Clubs & Skux | Issue 6

Posted 7:07pm Sunday 1st April 2012

We trawled Facebook trying to find a fun society to visit when we came upon an invite to the Otago University Debating Society opening function, to be held at Monkey Bar of all places. Sold. John:The number of people at the event impressed me. By the law of large numbers I knew there had to Read more...

ODT Watch | Issue 6

Posted 7:07pm Sunday 1st April 2012

Critic is going to be fair to the ODT. We hate to do it, but their coverage of the Hyde Street Keg Party was actually pretty balanced. Sure they interviewed two landlords and tried to make it sound like every property owner on the street was calling for the party to end; but generally they talked to Read more...

How To: Kiss

Posted 4:26pm Sunday 25th March 2012

Far from a simple anatomical movement, kissing is a complex emotional and philosophical endeavour. It’s easy to get wrong and so, so good when you get it right. Now there are lots of different types of kissing: Affectionate, sexual, platonic, as a greeting, and on and on. But Critic isn’t interested Read more...

ODT Watch | Issue 5

Posted 4:26pm Sunday 25th March 2012

The team over at the ODT spent most of the past week dishing out some truly fantastic advice about a range of social issues. First up, they have a whole new family violence avoidance plan … That’s right, if you can’t stop them beating people, then, um, beat them … They followed Read more...

The Critic 2012 Bar Safety Review

Posted 4:26pm Sunday 25th March 2012

Each year Critic takes it upon itself to review the bars and night spots of North Dunedin to make sure that they are taking proper care of you. We didn’t want to of course, we’d rather just stay in and watch Mad Men episodes on endless repeat, but we stoically headed off to some of Dunedin’s Read more...

ODT Watch | Issue 4

Posted 4:27pm Sunday 18th March 2012

Okay, so not everyone that walks around with a gun is sinister. But generally speaking, when a guy is walking around central Queenstown with a rifle, you can presume that he’s probably not such a great guy. There is nothing shocking about this. It is of course entirely possible for Read more...

Critic loses porn access / reason to live

Posted 4:27pm Sunday 18th March 2012

Students will no longer have access to websites deemed “objectionable” by the University’s IT services. In addition to preventing acess to pornography and sex advice, finding lulz has also been hindered by the policy. Critic was first alerted to the change after attempts to access morally Read more...

Its Not An Election. ITS A BY-ELECTION!

Posted 12:08pm Saturday 17th March 2012

The Otago University Students’ Association is holding a very exciting by-election to fill up the four empty spots on the Executive. From Admin Vice President through to Colleges Officer, spots are up for grabs. Critic sat down en masse with the 11 nominees to discuss their backgrounds, their plans, Read more...

ODT Watch | Issue 3

Posted 3:28pm Wednesday 14th March 2012

The weather has been pretty shite recently, and the ODT is all over it. When the sun did turn up for a few minutes, the ODT online (that’s right, they have a website), waxed seriously lyrical over its arrival. After David Bain’s retrial and acquittal it turns out that we can’t Read more...

ODT Watch | Issue 2

Posted 3:28pm Wednesday 14th March 2012

There is really very little that I can add to the ODT’s work this week. They have simply outdone themselves. Yes it is ODT. Yes it is. They then lost their shit that only four of the people arrested in town on Saturday night were students. Sorry ODT, we’ll try harder next Read more...