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Critic tackles election year | Issue 23

Posted 4:38pm Sunday 14th September 2014 by Carys Goodwin

On Monday 8 September, Critic hosted its own version of Back Benches with Wallace Chapman. Last week’s politics section was dedicated to introducing the participants, who were young politicians from across the spectrum; this week looks at the most hilarious quips and quotes offered by Wallace, John Read more...

OUSA 2015 Executive Elections

Posted 4:38pm Sunday 14th September 2014 by Critic

The nominations for the 2014 OUSA Executive have closed, and an array of good-looking candidates have put their names forward to represent you next year. Voting will take place on the OUSA website from 22 to 25 September, with the winners announced that evening. There are 11 voting positions Read more...

Execrable | Issue 23

Posted 4:38pm Sunday 14th September 2014 by Josie Cochrane

This Executive meeting was brief, but revealed a busier week for the team - enough to actually convince Critic that they may have met their hourly requirements! The Executive passed a motion to renovate the Aquatic Centre. They aim to spend $25,200 (excluding GST) on the vinyl flooring and Read more...

Dirty Student Politics

Posted 10:28pm Tuesday 9th September 2014 by Carys Goodwin

*content warning* Kiwiblog's David Farrar stands by the blog post in which he argues OUSA President Ruby Sycamore-Smith is implicitly condoning rape in her support of Tom Scott’s @Peace song “Kill the PM.” On 1 September, Sycamore-Smith published a column in Critic in which she praised Read more...

Politweets | Issue 22

Posted 11:52pm Sunday 7th September 2014 by Carys Goodwin

Um, lol. Tau has been sassy this week. I don’t know, John in Clarendon Hills, Illinois. Read more...

Greatest hits/ Greatest shits | Issue 22

Posted 11:52pm Sunday 7th September 2014 by Carys Goodwin

Greatest hitsStuff gets Shit, but they also get Hit for releasing a segment featuring up-close-and-personal portraits of what they call “political bloodstock.” Dark, gritty, and sly, these photographs come far closer to visually depicting the intensity of the election campaign than the majority of Read more...

Critic's guide to Young Back Benches

Posted 11:52pm Sunday 7th September 2014 by Carys Goodwin

John Brinsley-Pirie | Young Nat / Dunedin South Campaign TeamFavourite policy in a sentence: The most valuable stance this Government has for me is their resistance to using tax increases to solve problems. Sometimes tax is an answer, but I appreciate that this government looks to others in the Read more...

Interview: David Clark

Posted 11:52pm Sunday 7th September 2014 by Carys Goodwin

David Clark is probably one of the more familiar political faces around campus. He has an office right nearby, he’s our elected representative, and he’s vying to continue in his position. With experience in a number of student-related areas, including being Warden of Selwyn and taking a turn at Read more...

Premier League silly season breaks spending records

Posted 11:52pm Sunday 7th September 2014 by Daniel Lormans

To the ridiculously expensive football desk where the transfer window has just closed and the best part of £1 billion has been spent. This obscene amount of money spent in this transfer window highlights just some of the absurdity in English football, with many fans and managers wishing that the Read more...

Who let the dogs out

Posted 11:52pm Sunday 7th September 2014 by Steph Taylor

Recent figures released by the Dunedin City Council show that 244 dog attacks have been reported to the Council during the last year. Council figures report that the various dog attacks were on people, pets, livestock and wild animals. From July 2013 to July 2014, 69 dog attacks in the Read more...

Alumni events for students to meet Otago celebrity graduates

Posted 11:52pm Sunday 7th September 2014 by Anna Whyte

The Otago Alumni are holding events at the University, with opportunities for past and current students to experience, interact and network for life beyond university. The Allan Hall Theatre is hosting a reunion party this weekend from 12 to 14 September to commemorate its 100th birthday. For Read more...

“Study Dunedin” enforces image that no one does anything but study here

Posted 11:52pm Sunday 7th September 2014 by Emily Draper

The Dunedin City Council is launching a new brand in the hopes of combating decreasing international enrolment numbers. Study Dunedin, or Project Export Education Uplift, is one of six projects launched within Dunedin City Council’s Economic Development Strategy, designed to re-brand the region in Read more...

Medical student life appears less and less appealing

Posted 11:52pm Sunday 7th September 2014 by Nina Harrap

Studylink’s current student loan policy finds many medical students having to find the final $20,000 to fund their last year of school. As the policy currently stands, students can borrow money for the equivalent of seven years of full-time study (7EFTS). This means that students doing long-course Read more...

Advanced voting available in the link

Posted 11:52pm Sunday 7th September 2014 by Laura Munro

Voting in the 2014 General Election kicked off last Wednesday with advanced voting now available to all New Zealanders. This year, all voters have the opportunity to cast their votes earlier than the official Election Day, 20 September. Previously, a valid reason to vote early was required. Read more...

OUSA drops Volunteer Services Abroad membership

Posted 11:52pm Sunday 7th September 2014 by Laura Munro

In an Executive meeting on 29 July, a decision was made that OUSA would end their membership to the organisation Volunteer Services Abroad. The decision was put forward by OUSA Admin Vice President Ryan Edgar and unanimously agreed upon by all executive members. Edgar said he was “certainly not” in Read more...

Execrable | Issue 22

Posted 11:52pm Sunday 7th September 2014 by Josie Cochrane

A new, much needed assistant to the Executive, Projects Officer Annabelle Boelema, kicked off the meeting with general reminders for the Executive members. Annabelle presented the plans for the Election; with just over two weeks to go, OUSA have the RockEnrol with Generation Zero, Back Benches by Read more...

DCC proposes draconian alcohol policies

Posted 11:52pm Sunday 7th September 2014 by Nina Harrap

The Dunedin bar scene could be experiencing further changes in the near future as the Dunedin City Council considers tightening the restrictions on the sale of alcohol. The draft of a new Local Alcohol Policy (LAP) was recently released and includes a ban on drinking outside bars after 11pm, Read more...

Interview: Kevin Hague - Green MP

Posted 5:55pm Sunday 31st August 2014 by Carys Goodwin

Kevin Hague is a current Green MP, and looks after their health and sport policy. In the interest of providing something of note to the P.E. students that isn’t on the sport pages, I asked him about what policies he advocates for in the complex network of elite sport and school activities. I also Read more...

Consumer Magazine - is New Zealand’s icon of consumer protection hopelessly compromised?

Posted 5:55pm Sunday 31st August 2014 by Laura Munro

Consumer New Zealand has long had a reputation as the guardian of the New Zealand consumer. Active since 1959, they claim they are “dedicated to getting New Zealanders a better deal.” And their biggest pitch has always been their independence. When Critic spoke to David Naulls, Deputy CEO and Read more...

Greatest hits / Greatest shits | Issue 21

Posted 5:55pm Sunday 31st August 2014 by Carys Goodwin

Greatest HitThere are a few contenders this week, what with the UBS apparently giving out airline sick bags to anyone who bought a copy of Dirty Politics and the hilarious election broadcasts screening, but Greatest Hit has to go to one of the underdogs of the election: the Civilian Party. They Read more...