Scarfie

Scarfie

Nickname for a student of the University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. Derived from the cold local climate and the tradition of wearing gold and blue striped scarves [ [http://www.otago.ac.nz/about/history.html Otago University History] ] . Although current students rarely wear the bright scarves, it is a commonly used name for the students in national press [ [http://www.listener.co.nz/issue/3307/artsbooks/770/guest_scarfie,1.html;jsessionid=C28A2FB0AFA3F9304628274E6646146C The Listener] ] and by the University - including by the Otago University Students' Association's "Scarfie" magazine [ [http://www.scarfie.com/ Scarfie.com - OUSA newsletter] ] . In plural form, it was used for the title of a 1999 film "Scarfies" about a group of Otago students who discover a large crop of marajuana in their basement.

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ee also

*Scarfies
*University of Otago
*Dunedin


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