Dunners

Aerosmith

Posted 3:14pm Sunday 28th April 2013 by Claudia Herron

Old Rockers Aerosmith proved they’re still Living on the Edge last Thursday evening, after more than 20,000 loyal bogans descended on Forsyth Barr Stadium for their first ever New Zealand concert. Playing all their big hits including “I Don’t Want to Miss A Thing”, “Dream On”, “Jaded”, and “Love in Read more...

QR Codes

Posted 7:48pm Wednesday 24th April 2013 by Staff Reporter

QR Codes will never be a thing. Don’t scan them, and don’t enable the companies that try to make them into a thing. That is all. Read more...

Alcohol Implementation Group Meeting

Posted 5:13pm Sunday 21st April 2013 by Bella Macdonald

Last year University of Otago Vice-Chancellor Harlene Hayne initiated an “Alcohol Implementation Working Group,” chaired by the staunchly anti-alcohol Professor Jennie Connor, to research and take action on ways that alcohol-related harm could be reduced among students. Critic has gained Read more...

Eva Lavi

Posted 5:13pm Sunday 21st April 2013 by Claudia Herron

“My name is Eva Lavi. I was born in Poland in Krakow, and I was two years old when the war started.” Last Wednesday evening, Eva Lavi shared her incredible story of Holocaust survival. Nearly 600 people crammed into the Colquhoun Lecture Theatre, well exceeding its usual 312-person Read more...

Don We Now Our Gay Apparel

Posted 5:13pm Sunday 21st April 2013 by Zane Pocock

Louisa Wall’s Marriage Amendment Bill passed its third and final reading in Parliament Wednesday night by a landslide 77-44 votes. OUSA President Francisco Hernandez told Critic, “You’re not going to get a different take from me. I’m just going to circle-jerk the liberal-left celebration.” Read more...

Otago: Too Big To Fail?

Posted 5:13pm Sunday 21st April 2013 by Zane Pocock

Figures revealed at the University’s 9 April council meeting show student enrolments “running some 2.3% down on the equivalent point last year,” despite first-year domestic enrolments at Otago increasing by 2.9%. Vice-Chancellor Harlene Hayne expressed particular concern at the large drop in Read more...

Insert Plagiarised Headline

Posted 5:13pm Sunday 21st April 2013 by Claudia Herron

Stashing exam notes in the toilet and posting computer science code on an online forum were among the 45 cases of dishonest practice that Otago students were reported for in 2012. The Annual Discipline Report shows that of these 45 cases, 17 stemmed from the Commerce Department, 15 from the Read more...

Dunedin: The China of counterfeit wristbands

Posted 5:13pm Sunday 21st April 2013 by Bella Macdonald

The limited amount of tickets, which came in the form of a green wristband, available to this year’s Hyde Street Keg Party led to a thriving “green market” in the days preceding the event. An entrepreneurial Hyde Street keg party attendee tried to outwit authorities by ordering a large quantity of Read more...

You can hide the event, but you can’t Hyde the Street

Posted 5:13pm Sunday 21st April 2013 by Bella Macdonald

After much concern and debate, the annual Hyde Street Keg Party took place on Saturday 13 April before the watchful eyes of media, the University, and other relevant parties, who finally declared that behaviour was “OK”. 3500 students turned up to the event, which officially started at 9am Read more...

Cowardly bag snatcher adds to vast collection

Posted 5:49pm Sunday 14th April 2013 by Thomas Stevenson

Andersons Bay Cemetery has become a hotspot for the lowest form of crime ever conceived: snatching someone’s handbag from their car while they visit a grave. The cemetery has experienced three occurrences of the ghoulish crime over just two weeks. Most recently, on 30 March local woman Sybil Read more...