that you can't access online without a subscription...)It seems the DCC do not all share the same views on whether their attitude to shut out communication from ENSOC and UCSA was a wise one. A number of councillors were quoted this week saying they do not agree with pushing

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As much as we go on about student loans and allowances, many of you will be shocked that in Aussie these rarely exist. There is no student loan system to borrow your 150 a week, and only those whose parental income is under some bloody low figure (like 30,000) can apply for a hardship allowance.Students are forced to work (quite a lot) to get by or scrimp from their parents. Accordingly many

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Students across the world get concession rates on public transport. This is normally around 50% off.... In CHCH there is no discount on the busses - and the fares are currently increasing almost as quickly as petrol costs!!We need to get sustainable and embrace the public transport in CHCH. Metrobus service also need to recognise this and follow the lead of almost every other city in the world

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One politician continually in the news, for better or for worse is Winston Peters. Mr Peters has used his charismatic style of politics to particularly win over one section of NZ - the old people. His constant speeches to greypower, and often single minded policy focus has won him enough of the vote to keep NZ First in government for many years.NZ first are not shy in rolling out policies that

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If you cripple/hit girls.....you get into shit.And we are running self defense classes this term as well, so keep an eye out for it.

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Well, it is now the first day of the second semester and well and truly time to get cracking on this blog.I trust everybody made good use of their holidays.. I personally had a nice little getaway in Wanaka before heading up to Auckland for five days, to represent the UCSA at the NZUSA July conference.This was an interesting trip. Over the course of the conference, we attended a number of

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Hello pals and chums,Welcome back to semester 2, its time to jiggy, and get warm. Re-orientation has a few gems this year, Shihad this Friday, State of Mind + Tiki Tane this Saturday for all you D&B cats out there. Both gigs are in town, and limited student tickets are available from Unimart.Don't forget that this Wednesday there's a quiz at Bentley's Wing upstairs from The Foundry, and CUBA is

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So The student debt counter ticked over to $10 Billion Dollars, a staggering amount in anyones books! This is TV1's Coverage of what happened around NZ on the 10th of April

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Hey guys,What a day! Students, old and new are loving the first day of enrolment week. Free giveaways, cheap subscriptions and pints at only $3.70 at the foundry!!! The excitement is building for 'O Week' and everyones ripping the sheets off their bed, whacking them in the washing machine and amping up for the toga party on Thursday night! "Toga, Toga, Toga!" The UCSA exec have been busy keeping

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Wow, suddenly the university feels a whole lot busier! Enrolment started today, and it seems a whole pile of eager students saw the Exec with our funky pink spandex in the Mix Cafe handing out your awesome new Diaries, wallplanners, O-week mags and bags. If the morning was anything to go by, this week is gonna be manic!Good luck to everyone braving the queues, and remember if you enrol after

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Just a quick update on what went on in Wellington. That weekend was a prime example of how student solidarity and efforts, can change attitudes and cause impact at the bee hive. The UCSA delegation together with fellow NZUSA delegates marched up to the steps of parliament in solidarity to rally against student debt and campaign to the politicians.It was a highly successful rally, as we got huge

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Hi everyone!It reached 34 Degrees to day here in Christchurch and it was really hot @ the UCSA, and yes we are officially in office.Next week most of the student exec will be in Wellington for our first NZUSA conference as members in awhile. Looks like the agenda next week will focus on Student Allowance, and no doubt policy will be trashed around and hopefully politicians will be swayed.Watch

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Gday guysI am sitting here fretting out about exam results in 3 hours. Should be a good last ever night at the 'common room'. Looking forward to start of '08 and in particular O week..Anyway, good luck to everyone for exam results hope they go well and have a great night tonight celebrating!Goldy

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Only 4 days… I mean 3 days left of the semester. Everone either furiusly working away at assignments or procrastinating (instead of studying for exams) by organising shampaign breakfasts and costums for the Stein. I don’t blame them, since there is a $500 prize for the best costume. The Exec along with next year’s exec will also be partying it up at the Stein. So feel free to say “Hi”…. in fact,

