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O-Week Induces O-Faces

Posted 5:18pm Sunday 3rd March 2013 by Claudia Herron

Orientation ’13 has been hailed as one of the best yet, with this year’s batch of fizzed-up freshers much better behaved than the previous year. The week was jam-packed with successful events, including the never-tiresome Toga Party, perennial favourite Guy Cater, headlining act Macklemore & Ryan Read more...

Hyde Street's Future in Jeopardy

Posted 5:18pm Sunday 3rd March 2013 by Sam McChesney

Yesterday a rip opened in the space-time continuum, and Critic peered through a wormhole into the future. In this future, the 2013 Hyde Street Keg Party had been overtaken by meataxes. An influx of Christchurch bogans and the nihilism of the street’s inhabitants had wreaked havoc: people swung from Read more...

OUSA Lauches Fair Trade Campaign

Posted 9:40pm Sunday 24th February 2013 by Sam McChesney

OUSA pushed its new fair trade message at Tent City on Thursday. The policy, which has been approved by the student body and the University Council, aims to bring predominantly fair trade products to the already laughably overpriced campus shelves. The smell of freshly-roasted Rwandan coffee Read more...

Politicians jump on the O-Week bandwagon

Posted 9:40pm Sunday 24th February 2013 by Sam McChesney

During O-Week, many things appear in the otherwise calm streets of Dunedin – short shorts, drunken bellows, vomit, cheery reps bearing vouchers that sound great when sensually pressed into your palm but actually promise nothing more than $1 off a kilo of tomatoes at the farmers’ market. The seasoned Read more...

"Thank you for letting me come here and dry hump your women!"

Posted 9:40pm Sunday 24th February 2013 by Claudia Herron

These were the words not of a Labrador on heat, but Macklemore as he headlined Orientation 2013 at Forsyth Barr Stadium alongside Ryan Lewis. After 20 weeks charting on the Billboard 100, with hit song “Thrift Shop” peaking at #1, Macklemore proved the ultimate crowd-puller with the 5000-strong gig Read more...

Zombie Spotted At Toga Party

Posted 9:40pm Sunday 24th February 2013 by Bella Macdonald

O-Week events were in full flight this week with 3000 freshers attending Forsyth Barr Stadium to take part in the infamous Toga Party on Tuesday night. DJs Swaren Veygal and 50Cal announced that it was, in fact, the biggest toga party in the world, to which the ear-piercing freshers shrieked Read more...

Student Culture Is Fucked

Posted 9:40pm Sunday 24th February 2013 by Zane Pocock

Castle Street has officially become lame following the completed transformation of the former Gardens Tavern (“Gardies”) into a $3.3 million University-owned and operated student study centre. The building, located at the north end of Castle Street, was a much- loved and notorious student night spot Read more...

Proctor Approves Of Arm-Breaking As Form Of Punishment

Posted 9:40pm Sunday 24th February 2013 by Bella Macdonald

Two University of Otago students had a disarming start to their O-Week after fall- ing off the roof of their flat, each breaking an arm. The incidents were subsequently leaked to the Otago Daily Times, humiliating the pair. The pair had been drinking a few beers when one of them fell off the Read more...

OUSA Cook-ing up a deal?

Posted 9:40pm Sunday 24th February 2013 by Claudia Herron

Uncertainty surrounds the future of beloved student pub The Captain Cook Tavern, with DB Breweries’ lease of the bar due to run out on 29 June. The current sub-lessees, the Cook Brothers, have indicated that they do not intend to renew while OUSA have denied any bid to pick up the lease. However, Read more...

Students Elect Students To The Student Seats Of Said Students’ Uni’s Council

Posted 5:59pm Sunday 7th October 2012 by Staff Reporter

It’s been a full week since we had a student-based election round these parts – far too long, in Critic’s opinion. So for your voting pleasure, we present the Student Elections to the University Council. The Council is the governing body of the Uni, so it’s pretty important that there are students Read more...