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The Auckland University Students' Association (AUSA), founded in 1891, represents students at the University of Auckland. AUSA organises student events, publicises student issues, administers student facilities, and assists affiliated student clubs and societies. AUSA also produces Craccum and bFM. The President for 2007 is Lesieli Oliver. The University of Auckland (MÄori: Te Whare WÄnanga o TÄmaki Makaurau) is New Zealands largest research-based university. ...
Cover of Craccum, issue 19, 2005 Craccum is the weekly magazine produced by the Auckland University Students Association of the University of Auckland, New Zealand. ...
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The constitution of the AUSA centers the organisation around student advocacy and the provision of welfare services. Today AUSA has 20,000 members out of 33,000 equivalent full time students currently enrolled at The University of Auckland.
AUSA boasts over 80 affiliated clubs, two bars on campus (Shadows and Bar None), a University Bookshop, the StudentCard discount card, Student Job Search on campus, market days and events such as Orientation, Re-Orientation, Summer Shakespeare, End of Daze, Capping week, Womensfest, Cultural mosaic, 15 Minutes of Fame (student film festival), Blues Awards, Ecofest, and hosted the first annual Band Competition in 2005. Capping Week is a term used in New Zealand for the week of graduation from university. ...
The Executive
The AUSA Executive consists of office holders and portfolios.
Office Holders - President - Lesieli Oliver
- Educational Vice President - David Do
- Administrative Vice President - Bethanie Maples
- Treasurer - Glenn Riddell
- Māori Students Officer -
Languages MÄori, English Religions MÄori religion, Christianity Related ethnic groups other Polynesian peoples, Austronesian peoples The word MÄori refers to the indigenous Polynesian peoples of New Zealand, and to their language. ...
Portfolios - Clubs and Societies Representative - David Parfitt and Sam Beanland
- Cultural Affairs Officer - TBA
- Environmental Affairs Officer - Hannah Spierer
- ETTSA Representative -
- International Affairs Officer - Rimoni Leota
- Media Officer - Jessica Ralph
- National Affairs Officer - Sophia Blair and Oliver Woods
- Overseas Students Officer - Hyo-Jung Kim and Miyuki Prentice
- Pacific Island Students Officer - Cedric Mamoe
- Sports Officer - Tim Jager Brightwell
- Student Representative Council Chair - Darcy Peacock
- Tamaki Representative - Adam Lothian
- Welfare Officer - Sarah Clarke
- Women's Rights Officer - Naivasha Moore
- Craccum Editor - Simon Coverdale and Matthew Backhouse
Tamaki is a suburb of the city of Auckland, in the North Island of New Zealand. ...
Membership Membership of AUSA is free to all current students of the University of Auckland. Non students can join as associate members for a $30 associate membership fee.
As required by legislation, the University council conducted a student referendum in 1999 on whether membership in AUSA should be voluntary or compulsory. The majority of students supported voluntary unionism, and so AUSA membership become voluntary. Referenda on the same issue were held in 2001 and 2003 (the request for a referendum is in the form of a petition to the University council, which any student may call, and thus must be conducted, provided no two referenda are less than two years apart), and in each case, the majority of students voted for voluntary unionism. Year 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar). ...
Voluntary student unionism (VSU) is a policy under which membership of – and payment of membership fees to – university student organisations is not compulsory. ...
Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The current position has AUSA contracted by the University to provide student services. AUSA currently has free membership, but all students pay the University a Student Services Levy, part of which is paid to AUSA to provide student services through AUSA departments like Clubs and Events and WAVE (Welfare, Advocacy, Voice and Education). The amount AUSA receives from the University is not related to its membership level.
Detractors of voluntary student membership (VSM) say that AUSA suffers drastically from it, and that VSM undermines AUSA's ability to advocate on behalf of students and provide welfare services. They also say that in controlling the flow of money, the University dictates the terms to some extent of its operations through a Student Services Agreement.
Proponents of VSM, on the other hand, claim VSM means freedom of choice for students. They cite the United Nations declaration of freedom of association. They also paint AUSA executives under compulsory unionism as being wasteful, and believe that under voluntary AUSA executives are forced to be more accountable to members. They claim that the level of intervention is very limited (for example, the conditions are only that AUSA must run orientation and the like).
Craccum -
Craccum is the weekly newspaper produced by the AUSA. The name originated from the scrambled acronym of "Auckland University College Men's Common Room Circular". Cover of Craccum, issue 19, 2005 Craccum is the weekly magazine produced by the Auckland University Students Association of the University of Auckland, New Zealand. ...
Cover of Craccum, issue 19, 2005 Craccum is the weekly magazine produced by the Auckland University Students Association of the University of Auckland, New Zealand. ...
The publication has frequently found itself in legal difficulties due to its deliberate attempts to be controversial. These attempts have included an issue containing methods to create a bomb, and an issue discussing ways to commit suicide. The Massive Ordnance Air Blast (MOAB) bomb produced in the United States. ...
Suicide (Latin sui caedere, to kill oneself) is the act of intentionally taking ones own life. ...
A publicity stunt in 2005 saw Craccum sell its cover - which was ironically bought by Salient, the Student magazine of Victoria University of Wellington Students' Association, with the funds from Victoria University's marketing fund. The joke turned out to be on them, as the theme of that issue of Craccum was Corporate Sellouts. Craccum successfully made the point that commercialism would erode the students' voice. In military terms, a salient is a battlefield feature that projects into enemy territory. ...
The Victoria University of Wellington Students Association (VUWSA) is the official students association at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. ...
Victoria University may refer to: Victoria University of Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh (see www. ...
bFM -
95bFM (or simply 'bFM') is a typical student radio station that plays alternative music. Like other student broadcasters, it supports local artists well before they become mainstream. . The initial letter is shown capitalized due to technical restrictions. ...
The term alternative rock or alternative music1 was coined in the early 1980s to describe bands which didnt fit into the mainstream genres of the time. ...
Originally started as Radio Bosom - a capping stunt, bFM has gone a long way. Today, with voluntary student union membership, bFM is pushed to make a profit for the Association, and exists more as a corporate entity than a student radio station. . The initial letter is shown capitalized due to technical restrictions. ...
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AUSA Affiliated Clubs AUSA has over 100 affiliated clubs, a full clubs list can be found here.
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