Carnage/Carnal Report

Posted 2:18am Tuesday 29th March 2011

For those students who have better things to do than dress up like a pregnant nun and try to drink their age in standard drinks, Saturday March 19 was just another day. But for the rest of us, it was one of the social highlights of the year. The amount of creativity that went into decorating Hyde Read more...

Apparently police not stoked about babysitting thousands of drunks. Who could have guessed?

Posted 2:12am Tuesday 29th March 2011

The annual Hyde Street keg party that took place on Saturday March 19 has been criticised, with local police and fire officials arguing the event should not be held in 2012. The event, which has been a highlight on many students’ calendars for years, is now facing an uphill battle to see a Read more...

Fired Up

Posted 2:03am Tuesday 29th March 2011

The pyromanic activities of some students at the Hyde Street party have been slammed by fire fighters and officials, with Willowbank fire station officer Grant Clarkson labelling students “idiots” and “sheep”. Clarkson told the Otago Daily Times that “half of our future leaders appear to be Read more...

Bouncing off the Halls - 4 (Trouble in Paradise Edition)

Posted 4:23am Monday 21st March 2011

As we get older, we look back fondly on our first year days living in a hall of residence as some of the best we had. Our lives were so comfy, living as we did with insulation, heating and sluts, the kind of things you take for granted until you go flatting. I mean, how good is waking up in the bed Read more...

Let them eat roadkill.

Posted 1:51am Tuesday 15th March 2011

While most were wallowing in their own filth and bewailing their hangovers, twelve innocent little freshers were being put through their paces in a series of challenges known as the “OUSA Fresher Comp”. The event ran from Sunday through to Friday with the selected group facing multiple challenges Read more...

S.E.A What I Did There?

Posted 1:37am Tuesday 15th March 2011

On Sunday March 6, Students for Environmental Action (S.E.A) set out on a trek to tidy up the St. Leonards area on the way out to Port Chalmers. Their aim was a “coastal cleanup” of the beach to help raise awareness of “Sea-Week” which this year ran from February 26 to Read more...

Bouncing off the Halls - 3

Posted 1:28am Tuesday 15th March 2011

It’s common knowledge that the week after O Week is shit. After all, it’s very hard to make the transfer from a week of constant partying to the cruel, unforgiving world of nine-hour weeks at uni. Ten in the morning no longer means time to crack open another bag of Country Red but instead it’s time Read more...

University of Canterbury Students Try to Jump Ship

Posted 3:27am Tuesday 8th March 2011

The earthquake has caused the University of Canterbury serious problems as they struggle to restore educational facilities to 20,000 enrolled students. Recently rumours have been floating around that the University may not open until second semester. However Canterbury Vice Chancellor Rod Carr Read more...

Two Otago University Students Missing Following Christchurch Earthquake

Posted 3:26am Tuesday 8th March 2011

As Critic went to press, two University of Otago students have been declared missing by the Red Cross and police. The Otago Daily Times reported that Sisi Xin, 28, a Dietetics student based in Christchurch, and her friend Didem Yaman, 31, a Political Science PhD student based in Dunedin, have both Read more...

53 Seconds is Ages for Some Guys

Posted 3:24am Tuesday 8th March 2011

Typically shit Dunedin weather conditions meant a smaller than normal turnout for the annual “Bezzett Jewellers Clocktower Race”, held at noon on the Tuesday of O Week. Competitors lined up to try and beat the midday charms and take overall honours on the day. The men’s race was tighter Read more...