Briefs

Qantas lends a helping hand

Posted 1:36am Tuesday 15th March 2011 by Staff Reporter

Qantas has helped to relocate Cantab students to the University of Adelaide for a semester exchange. The exchange has been set up as part of the response to the devastating earthquake and Cantab students have been shuttled over the Tasman by Qantas in both a chartered Boeing 747 and on various Read more...

Grassroots Cancelled

Posted 1:34am Tuesday 15th March 2011 by Staff Reporter

The inaugural Grassroots music festival, which was to be held on the Puhinui Peninsula over Easter weekend, has been cancelled after the Christchurch earthquake led to a collapse in ticket sales. The two-day, 15,000 person capacity event had been on track to achieve sales of around 12,000 tickets. Read more...

Sloppy students pissing off Emergency Department

Posted 1:32am Tuesday 15th March 2011 by Andrew Oliver

Those who find themselves in need of the services of Dunedin Hospital’s Emergency Department (ED) could be in for quite a wait, as drunken university students are stretching hospital resources. Southern District Health Board chief operations officer Vivian Blake told the Otago Daily Times that the Read more...

Christchurch Campus to Reopen

Posted 1:31am Tuesday 15th March 2011 by Teuila Fuatai

The University of Otago will resume teaching at its Christchurch campus this week. A temporary teaching facility has been set up in the Hagley Golf Club building whilst repairs to buildings damaged in last month's earthquake take place. Whilst most of the 800 Otago students in Christchurch will be Read more...

53 Seconds is Ages for Some Guys

Posted 3:24am Tuesday 8th March 2011 by Lozz Holding

Typically shit Dunedin weather conditions meant a smaller than normal turnout for the annual “Bezzett Jewellers Clocktower Race”, held at noon on the Tuesday of O Week. Competitors lined up to try and beat the midday charms and take overall honours on the day. The men’s race was tighter Read more...

Cash Money for Uni

Posted 3:23am Tuesday 8th March 2011 by Teuila Fuatai

The development of a medical healing gel by University of Otago researchers has led to significant financial rewards for the University. Produced in a joint research project with the University of Adelaide and Wellington-based company Robinson Squidgel, the "healing gel" aids in the Read more...

OUSA “Earthquake Support Open Day”

Posted 3:21am Tuesday 8th March 2011 by Staff Reporter

OUSA will be holding an “Earthquake Support Open Day” in the OUSA meeting room between 9-5 today, Monday March 7. Additionally at 3pm there will be an afternoon tea for students and staff to get together and share their experiences of the earthquake. The open day aims to offer support to students Read more...

Former University A player makes Japanese squad

Posted 3:20am Tuesday 8th March 2011 by Anthony Riseley

Former University A lock Justin Ives has been named in the provisional 41-man strong Japanese World Cup squad coached by former All Black John Kirwan. Ives, who was born in Dunedin and went to Taieri College, went to Japan for an initial six-week period in 2007 to play for the Sanyo team. Ives was Read more...

Critic Hijacked

Posted 3:18am Tuesday 8th March 2011 by Staff Reporter

Some copies of last week’s Critic had a sticker attached to the cover advertising the company BookRenter.co.nz. This was done as an act of “guerrilla advertising” by the company without Critic’s knowledge. Critic did not receive payment for this and does not in any way endorse the company or its Read more...

An Exec Member Got Laid

Posted 4:46am Monday 28th February 2011 by Staff Reporter

Critic this week can exclusively report that it has been offered a detailed breakdown of the sexual performance of a member of the 2011 OUSA Executive. A disgruntled former lover offered the scoop to Critic for a mere $20, and assured us that it would be worth every penny. The mole told Read more...