OUSA to Pad Eleven More CVs

Posted 1:51pm Sunday 8th September 2013

Nominations for positions on the 2014 OUSA Executive are now open until 4pm on 19 September, with voting to take place from 31 September to 4pm on 3 October. There are 11 positions on the Executive. In addition to the full-time position of President, there are four 20-hour positions Read more...

From the Crypt: Flatting Horror Stories

Posted 3:50pm Sunday 4th August 2013

Flatting can be one of the most enjoyable experiences of a student’s life. But what about when it goes horribly wrong? Critic readers open their scars and share their most horrific tales of flatting misadventure. The Witch of Union Street EastBy Baz Macdonald Gather round, my fellow Read more...

Two Guys One Sock (Puppet)

Posted 3:50pm Sunday 4th August 2013

OUSA is going to the polls yet again, this time to find a new Finance Officer following Lucy Gaudin’s departure to the greener pastures of OUSA’s Accounts department. Critic thanks Lucy sincerely, as we have always loved covering fortnightly elections. Voting will commence on 13 August at Read more...

Exec Has Erection Over New By-Election

Posted 4:45pm Sunday 28th July 2013

OUSA is set to have ANOTHER by-election, after Finance Officer Lucy Gaudin announced that she would step down from 1 August. Gaudin resigned in order to take up a new, full time role as OUSA Accounts Administrator. Other members of the Executive were quick to pay tribute to Gaudin. President Read more...

The Second Quarterly Executive Reports

Posted 8:23pm Sunday 14th July 2013

Every quarter, each member of the Executive presents a report on what he or she has been up to, and in some of these quarters, Critic wades through the mutual back-slapping and puffery long enough to bring you detailed coverage of the wankfest that ensues. We gave it a miss last quarter, so decided Read more...

Critic Keen on Puns

Posted 8:23pm Sunday 14th July 2013

A new student-made app, brazenly billed as “Twitter meets Facebook meets Snapchat,” has been launched in Dunedin by start-up Keen. Co-founder Emily Sutton describes Keen as “an app that enables people to spend less time with technology.” The app allows its users to post about Read more...

Fredric leaves Critic happy

Posted 3:03pm Sunday 26th May 2013

Callum Fredric has stepped down as editor of Critic after reaching a settlement with OUSA last Friday. Fredric was suspended after a meeting with Darel Hall, the General Manager of OUSA and its subsidiary company Planet Media Dunedin Ltd (PMDL), on Friday 3 May. This suspension was confirmed in a Read more...

Fredric steps down as Critic editor

Posted 2:26pm Tuesday 21st May 2013

Callum Fredric has stepped down as editor of Critic after reaching a settlement with OUSA last Friday. Fredric was suspended after a meeting with OUSA General Manager Darel Hall on Tuesday 7 May. The terms of the settlement remain confidential. Hall refused to confirm any details to Critic, Read more...

ODT Watch | Issue 11

Posted 2:26pm Sunday 12th May 2013

C ritic had only one issue of the odt to work with this week. for some reason, our supply of papers has dried up somewhat in recent days. Perhaps the result of some kind of toilet paper shortage resulting in the emergency redirection of bundles of Dunedin’s second-favourite rag, Critic expects the Read more...

Police render point-proving tactics irrelephant

Posted 2:26pm Sunday 12th May 2013

An elephant was discovered in the Critic office last Thursday. The elephant appeared in the room while the Critic staff were writing that week’s news. It is unclear what the elephant’s motives were. The elephant was eventually removed by the police, and has declined to comment on the incident. Read more...

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