Hernandez hard at work

Posted 4:40pm Sunday 7th April 2013

OUSA President Francisco Hernandez has released his first quarterly report, containing a detailed breakdown of the progress he has made toward his plethora of campaign pledges. The report, which stretches to 15 pages, has been kindly summarised by Critic in this 265-word article. The first Read more...

ODT makes shit up for the last time

Posted 4:40pm Sunday 7th April 2013

The Otago Daily Times reported that seven fires were lit in the student area on Saturday 23 March. The 25 March article “Students blame authorities” also claimed that 300 people had gathered on the street by 11pm, and that revellers had to be dispersed by “more than a dozen police officers, Read more...

Large student party tipped to occur on local street

Posted 4:40pm Sunday 7th April 2013

Students are gearing up for the 2013 Hyde Street Keg Party as OUSA, the University and the DCC nervously look on. The event has come under heavy criticism in recent years, and it is widely believed that any serious mishaps will spell the end for the party and potentially lead to a North Dunedin-wide Read more...

Mapping Out the Friend Zone

Posted 4:40pm Sunday 7th April 2013

“You waited too long to make your move and now you’re in the friend zone ... if you don’t ask her out soon you’re going to end up stuck in the zone forever.” – Joey Tribbiani, Friends “The great irony is that the friend zone really doesn’t exist. The notion that once people make friends, they Read more...

Marmageddon

Posted 6:30pm Sunday 24th March 2013

Shoppers flooded supermarket aisles on Wednesday to restock on their favourite yeasty spread. Sanitarium, which incidentally pays no tax on its profits due to being owned by a religious organisation, called a halt to Marmite production in late 2011 after God destroyed its Christchurch Read more...

Dunedin to become funnier, famous-er

Posted 6:30pm Sunday 24th March 2013

Two of TV3’s 7 Days comedians, Ben Hurley and Steve Wrigley, are to visit Dunedin in early April as part of their World Famous In ... comedy tour. The tour, which has already taken in Palmerston North, New Plymouth and Hamilton, will be filmed and turned into a show, Ben and Steve: World Famous In Read more...

Editorial | Issue 05

Posted 6:30pm Sunday 24th March 2013

Hi. My name is Sam, and I’m not the editor of Critic. Callum Fredric, the real editor, was recently involved in a tragic accident. Mere days after recklessly writing “YOLO” as his official religion on the census, Callum lost both of his miniature hands in a freak alligator-feeding accident. Read more...

DJ Fadez Away

Posted 5:43pm Sunday 17th March 2013

The Dunedin music fraternity is shocked and saddened to hear of the retirement of popular local musician DJ Fadez, who on Wednesday announced via Facebook that he would be hanging up his mic for good. Fadez, a.k.a. Tim Patrick, made the decision after the hard drive containing his life’s work Read more...

Critic runs fluff piece in order to show off pretty infographic

Posted 5:43pm Sunday 17th March 2013

If Facebook likes were votes, the Greens would win the next election by a landslide. The Daily Blog published the results of a hypothetical social media election on Wednesday 13 March, putting the Greens as sole governing party with 63 seats. Ever the politics nerd, Critic re-crunched the Read more...

University sticking it to the man

Posted 5:43pm Sunday 17th March 2013

Copyright Licensing New Zealand (CLNZ) is taking all eight of New Zealand’s universities to the New Zealand Copyright Tribunal, after Universities New Zealand (UNZ) refused to increase the annual licensing fee that allows lecturers to copy course materials for students. The fee covers any use Read more...