Top 10 Mysteries of Otago University

Posted 12:18am Friday 7th September 2018 by Molly Codyre

In her final weeks of university, resident fourth year Molly Codyre set out to finally get to the bottom of the most mysterious, unexplainable and often annoying things about life at our beautiful, vomit scattered campus.    1. Why is the only tropical holiday I’m getting this Read more...

Analysis: Laura Cairns and James Heath Are the Best OUSA Presidential Candidates in Years

Posted 11:26pm Thursday 6th September 2018 by Joel MacManus

This is weird. No one saw this coming. Out of nowhere, the annual OUSA CV-padding elections have actually produced a really, really fucking good presidential race. And best of all, there’re no fucking tickets, so we can actually have a contest of ideas instead of just a bunch of cliques in Read more...

The Week the ODT Were Very Mean to Invercargill

Posted 10:48pm Thursday 6th September 2018 by Charlie O’Mannin

This week the ODT are rating themselves rather highly.      Both false. The ODT is both unusual and extraordinarily uninteresting.  To be fair, perhaps we shouldn’t be too harsh on the ODT, after all, they’re not as young as they used to Read more...

I Got Blazed and Went to the Anti-Fluoride Lecture: a Review

Posted 10:29pm Thursday 6th September 2018 by Alex MacKygee

Last Tuesday, Saint David Lecture Theatre played host to a talk titled ‘Fluoride Is a Neurotoxin that Reduces Children’s IQ’. Personally, my IQ and dental health were both (probably) fine growing up in a fluoridated area, and I never noticed a drop in either until I started Read more...

When is a Studio Room not a Studio Room?

Posted 10:28pm Thursday 6th September 2018 by Esme Hall

It’s that time of year when it looks like most of the good flats have already been signed and those people in your hall you agreed to flat with in O-Week might not actually be your best friends for life. You might be considering throwing in the towel and moving to St Kilda, or just into a Read more...

Local Good Cunts Save Students From a Shit Flat

Posted 10:26pm Thursday 6th September 2018 by Sinead Gill

We’ve all approached a grotty flat for a viewing and, in a wave of flat-seeking desperation, thought, it might not be that shit. To save students from themselves, the four tenants of an old corner-store flat came up with the ultimate idea: leaving notes. Not just subtle post-it notes Read more...

Dunedin Ghost Tours: A Journey Through a City’s Dark Past

Posted 10:01pm Thursday 6th September 2018 by Chelle Fitzgerald

On a still, chilly Wednesday night, fellow Critic writer Caroline Moratti and I find ourselves standing underneath a streetlamp in the Octagon. The pavement glitters with a sense of anticipation, hiding the untold stories of the night.  Waiting for Andrew “The Hair Raiser” Smith, Read more...

Who Is Watching Campus Watch?

Posted 9:58pm Thursday 6th September 2018 by Joel MacManus

EDITORIAL: A couple of years ago, I lived on Hyde Street. There was a flat on the street that was apparently connected to the Mongrel Mob. There were a bunch of high school cunts that would always show up on Saturdays looking for a fight. There were drunk randoms constantly trying to crash Read more...

Not Innocent

Posted 9:52pm Thursday 6th September 2018 by Marlee Partridge

The chime of the clock rang – A broken call forth to arms All the same broken. He called Out to the great crowd by the overgrown lawn In the courtyard and shouted pleas to the chief. But her ears remained closed behind doors Corrupt with greed and callous Read more...

How Breakaway Is Reinventing Dunedin Party Culture

Posted 9:51pm Thursday 6th September 2018 by Jessica Thompson

Breakaway is a collective lovingly put together by four creative individuals who are dedicated to putting on festival-spec parties and shows in Dunedin backyards, clubs, and renegade venues.  Born from the ashes of their dissatisfaction with Dunedin's nightlife, at their last big party Read more...