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Re-O Puts Rio to Shame

Posted 5:14pm Sunday 15th July 2012 by Josie Adams

Re-Orientation kicked off on Wednesday and ended on Saturday, with a stellar line-up running throughout the week. Ladyhawke, Kora, and the comedy night with Paul Ego and Chopper Reed were predicted to be the big hits, while OUSA’s Clubs Day, Market Day and International Food Festival provided Read more...

Critic’s Requisite Students-Are-Not-All-Drunken-IdIots Story

Posted 5:13pm Sunday 8th July 2012 by Ivy Ruto

In a blatant attempt to flesh out their CVs, two Otago students have set up a free tutoring service for students in mid-to low-decile Dunedin high schools. Under the arrangement Otago students tutor for one hour per week in NCEA subjects they studied at high school or university. Organisers Read more...

Mosgiel: It’s a Gas

Posted 5:13pm Sunday 8th July 2012 by Margot Taylor

In a tragic example of the limited entertainment activities on offer for Mosgiel teenagers, two young Mosgelians (as Critic likes to call them) are in induced comas after the gas bottle they were huffing from was ignited by a heater last Monday. The two teens, aged 17 and 18, received Read more...

Oi, Syria, Fucking Stop It!

Posted 5:13pm Sunday 8th July 2012 by Staff Reporter

The 47th Otago Foreign Policy School took place over the uni holidays, with the ongoing conflict in Syria at the forefront of the conference’s discussions. The three-day conference at St Margaret’s is an opportunity for New Zealand and international experts to meet with government officials and Read more...

Harlene’s Birthday Boy

Posted 5:13pm Sunday 8th July 2012 by Charlotte Greenfield

OUSA President Logan Edgar received a birthday visit at his flat from University Vice-Chancellor Harlene Hayne, sparking concern (really just from Critic) over whether OUSA and the University are getting a little too close. Edgar explained to Critic that the visit was prompted after Edgar was Read more...

It’s Another International Officer! Again!

Posted 5:13pm Sunday 8th July 2012 by Staff Reporter

You might remember flexing your democratic muscles at the end of last semester. The results are in, with all questions put forward by OUSA in its annual referendum being passed with healthy majorities and a newly minted International Officer joining the OUSA executive. Third year Pharmacy Read more...

Prospective Students Take Places in Rest of World

Posted 5:13pm Sunday 8th July 2012 by Maria Mutahi

The University has experienced a dip in student numbers, leading to “caution” in its current financial outlook. Full-time enrolments have dropped from 19, 661 in 2010 to a forecasted 19, 370 this year. The University’s director of planning and funding, David Thomson, said the drop is in Read more...

Freshers Fundamentally Misunderstand Law of Supply and Demand

Posted 5:13pm Sunday 8th July 2012 by Charlotte Greenfield

Critic has received reports of first years already signing up for flats, marking the start of the great annual student flat hunt. Further investigation revealed that this year’s spectacle pales in comparison to previous years. “Now’s not ‘early’,” a member of staff from the University of Read more...

Uni Blasts Criticism

Posted 5:13pm Sunday 8th July 2012 by Gerard Barbalich

The University of Otago has been called out for “killing Castle Street”, and has responded with a water-blaster. A presumably scarfie protester painted the message “You can kill Castle Street, but you can’t kill culture” on the walls of Leith below the Clocktower building during the exam Read more...

Bouncer screwed, surprisingly unhappy

Posted 8:39pm Sunday 3rd June 2012 by Imogen Whyte

An intoxicated teenager stabbed a Monkey Bar bouncer in the neck with a screwdriver on Friday 25 May after being refused entry to the nightclub. A 19-year old labourer was arrested and appeared in the Dunedin District Court the following morning, charged with intent to cause grievous bodily Read more...