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What: Charity Car WashWhat’s Up:A collaborative effort by UCSSS, CMSA, Student Life, Buddhist Club, MuslimSociety and Amnesty International, people from different backgrounds and creedwill united by a common goal to wash as many cars as possible to raise fundsfor charity. Drive down to have your car washed for just $5 or better still,be a volunteer to wash cars. Email ywc22@

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This Thursday the UCSA hosts the Mayoral Candidates' Debate between the candidates for the Christchurch mayoralty, including frontrunners Bob Parker and Megan Woods.This is your chance to come along and ask questions about what the candidates see their potential mayoralty achieving. There is a round of set questions, but there will be time for questions from the floor at the end.It's at 1 p.m on

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How good was last night at the Common Room/Foundry?Obviously bringing back jugs was something that everybody wanted!

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BTW I, Amadeus have the Clubs & Society Portfolio. I'm also the student representative on the Faculty of Science (since 2006) and on the Facility Advisory Committee.At the moment, I'm organising the annual inter-faculty soccer tournament. It's on Friday 21st Sept.

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Hey everyone,I'm James and I hold the Equity and International Portfolio on the Exec this year. I have just started my LAST University term... can't belive how quickly 5 years, and especially this year, have passed! For me, Term 4 will be focussed on finishing off some things I have had underway in my portfolio throughout the year, including some International Student related research, further

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I'm Andrew Riches, as UCSA External Education officer I see it as my job to uphold democracy. At the moment I am putting together a debate between the Mayoral candidates in the upcoming local elections. So far there will be seven candidates attending and they will be debating issues facing students and the wider community.They will be discussing transport, youth drinking, security in the Ilam

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Biggups for the return of the jug- lets make the most of dwindling twilight of the university...by getting absolutely smashed...Hurrah

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Hay, Top here.Well it's term 4, summer is on the way, and the UCSA has got plenty of activities sussed to keep us entertained. Firstly I want to announce that 1L jugs are back at the common room bar and Tui and Export are going for a tiny $6.50 until 10.30pm each night for the rest of the term. The reinstatement of the jug came after extensive feedback from students and the exec. Also, each

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Hi im Hannah the welfare executive.I held a fashion swap evening at the end of last term and it ended up being a real success. 15 girls came along and swaped their unwanted clothes and scored a few good items. 9 bags of unwanted clothes were donated to the Salvation Army which they were extremly happy about. As the fashion swap evening was such a success im starting to organise another night for

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After meeting with the deputy vice chancellor Ian Town last week it seems that progress toward a campus wide smoking ban is going ahead.The stages toward this end involve much discussion with Facilities Management to seek out potential sites for smoking areas. A reality may be that this is simply not viable, meaning the entire campus could be smoke free!The policy does not require the University

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Hey, Amadeus here. Actually, my full name is Florian Manuka Amadeus Rainbow. Why Rainbow? My dad lived with the Hopi Indians who have a prophecy about the Warriors of the Rainbow (see http://www.welcomehome.org/rainbow/prophecy/stone.html). When my parents got married, they asked the registrar if they could change their last name on the marriage certificate. He found no reason why not, so

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Hi guys,I'm Libby the Project Coordinator for the Student Exec this year. My job is to organise the forums and agms and any other UCSA events that may need help! Coming up this term this far is student forum number 4 with the topic yet to be announced on the 26th of September. We also have a debate between the Chch City Council mayoral candidates on the 20th of September. Look out for further

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Last Wednesday the University of Canterbury Council voted to accept the proposal of the student reps to raise fees only by the rate of inflation, that being 3.3%, instead of the 4.5% recommended by the Budget Advisory Committee.This is a very significant event; University Councils rarely if ever do anything other than put the fees up as much as they can. By Canterbury declining to do so, it

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Well, following some extreme threats from Charlie, I am making my first blog post.It's the last week of the third term holidays and things are mercifully quiet, unlike last week. With the Undie 500 riots and fee setting, last week was extremely busy. I spent most of it in my office under siege from the media, or out with Dave (Stevens, the other student rep on the UCSA Council) lobbying other

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Welcome to the new generation, isn't it exciting all- the UCSA is trying desperately to keep up with the helter skelter nature of the digital age. And here we are. Impressive.This is now to become, for this year and future years I hope, the place where students can access a small part of the mindfield of the Student Exec.Here we hope, thoughts, observations, and general banter about the state of

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