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UC in the News - August 2007

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August 2007

Mr Chris Archer (Education Plus)

• Pianist on board for film festival, Opotiki News, 14.8.07.

Mr David Ayers (Education Plus)

• Past councillor seeks seat on Waimakariri Council, Northern Outlook, 1.8.07.

Professor Amanda Ball (Accountancy, Finance and Information Systems)

• Shaw to supervise sustainability, NZ Education Review, 31.8.07.

Professor Richard Blaikie (Electrical and Computer Engineering)

• The importance of being magnetic, Otago Daily Times, 17.8.07.

Mr Scott Caldwell (Centre for Advanced Engineering)

• Commercial construction slows as industry struggles to keep up, National Business Review, 17.8.07.

Dr Peter Cammock (Management)

• Academic back for another lecture, Waikato Times, 27.8.07.

Dr John Campbell (Physics and Astronomy)

• A sound way to break glass, Otago Daily Times, 10.8.07;
• Causing a hair-raising experience, Otago Daily Times, 31.8.07.

Associate Professor XiaoQi Chen (Mechanical Engineering)

• Wall-climbing robot breakthrough, ScienceAlert, 20.8.07
• Rent-a-robot?, Christchurch Mail, Waimairi, 22.8.07;
• From the lab, NZ Education Review, 24.8.07;
• University of Canterbury builds wall-climbing robot, Nor'West News, 29.8.07.

Dr Jo Diamond (Fine Arts)

• The Māori perspective, The Dominion Post, 22.8.07;
• Bedside table, Sunday Star Times, 26.8.07;
• Charting Māori development, The Press, 29.8.07.

Ms Melissa Fenton (Education Plus)

• Sex education in schools inadequate, The Press, 24.8.08.

Professor Jeremy Finn (Law)

• Deceased man buried against court order, Timaru Herald, 22.8.07;
• Body buried in Bay of Plenty in defiance of court order, The Press, 22.8.07;
• Burial in breach of court order, The Dominion Post, 22.8.07;
• Wife's court order doesn't stop burial, Taranaki Daily News, 22.8.07;
• Man buried against wishes, Nelson Mail, 22.8.07.

Dr Susan Foster-Cohen (Classics and Linguistics)

• Baby Einstein DVDs may not be the smartest things for childrens' learning, Southland Times, 13.8.07;
• Baby Einstein may be dumbing down its watchers, Ashburton Guardian, 14.8.07.

Professor Mark Francis (Political Science and Communication)

• Politics professor household name, The Press, 25.8.07.

Dr Lindon Fraser (Sociology and Anthropology)

• Over 11% of people called themselves New Zealanders, Radio New Zealand, 3.8.07.

Dr Nathan Gardiner (Human Interface Technology Laboratory)

• Conferencing on steroids, The Independent, 1.8.07;
• Introducing KAREN, e.nz magazine, 31.8.07.

Dr Steve George (Physics and Astronomy)

• Tech hotspot fires up supercompter, The New Zealand Herald, 16.8.07.

Mr Alan Gilmore (Physics and Astronomy)

• Keeping stars in the dark, The Press, 25.8.07;
• The forces of darkness v dreams, The Dominion Post, 25.8.07;
• Patient sky-gazers rewarded with eclipse, Waikato Times, 29.8.07;
• Patchy viewing of eclipse, Oamaru Mail, Northern Advocate, 30.8.07.

Dr Michael Grimshaw (Philosohy and Religious Studies)

• Welcome to Knox Church, Christchurch Mail Shirley, Wigram, Waimairi, 22.8.07.

Dr Alan Happer (Chemistry)

• Where do Condys crystals originate?, Manawatu Standard, 13.8.07.

Mr Robin Harrington (Information and Communication Technology Services)

• Video-conferencing thrills academics, The Press, 1.8.07;
• Introducing KAREN, e.nz magazine, 31.8.07.

Mr Chris Hawker (Facilities Management)

• Community constable set up on campus, Nor-West News, 15.8.07.

Dr Bronwyn Hayward (Political Science and Communication)

• Shaw to supervise sustainability, NZ Education Review, 31.8.07.

