Dunners

Ironic lack of fringes among festival winners

Posted 4:40pm Sunday 7th April 2013 by Claudia Herron

Dunedin Comics proved to be surprisingly hilarious after taking out eight of the 12 awards to celebrate the end of Dunedin’s tenth Monster Fringe Festival. The Festival, which ran from 14-24 March, held its awards ceremony on Monday 25 March at Queens. The ceremony featured comedian Simon McKinney Read more...

ODT makes shit up for the last time

Posted 4:40pm Sunday 7th April 2013 by Bella Macdonald

The Otago Daily Times reported that seven fires were lit in the student area on Saturday 23 March. The 25 March article “Students blame authorities” also claimed that 300 people had gathered on the street by 11pm, and that revellers had to be dispersed by “more than a dozen police officers, Read more...

Logic prevails in OUSA by-election

Posted 4:40pm Sunday 7th April 2013 by Staff Reporter

No Confidence crashed to a stunning defeat in the OUSA Campaigns Officer by-election, collecting a meagre 2.7 per cent of the vote as Masters student Rachael Davidson swept to victory. Davidson collected 189 votes, or 39 per cent – a margin of 47 votes (9.7 per cent) over second-placed Dan Read more...

Large student party tipped to occur on local street

Posted 4:40pm Sunday 7th April 2013 by Sam McChesney

Students are gearing up for the 2013 Hyde Street Keg Party as OUSA, the University and the DCC nervously look on. The event has come under heavy criticism in recent years, and it is widely believed that any serious mishaps will spell the end for the party and potentially lead to a North Dunedin-wide Read more...

OUSA fingered by the finger of student opinion

Posted 6:30pm Sunday 24th March 2013 by Staff Reporter

OUSA President Francisco Hernandez and Education Officer Jordan Taylor attended the Higher Education Summit and Expo 2013 last week in Auckland. The only students present, they assured Critic that they were not, in fact, gatecrashing, and were “sort of” invited. Hernandez described the event Read more...

Council attempts to pimp ghetto

Posted 6:30pm Sunday 24th March 2013 by Bella Macdonald

As ongoing refurbishment of the Queens Garden and Vogel Street area of Dunedin continues, an announcement by Dunedin councillors declared that the area will be revitalised for “creative” purposes. While Critic speculates that this is an attempt to create a similar alternative culture to Read more...

"Shit House Chateau" now simply "House"

Posted 6:30pm Sunday 24th March 2013 by Zane Pocock

The winner of OUSA’s 2012 “Worst Student Flat” award is being done up as part of an initiative to make student flats more acceptable to live in. Organisers hope the Shit House Chateau, at 47 London Street, will serve as a positive example of what can be done to improve the standard of living Read more...

Dunedin to become funnier, famous-er

Posted 6:30pm Sunday 24th March 2013 by Sam McChesney

Two of TV3’s 7 Days comedians, Ben Hurley and Steve Wrigley, are to visit Dunedin in early April as part of their World Famous In ... comedy tour. The tour, which has already taken in Palmerston North, New Plymouth and Hamilton, will be filmed and turned into a show, Ben and Steve: World Famous In Read more...

Critic Seeks New Talent

Posted 6:30pm Sunday 24th March 2013 by Dennis Larson

Critic magazine, winner of the Aotearoa Student Press Association’s “Best Publication” award in 2012, is reportedly seeking talented, attractive staff members for a number of exciting and rewarding positions. The first position advertised is that of Sub-Editor, a 12 hour per week role. Sam Read more...

Blaze against the machine

Posted 6:30pm Sunday 24th March 2013 by Claudia Herron

Student political group NORML has “big plans” to sidestep the University’s new smoke-free policy, having purchased a “fleet of vapourisers” and putting more emphasis on edibles such as brownies and cookies. As an alternative to smoking the cannabis plant, vapourisers extract the active Read more...