my website topic

Well I have chosen the website I will be using as a subject. It is the OUSA student association website. It can be found at: http://www2.open.edu.au/ousaa/
I have included a screenshot with callouts that point to the most obvious deficiencies. One of the most obvious is the uncontrolled 'whitespace'. If you visit the site you will notice that the blue header area and the white area to the left, container for the nav links, are actually fixed in position and do not scroll with the page. I have three other Uni student association sites for usability testing and critiquing, which I will include in the next post complete with links. I have completed a 'rough' of my questionnaire and I will post a copy to my website with links to it from this blog. In my research, I have been noticing that a lot of usability issues arise from a lack of communication in many areas...I refer to the following article, http://www.uie.com/articles/usability_tests_learn/