Issue 20 | August 13,2012 | critic.co.nz

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Hot Demand for Courses
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Due to hot demand we now have additional
streams for Aikido, Parkour, French
Language and Astanga Vinyasa Yoga. Get
on in to OUSA Clubs and Socs, 84 Albany
St, if you want to get amongst one of
these courses!
Course of the week: Acupressure for Beginners
Art Week – Exhibit and sell YOUR art!
When? September 22nd 1:00 – 5:00pm.
Where? Clubs and Socs .What is Acupressure?
Acupressure is the application of
fi nger or hand pressure on points of the
body. is in turn stimulates the fl ow of
energy and may aid aliments of the body.
In this workshop you will learn more
about the theory behind acupressure and
towards the end put it into practical application.
Cost? $35.00 for students.
e OUSA Art Week just keeps getting
bigger and better - and this year is
set to be no exception! Our Student Art
Exhibition and Sale is an opportunity for
all students from all interests to actively
participate in the arts, and it gives you
the chance to show off and even sell your
work!
Enter now by completing the entry form
available at ousa.org.nz/events/artweek/
RYAN?...
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Everything OUSA, every Monday
Hey, g’day, how are ya? Your Finance Offi cer, Ryan
Edgar, hijacking big bro’s column for the week. Why?
To put fi gures to it I’d say 90% because Logie is a very
busy man and perhaps 10% because I actually have
something to say; either way good to be here!
If you’re like I was before I got all political and shit you probably don’t often
pick up a Newspaper nor will you tune in at 6 for a glimpse of the early
evening seductress Hilary Barry. So you probably aren’t 100% on the issues
of student fi nance, so let’s go on a quick journey…
Student debt is a concerning fi gure, currently sitting at over 12 billion dollars
it’s been rising quickly over the past 5 years. Future projections currently
estimate that debt fi gure will quadruple within 30-35 years, so what is to
be done?
Tertiary Education Minister Stephen Joyce is tasked with dealing to those
fi gures, though he hasn’t done so without eating his fair share of shitsandwiches
whenever he makes an unwelcome call. Currently on his
radar have been postgraduate funding (which would remove postgraduate
availability for student allowances), and the 200-week allowance cap.
Postgraduates already tend to have enormous workloads and with
the removal of their eligibility for the allowance scheme many will be
pressured into additional work, which could see them dropping out or
fl agging postgrad study. One piece of positive news which has surfaced
however is that postgraduates who were originally eligible for the $40-$60
accommodation supplement will still be entitled to it, which although they
must pay this back, it does mean that their maximum entitlement will
remain the same.
While the maximum accommodation entitlement fi gure remains constant
for now, I sit up here in my $98/ week Agnew Street fl at feeling rather smug
about all of this, but I do wonder how the good-golly-fuck a Vic student
who pays $170/ week on rent alone (and many do) survives?
I hope I’ve talked enough shit to keep you all interested in student fi nance
for this long; If you would like to query me on any matters I have raised or
raise any of your own email me at Finance@ousa.org.nz Enjoy the rest of
your week, oh and stay classy students.
ps
come on people, if I, myself a man without religious beliefs, could
theoretically fi nd myself a very atheist wife, and have very atheist babies,
then how come I could get married, and gay people couldn’t? I mean, come
on god, you like gays less than the guy who is telling you you don’t exist?
I’m fi nding holes in your story mate. Sorry about all of that, just had that
thought earlier this week and wanted to tell someone.
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