Stories

Apparently police not stoked about babysitting thousands of drunks. Who could have guessed?

Posted 2:12am Tuesday 29th March 2011 by Lozz Holding

The annual Hyde Street keg party that took place on Saturday March 19 has been criticised, with local police and fire officials arguing the event should not be held in 2012. The event, which has been a highlight on many students’ calendars for years, is now facing an uphill battle to see a Read more...

Labour whip Darren Hughes faces allegations

Posted 2:07am Tuesday 29th March 2011 by Gregor Whyte

Labour MP Darren Hughes last Wednesday stood down from his parliamentary responsibilities after it emerged police were investigating a sexual complaint laid by an 18-year old male Victoria University student. Mr Hughes has categorically denied any wrongdoing. Hughes, the senior whip and Education Read more...

Fired Up

Posted 2:03am Tuesday 29th March 2011 by Lozz Holding

The pyromanic activities of some students at the Hyde Street party have been slammed by fire fighters and officials, with Willowbank fire station officer Grant Clarkson labelling students “idiots” and “sheep”. Clarkson told the Otago Daily Times that “half of our future leaders appear to be Read more...

Fear and loathing in Dunedin

Posted 4:36am Monday 21st March 2011 by Staff Reporter

Dunedin students, absolved from responsibility over the increasingly violent nature of the inner city, are now taking the opportunity to express the constant and harrowing fear in which they find themselves living. Critic interviewed several students, all of whom wished to remain anonymous for Read more...

University not planning to buy Monkey Bar. Students breath collective sigh of relief

Posted 4:33am Monday 21st March 2011 by Gregor Whyte and Lozz Holding

The University has confirmed that they have no plans to buy popular student nightspot The Monkey Bar and turn it into a cutting-edge research lab for the only part of the University that anyone in power really cares about; the Medical School. Monkey Bar has been listed for sale on popular auction Read more...

Hughes demands students get 454 more Sogos per annum

Posted 4:31am Monday 21st March 2011 by Aimee Gulliver

The Green Party has issued a statement saying that the amount students can borrow for course-related costs should be increased to $1500 to reflect inflation. Critic is frothing at the gash at the idea of the extra moneyz. The current borrowing limit on course-related costs is $1000 each year, an Read more...

Scarfie Card scheme unfairly compared to slavery in this title

Posted 1:59am Tuesday 15th March 2011 by Aimee Gulliver

An initiative set up to “invigorate Dunedin’s social connectedness” is sending Otago students out into the local community to do odd jobs, with the aim of letting Dunedin residents know that we aren’t just OTP in Dunnaz the whole time we’re here. The Scarfie Card scheme, run by Student Life, is in Read more...

Postgrads unenthused about enforced Monday night Jelly Wrestling

Posted 1:56am Tuesday 15th March 2011 by Aimee Gulliver

Postgraduate students, incensed at the possible cancellation of their Friday night Gazebo drinks, have taken to the walls of Facebook for a regular old-fashioned bitching session. OUSA Postgraduate Representative Stephanie Ruddock, responsible for the Gazebo drinks, has threatened to send any future Read more...

Gangs bang laws.

Posted 1:54am Tuesday 15th March 2011 by Gregor Whyte

In a piece of news completely unrelated to students, but thankfully tenuously connected to this week’s theme, Critic can un-exclusively report that the Wanganui gang patch ban has gone down in flames after the High Court ruled the ban was illegal. Justice Clifford found that the Wanganui Council had Read more...

Let them eat roadkill.

Posted 1:51am Tuesday 15th March 2011 by Lozz Holding

While most were wallowing in their own filth and bewailing their hangovers, twelve innocent little freshers were being put through their paces in a series of challenges known as the “OUSA Fresher Comp”. The event ran from Sunday through to Friday with the selected group facing multiple challenges Read more...