Struggle, What Struggle?

Posted 11:20am Sunday 5th March 2017 by Tyler West

The entirety of ‘things wot gon dun happened to students last year’ can’t in all honesty be contained in a listicle. Much as in years before, and likely years to come, 2016 was an often bloody year for anything that might resemble a real ‘student movement’ Read more...

Anti-Glass Alliance Assemble

Posted 10:35am Sunday 5th March 2017 by Joel MacManus

The Dunedin City Council (DCC) has engaged with local liquor store owners in a coordinated effort to reduce the number of glass products sold in North Dunedin, although they failed to nail down any specific plans. The policy was a key election promise made by Dunedin Mayor Dave Cull during the Read more...

Annette King’s Departure Leaves Jacinda Ardern Poised to Become Labour’s Deputy Leader

Posted 10:40am Sunday 5th March 2017 by Anna Linton

Annette King has stood down as the Labour Party’s Deputy Leader, with both herself and leader Andrew Little endorsing Jacinda Ardern as her successor.  “I did ask her [King] to stay on the front bench with the Health Portfolio, and she did consider it,” Little told Critic, Read more...

How to keep talking when the world is upside down…

Posted 10:50am Sunday 5th March 2017 by Associate Professor James Maclaurin

James Maclaurin is a philosopher of science at the University of Otago. He has a particular interest in the life sciences and computing and information science (particularly artificial intelligence and it’s impact on humanity). We asked him to talk about how to argue constructively. The Read more...

Jacinda Ardern a smart pick for Labour deputy

Posted 11:30am Sunday 5th March 2017 by George Elliott

Labour’s caucus will elect a new deputy leader this week and they’d be stupid to not be on board with Jacinda Ardern. Annette King’s most recent tenure as deputy was always meant to be a temporary arrangement, but she did leave with one last battle cry last week, sternly telling Read more...

Highlanders Sunk by Chiefs

Posted 11:37am Sunday 5th March 2017 by Jamie Green

If there’s one problem with sports, it’s that you have to pick sides, one side wins and one side loses. No other entertainment product has this problem. Unfortunately, I was on the losing side on Friday night as the Chiefs made the trip to the lunch box to take on our beloved Read more...

Black Caps in Dunedin—Tips & Tricks

Posted 11:41am Sunday 5th March 2017 by Charlie Hantler

At the time of writing, Martin Guptill has just put the South African bowling attack to the sword, with an undefeated 180 leading the Black Caps to a 7 wicket win. This levels the series at 2-2 with the final game to be played in Auckland on Saturday; thus by the time you’re reading this, the Read more...

Lift Your Game, Baird

Posted 10:55am Sunday 26th February 2017 by Lucy Hunter

OUSA Student President Hugh Baird got stuck in a lift in an Auckland hotel when on a presidential trip earlier this month. He was in a lift with five German people who, he says, were talking to each other in German. He is “sure they were talking about him.” They were stuck in the lift Read more...

David Clark | Issue 1

Posted 11:07am Sunday 26th February 2017 by David Clark

Many people were surprised by the outcome of the US Presidential Election last November. Along with others (including most pollsters in the US) I expected Hillary Clinton to win. Having had the privilege of spending time in the US, I can vouch that our countries are firm friends. New Zealand and Read more...

Bottle Smashing Down, Number of People Being Dicks Remains the Same

Posted 11:09am Sunday 26th February 2017 by Joel MacManus

Egg throwing, couch burning and bottle smashing continue to be problematic at Otago despite progress, according to the 2016 Vice-Chancellors Report on Discipline. Last year a total of 483 students were sent to the proctor’s office, with 21 being referred on to the vice-chancellor. The number Read more...