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It’s graduation time.

Posted 2:02pm Sunday 11th July 2010 by Critic

Graduating Over the next few weekends it will be impossible to book a table at a restaurant or drive down George Street without being run over by a horde of people with weird square hats. Why? It’s graduation time, of course. You’ll get there soon. Critic examines the major courses of study at Read more...

The Capping Show: Really Old

Posted 1:59pm Sunday 11th July 2010 by Caitlyn O’Fallon

The University of Otago’s oldest tradition has nothing to do with riots, togas, or using furniture as kindling. There is one tradition that predates the Leith run by over 40 years, and the Clocktower race by nearly a century. And it’s not only our oldest tradition, it’s also our funniest. Read more...

The Campus Toilet Review.

Posted 12:43pm Sunday 11th July 2010 by Dreke Verkuylen

In one of the more controversial task assignments, Critic sent reviewers around some of the various facilities the University of Otago has to offer. Not quite the glitz and glamour of eating takeaways, but if a thing’s worth doing, it’s worth doing right.   Clock Tower After much Read more...

The Coffee Review.

Posted 12:42pm Sunday 11th July 2010 by Dreke Verkuylen

In the interest of eliminating student indecision regarding the wide variety of cafés in Dunedin, Critic has compiled a review of some of the more prominent coffee houses around campus and town. While this may leave some uneasiness in the stomachs of connoisseurs, in the interest of appealing to Read more...

The $1 Mixture Review.

Posted 12:40pm Sunday 11th July 2010 by Dreke Verkuylen

  Campus Wonderful 12 items Good selection, including sour strap (normally valued at 20c), and a variety of larger lollies. The inclusion of a Mackintosh and fizzer tube was deemed controversial by our judges. The chocolate fish, however, was well received. This selection had the Read more...

The Fish ‘n’ Chips Review.

Posted 12:39pm Sunday 11th July 2010 by Dreke Verkuylen

Welcome to the Annual Critic Fish and Chip Review. This has proved to be one of the perks of the job, as Critic’s senior editorial staff got to laze around one night, gorging on takeaways and shooting the shit. In the midst of the resulting grease and squalor we have managed to pull together our Read more...

The Bar ‘Safety’ Review.

Posted 12:35pm Sunday 11th July 2010 by Dreke Verkuylen

Critic enlists a (very eager) OUSA Exec to run round town and assess the ‘safety’ of Dunedin’s various drinking establishments. Very important work, of course. Gardies As Shakespeare would have put it: “Alas, poor Gardies, I knew it well (and so did you).” For as everyone now Read more...

How to Fuck a Moose

Posted 4:06am Monday 10th May 2010 by Michael Tyler Jensen

You’ve done it all.  You’ve grasped a Drysdale ram by the horns and hammered away like a road worker.  You’ve dropped trou and done the nasty with squirrels, chipmunks, gophers, marmots, rabbits, hamsters - if it squeaks, you’ve been there.  You even got funky with an aardvark once when you had Read more...

Exploiting Freshers

Posted 4:02am Monday 10th May 2010 by name

First-year Health Sci and Law students are possibly the most desperate people on the planet. Even the ones who start out ‘just keeping their options open’, or those who ‘thought they looked like interesting papers’ tend to end up a quivering wreck by the end of BIOC192 or LAWS101. Surveying students Read more...

Student Soldiers

Posted 3:54am Monday 10th May 2010 by Susan Smirk

Students with guns - probably the University's worst nightmare. Nevertheless, many students do join the armed forces while completing their degrees. In order to juggle study and service, most opt for the Territorial Forces, the part-time troops also known as the Reserve Army. Susan Smirk talks to Read more...

My Life at war

Posted 3:13am Monday 10th May 2010 by Thomas redford

Talking to war veterans is a win-win exercise; you get to enjoy first-hand stories from a time it is hard to imagine yourself experiencing, while most veterans savour having an interested ear to feed their well-practised yarns. But perform a few calculations and you’ll realise that not only are Read more...