Mufti cops join the party, albeit sober

Posted 5:12pm Sunday 20th July 2014

New Zealand Police will now be stationing plain-clothed officers in local Dunedin bars. The new initiative came into play last month to ensure bars’ compliance with the regulations of the Sale and Supply of Liquor Act 2012, which came into effect late last year. The initiative began in Read more...

Open textbooks launch at Otago

Posted 6:52pm Sunday 13th July 2014

University of Otago lecturers have recently led an Open Educational Resource (OER) project in conjunction with academics and librarians from New Zealand and Australia. The open textbook Media Studies 101 was created on 16 and 17 November 2013 and is partially funded by Creative Commons New Read more...

OUSA Recreation Centre officially opened

Posted 6:52pm Sunday 13th July 2014

After a year-long construction process, the new OUSA Recreation Centre has officially been opened. Staff, students and members of the public attended the opening, which was held at the facility last Tuesday 8 July. Attendees gathered in the foyer as guest speakers shared their views on how Read more...

No more liquor in the North D

Posted 6:52pm Sunday 13th July 2014

A liquor store located at 21 North Road has been granted a temporary off-licence for the next three months, following objections by the University of Otago to renew the licence. Store owner Preet Minhas originally applied for licence renewal on 5 June this year. The University immediately opposed Read more...

Pinging for better grades

Posted 1:08pm Sunday 6th July 2014

Recent research conducted at the University of Auckland has shown that six per cent of the 400 students surveyed had used drugs as a study aid. The most common drug used by students was Ritalin, a B class drug often referred to on the streets as “Ritz.” Ritalin is a medication prescribed to Read more...

Gigatown bribes students and gets #insensitive

Posted 1:08pm Sunday 6th July 2014

Chorus’ Gigatown competition has come under fire after a post on their Facebook page was seen as insensitive by members of the public. On 8 June, a head-on collision involving four teenagers occurred on Dunedin’s Southern Motorway. Gigatown Dunedin’s Facebook page posted a status on the day of the Read more...

The DCC's $4,000 mistake

Posted 1:08pm Sunday 6th July 2014

Dunedin Mayor Dave Cull has mistakenly spent $3,900 of rate payer’s money on purchasing what he believed to be leg irons used to hold Maori prisoners in the Victorian Era. Cull told Critic the DCC discovered the auction when it was published in the Otago Daily Times, along with an image of Read more...

St David’s 2 receives $9.65 million upgrade to not fall

Posted 2:07pm Sunday 25th May 2014

St David’s 2 will become the new home to the Department of Applied Science following a $9.65 million upgrade necessary to increase the building’s earthquake safety rating. Originally constructed in 1997 and formerly used for Foundation Studies, the building was measured in 2014 to be at 34 per cent Read more...

Police "can't see the bottles coming" in the dark

Posted 4:32pm Sunday 18th May 2014

Three students were arrested after a large party on North Castle Street escalated with partygoers throwing bottles at Police. The party took place during the second graduation weekend of May, and saw two students arrested for disorder and another for obstruction and escaping police custody after Read more...

The history of Otago NORML

Posted 3:11pm Sunday 11th May 2014

The University has seen proponents of the cannabis law reformation traverse its campus for years, but none as lasting as the Otago University branch of the National Organisation for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, otherwise known as NORML. Otago students have been gathering as early as the 1970s in Read more...