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Preloading Pressing Issue for Dunedin Police
Posted 11:33am Sunday 12th March 2017 by Anna Linton
Information released under the Official Information Act last week has highlighted the effect pre-drinking is having on Southerners. The Alco-Link data reveals that the majority of intoxicated offenders are drinking at home before going out, raising questions about the relationship between Read more...
SKY TV Ripping Off Students
Posted 11:30am Sunday 12th March 2017 by Joel MacManus
Under a new policy from Sky TV, students in the North Dunedin area are being offered significantly worse deals than non-students or residents in other suburbs of Dunedin. In 2016, first-time subscribers were offered a package of $39 a month including Sports, Movies, and MySky. The price this year Read more...
Totally Execrable
Posted 11:27am Sunday 12th March 2017 by Joe Higham
The executive began by discussing which charity the proceeds from the Capping Show would be given to. Postgraduate Officer Lucy Northwood proposed the Lucy Foundation (no connection), as an alternative to suicide prevention charity Life Matters, which was proposed by President Hugh Baird at the Read more...
Black Caps in DunedinTips & Tricks
Posted 11:41am Sunday 5th March 2017 by Charlie Hantler
At the time of writing, Martin Guptill has just put the South African bowling attack to the sword, with an undefeated 180 leading the Black Caps to a 7 wicket win. This levels the series at 2-2 with the final game to be played in Auckland on Saturday; thus by the time you’re reading this, the Read more...
Highlanders Sunk by Chiefs
Posted 11:37am Sunday 5th March 2017 by Jamie Green
If there’s one problem with sports, it’s that you have to pick sides, one side wins and one side loses. No other entertainment product has this problem. Unfortunately, I was on the losing side on Friday night as the Chiefs made the trip to the lunch box to take on our beloved Read more...
Jacinda Ardern a smart pick for Labour deputy
Posted 11:30am Sunday 5th March 2017 by George Elliott
Labour’s caucus will elect a new deputy leader this week and they’d be stupid to not be on board with Jacinda Ardern. Annette King’s most recent tenure as deputy was always meant to be a temporary arrangement, but she did leave with one last battle cry last week, sternly telling Read more...
Struggle, What Struggle?
Posted 11:20am Sunday 5th March 2017 by Tyler West
The entirety of ‘things wot gon dun happened to students last year’ can’t in all honesty be contained in a listicle. Much as in years before, and likely years to come, 2016 was an often bloody year for anything that might resemble a real ‘student movement’ Read more...
How to keep talking when the world is upside down
Posted 10:50am Sunday 5th March 2017 by Associate Professor James Maclaurin
James Maclaurin is a philosopher of science at the University of Otago. He has a particular interest in the life sciences and computing and information science (particularly artificial intelligence and it’s impact on humanity). We asked him to talk about how to argue constructively. The Read more...
Annette Kings Departure Leaves Jacinda Ardern Poised to Become Labours Deputy Leader
Posted 10:40am Sunday 5th March 2017 by Anna Linton
Annette King has stood down as the Labour Party’s Deputy Leader, with both herself and leader Andrew Little endorsing Jacinda Ardern as her successor. “I did ask her [King] to stay on the front bench with the Health Portfolio, and she did consider it,” Little told Critic, Read more...
Anti-Glass Alliance Assemble
Posted 10:35am Sunday 5th March 2017 by Joel MacManus
The Dunedin City Council (DCC) has engaged with local liquor store owners in a coordinated effort to reduce the number of glass products sold in North Dunedin, although they failed to nail down any specific plans. The policy was a key election promise made by Dunedin Mayor Dave Cull during the Read more...
Hyde St Residents shocked After Assaults
Posted 10:28am Sunday 5th March 2017 by Joel MacManus
Residents on Hyde St have described feeling “shocked” and “unsafe” following a spate of assaults on the street in O-Week, culminating in three arrests being made. A total of four assaults allegedly occurred around the student area in the early hours of the morning of Read more...
Why Use Facts When You Can Use Anecdotes?
Posted 10:24am Sunday 5th March 2017 by Joe Higham
Prime Minister Bill English has blamed unemployment rates on young people failing workplace drug tests; despite admitting the comments he made were based entirely on anecdotal evidence. English explained that high unemployment figures do not reflect a need to limit the amount of unskilled Read more...
Last Night's Bad Choices Now Have a Calorie Count
Posted 10:21am Sunday 5th March 2017 by Joel MacManus
A number of major players in the New Zealand beer industry have made the voluntary step to start featuring nutritional information labels on their beverages. Both Lion Nathan and DB Breweries, the two largest producers in the country, have got on board, and from this week onwards the labels will be Read more...
Protestors Oppose Goldman Sachs Recruitment Drive
Posted 10:18am Sunday 5th March 2017 by Joe Higham
A group of protesters gathered at the entrance to the Hunter Centre on Wednesday 1 March in opposition to a Goldman Sachs information session as a result of their sizeable investments in the fossil fuel industry. Goldman Sachs, a global finance company, was holding the information session Read more...
Super Rugby Preview
Posted 11:44am Sunday 26th February 2017 by Charlie Hantler
With the Scarfies back in town, the main event of Orientation Week gets ever closer: the Highlanders taking on the Chiefs at The Forsyth Barr. As a student at Otago, you’re obliged to get behind the blue and gold, making yourself part of the ‘Landers Army’. With a promising Read more...
Its Frances Turn At This Populist Nationalism Thing
Posted 11:18am Sunday 26th February 2017 by George Elliott
We’re all probably feeling a bit electioned out. The American presidential election was exhausting for everyone, even for observers behind computer screens in faraway lands. Regardless, the onslaught continues; the American political system is already gearing up for the midterm elections next Read more...
Will Parliament Lose its Resident Bow Tie Aficionado?
Posted 11:16am Sunday 26th February 2017 by George Elliott
The Green Party announced last week that it won’t be standing a candidate in the Ohariu electorate this year. The move improves the chances that Labour Party candidate, Greg O’Connor, ousts United Future’s Peter Dunne. Since the announcement, the Greens and Labour have repeatedly Read more...
Bottle Smashing Down, Number of People Being Dicks Remains the Same
Posted 11:09am Sunday 26th February 2017 by Joel MacManus
Egg throwing, couch burning and bottle smashing continue to be problematic at Otago despite progress, according to the 2016 Vice-Chancellors Report on Discipline. Last year a total of 483 students were sent to the proctor’s office, with 21 being referred on to the vice-chancellor. The number Read more...
Lift Your Game, Baird
Posted 10:55am Sunday 26th February 2017 by Lucy Hunter
OUSA Student President Hugh Baird got stuck in a lift in an Auckland hotel when on a presidential trip earlier this month. He was in a lift with five German people who, he says, were talking to each other in German. He is “sure they were talking about him.” They were stuck in the lift Read more...
Little Visits Cadbury Factory in Show of Solidarity with Workforce
Posted 10:52am Sunday 26th February 2017 by Joe Higham
Mondelez International, the company that owns Cadbury, have stated their intention to end their manufacturing operations at the company’s Dunedin factory. The closure of the Dunedin factory means the loss of 362 jobs, the first phase of which Mondelez have outlined will begin later Read more...
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