Everything That’s Happened Since 2019

Posted 6:21pm Sunday 21st September 2025

CW, TW: Discussions of sexual violence.  Sexual harm is prevalent, invasive, and underacknowledged on campus, whether we want to admit it or not.  Three weeks into the academic year, Thursdays in Black (TiB) – the Otago branch of a national student-led sexual harm prevention Read more...

Thursdays in Black Hosts ‘What I Was Wearing’ Exhibit

Posted 5:59pm Sunday 21st September 2025

Content Warning: Sexual violence, child sexual abuse, rape, intimate partner violence Following their recent success in the second annual Sex Quiz fundraiser, the Thursdays in Black exec held the What I Was Wearing exhibit in the Main Common Room last week between Wednesday and Read more...

Execrable: Refusals to Resign & Letters Abound

Posted 6:44pm Sunday 7th September 2025

Push For Jett Groshinski’s Resignation In bombshell news, Political Representative Jett Groshinski was asked to resign by two-thirds of the OUSA Executive at their most recent meeting on Thursday, August 28th. The Exec told Critic Te Ārohi that the decision was “not made Read more...

Political Rep Jett Groshinski Formally Asked To Resign By Executive

Posted 4:58pm Friday 29th August 2025

The Otago University Students’ Association (OUSA) Executive has requested the resignation of Political Representative, Jett Groshinski, following an internal review of conduct and responsibilities at this week’s Executive meeting on the 28th of August. The OUSA Executive told Critic in a Read more...

What Would Happen If There Was A Zombie Apocalypse (And How to Survive It)

Posted 10:35pm Sunday 24th August 2025

On March 25, 2020, Aotearoa New Zealand declared a nationwide state of national emergency and moved to Alert Level 4 in response to the COVID-19 Pandemic. I remember how surreal it was – like something out of a low-budget movie. It affected everyone. If you’d told anyone before it Read more...

Debatable: Is pulling an all-nighter more effective than studying in advance?

Posted 3:19pm Sunday 24th August 2025

For There is something almost heroic about pulling an all-nighter: 2am with an energy drink in one hand, wondering if your flatmates will ever know the sacrifice you made for this essay. You're not just a student, you're an academic weapon sharp enough to cut through half a semester's Read more...

The Art of Dressing for Resistance: What to Wear to a Protest

Posted 9:58pm Sunday 10th August 2025

What you wear to a protest isn’t just about looking cool for the ‘gram. In reality, the clothes you wear to a protest are an intersection between fashion choices and politics: whether you’re marching for trans rights, chanting for Palestine, or standing silently in black on a Read more...

Fresher Beware

Posted 4:38pm Saturday 19th July 2025

Disclaimer: Based on true stories. Identifying details have been changed. It’s that time of year. You and a few friends (or randoms from Facebook) band together to form a flat. The hunt begins: endless viewings, frantically handing in applications, long debates about whether a dishwasher is Read more...

Debatable: Is it socially acceptable to drink glasses of milk?

Posted 11:35am Monday 14th July 2025

For It was a bit of a shock to learn that drinking the occasional glass of milk was a controversial act. I’m an adamant milk slurper, so you’d better believe that after a hard day of mahi, I like to come home and guzzle down a pint or two of it. What’s not to love? It’s Read more...

Rachel Brooking’s Stance for Students

Posted 5:29pm Sunday 25th May 2025

Politics are at the forefront of people’s minds in a local body election year – most of all your local politicians, such as Dunedin MP Rachel Brooking. For many students, Dunedin living is a temporary situation, nestled in North D for three years before jetting back to Te Read more...