ODT Watch | Issue 9
Posted 4:56pm Sunday 29th April 2012

ODT watch headed into the Regions section this week: Critic suggests beans bags, xboxs and flat screens. They really love that hump The entire Otago region definitely needed to know about that. Not only is this song going to get Critic Read more...
How To: Prevent Global Warming
Posted 5:04pm Sunday 22nd April 2012

Global warming is undoubtedly the hottest issue around at the moment. And it’s time that we, as students, and as individual citizens of the globe, take responsibility for what is happening to our planet. With that in mind, Critic presents the top five ways you can do your bit to combat global Read more...
ODT Watch | Issue 8
Posted 5:04pm Sunday 22nd April 2012

Critic managed to get out of bed early enough to to read the weekend issue of the ODT this week. Probably should have stayed in asleep: Blaine’s stomach is also turned by driving north, thinking about things that are in the north, the North Island, and migratory birds that head north. Read more...
Think Global, Act Local: And Save The World!
Posted 5:04pm Sunday 22nd April 2012

Excuse me, you there. Yes you. I know you’re busy, with assignments and exams and whatnot. And then of course there are part time jobs, and sports teams, and girlfriends, best mates, red cards; it just goes on and on doesn’t it? But just one more thing, it won’t take long. Could you just Read more...
Students Exploit Environment for Personal Gain
Posted 5:04pm Sunday 22nd April 2012

Students for Environmental Action (SEA) celebrated the inaugural autumn harvest from the campus community garden with a festival last Wednesday May 18, with a barbeque, some live music, and a bit of gentle gardening. SEA, which has been active at Otago since the 1960s, worked with OUSA and Read more...
LILF | Issue 7
Posted 3:53pm Sunday 15th April 2012

An apple (or in this case, an aporo) a day keeps the doctor away … for my sake I hope this old cliché is not true. Nobody who had been taught by Dr Jim Williams would want to keep him away. As well as a cultural experience, studying Maori at Otago turned out to be an experience of a more Read more...
ODT Watch | Issue 7
Posted 3:53pm Sunday 15th April 2012

Man I bet you missed the ODT while you were away over Easter. But fear not! Critic has been saving up some of their little gems to settle your ODT withdrawal shattered nerves. You might think that covering a cat show wouldn’t be the number one beat in town. But I’m fairly sure that the ODT Read more...
World Cinema Showcase
Posted 3:53pm Sunday 15th April 2012

Paradise Lost 3: PurgatoryCalling all law buffs and Bain Jumper fiends! Look no longer! Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky’s Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory follows the trial and aftermath of the murders of three 12-year-old boys in 1990s Bible Belt America and those supposedly responsible – the West Read more...
Deep within the Clocktower, the Council meets
Posted 3:53pm Sunday 15th April 2012

It’s voting time. Again. Who do you want as your two student representatives on the University Council, sticking up for your interests against those University fat-cats? The University Council is the big dog of University decision-making, voting on such issues as fee increases, the Service Read more...
Plot to Overthrow Auckland Student Magazine Editor
Posted 3:53pm Sunday 15th April 2012
Craccum Editor Thomas Dykes may lose his position next week following a petition from 20 members of the Auckland University Student Association (AUSA) which calls for a motion of no confidence against him. The petition claims that Craccum (Auckland University’s student magazine) has been Read more...