Professor John Hearnshaw (Physics and Astronomy)

• Tekapo row, ice rink lights upset stargazers, The Press, 11.8.07;
• Keeping stars in the dark, The Press, 25.8.07;
• The forces of darkness v dreams, The Dominion Post, 25.8.07.

Professor Jack Heinemann (Biological Sciences)

• King delays approval of GE corn for humans, The Dominion Post, 3.8.07;
• King delays approval of GE corn for humans, Northern Advocate, 3.8.07;
• Food regulator amends code for GM corn, ABC Science Online, 4.8.07.

Ms Kate Hewson (Facilities Management)

• Shaw to supervise sustainability, NZ Education Review, 31.8.07.

Mr John Hughes (Law)

• Otago University's Multi-Disciplinary Health and Development study, Radio New Zealand (Morning Report), 3.8.07;
• Study links high pressure jobs to mental problems, The Press, 6.8.07.

Dr Chris Jones (History)

• History lovers, The Press, 29.8.07.

Dr Barry Law (Education Plus)

• Global leader, down under, Unlimited, 30.8.07;
• Shaw to supervise sustainability, NZ Education Review, 31.8.07.

Ms Liz Keneti (Student Recruitment and Development)

• Few female academics, The Press, 11.8.07

Dr Susan Krumdieck (Mechanical Engineering)

• Safety of new ethanol blended biofuel is in doubt, Radio New Zealand (Morning Report), 2.8.07;
• Shaw to supervise sustainability, NZ Education Review, 31.8.07.

Dr Adam Lam (Languages and Cultures)

• Chinese numbers drop but NZ still hospitable, The Dominion Post, 29.8.07.

Mr Rob McKay (College of Education)

• Chinese students shun NZ for study, The Dominion Post, 2.8.07.

Mr Stuart McMillan (Political Science and Communication)

• EU blue card to seek skilled workers, National Business Review, 3.8.07;
• Democrat contenders look for Iraq exit, National Business Review, 17.8.07.

Dame Malvina Major (Music and Theatre and Film)

• An inconvenient truth, Herald on Sunday, 19.8.07.

Professor Bruce Manley (Forestry)

• NZIF announces Forester of the Year, NZ Journal of Forestry, 31.8.07.

Associate Professor Bob Manthei (Education)

• MBC teacher shot, decapitated on YouTube video clip, Marlbourough Express, 9.8.07.

Dr Andrew Maples (Accountancy, Finance and Information Systems)

• Tax: latest readings, Chartered Accountants Journal of NZ, 31.8.07.

Dr Philip Meguire (Economics)

• Canterbury research argues land reform of South Island high country, Newstalk ZB, 3.8.07.
• Tenure review selling public interest short, Greymouth Evening Star, 4.8.07.
• Tenure review selling public interest short, Gisborne Herald, 4.8.07;
• Deeply flawed economic process, Hawkes Bay Today, 9.8.07;
• Photograph the high country before it goes, New Zealand Wilderness, 31.8.07.

Dr Vladimir Mencl (Information and Communication Technology Services)

• University's supercomputer. Cost of Blue Gene to be shared, The Press, 15.8.07;
• Introducing KAREN, e.nz magazine, 31.8.07.

Mr Peter Moeau (Māori, Social and Cultural Studies in Education)

• Bicultural approach is new direction, Gisborne Herald, 11.8.07.

Ms Shelagh Murray (Communications and Development)

• Canterbury University to give Malaysian students scholarships, SIBU, Bernama, Malaysia, 20.8.07.

Dr Mohammed Musa (Political Science and Communication)

• NZ seeks Arab students, The Press, 11.8.07.

Associate Professor Greg Newbold (Sociology and Anthropology)

• Tougher controls on gangs, The Press, 8.8.07;
• Tougher rules to smash gangs, The Dominion Post, 8.8.07;
• Government plans crackdown on gangs, Nelson Mail, 8.8.07;
• Gangs, the Government's response, gang membership, TV One (Eye to Eye), 11.8.07;
• Proposed new gang legislation, TV One (Eye to Eye), 11.8.07.

