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Re-O Puts Rio to Shame

Posted 5:14pm Sunday 15th July 2012 by Josie Adams

Re-Orientation kicked off on Wednesday and ended on Saturday, with a stellar line-up running throughout the week. Ladyhawke, Kora, and the comedy night with Paul Ego and Chopper Reed were predicted to be the big hits, while OUSA’s Clubs Day, Market Day and International Food Festival provided Read more...

Woo Sports!

Posted 5:13pm Sunday 8th July 2012 by Gus Gawn

For Critic Issue 15 of 2012 I have compiled ten reasons I'm excited about sports in second semester. Semester One was okay I guess, but Semester Two is offering up an absolute smorgasbord of sexy sporting action to watch both locally and on the telly. So, in no particular order, here are some things Read more...

What does Sonny Bill Williams want?

Posted 5:13pm Sunday 8th July 2012 by Gus Gawn

Straight after winning a World Cup and killing it for the Chiefs this year Sonny Bill Williams might be quitting New Zealand rugby, at least for now. He’s been pretty damn good at everything he's tried, but what does Sonny Bill want to look back on when he retires from sport? What does Sonny Bill Read more...

Critic’s Requisite Students-Are-Not-All-Drunken-IdIots Story

Posted 5:13pm Sunday 8th July 2012 by Ivy Ruto

In a blatant attempt to flesh out their CVs, two Otago students have set up a free tutoring service for students in mid-to low-decile Dunedin high schools. Under the arrangement Otago students tutor for one hour per week in NCEA subjects they studied at high school or university. Organisers Read more...

Mosgiel: It’s a Gas

Posted 5:13pm Sunday 8th July 2012 by Margot Taylor

In a tragic example of the limited entertainment activities on offer for Mosgiel teenagers, two young Mosgelians (as Critic likes to call them) are in induced comas after the gas bottle they were huffing from was ignited by a heater last Monday. The two teens, aged 17 and 18, received Read more...

Oi, Syria, Fucking Stop It!

Posted 5:13pm Sunday 8th July 2012 by Staff Reporter

The 47th Otago Foreign Policy School took place over the uni holidays, with the ongoing conflict in Syria at the forefront of the conference’s discussions. The three-day conference at St Margaret’s is an opportunity for New Zealand and international experts to meet with government officials and Read more...

Elderly Forget Children’s Names, Remember to Hate Edgar

Posted 5:13pm Sunday 8th July 2012 by Charlotte Greenfield

The debate over whether students actually care about asset sales has continued, with NZUSA halfheartedly withdrawing its support from the Keep Our Assets Campaign, OUSA maintaining its neutrality, and Grey Power accusing OUSA of failing to properly communicate with its members. In May the Read more...

Harlene’s Birthday Boy

Posted 5:13pm Sunday 8th July 2012 by Charlotte Greenfield

OUSA President Logan Edgar received a birthday visit at his flat from University Vice-Chancellor Harlene Hayne, sparking concern (really just from Critic) over whether OUSA and the University are getting a little too close. Edgar explained to Critic that the visit was prompted after Edgar was Read more...

It’s Another International Officer! Again!

Posted 5:13pm Sunday 8th July 2012 by Staff Reporter

You might remember flexing your democratic muscles at the end of last semester. The results are in, with all questions put forward by OUSA in its annual referendum being passed with healthy majorities and a newly minted International Officer joining the OUSA executive. Third year Pharmacy Read more...

Prospective Students Take Places in Rest of World

Posted 5:13pm Sunday 8th July 2012 by Maria Mutahi

The University has experienced a dip in student numbers, leading to “caution” in its current financial outlook. Full-time enrolments have dropped from 19, 661 in 2010 to a forecasted 19, 370 this year. The University’s director of planning and funding, David Thomson, said the drop is in Read more...

Freshers Fundamentally Misunderstand Law of Supply and Demand

Posted 5:13pm Sunday 8th July 2012 by Charlotte Greenfield

Critic has received reports of first years already signing up for flats, marking the start of the great annual student flat hunt. Further investigation revealed that this year’s spectacle pales in comparison to previous years. “Now’s not ‘early’,” a member of staff from the University of Read more...

Uni Blasts Criticism

Posted 5:13pm Sunday 8th July 2012 by Gerard Barbalich

The University of Otago has been called out for “killing Castle Street”, and has responded with a water-blaster. A presumably scarfie protester painted the message “You can kill Castle Street, but you can’t kill culture” on the walls of Leith below the Clocktower building during the exam Read more...

Small, locally-owned business becomes Big Corporation

Posted 8:39pm Sunday 3rd June 2012 by Callum Fredric

James “Jim” Peterson, the owner of Jim’s Miniature New Zealand Flag Emporium on Hanover Street, has been slammed as a “sellout” after hiring a 20th employee last week, officially pushing his company over the line from “small, locally-owned business” to “Big Corporation”. Protestors have Read more...

If Shane Jones Doesn’t Resign

Posted 8:39pm Sunday 3rd June 2012 by Callum Fredric

Labour MP Shane Jones, who has been dogged recently by allegations that he gave citizenship to an international criminal in exchange for donations to the Labour Party, has entered a bill into the members’ ballot that would, if successful, provide free kittens to all. Mr Jones, who attracted Read more...

Smashed Him Bro!

Posted 8:39pm Sunday 3rd June 2012 by Gus Gawn

This week we are going to talk about head injuries in sports. TVNZ's Sunday programme recently broadcast a shocking exposé on the reality of brain injuries caused by contact sports. Research in the US has shown that the repeated traumatic brain injuries often seen in contact sports can cause Read more...

Bouncer screwed, surprisingly unhappy

Posted 8:39pm Sunday 3rd June 2012 by Imogen Whyte

An intoxicated teenager stabbed a Monkey Bar bouncer in the neck with a screwdriver on Friday 25 May after being refused entry to the nightclub. A 19-year old labourer was arrested and appeared in the Dunedin District Court the following morning, charged with intent to cause grievous bodily Read more...

Children beaten by band of youths

Posted 8:39pm Sunday 3rd June 2012 by Margot Taylor

A crowd of 200 converged for the final of the Converse Battle of the Bands was held at Re:Fuel on Saturday May 26. 40 bands compete in four heats in the OUSA-organised event. A Distant City emerged the winners, with Astro Children named runners-up and Abstract Survival placing third. A Read more...

Red Bull flies student to Austrian brainwashing bender

Posted 8:39pm Sunday 3rd June 2012 by Alice McRae

University of Otago student Josh Stewart placed 23rd at the Red Bull Paper Wings World Finals in Salzburg on 4 – 5 May. The second-year Knox resident gained a place in the international round after beating 496 New Zealand competitors with a 43.6 metre throw at the Alahambra Rugby Club in March. Read more...

“Cheeky darkies” better represented*

Posted 8:39pm Sunday 3rd June 2012 by Staff Reporter

The University of Otago has appointed Tuari Potiki as its new Director of Māori Development. This will put Mr Potiki in charge of Māori development activities at the University, as well as maintaining the University’s relationship with local iwi. Mr Potiki has previously held a Read more...

English implores students: go Greek!

Posted 8:39pm Sunday 3rd June 2012 by Charlotte Greenfield

Students’ associations have lent their support to the criticism over changes to the student loan and allowance systems announced in the National Budget on Thursday 24 May. Following the blockade of central Auckland streets by angry students, Finance Minister Bill English taunted the students Read more...