Dunners

Children beaten by band of youths

Posted 8:39pm Sunday 3rd June 2012 by Margot Taylor

A crowd of 200 converged for the final of the Converse Battle of the Bands was held at Re:Fuel on Saturday May 26. 40 bands compete in four heats in the OUSA-organised event. A Distant City emerged the winners, with Astro Children named runners-up and Abstract Survival placing third. A Read more...

Red Bull flies student to Austrian brainwashing bender

Posted 8:39pm Sunday 3rd June 2012 by Alice McRae

University of Otago student Josh Stewart placed 23rd at the Red Bull Paper Wings World Finals in Salzburg on 4 – 5 May. The second-year Knox resident gained a place in the international round after beating 496 New Zealand competitors with a 43.6 metre throw at the Alahambra Rugby Club in March. Read more...

“Cheeky darkies” better represented*

Posted 8:39pm Sunday 3rd June 2012 by Staff Reporter

The University of Otago has appointed Tuari Potiki as its new Director of Māori Development. This will put Mr Potiki in charge of Māori development activities at the University, as well as maintaining the University’s relationship with local iwi. Mr Potiki has previously held a Read more...

Scarfies drink for Africa

Posted 8:39pm Sunday 3rd June 2012 by Josie Adams

The 40-Hour Famine was held on the weekend of 25 to 27 May, with participants around the country giving up something of value for 40 sponsored hours in order to raise money for World Vision. A number of Otago students displayed an especially entrepreneurial attitude to the cause. 20 year-old Read more...

$1.4 Billion, Still No Hydroslide

Posted 8:39pm Sunday 3rd June 2012 by Staff Reporter

A hard-hitting article by the ODT’s Vaughan Elder has revealed that the University of Otago is the most asset-rich of New Zealand’s many illustrious tertiary institutions. With $1.4 billion in total assets, Otago left the University of Auckland to sob all the way to the bank with its miserable asset Read more...

Referendum Results Retardedly Reach Reporters Retrospectively

Posted 8:39pm Sunday 3rd June 2012 by Callum Fredric

By the time you read this OUSA will have announced the fate of the eight motions in its referendum, as well as the results from the International Officer by-election. Due to insensitive scheduling on the part of OUSA, the results were not yet available when Critic went to print on Thursday Read more...

Edgar exposes assets failure

Posted 8:39pm Sunday 3rd June 2012 by Bella Macdonald

The Otago University Student’s Association (OUSA) has been criticised for its failure to support the Keep Our Assets campaign, after a media faux-pas from Logan Edgar taught the OUSA President that the majority of journalists outside of Critic do not appreciate his sense of humour. In early Read more...

Critic pretends to give a shit about postgrads

Posted 7:40pm Sunday 27th May 2012 by Josie Adams

The University of Otago will host the inaugural Postgraduate Research Conference on Power and Politics (PRCPP) on 2 – 3 July. The Conference, sponsored by the New Zealand Political Studies Association, will give postgraduate students the chance to present material from their disciplines for Read more...

Fishing in Dunedin no longer confined to Monkey Bar

Posted 7:40pm Sunday 27th May 2012 by Alice McRae

The Leith River is now home to 4000 juvenile salmon, after the New Zealand Salmon Anglers Association released the fish last week to support the “put and take” system of recreational fishing in Dunedin. Salmon have been released into the Leith annually since 1984, and as a result Dunedin is Read more...

University studies coronial impotence

Posted 7:40pm Sunday 27th May 2012 by Claudia Herron

A major research study by University of Otago researchers will review whether recommendations and findings from coroners are currently being heeded to prevent further loss of life. University of Otago Faculty of Law researchers Professor Mark Henaghan and Dr Jennifer Moore will collect and Read more...