Dear Ethel | Issue 15

Posted 3:06pm Sunday 12th July 2015

OUSA’s Student Support Centre wants to help you with your issues: from dodgy flatmates to unfair grades, email your questions to ethel@critic.co.nz and she will respond to them for you each week, right here in Critic. Dear Ethel, We need some help with a rogue flatmate. There are five of Read more...

Whole Lotta Love | Issue 12

Posted 2:53pm Sunday 17th May 2015

The month of May is important for two reasons. 17 May is International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia (IDAHOT). May 2015 is also our first national HIV testing month. IDAHOT represents an annual landmark to draw the attention of decision makers, the media, the public, opinion Read more...

Whole Lotta Love | Issue 11

Posted 3:03pm Sunday 10th May 2015

As quoted on the New Zealand Aids Foundation website (NZAF), nearly 80% of HIV diagnoses are among gay and bi guys, but why, you ask? Well, gay and bi guys have much more anal sex than straight guys. You are 18 times more likely to contract HIV through unprotected anal sex than unprotected vaginal Read more...

Whole Lotta Love | Issue 9

Posted 2:34pm Sunday 26th April 2015

To get a look-in for special consideration due to ill health or an accident that prevents you sitting an exam or impairs your exam performance, you need to have a “severe medical condition...supported by medical evidence.” So, we’re not talking snivels or general exam Read more...

Whole lotta love | Issue 7

Posted 2:51pm Sunday 12th April 2015

The thing about being part of a massive bureaucratic institution with its own jungle of rules, policies and procedures is that we sometimes accept what the institution decides about us without question, because it’s bigger than us. Maybe you’ve been the recipient of one of those ominous Read more...

Whole Lotta Love | Issue 5

Posted 5:43pm Sunday 22nd March 2015

Post-Hyde Street already! If you were lucky enough to purchase tickets in the three-point-something minutes before they sold out, we hope it was all you wanted it to be. If, for any reason, it wasn’t, you’re welcome to drop into OUSA Student Support at 5 Ethel Benjamin Place (look for the giant Read more...

Whole Lotta Love | Issue 3

Posted 5:30pm Sunday 8th March 2015

W elcome to all the Queer students on campus, and to our allies, whether you are new to Otago or returning. I am excited to be writing my first column and that I get to write about all things great and Queer, and also things that are not so great because the Queer community is still a Read more...