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Government chomps dentistry school funding

Posted 10:15pm Sunday 27th July 2014 by Emily Draper

The Government has refused to assist the University of Otago with its $650 million building programme. The University will now have to fund the entirety of the proposed renovations itself, including an extension of the dental school programme. Tertiary Education Minister Steven Joyce told the Read more...

“Official Spokesbird for Conservation” will be famous

Posted 10:15pm Sunday 27th July 2014 by Nina Harrap

A documentary about New Zealand’s “Official Spokesbird for Conservation” has been selected as one of three finalists in the Newcomer section of WildScreen, one of the world’s most prestigious wildlife and environmental film festivals. The film, From Dud to Stud, was directed by Otago film graduate Read more...

Applied Sciences locks out students

Posted 10:15pm Sunday 27th July 2014 by Laura Munro

The University of Otago’s Department of Applied Sciences has received backlash from undergraduate design students because of a new rule denying student access to facilities after 5pm. The rule applies to use of the Applied Sciences stone building, which is currently shared with the Department of Read more...

Contraception: The Intra Uterine Device

Posted 5:12pm Sunday 20th July 2014 by Laura Munro

Women have a lot of options when it comes to contraception. Although condoms should be used for STI prevention, women have several other options in terms of extra contraception to avoid pregnancies. The options include the pill, the injection, the implant and the Intra Uterine Device. Critic Read more...

Greatest Hits / Greatest Shits | Issue 16

Posted 5:12pm Sunday 20th July 2014 by Carys Goodwin

Greatest HitsRecently Back Benches featured a number of youths. Hailing from Labour, National, Greens, NZ First, and ACT, these youths had a go at hashing out a few pressing issues. They also had a go at each other. This week’s Greatest Hit goes to an amazing call from ACT’s Louis Houlbrooke, who, Read more...

Politweets | Issue 16

Posted 5:12pm Sunday 20th July 2014 by Carys Goodwin

Fake Russel explains the new Green policy. There’s a parody account for everything these days, including POLS102. Read more...

Critic tackles election year | Issue 16

Posted 5:12pm Sunday 20th July 2014 by Carys Goodwin

Since taking on the job of Critic’s Official Politics Nerd, I’ve been able to chat to a number of politicians. Normally, this results in a combination of great discussion and inappropriate questions (and answers). The opportunity to interview MPs and the like is not often awarded to students, and I Read more...

Critic 2014 Football World Cup awards

Posted 5:12pm Sunday 20th July 2014 by Daniel Lormans

To the black, red and yellow World Cup desk where, like a good holiday in Brazil, it is fun at the time but you’re always happy to get home and back to normal once it’s all over. The 2014 edition of the World Cup was very exciting with a record amount of goals scored and enough controversy and funny Read more...

Medical library to make way for animal testing lab

Posted 5:12pm Sunday 20th July 2014 by Nina Harrap

The University of Otago is planning to turn the Medical Library into an animal-testing laboratory. The decision follows after an outbreak of parasitic worms that occurred at the current animal-testing lab. The parasitic outbreak posed no health risk to researchers or other staff. A statement Read more...

OUSA Awards: Hypothermic students rejoice

Posted 5:12pm Sunday 20th July 2014 by Emily Draper

2014 is the second year OUSA has held the Landlord Awards, previously named the Best/Worst Flat Awards. The change in name is intended to “place pressure on landlords to provide quality rental accommodation,” whilst also “showcasing landlords who do a great job in promoting student wellbeing,” says Read more...