Execrable - 14

Posted 4:05am Monday 11th July 2011

Acting-Acting-Vice-President Katie Reid chaired last week’s Executive meeting, with the presidential by-election causing a bit of a shuffle-up in the Exec structure. Administrative Vice President/Acting President Brad Russell didn’t want to chair the meeting in case it appeared he was Read more...

Election campaigns reveal that none of these candidates is the next Obama

Posted 4:03am Monday 11th July 2011

By the time Critic is being read by all of our many [several] fans, the by-election results for President will be final, as voting closed at 4pm Friday June 3. Based on the results, the relative success of the candidates’ campaigns should now be obvious. However, prior to voting closing Critic Read more...

Proctology -13

Posted 3:30am Wednesday 6th July 2011

The Proctor had some words of wisdom to impart this week about “planking”, a recent fad that involves lying down with your arms by your sides in weird public places and photographing it. In short; don’t do it. There have apparently been some students planking around campus recently, Read more...

Presidential Candidates Debate: Showdown of the Century

Posted 12:14am Wednesday 6th July 2011

0.25% of Students Listen. The campaign period is officially underway for the four candidates running for the role of President of OUSA in the upcoming by-election.   Candidates are current Acting President Bradley Russell, Welfare Officer Shonelle Eastwood, Colleges and Read more...

Dodgy Dude gets Double Downed

Posted 4:56am Monday 30th May 2011

Police have praised two Otago students for their quick actions in apprehending a man lurking around their community. Critic understands that the 49 year old was caught masturbating over a girl getting changed through the window. Sam Howie and Henry Caulton chased the man in the early hours of Read more...

Graduation speech didn’t fly?

Posted 4:49am Monday 30th May 2011

The graduation address given by Air New Zealand senior manager Vanessa Stoddart at the May 15 ceremony has been criticised by many of those present, with some attendees claiming the speech was more of an Air New Zealand promotion than an inspiration to the graduates. Stoddart, an Otago law and Read more...

Execrable - 12

Posted 4:43am Monday 30th May 2011

Tuesday’s Exec meeting was a lengthy one, and to make matters worse the temperature of the room was conducive only to freezing the balls off a brass monkey. Luckily Critic was put in charge of ordering pizza partway into the ordeal, which significantly increased our tolerance for boring Exec stuff. Read more...

Exec votes on Planet Media Review recommendations, results still unclear

Posted 7:39am Thursday 26th May 2011

The OUSA Executive has asked the Planet Media Review Panel to revisit the majority of its findings, including recommendations that Critic and Radio 1 be immediately absorbed under the OUSA umbrella. At a meeting just over a week ago, the Executive officially considered the recommendations Read more...

Proctology -11

Posted 8:27am Thursday 19th May 2011

Despite the Proctor telling Critic that statistics would indicate that the standard of student behaviour is going up, a number of youthful delinquents around campus are still keeping him in a job. In a rare example of female misconduct, a flat of girls have been using a neighbouring Read more...

Like a rat from a sinking ship…

Posted 8:22am Thursday 19th May 2011

OUSA President Harriet Geoghegan has resigned mid way through her second year in the role, leaving the association without a President and a permanent General Manager with the prospect of Voluntary Student Membership (VSM) looming. Geoghegan told Critic that a combination of factors had led to her Read more...