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The Official Otago Uni Shitlist for 2019

Posted 9:53pm Thursday 27th February 2020 by Erin Gourley

Some of the concerns highlighted in the University’s 2019 Discipline Reports have been targeted by the University with new policies.  One example is the skips around campus at the beginning and end of the year. The Report notes that the skip “service was abused” in 2019, Read more...

Liam Wairepo: Youngest Ever [REDACTED] Party Candidate

Posted 9:01pm Thursday 27th February 2020 by Sinead Gill

Liam Wairepo looks just like any other 21 year old Politics and Science student. No, not like a cunt – like someone with a big dream and a big brain. He is an RA at Salmond College and his favourite snack is toasted cashews. He may also be the youngest ever candidate for the [REDACTED] party, Read more...

Agnew may be an Ag-no in 2020

Posted 8:09pm Thursday 27th February 2020 by Kaiya Cherrington

There is a cloud of doubt over whether the Agnew Street Party will go ahead in 2020. The annual Agnew Street Party is often referred to as Hyde’s “ugly step-sister”. Last year’s event raised safety concerns, with the low temperatures and rain creating a slipping hazard on Read more...

Down in the Dumps

Posted 8:04pm Thursday 27th February 2020 by Jack Gilmore

Critic has an exclusive insight into the life of a skip security guard after talking to, and observing, a guard at work during O Week. The skip security guards have been sizing up people dumping rubbish at the orange skips around campus in an attempt to cut down on rubbish from non-students. The Read more...

Increased Police Presence During Flo and O

Posted 7:55pm Thursday 27th February 2020 by Erin Gourley

Students have noticed an increased number of police on the streets of North Dunedin during Flo and O Week. The police confirmed that they have been trying to prevent the situation that led to Sophia Crestani’s death at the Manor last year.  “Since the tragic event at the Read more...

Controversial Poi Performance An “Uncomfortable” Experience

Posted 7:52pm Thursday 27th February 2020 by Kaiya Cherrington

Students in the audience of the Pacific Students’ Welcome were left “uncomfortable” after members of the Otago Pacificana group brought out poi and danced to ‘Poi E’ by Patea Māori Club. The Pacific Students’ Welcome for 2020 was held on Thursday 20 Read more...

What Happens When Te Roopū Māori Takes the Mystery Out of the Bus

Posted 7:25pm Thursday 27th February 2020 by Kaiya Cherrington

Māori kids looking at the Te Roopū Māori (TRM) calendar for Wiki O (O Week) were shocked to discover there was no Mystery Bus lined up for 2020. Most expected the Mystery Bus to be back for the start of another year. The Mystery Bus brought Māori students squished proximity, Read more...

Hawaiian Stein Rebranded as Silly Shirt Stein

Posted 7:18pm Thursday 27th February 2020 by Sophia Carter Peters

The opening event on the Society of Otago University Law Students (SOULS) social calendar, the ‘Hawaiian Stein’, has been rebranded as the ‘Silly Shirt Stein’.  According to the Facebook event information, the renaming took place on 22 February. That was after Read more...

Vending Machine Prices Rise and Capitalism Wins

Posted 7:10pm Thursday 27th February 2020 by Jack Gilmore

In an egregious act of disregard for the public good and basic ethics, the University has increased the price of every can of drink at campus vending machines to two whole dollars.  The first reports of this occurrence came when a Critic intern attempted to put one humble dollar into the Read more...

Who is NZUSA and Should You Give a Fuck?

Posted 1:16am Friday 21st February 2020 by Fox Meyer

NZUSA is the New Zealand Union of Students’ Associations, and they have copped their fair share of shit over the years for being inaccessible, secretive, and - worst of all - sucking hard.  This year, however, President Isabella Lenihan-Ikin and co-Vice Presidents Matthew Schep and Sam Read more...