QR Codes

Posted 7:48pm Wednesday 24th April 2013

QR Codes will never be a thing. Don’t scan them, and don’t enable the companies that try to make them into a thing. That is all. Read more...

Logic prevails in OUSA by-election

Posted 4:40pm Sunday 7th April 2013

No Confidence crashed to a stunning defeat in the OUSA Campaigns Officer by-election, collecting a meagre 2.7 per cent of the vote as Masters student Rachael Davidson swept to victory. Davidson collected 189 votes, or 39 per cent – a margin of 47 votes (9.7 per cent) over second-placed Dan Read more...

OUSA fingered by the finger of student opinion

Posted 6:30pm Sunday 24th March 2013

OUSA President Francisco Hernandez and Education Officer Jordan Taylor attended the Higher Education Summit and Expo 2013 last week in Auckland. The only students present, they assured Critic that they were not, in fact, gatecrashing, and were “sort of” invited. Hernandez described the event Read more...

Critic devotes page 7 to permanent by-election coverage

Posted 6:30pm Sunday 24th March 2013

OUSA will finally get to heal the gaping hole at the centre of the Executive, with a by-election for Ruby Sycamore-Smith’s vacated Campaigns Officer portfolio to be held on Thursday 28 March. Voting will open at 9am and close at 4pm, and the winner will receive a free stuffed toy (to be confirmed). Read more...

Every Vote Counts! (Except Abstain)

Posted 4:23pm Sunday 10th March 2013

OUSA loves by-elections, and holds them all the time. This week they’re treating us to a delicious double-header, with both the Welfare and Postgraduate positions up for grabs. The candidates are Golda Matthias, Keir Russell and Ruby Sycamore-Smith. Golda and Ruby are duking it out for Welfare Read more...

New Zealanders of the Year

Posted 5:59pm Sunday 7th October 2012

Bromance Of The Year Harlene Hayne and Logan EdgarHarlene Hayne and Logan Edgar, BFFLs. As the only two people who would deign to let me interview them, I thought they should be given the privilege of telling you about their awesome friendship themselves. How does it feel to be selected as Read more...

Students Elect Students To The Student Seats Of Said Students’ Uni’s Council

Posted 5:59pm Sunday 7th October 2012

It’s been a full week since we had a student-based election round these parts – far too long, in Critic’s opinion. So for your voting pleasure, we present the Student Elections to the University Council. The Council is the governing body of the Uni, so it’s pretty important that there are students Read more...

Year’s End

Posted 5:01pm Sunday 30th September 2012

In many ways, your time in Dunedin is a gift. I am especially aware of this when former students make contact and share that as they look back on their years in Dunedin, they feel very grateful. A core part of this Otago experience is the friendships we have here. Every now and then, we need to look Read more...

ODT Watch | Issue 26

Posted 5:01pm Sunday 30th September 2012

Holy shit. We’re getting pretty close to the end of Critic for the year, only one more to go. And I really didn’t think that we would get some of the ODT’s greatest work this close to the end. But they literally stopped me in my tracks this week, and in the business section, no less! (yes, I take Read more...

ODT Watch | Issue 25

Posted 4:25pm Sunday 23rd September 2012

In honour of the 24hr issue, we took all of this week’s ODT Watch out of Wednesday’s issue. You might worry that one day’s worth of ODT isn’t enough to make an entire ODT Watch. Oh, how wrong you would be … You’ve all heard the saying “What happens in Milton, stays in Milton”, right? No? Read more...