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Keeping tabs on the Exec | Issue 11

Posted 10:41am Sunday 14th May 2017 by Joe Higham

The University of Otago’s Deputy Proctor Andrew Ferguson and Team Leader for Media Engagement Jo Galer were both present to inform the executive confidentially about the university’s plans. Ferguson began his pitch selling the initiative to the executive, although, approximately two Read more...

Otago University To Install 60 CCTV Cameras in North Dunedin's Streets

Posted 9:16am Friday 12th May 2017 by Joe Higham

A procedural mistake made during the latest OUSA Executive meeting (Monday 8 May) has provided Critic with an unintended and exclusive insight into Otago University’s controversial plans to drastically increase the amount of closed-circuit television cameras (CCTV), the large majority of Read more...

Critic Sides With Scientific Evidence As Pro- and Anti-Vaxxers Lock Horns

Posted 11:31am Sunday 7th May 2017 by Joe Higham

An OUSA Facebook post promoting National Immunisation Week (1-7 May) provided the latest platform for both sides of the vaccination debate to lock horns. OUSA made the post on 2 May to help spread awareness for the Southern District Health Board’s program of providing free human Read more...

License Suspensions Handed Out For Branson’s Bar and Alley Cantina

Posted 11:20am Sunday 7th May 2017 by Joel MacManus

Two Dunedin bars popular with students have had their licenses suspended following rulings from the Alcohol Regulatory and Licensing Authority. Branson’s Bar on St Andrew St and Alley Cantina on George St had their licenses temporarily revoked, for 72 and 48 hours respectively, for serving Read more...

Keeping tabs on the Exec | Issue 10

Posted 10:46am Sunday 7th May 2017 by Joe Higham

The Otago Students Against Animal Testing group was affiliated to OUSA without any issue.  President Hugh Baird and Campaigns Officer Eden Lati recently returned from visiting the New Zealand Union of Students’ Associations (NZUSA) in Wellington, where they were determining a strategy Read more...

Otago University Coy Over Plans to Replace Dept. of Politics Staff Member

Posted 10:45am Sunday 30th April 2017 by Joe Higham

Critic understands that a second staff member from the Department of Politics has taken an offer of voluntary redundancy, with the University keeping tight-lipped on whom, if anybody will be replacing them. It is not publically known at this stage which staff member has taken up the offer. The Read more...

What the Hell is Going On with the Hospital Rebuild? A Short History

Posted 10:42am Sunday 30th April 2017 by Joel MacManus

The Dunedin hospital rebuild has been continually stalled for the last two years, dragging along with more reluctance than a student finishing a research assignment.  Another roadblock appeared this week with news that the Ministry of Health apparently doesn’t know what parts they can Read more...

Mondelez International To Give Cadbury World a $3 million Upgrade

Posted 10:36am Sunday 30th April 2017 by Zahra Shahtahmasebi

Cadbury World owners, Mondelez International, are looking to revamp their Dunedin tourist attraction. They have released a series of plans that will look at upgrading the attraction, with plans still being in the concept development stage, and with no final decision having been made. According to Read more...

Protestors March Against Construction of Animal Testing Facility

Posted 10:31am Sunday 30th April 2017 by Anna Linton

A recent protest on University of Otago grounds saw more than 70 people voicing opposition to the construction of an animal testing facility on Great King Street.Headed by the New Zealand Anti-Vivisection Society (NZAVS), and supported by several national and international organisations, the protest Read more...

Keeping tabs on the Exec | Issue 9

Posted 10:30am Sunday 30th April 2017 by Joe Higham

Funding applications from Autism New Zealand and the Rotary Club sparked discussion about whether the budget allocation for charitable causes should be dedicated to only student-centric charities. Colleges Officer James Heath said that we should “only be finding charities working in the Read more...