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Unbreakable

Posted 3:53pm Sunday 15th April 2012 by Gus Gawn

The Breakers have been the best team in the ANBL all season. They went up against their closest rivals the Perth Wildcats in the grand-final series on the Thursday and Friday just gone and depending on results a possible game three on Tuesday (April 24). To help you bandwagon jumpers out even Read more...

Rising from the ashes

Posted 3:53pm Sunday 15th April 2012 by Gus Gawn

To help you bandwagon jumpers out there Critic has done some homework and come up with three comments you can make that will make it sound like you know something about the Phoenix, other than that they wear Black and Yellow. “The Yellow Fever are the Phoenix’s loyal supporters group. When Read more...

Playoff time. Jump on the Band Wagon

Posted 3:53pm Sunday 15th April 2012 by Gus Gawn

The start of April is playoffs time for trans-Tasman sports. The Wellington Phoenix have had their A-League (football/soccer) playoff run ended by a heartbreaking extra-time goal to the Glory in Perth on Easter Saturday night. And by the time you read this the New Zealand Breakers will have either Read more...

New Zealand Wastes Bucketloads on “Justice”

Posted 3:53pm Sunday 15th April 2012 by Charlotte Greenfield

It was revealed this week that the legal bill of everyone’s least-favourite tutor Clayton Weatherston has surpassed $440,000 and is expected to rise, with more invoices still to be filed. Because Weatherston relies on legal aid, the taxpayer will pick up this expense. The former University Read more...

I Can Has Moar Vigilantism?

Posted 3:53pm Sunday 15th April 2012 by Charlotte Greenfield

The wild frontiers of North Dunedin are soon to be defended by a band of “Scarfie Sheriffs” whose role will include protecting saloon-goers from shoot ’em ups, Indians and gold train robberies. Although a little older than the average Toy Story 3D fan, scarfies have the potential to benefit Read more...

University collegial, if not universal

Posted 3:53pm Sunday 15th April 2012 by Charlotte Greenfield

The University of Otago has received a generally positive review in an Academic Unit Report published on 20 March. The New Zealand Universities Academic Audit Unit (NZUAAU) undertakes a review of each of New Zealand’s eight universities every five years and with Otago getting its turn this year. Read more...

See Spot Rot

Posted 3:53pm Sunday 15th April 2012 by Charlotte Greenfield

An Otago Polytechnic student caused a stir after he displayed a piece of artwork last month featuring the carcass of a dog. The second-year student’s sculpture consisted of the remains of the dog draped over a beer crate and installed as part of an assignment at the Polytech’s sculpture Read more...

Plot to Overthrow Auckland Student Magazine Editor

Posted 3:53pm Sunday 15th April 2012 by Staff Reporter

Craccum Editor Thomas Dykes may lose his position next week following a petition from 20 members of the Auckland University Student Association (AUSA) which calls for a motion of no confidence against him. The petition claims that Craccum (Auckland University’s student magazine) has been Read more...

Broadcasting Standards Authority agrees: Stoners are cool

Posted 3:53pm Sunday 15th April 2012 by Joe Stockman

The Broadcasting Standards Authority (BSA) has sided with Otago University student radio station Radio One, after a complaint by an Australian based GP about the radio station’s show Overgrown. The show, which is produced by pro-cannabis protest group NORML, and is hosted by NORML Read more...

Money Buys Happiness, But Not Elections

Posted 7:07pm Sunday 1st April 2012 by Callum Fredric

It’s a common myth that money buys elections – in New Zealand at least, this is simply not the case. Evidence from several NZ elections has shown no real link between party spending and votes received. In the 2011 election campaign, the six biggest spenders were (in order): National, $2.3m; Read more...

It’s Voluntary Jim, but not as we know it

Posted 7:07pm Sunday 1st April 2012 by Callum Fredric

Did you know OUSA considers you a member of their organisation? Well they do. It doesn’t matter that you didn’t sign up, OUSA President Logan Edgar reckons there’s no law preventing OUSA from signing up every single student as a member, so long as they’re not being directly charged any fees. Read more...

Old people love netball, but do students?

Posted 7:07pm Sunday 1st April 2012 by Gus Gawn

It seems like everyone in Invercargill loves netball. All the grannies and kids used to pack out that stadium (before it fell over), smash those rumble sticks together and have a hell of a time. But does anyone care about netball in Dunedin? The Southern Steel is our netball team. They Read more...

Red Bull Marketing Campaign Receives Student Magazine Exposure Because It Totes Counts As A Sport

Posted 7:07pm Sunday 1st April 2012 by Gus Gawn

This is the sixth issue of Critic for 2012. Apparently it only takes six weeks to abandon journalistic credibility and just start reporting on stuff that provides free energy drinks. When you think of Red Bull you think of extreme sports. Maybe a grinning Scandinavian guy pushing the limits Read more...

Now more expensive than ever to escape Dunedin

Posted 7:07pm Sunday 1st April 2012 by Charlotte Greenfield

The price of flights to and from Dunedin has risen by up to $4 since last Friday after a surge in the Dunedin International (LOL) Airport’s user charge. Air New Zealand claims it has been forced to raise fares after DIA hiked the user charge by 78% to a total of $1.8 million a year. “We are Read more...

Studyspace.co.nz Profits Reach Single-Figures

Posted 7:07pm Sunday 1st April 2012 by Callum Fredric

A new website has taken the student mantra “USBs get degrees” to a new level, with students now able to buy and sell notes for their courses online. University of Otago students Hayden Kerrisk (CEO), Mike Arthur (Programmer), and Paul Kibblewhite (Stylist) have created Studyspace, which is basically Read more...

Otago Greens Out

Posted 7:07pm Sunday 1st April 2012 by Bella Macdonald

Otago University is getting its green on with the appointment of Hilary Phipps in the role of Environmental Sustainability Co-ordinator. The creation of this brand-new role was prompted by the recommendations of a Working Party in late 2008 to promote the environmental sustainability of the Read more...

Ding Ding Flings Off Exec Thing

Posted 7:07pm Sunday 1st April 2012 by Josie Adams

Ding Yi Ding resigned from the OUSA Exec only hours after winning the International Officer position in the by-election two weeks ago. She cited “personal reasons” for her departure. Although this might appear to be a lucky break for Shane Corrigan, the Dream Team’s losing candidate for the Read more...

University deals with disaster

Posted 7:07pm Sunday 1st April 2012 by Margot Taylor

The University seems to have disaster on the mind, with assessment and construction underway to address the risk of earthquakes and floods. A year after the devastating 6.3 earthquake in Christchurch, Otago’s Christchurch campus, which houses the School of Medicine, is undergoing repairs, Read more...

DCC Plans Dunedin’s Future

Posted 7:07pm Sunday 1st April 2012 by Claudia Herron

The Dunedin City Council has distributed a draft long-term plan inviting submissions for its proposed rate increases for the next decade. The DCC is setting its sights high, although its efforts are being marred by the city’s debt and general apathy. The latter was evident in one first-rate Read more...

Hyde Street Galvanises Fun Police

Posted 7:07pm Sunday 1st April 2012 by Gus Gawn

Battle lines have been drawn over the much-publicised North Dunedin Liquor Ban proposed by the DCC. The liquor ban proposal has been sitting on the table since the beginning of the year. The council’s initial proposal was debated heatedly on campus early in the semester but it seemed to sit Read more...