Keeping tabs on the Exec | Issue 10

Posted 10:46am Sunday 7th May 2017

The Otago Students Against Animal Testing group was affiliated to OUSA without any issue.  President Hugh Baird and Campaigns Officer Eden Lati recently returned from visiting the New Zealand Union of Students’ Associations (NZUSA) in Wellington, where they were determining a strategy Read more...

No Information Beyond the Headline

Posted 12:08pm Sunday 30th April 2017

Donald Trump’s ascension from business tycoon and reality TV star to President of the United States of America has been, to put it mildly, fucking scary. Throughout the gross and depraved spectacle that was his campaign he stuck to certain narratives that ultimately helped to make that Read more...

Does Andrew Little Have a Point On Immigration Policy? No, he does not.

Posted 10:59am Sunday 30th April 2017

As with any election year, political parties tend to ramp up their immigration rhetoric, and with five months left until we know who will be leading our country for the next three years, this trend is already well underway.  With net permanent and long-term migration (arrivals minus Read more...

Otago University Coy Over Plans to Replace Dept. of Politics Staff Member

Posted 10:45am Sunday 30th April 2017

Critic understands that a second staff member from the Department of Politics has taken an offer of voluntary redundancy, with the University keeping tight-lipped on whom, if anybody will be replacing them. It is not publically known at this stage which staff member has taken up the offer. The Read more...

Keeping tabs on the Exec | Issue 9

Posted 10:30am Sunday 30th April 2017

Funding applications from Autism New Zealand and the Rotary Club sparked discussion about whether the budget allocation for charitable causes should be dedicated to only student-centric charities. Colleges Officer James Heath said that we should “only be finding charities working in the Read more...

Editorial | Issue 9

Posted 10:23am Sunday 30th April 2017

This week’s Critic includes a couple of features on mental health in Dunedin. When visiting Youthline Otago we were struck by the modesty of the operation—we sat in a small room with a second-hand table and two mismatched chairs. In the corner was a beanbag, on the walls, posters for the Read more...

The French Did It By 1789, Surely 218 Years Later We Should Join Them?

Posted 12:20pm Sunday 23rd April 2017

The British Royal Family, and monarchies generally, have a lot to answer for; they manage to sponge millions off the state each year and have an unnerving amount to do with politics and legislature. If you were to describe the system outside of the context of the Western monarchical tradition, most Read more...

Will the University Have Any Staff Left After Yet More Redundancies?

Posted 10:52am Sunday 23rd April 2017

Otago University’s Support Services Review is reaching the end of its ‘Solution Design’ phase, coming as rumours have been circulating that as many as 300 jobs will be lost once the final ‘Implementation Stage’ begins.  However, Otago University Human Resources Read more...

Keeping tabs on the Exec | Issue 8

Posted 10:36am Sunday 23rd April 2017

Congratulations to the executive for their work and participation with Relay For Life, an event that saw Otago University Vice Chancellor Harlene Hayne and Arana College Warden Jamie Gilbertson shave off OUSA Colleges Officer James Heath’s hair. This year’s OUSA contingent at Relay For Read more...

Totally Execrable

Posted 11:11am Sunday 9th April 2017

This week there were discussions about grants policy, committee reports, and the clubs council amongst other things, but Critic doesn’t want to distract from the calamitous events outlined below by discussing these other issues. We promise you you’re not missing anything Read more...