Mr Philip Norman (Culture, Literature and Society)

• Montana honours, The Press, 4.8.07.

Associate Professor David Norton (Forestry)

• Department of Conversation challenge to Wairoa District Council decision, Radio New Zealand (Checkpoint), 1.8.07.

Associate Professor Shusheng Pang (Chemical and Process Engineering)

• Understanding the stability of Douglas fir timber, NZ Tree Grower, 31.8.07.

Dr Karen Pollard (Physics and Astronomy)

• University of Minnesota researchers say the void is a billion light years away, Radio New Zealand (Afternoons with Jim Mora), 27.8.07.

Dr Annie Potts (Culture, Literature and Society)

• Think soy's sexy? Are you a vegansexual?, Chicago Tribune, 1.8.07;
• Vegansexual, BBC Radio Current Affairs, 1.8.07;
• Vegan snub meat-eating partners, World Entertainment News Network, 1.8.07;
• Vegansexual, ABC Australia National Radio, 1.8.07;
• Dead against it, Herald-Sun (Melbourne), 1.8.07;
• No sex, please, you're a carnivore, Daily Mail (UK), 1.8.07;
• No sex please, we're vegans, that is vegansexual, Washington Post, 1.8.07;
• No intimate "meatings" for vegan romantics, Reuters India, 1.8.07;
• Meat-eaters off the menu for vegans seeking love, Irish Independent, 1.8.07;
• Vegansexuals do not want to be intimate with carnivores, Gisborne Herald, 1.8.07;
• Vegansexuals say "no" to sex with meat-eaters, Independent Online, 1.8.07;
• Partner with your veges?, Northern Advocate, 1.8.07;
• Meat-eaters off the menu for vegans who are looking for love, Independent (UK), 2.8.07;
• Vegans gone to the dogs, Hawkes Bay Today, 2.8.07;
• Vegansexuals do it with each other, ABC News (US), 2.8.07;
• Vegans shun sex with meat-eaters, study finds, TV3 (Campbell Live), 2.8.07;
• Vege lovers stick to same-sex rules, The Press, 4.8.07;
• Vegansexual, Orf FM4 Austrian National Radio, (Interviewer: Elizabeth Alcock), 6.8.07;
• May you're not so tasty, The Weekly Times, 8.8.07;
• Vegansexual, BBC World Service "Culture Shock" programme (presenter Philip Dodd), 10.8.07;
• Vegans okay with meat lovers, Te Waha Nui, 17.8.07;
• Vegansexual, New Scientist (Short Sharp Science Blog), 23.8.07;
• Plains FM "Women on Air" (interviewer: Victoria Wyn-Thomas), 25.8.07.

Associate Professor Geoff Rice (History)

• History lovers, The Press, 29.8.07.

Mr David Round (Law)

• Rude, crude and vital, The Press, 21.8.07.
  

Dr Mofreh Saleh (Civil Engineering)

• Roads of rubber and glass, Contractor, 31.8.07.

Associate Professor Adrian Sawyer (Accountancy, Finance and Information Systems)

• Tax: latest readings, Chartered Accountants Journal of NZ, 31.8.07.

Professor David Schiel (Biological Sciences)

• Research to warm the cockles, Hamilton Press, 29.8.07.

Ms Karen Scott (Law)

• Shaw to supervise sustainability, NZ Education Review, 31.8.07.

Mr Martin Setchell (Music and Theatre and Film)

• Organist in town, Ashburton Guardian, 20.8.07;
• Organist to play, High Country Herald, 22.8.07.

Professor Ian Shaw (Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Science)

• Nelson City Council may become first in NZ to require publicly notified resource consent hearings before allowing use of methyl bromide, Radio New Zealand (Sunday Morning with Chris Laidlaw), 26.8.07;
• Shaw to supervise sustainability, NZ Education Review, 31.8.07.

