Weatherston appeals murder conviction.

Posted 7:00am Thursday 14th April 2011

Convicted murderer Clayton Weatherston has appealed his conviction in the Court of Appeal. The three judges on the Court of Appeal have reserved their decision until later in the year. The 34 year old former University of Otago tutor was sentenced to a minimum of 18 years in prison two years Read more...

Tragic death of community-involved student

Posted 6:58am Thursday 14th April 2011

As reported last week, University of Otago student and regular Critic contributor Scott Ridley was tragically killed on March 31, when his car collided head-on with a truck and trailer unit in heavy fog near Hampden. Scott was heavily involved in the community in a number of ways, particularly Read more...

Omg moar Exec members. Critic is omg so happy!

Posted 6:53am Thursday 14th April 2011

The happy family that is the OUSA Executive has gained two new members after a by-election was successfully held last week. Art Kiojarunchitt has been elected as the International Student Officer and Thomas Koentges has been elected as the Postgraduate Representative for the remainder of Read more...

The Dark Knight

Posted 4:16am Monday 11th April 2011

Little is known about the character situated above the Proctor in the discipline chain; the very elusive and somewhat secretive Provost. Critic does some digging to find out more about the the man you will get sent to if you’ve been significantly naughtier than your average scarfie. The University Read more...

Hughes usurps Hughes as most respected Hughes in NZ politics. Huh?

Posted 4:14am Monday 11th April 2011

Critic caught up with MP Hughes while he was down in Dunedin. No, not that Hughes, the other one – Green MP Gareth Hughes. What are you down in Dunedin to talk to students about? My talk tonight is called “Unfuck the world: cheer up, the future is bright.”  Ah right, did you Read more...

By-elections ya’ll

Posted 4:13am Monday 11th April 2011

OUSA is holding a by-election for the positions of International Student Officer and Postgraduate Representative. Elections will be held electronically from April 4 2011 at 9am, until April 7 at 4pm. 2009 International Students Representative Art Kojarunchitt is running unopposed for the Read more...

Riding in cars with students

Posted 2:25am Tuesday 29th March 2011

The Dunedin City Council has plans to stop students from abusing the scarfie ride-share scheme, involving a takedown* of anyone caught breaking its rules. The scheme allows those students attending either the University of Otago or Otago Polytechnic living in a certain zone of Dunedin to share a Read more...

Meager’s feelings hurt: either stupid Exec member or maverick genius to blame

Posted 2:22am Tuesday 29th March 2011

A blog authored by former OUSA Executive member James Meager has received disparaging comments from an author claiming to have access to the Postgraduate email account within OUSA. Meager’s blog, “Mydeology”, is described by the author as “where reasonable people Read more...

Execrable - 5

Posted 1:58am Tuesday 29th March 2011

Critic bowled in a teeny tiny bit late to the Exec meeting last week and was shocked to find they had started without us. Obviously having Critic there isn’t as special to them as it is to us…*sob* Moving right along, it didn’t seem like we had missed much until Stephanie Ruddock (the now Read more...

Hughes demands students get 454 more Sogos per annum

Posted 4:31am Monday 21st March 2011

The Green Party has issued a statement saying that the amount students can borrow for course-related costs should be increased to $1500 to reflect inflation. Critic is frothing at the gash at the idea of the extra moneyz. The current borrowing limit on course-related costs is $1000 each year, an Read more...