Canta (magazine)

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Established in 1930, Canta is the official magazine of the University of Canterbury Students' Association (UCSA) of the University of Canterbury. It is freely available around campus every Wednesday during term time. It is usually 32 pages long and A4 in page size.

Famous former editors include Denis Glover.

There are a variety of sections which usually appear every week:

Editor
Letters
UCSA President
News
Music
Sport
Arts
Reviews
Inquisition
Fishing for Orphans[1] cartoon

Canta is a member of the Aotearoa Student Press Association (ASPA).

[edit] Controversy

Canta has recently been involved in some controversy following the publishing of an article titled "The Completely Unofficial Top 13 Ways of Cheating" in the issue preceding midterm exams in June, 2007. New Zealand newspaper The Press and internet news service stuff published an article which got repeated nationwide and on to the evening news on channel 3[2]. The university announced it was introducing a random seating policy in exams following the attention. Canterbury University Students' Association president Belinda Bundy said the article was not meant to be taken seriously. "I think we only ever saw it as a humorous thing, It was just a light-hearted reaction to all the cheating issues that have been raised recently."