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Students “So Fucking Excited” for Dunedin Mecca
Posted 8:30pm Sunday 21st April 2024 by Gryffin Powell
Hold your Frank Green drink bottle tight because cosmetics giant Mecca is opening a store in Dunedin later this year. The chain confirmed the rumours to the Otago Daily Times after job positions were posted online. The store is set to open at an unspecified location on George Street – likely Read more...
Bot Takeover Prompts Private Castle24
Posted 8:14pm Sunday 21st April 2024 by Gryffin Powell
The Castle24 Facebook group has been invaded – not by freshers, but by hundreds of bot accounts claiming to sell tickets to the Hyde St Party. What started as a trickle of scammers has turned into a shit storm of hundreds of bots in the lead-up to Hyde, leaving students confused about who to Read more...
Dusty Laps for Life
Posted 8:05pm Sunday 21st April 2024 by Nina Brown
Suicide prevention trust ‘Life Matters’ hosted Laps for Life at North Grounds on Sunday, April 14. Fuelled by the sausage sizzle, the crowd of 200 yellow-dressed attendees cumulatively ran 1,954 km (over the length of Aotearoa) eclipsing the original goal of 365 km before lunchtime. Read more...
Daddy Grant’s Home!
Posted 5:22pm Sunday 21st April 2024 by Molly Smith-Soppet
Grant Robertson was spotted on campus recently, spending a week acquainting himself with the University and the people within. A select few were lucky enough to meet the soon-to-be-VC for a lunch date, telling Critic Te Ārohi they felt privileged to be fit into a schedule that was allegedly Read more...
71.6% Increase in Region’s MDMA Consumption During Flo-Week
Posted 5:19pm Sunday 21st April 2024 by Hanna Varrs
Wastewater testing has revealed a 71.6% increase in MDMA consumption during Flo-Week, meaning the cops know you got geary. Cocaine consumption also had a marginal rise (in this economy?) but it was 35 times less prevalent than MDMA. The information has come to light after Critic Te Read more...
Breaking Sound’s Policies Still Under Fire
Posted 5:17pm Sunday 21st April 2024 by Jordan Irvine
Breaking Sound’s policies continue to be questioned by local musos. It’s been revealed to Critic Te Ārohi that multiple Dunedin bands, including IVY and The Beatniks, have had issues of underpayment with the company owing to their odd policies. Discussions centred around their Read more...
Crossword Trauma Leads to Plea for Hyde Tickets
Posted 5:14pm Sunday 21st April 2024 by Hugh Askerud
The Hyde hustle has been strong this year, with some twisting the “trauma” of repeated Critic crossword errors (soz) into a bid for tickets. A flat of four sent an email last Monday after spotting the latest typo to Critic Editor Nina and OUSA President Keegan, claiming it had Read more...
Castle Street Clean-up Turnout Disappoints
Posted 5:09pm Sunday 21st April 2024 by Hugh Askerud
The fifth annual Sophie Crestani Castle Street Clean-up took place last Friday, attracting a disappointingly small turnout. Few members of the Castle St fraternity showed up, with the majority of initial attendees being either Caroline Freeman College residents or Hold On To Your Friends (HOTYF) Read more...
Letter from KnowYourStuffNZ: What is Harm Reduction?
Posted 2:20pm Sunday 14th April 2024 by Max Phillips
My name is Max Phillips, and I am a drug user. “User” is a bit of a loaded word, but it shouldn’t be, since everyone reading this is also a drug user. Over 80% of New Zealanders drink alcohol (one of the most harmful drugs), and we can tend to forget that things like panadol are Read more...
Unicol Fresher Wins Big from Online Gambling (Twice)
Posted 2:17pm Sunday 14th April 2024 by Iris Hehir
A Unicol fresher has won big money from online gambling. Known around campus as Elvis*, he won $27k in total; taking his gambling virginity in a weekend that can only be described as one for the books. Elvis tells Critic that it all began the summer before Uni, when he was drinking with some Read more...