Rugby fans invade Dunedin. Everybody glad the Germans don’t play the game.

Posted 3:18am Monday 12th September 2011

Rugby World Cup fever is set to hit North Dunedin over the coming weeks, as the city plays host to several teams, including Argentina, Georgia, Romania, Ireland and Italy.     The highly ranked English team also appear to be spending some of their time/money in Dunedin, Read more...

ODT: playing pokies not solid idea for student summer job

Posted 3:14am Monday 12th September 2011

The Otago Daily Times ran another groundbreaking article last week, revealing to the world at large that gambling on the pokies is not a great way to make money. The article focused on ‘Tony’, former University of Otago BCom student, who lost “thousands” playing the pokies while a student. Read more...

Bouncing off the Halls - 23

Posted 3:03am Monday 12th September 2011

 Sex is a fascinating topic. According to everyone’s old mate Darwin, sex is the sole purpose of our existence, and nowhere is this truer than the colleges of the University of Otago. At Otago the usual courting process involves twenty alcoholic drinks followed by a vast array of Read more...

Dominos Without Plan For Road Closures.

Posted 5:20am Monday 5th September 2011

Stoners Panic. Not content with making blatantly untrue statements like “RWC 2011 is the third largest sporting event in the world”, the Dunedin City Council (DCC) have also decided that scarfies having access to their hovels during the Rugby World Cup is of little importance, and Read more...

Rich Students Go Play in Expensive Snow

Posted 5:17am Monday 5th September 2011

Poor Students freeze in Dunedin Hovels   Over 100 University of Otago snow-bunnies flocked to the slopes of Wanaka last week to take part in the 2011 University Winter Games.  The week-long event provided the brightly-coloured boarders and skiers with an opportunity to get their Read more...

Fuck rugby, this is what the real Scarfies are excited about.

Posted 4:51am Monday 15th August 2011

Now that the first shit rugby game is out of the way, Critic has started salivating about this year’s big event at the Forsyth Barr Stadium: the Elton John concert. This concert will showcase the stadium’s potential as a year-round venue, Dunedin’s new addition being the country’s only fully covered Read more...

PM visit prevents some Tourism students from sleeping till midday. Bastard.

Posted 4:50am Monday 15th August 2011

Hungover student ghetto residents were robbed of any chance of a midday lie-in on Friday August 5, as chanting protestors collected outside the newly refurbished Robertson Library to express their opposition to the VSM bill. The protest was organised in less than 48 hours by OUSA, and high Read more...

Bouncing off the Halls - 20

Posted 4:45am Monday 15th August 2011

A pleasant and arousing facet of the first year hall scene is the well-established rivalry between certain colleges. Everyone with a cerebellum still intact is aware of the notable ongoing hatred between the stuck-up Selwynites and the possibly deviant Knoxians. Then there are the less established Read more...

If it’s not the altar boys or the sacramental wine, then its invariably AUT’s bank account

Posted 4:49am Thursday 11th August 2011

A 53 year-old priest and former gay lover of ex-Labour MP Tim Barnett has been arrested for allegedly misappropriating over $500,000 from AUT University. Jonathan Kirkpatrick, a former Dean of Dunedin’s St Paul’s Cathedral, has resigned as chief executive of the University's Read more...

Nineties American Airline runs Ice Hockey game

Posted 4:37am Thursday 11th August 2011

The Douglas Webber group brought three International Ice Hockey games to New Zealand, showcasing top players from the USA and Canada in Auckland and Christchurch before finishing off at the Dunedin Ice Stadium last Wednesday night. The teams were competing for the NZ Exhibition Cup, with the Read more...