Editorial | Issue 9

Posted 10:21am Sunday 1st May 2016 by Hugh Baird

I'd just like to say straight off the bat that Campus Watch are the ducks nuts. For the most part they do an outstanding job and are easy to get on with, usually making for some good light-hearted entertainment.  However this week we had a particular individual walk into the office and Read more...

(team)itorial | Issue 8

Posted 10:17am Sunday 24th April 2016 by Critic

Hello! Lucy the deputy here again. Hugh told us last night he was scared because his flatmates had diarrhea and vomiting. Sure enough, we got the text at 8am this morning saying he was out of action. We’re trying to get this thing together without him. Get well soon Hugh! Everyone else, meet Read more...

Editorial | Issue 7

Posted 10:07am Sunday 17th April 2016 by Lucy Hunter

Hello!  My name is Lucy and I’m the deputy editor at Critic. My workmates and I have spent the last couple of weeks talking, arguing, and sometimes screaming at each other about gender roles in society. This week we have two features in Critic that examine some of the complications of Read more...

Editorial | Issue 6

Posted 10:11am Sunday 10th April 2016 by Hugh Baird

Here in New Zealand, our younger generations are privileged beyond belief. We’ve never had to experience any wars or terror, found ourselves without a home or lived under any tyrannical rulers. Thankfully we live in a free and democratic nation. In just under a couple of weeks Dunedin will Read more...

Editorial | Issue 5

Posted 10:12am Sunday 3rd April 2016 by Hugh Baird

Lately, there has been a lot of chat about pay inequality when it comes to gender in sports.  The discussion kicked off when reports surfaced that the New Zealand men’s cricket team had flown business class to the T20 World Cup, while their female counterparts where situated back in Read more...

Editorial | Issue 4

Posted 10:25am Sunday 20th March 2016 by Hugh Baird

Dissapointingly this week the second flag referendum will finally come to an end. Personally I’m rather impartial to either flag, but for the past few months I’ve been increasingly amused by some of the antics and peculiar arguments surrounding the flag change project. Take for Read more...

Editorial | Issue 3

Posted 11:04am Sunday 13th March 2016 by Hugh Baird

For many years now, popular New Zealand band Six60 have been returning to Castle Street where the band was first formed. Each year the gig has been kept secret and been announced in an impromptu fashion, leading to many students living on and around Castle Street flocking to the event in large Read more...

Editorial | Issue 2

Posted 10:20am Sunday 6th March 2016 by Hugh Baird

It’s been a week in which the University of Otago and, more so, the students associated have been the focus of national headlines and the debate that comes with it.  Many of the headlines have been centred on the University’s plans to install surveillance cameras in the student Read more...

Editorial | Issue 1

Posted 10:42am Sunday 28th February 2016 by Hugh Baird

Come late February, there’s no better smell throughout North Dunedin than burning couches and stale alcohol. It tugs at my heartstrings in a similar way to fresh cut lawns in spring, or pine trees at Christmas. It can mean only one thing, that the academic year has began and the students are Read more...

Editorial | Issue 26

Posted 10:37am Sunday 4th October 2015 by Josie Cochrane

That’s a wrap! 26 issues, several bizarre dramas, and many all-nighters later, we’ve done it.  Looking back on old issues from the last 90 years, there’s been some damn cool stuff Critic has covered — from the Springboks tour to discussing mixed flatting to Read more...