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Top Lecturer Of The Year wants “no part of UCSA”

Posted 11:58pm Sunday 12th October 2014 by Laura Munro

The University of Canterbury Student’s Association (UCSA) has come under scrutiny recently by staff member Dr Ekant Veer. The popular lecturer of the marketing department wrote a blog post on 7 October declaring that he would hand back his Lecturer of the Year award, as well as the $50 prize. Read more...

Final figures for OUSA’s General Election drive

Posted 11:58pm Sunday 12th October 2014 by Bella Macdonald

As final figures come in, Dunedin North booth votes show an overall boost in votes by 11 per cent for the 2014 General Election versus the 2011 General Election. This follows a $28,000 budgeted spend by OUSA towards an enrolment and voting campaign this year. OUSA spent $20,127 more on Read more...

Craft Beer Festival Is a Hit For Dunedin

Posted 11:58pm Sunday 12th October 2014 by Josie Cochrane

This year’s Craft Beer and Food festival took place on Saturday 4 October. The event has been hailed as a success by organisers and attendees alike. The Critic team thoroughly enjoyed themselves, finding some new favourite brews, including Garage Project’s Tournesol and Green Man Brewery’s Read more...

Sickness at Student Health an extra $10

Posted 11:58pm Sunday 12th October 2014 by Laura Munro

As of 1 October 2014, Student Health have begun their trial period for the updated Health Declaration process during the exam period. Students will now be charged a non-refundable $10 on top of their consultation fee if they would like to be considered for the declaration. This means those with a Read more...

Dunedin students’ private photos exploited online

Posted 6:08pm Wednesday 8th October 2014 by Josie Cochrane

On Tuesday 7 October 2014, a group called “Rack Appreciation Society Awareness” was created on Facebook. 24 hours later, over 2,000 women were members of the page. The group was formed out of disgust at the “Rack Appreciation Society” – a Facebook group formed two weeks ago, with over 4,000 Read more...

Kia ora nga Tauira Maori o Te Whare Wananga

Posted 1:49pm Sunday 5th October 2014 by Mariana Te Pou

YAY. It is that time when we’re nearing the end of lectures and the beginning of EXAMS! Yahooooo. This will be our last column for the year in the awesome Critic magazine. I would like to thank everyone who has been involved with TRM this year: no matter how small or how big your contribution, it Read more...

Exams are just two weeks away

Posted 1:49pm Sunday 5th October 2014 by Staff Reporter

The time is near, the assignments are (mostly) over and now it’s time to put all that information into your brain. You probably should have started studying for exams a while ago, but realistically this guide has just got you thinking, “Ah, I should go and pick up my course reader/ open that Read more...

Greatest hits / Greatest shits | Issue 26

Posted 1:49pm Sunday 5th October 2014 by Carys Goodwin

Greatest HitThis week we’re going international for the Greatest Hit: to Hong Kong. After a change to Hong Kong elections that would mean only “China-approved” candidates would be able to be elected, students began an intense protest for democracy, storming Hong Kong’s Civic Square. Sometimes it’s Read more...

Critic just isn't going to stop tackling election year

Posted 1:49pm Sunday 5th October 2014 by Carys Goodwin

At the time of writing, Labour is in turmoil. Once again, they are undergoing a leader selection process that is bitter and catty. The accusations of being “beltway politicians” are coming thick and fast and the spectre of election failure isn’t going away. Even New Zealand’s mainstream media sunk Read more...

We are the champions, again. *Yawns*

Posted 1:49pm Sunday 5th October 2014 by Daniel Lormans

Back to the shiny, black and trophy-laden rugby desk this week where we are wrapping up our code coverage for this year with a little review of the recent Rugby Championship and some very early and unnecessary World Cup hype. As is old news by now, the mighty All Blacks have won yet another Read more...