Professor Roy Sharp (Vice-Chancellor)

• Few female academics, The Press, 11.8.07,
• Drunken students from Otago and Canterbury University, TV One (One News), 26.8.07;
• University of Canterbury says it won't be held responsible for unruly behaviour, Radio New Zealand (Morning Report), 27.8.07;
• 69 arrested in student riots, The Press, 27.8.07;
• Students erupt into violence, 27.8.07;
• Mayor wants convictions, Otago Daily Times, 27.8.07;
• War of words erupts, The Press, 28.8.07;
• War of words over Undie 500, Ashburton Guardian, 28.8.07;
• Undie 500 faces the chop, Manawatu Standard, 27.8.07;
• Riots mar student car rally, Taranaki Daily News, 27.8.07;
• Drunken riots end rally, Nelson Mail, 27.8.07;
• Riots could speel end of Undie 500, Timaru Herald, 27.8.07;
• Undie 500 could be banned, TVNZ, 27.8.07;
• Vice Chancellor Roy Sharp is distancing the University from the weekend events, Newstalk ZB (Christchurch), 27.8.07;
• Mayor of Dunedin lashes out at Canterbury University's attempts to distance itself, Newstalk ZB (Wellington), 27.8.07;
• Apprehension over funding shortfall, The Press, 27.8.07;
• Canterbury and Otago Universities are deciding what action to take, Radio New Zealand (27.8.07);
• Dunedin mayor lays into university boss, Taranaki Daily News, 28.8.07;
• Dunedin Police want Otago University ot take disciplinary action, Newstalk ZB, 28.8.07;
• The fall-out from student inspired violence in Dunedin, Radio New Zealand (Morning Report), 29.8.07;
• University limits fees, The New Zealand Herald, 30.8.07;
• University limits fees, Marlborough Express, 30.8.07;
• Uni fee increases 3.3%, The Press, 30.8.07;
• Limit on tuition fees accepted, Gisborne Herald, 30.8.07;
• Producing tomorrow's leaders today, Metropol, 30.8.07;
• Friday forum discusses the Dunedin Undie 500 riots, Newstalk ZB (Christchurch), 31.8.07;
• University caps fees, Nelson Mail, 31.8.07.

Professor Ken Strongman (Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Arts)

• Stand-out crime fiction exponent, The Press, 25.8.07.

Dr Rawiri Taonui (Māori and Indigenous Studies)

• Not a race issue, Sunday Star Times, 5.8.07;
• For the children, The Press, 18.8.07;
• Living conditions exposed whilst travelling in the Northern Territory, Timaru Herald, 18.8.07;
• Blight of the soul bites deep, Waikato Times, 21.8.07;
• The new Maori King Tuheitea made his first public speech, Radio Live, 21.8.07;
• A tug-of-war over the body of James Takamore has been won, TV3 (News), 21.8.07;
• Christchurch woman's court order ignored, TV3 (Nightline), 21.8.07.

Professor Richard Taylor (Physics and Astronomy)

• Physics professor is also a painter, Radio New Zealand (Afternoons with Jim Mora), 29.8.07.

Professor David Thorns (Sociology and Anthropology)

• High-speed supernet's growth slow, The New Zealand Herald, 16.8.07.

Professor Stephen Todd (Law)

• Paying the price of a mistaken death sentence, The Press, 20.8.07.
• Fly in the ointment, The Press, 20.8.07;
• When babies are a burden, not a blessing, The Press, 27.8.07.

Professor Ian Town (Deputy Vice-Chancellor)

• Super fast super computer officially launched today, TV3 News, 15.8.07.

Mr Jim Tully (Political Science and Communication)

• Rough flight into Wellington, The Dominion Post, 14.8.07;
• Conflict of interest row, Northern Outlook, 15.8.07;
• TVNZ charter for the people, Te Waha Nui, 17.8.07;
• Gauging perceived risk and doing something about it, Local Government, 31.8.07.

Associate Professor Matthew Turnbull (Biological Sciences)

• Shaw to supervise sustainability, NZ Education Review, 31.8.07.

Professor Duncan Webb (Law)

• Feature-packed insurance law conference, LawTalk, 20.8.07;
• The great legal takeover, Management, 31.8.07;
• You discover your home leaks. What do you do?, Consumer, 31.8.07;
• Sushi or sacrosanct?, Avenues, 31.8.07.