Sedition and the commercialisation of digital art

Posted 4:35pm Sunday 9th March 2014

There’s a new kid on the block for serious art collectors and desktop background enthusiasts alike, and it’s frighteningly addictive. Sedition, which aims to “turn screens into art,” is fast becoming a leader in both the digital art movement and the concept of art editions in general. The idea is Read more...

How to navigate the deep web

Posted 4:35pm Sunday 9th March 2014

With Edward Snowden, the NSA and Bitcoin all gaining popular attention recently, you are almost certain to have heard of the “deep web” by now: the huge, anonymous mass of the Internet that you can’t reach conventionally. Whether you see it as a network for human traffickers, a threat to Read more...

Execrable | Issue 03

Posted 4:35pm Sunday 9th March 2014

On Monday 3 March the second OUSA Executive Meeting of the year was held. Reflection over the past two weeks revealed that the O’Week Six60 gig went “very well,” and it was expected that Tinie Tempah would draw a crowd of approximately 5500 to 6000 students, with “potentially lots of late sales.” Read more...

Editorial | Issue 03

Posted 4:35pm Sunday 9th March 2014

Technology is a double-edged sword. The people on one side saying that it’s elevated and liberated humans are right; the ones on the other side who say we’re now slaves buried by it are also right. I’ve certainly got a fair bit of both sides in my life, anyway. The various computing devices Read more...

ODT Watch | Issue 01

Posted 4:35pm Sunday 9th March 2014

Suddenly those free O-Week pies seem a bit more sinister: “He had reheated the pie in a 630W microwave at his workplace, as he had many times before,” the article says. The rest was dotted with such gems as “[Otago’s] hot food injury rates begin to boil over,” while “hot food injury Read more...

Editorial | Issue 02

Posted 4:44pm Sunday 2nd March 2014

Last Sunday evening, before the first issue of Critic had technically been published (we distribute a day early for reasons of practicality), an editorial decision had already left me labeled a “numbnut” on Twitter by local National list MP Michael Woodhouse. For me, there are two key points Read more...

Interview: Ruby Sycamore-Smith, OUSA President 2014

Posted 6:57pm Sunday 23rd February 2014

After winning by a significant margin in last year’s election, 2014 sees Ruby Sycamore-Smith going into her second year on the OUSA Executive as President. She caught up with Zane Pocock during a brief lull in a jam-packed Orientation schedule to discuss students, politics, and just a little bit of Read more...

Execrable | Issue 01

Posted 6:57pm Sunday 23rd February 2014

The OUSA Executive meeting held last Tuesday 18 February saw President Ruby Sycamore-Smith leading confidently from the front, with Administrative Vice-President Ryan Edgar suspiciously silent and looking much like Critic’s new pet goldfish. The meeting got off to a slow start, however, with Read more...

Editorial | Issue 01

Posted 6:57pm Sunday 23rd February 2014

Just as an exhilarating combination of caffeine, excitement and sleep deprivation kicked in with our first print deadline looming last Wednesday evening, a truly sad moment for New Zealand student media was broken to those who were listening. Massive, the combined magazine of a whole shitload Read more...

OUSA Constitution breached in NZUSA scandal

Posted 3:00pm Thursday 21st November 2013

The OUSA Executive yesterday confronted a breach of the OUSA Constitution by three of the four delegates sent to Wellington to cast OUSA’s votes in the 2014 NZUSA (New Zealand Union of Students’ Associations) election. The offending delegates voted contrary to a motion carried during Read more...