“Your Degree Is Fucking Useless” - NZ Herald

Posted 5:59pm Sunday 7th October 2012

In a prime example of how The New Zealand Herald has gone tabloid, they claimed last week that an international report shows that “New Zealand university degrees are the most worthless in the developed world”. The OECD report showed that the life-long value of a New Zealand man’s tertiary Read more...

Man Commits Suicide. Oops, Critic Broke the Law

Posted 5:01pm Sunday 30th September 2012

New media reporting guidelines released last year by the Chief Coroner have been called into question by University of Otago Professor David Fergusson and Auckland's Dr. Annette Beautrais in an editorial published in the New Zealand Medical Journal. Prof. Fergusson and Dr. Beautrais say that Read more...

City Councillor Edgar Putting the GC in DCC

Posted 5:01pm Sunday 30th September 2012

OUSA President Logan Edgar has backed away from claims made on Radio One last Thursday that he is starting a campaign to be elected to the Dunedin City Council next October. He is, however, “really considering it”. In the meantime, Edgar is meeting this week with the Mayor and the Electoral Read more...

Hernandez Wins

Posted 5:01pm Sunday 30th September 2012

Francisco Hernandez has been elected as OUSA President for 2013 after a hard-fought campaign. Hernandez received 1163 of the 3620 votes cast, with his nearest rival Ryan Edgar receiving 965 votes, closely followed by Zac Gawn with 842 votes. The election results were announced on Thursday Read more...

What The Art

Posted 4:57pm Sunday 16th September 2012

As a form of expression and communication, art has been around for almost as long as humanity. The brain is hard-wired to appreciate the aesthetic, and the deeper readings of conceptual art can prove incredibly rewarding for those that way inclined. But interesting though it is, the complexity of Read more...

OUSA Is So Gay

Posted 4:57pm Sunday 16th September 2012

Candidate nominations are open for the election of OUSA’s 2013 Executive, from 9am this Monday 17 September until 4pm this Thursday 20 September. Voting is set to occur over the same time period in the week after nominations close. During the election period there will also be a referendum on Read more...

College Has Inferiority Complex

Posted 4:57pm Sunday 16th September 2012

Dr. John Kernohan, chairman of the Presbyterian Commission, which is currently governing Knox College, says that the fort-esque student hall may have to pull up the drawbridge for the last time if they are unable to raise the $10.8 million of funding needed to undertake earthquake strengthening, Read more...

Joyce to The World

Posted 4:03pm Sunday 9th September 2012

The University of Otago is under pressure from Tertiary Education Minister Steven Joyce to increase international student numbers. With international student enrolments at Otago falling by 18.8% between 2007 and 2011, Mr. Joyce called for the University to look “very closely” at its efforts Read more...

A Week to Green Out with your Buds

Posted 4:03pm Sunday 9th September 2012

OUSA will be keeping the Greenies happy with the inaugural Environment Week starting on Monday September 10, being held “in an effort to raise student awareness of critical environmental issues, and inspire them to take action.” Scitell, a new series of lectures being launched by the Read more...

The War at Home

Posted 5:17pm Sunday 2nd September 2012

When Goff goofed up the 2011 election, he valiantly handed the reins to one of Labour’s many Davids, namely David Shearer, who is thought to be Labour’s answer to John Key in sheer blokiness. Yet many New Zealanders continue to ask, “David who?” Critic editor Joe Stockman caught up with Shearer for Read more...