Dunners

A Visit From the Chunder Bunny

Posted 10:46am Sunday 22nd July 2012 by Bella Macdonald

Paint was not the only thing being splattered around on Tuesday July 10, as a 20-year-old female student was found unconscious and covered in her own vomit after attending the Illuminate Paint Party at the Edgar Centre. The near-hypothermic girl was found by Police at around 1.30am on the Read more...

University Unveils Union Usurper, Uganda Utterly Unaffected

Posted 10:46am Sunday 22nd July 2012 by Margot Taylor

The redevelopment of the Union building, which cost $5.7 million and began in December 2011, is finally complete. The downstairs area of the Union has been revamped and given a colourful and relaxing feel, but the most significant change is the construction of a completely new upstairs mezzanine. Read more...

Deluded, Talentless Losers Have Dreams Crushed

Posted 10:46am Sunday 22nd July 2012 by Callum Fredric

North Dunedin’s talent, and South Dunedin’s lack thereof, were on show at the Regent Theatre as the Dunedin leg of the second round of New Zealand’s Got Talent auditions was held on the 14 and 15 July. Dunedin’s preliminary round of auditions was held on 2 and 3 May at Otago Boys’ High Read more...

Castle Street Residents Fail at Keg Party, Life in General

Posted 10:46am Sunday 22nd July 2012 by Margot Taylor

Despite the frenzied anti-alcohol sentiment swirling around political circles, the annual Castle Street Keg Party contradicted the assumption that all students are alcohol-guzzling machines. Although more than 2,300 people indicated on Facebook that they would be attending the event, which was held Read more...

Local Motel Owner Talks Trash

Posted 10:46am Sunday 22nd July 2012 by Claudia Herron

Accusations were thrown around last week that University of Otago students are “living like pigs” and turning Dunedin into a “third world” city, following a problem with drunken students repeatedly knocking over rubbish bins put out for early collection. Alhambra Oaks Motor Lodge owner-operator Alan Read more...

Carnies Trick OUSA With Gypsy Magic

Posted 5:14pm Sunday 15th July 2012 by Callum Fredric

Sudents eager to risk their lives on the dilapidated ferris wheel that traditionally graces Re-Orientation’s carnival day on campus had to put down their ACC forms on Thursday, as the carnival and associated carnies never showed up. According to rumours heard by Critic, OUSA has been well and Read more...

The Exec Reports

Posted 5:14pm Sunday 15th July 2012 by Staff Reporter

Every quarter your student execies have to hand in a report saying what they’ve been doing for the last three months. If they don’t, or if the exec decides they’ve done a shite job, then they don’t get paid their measly honorariums. Critic had to read each and every report then sit through an Read more...

We should just accept it, we’re all pissheads

Posted 5:14pm Sunday 15th July 2012 by Dan Benson-Guiu

The University of Otago has set up a new group that could see the University, famous for good scholarship over a couple of beers, change its policy towards alcohol. The AIG aims to change the drinking culture in Dunedin by focussing on drinking in flats, student halls, and first year initiation Read more...

Howie’s Excellent Adventure

Posted 5:14pm Sunday 15th July 2012 by Claudia Herron

A case of mistaken identity sent Critic’s resident cat Howie Staples on a trip down memory lane after a concerned member of the public mistook the cat for a stray and deposited him at the SPCA. A “crazy mofo” spotted Howie on Monday July 12 during a regular jaunt to the Otago Museum, and Read more...

Critic Designers Succeed In Land of The Free

Posted 5:14pm Sunday 15th July 2012 by Callum Fredric

Critic’s superiority over other student magazines has received further confirmation after three Critic employees were commissioned to design the cover for a recent issue of Newsweek, a US magazine with a readership of 13.2 million. The design is based on the cover of Critic’s 14th issue, Read more...