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Proctorial Justice Stocks Removed For 150th Exhibition

Posted 6:40pm Thursday 7th March 2019 by Wyatt Ryder

The Proctorial Justice stocks were removed from outside the Proctor’s Office in mid-January to be included in a historical exhibition for the University’s 150th anniversary. A University spokeswoman said, “The removal of the stocks was unrelated to the protest held outside Read more...

Law Camp Going Ahead With New Changes

Posted 6:37pm Thursday 7th March 2019 by Esme Hall

Law camp will go ahead for 2019, with new changes from the Society of Otago University Law Students (SOULS) after last year’s Law Camp was cancelled amidst a media furore that erupted when a 2012 attendee told the New Zealand Herald the camp was like “an American fraternity house,” Read more...

10Bar Reopens as Catacombs

Posted 9:24pm Thursday 28th February 2019 by Sophia Carter Peters

A bright and shiny new bar ‘Catacombs’ has risen from the rotten carcass known as 10Bar. The morgue-turned-nightclub has had some serious renovations including new floors, white marble bars and some macabre decorations.  Andre Shi, the owner of Catacombs and Vault 21, drew Read more...

Not Enough People Voted in Boring Referendum so OUSA Will Hold Boring Meeting

Posted 9:23pm Thursday 28th February 2019 by Esme Hall

OUSA is holding a Student General Meeting (SGM) after low turnout meant that its October referendum was invalid.  The meeting will be held at 12:30 p.m. in the Main Common Room, or outside if weather permits, on Thursday 21 March with the aim of “start[ing] our year off right,” Read more...

Which Dunedin Workplaces Allow Office Dogs: A Critic Investigation

Posted 9:22pm Thursday 28th February 2019 by Esme Hall

Reading Critic, you may start thinking University is about ‘the drugs’ and ‘the alcohol’. Don’t be fooled. Everyone knows that University is really about launching yourself into the job market. To do that, you need to be informed. That’s what Critic’s really Read more...

No One Disciplined for Initiations in 2018

Posted 9:20pm Thursday 28th February 2019 by Nina Minogue

In a marked drop from 2017, zero initiation-related events reached the Proctor’s Office last year. In 2017, seventeen students were excluded from University for initiation-related incidents, following an initiation at Cumberland Street flat Debacle that was called “sadistic,” Read more...

University Closes Two Dance Studios With No Plans for Redevelopment

Posted 9:19pm Thursday 28th February 2019 by Esme Hall

The University has vacated and closed its P.E. and Dance facilities, locking out community groups, but has no plans for redeveloping the buildings as yet. “With the finishing of the dance curriculum near the end of last year, the School of Physical Education, Sport and Exercise Sciences has Read more...

Opinion: AskOtago is a Shiny Piece of Nothing

Posted 9:17pm Thursday 28th February 2019 by Sinead Gill

Students have paid almost a million dollars for a Band-Aid. The new AskOtago hub looks pretty, but that’s about all it’s good for. It’s cut down our study space and replaced knowledgeable Departmental Administrators with people on casual or short-term contracts reading off a Read more...

Editorial: We Will Deliver You the AskOtago Domains Unscathed. Do Not Tell Anyone. Do Not Call the Police.

Posted 7:47pm Thursday 28th February 2019 by Charlie O’Mannin

Last year after a tip off from a concerned citizen, Critic bought the domain names askotago.com and askotago.co.nz for US$24.76, because apparently whoever was in charge of doing that sort of thing was made redundant in the Support Services Review.  We then used our new platform to answer Read more...

Editorial: Just Say No to Mysterious White Powders

Posted 10:04pm Thursday 21st February 2019 by Charlie O’Mannin

A few years ago I bought some transparent crystals off a guy in a white subaru who insisted on giving me long renditions of his encounters with the police as he rummaged through a big box of miscellaneous baggies.  He had apparently been pulled over on his way to see me, but the officer had Read more...