“Waste of Money": Sexy Garfield vs the world

Posted 11:53pm Sunday 17th August 2025 by Jonathan McCabe

Sexy, erotic, and throbbing. That is the best way to describe Emily Davidson's 2017 magnum opus entitled Lasagnerie. Exhibited in the OUSA reception for all to see, entrenched within a gilded frame, is the portrait depicting a seductive cartoon of Garfield dressed in lingerie, stockings, and Read more...

BDS Binned: OUSA Executive Fronts Up to Widespread Criticism

Posted 9:29pm Sunday 10th August 2025 by Gryffin Blockley, Hanna Varrs & Nina Brown

News of the OUSA Exec abandoning their Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) posture has triggered an outpouring of criticism from the student community and beyond. The decision went against the 53% of 1,766 students (8.83% of 20,000 students) who voted “yes” to maintaining the policy Read more...

Execrable: BDS Abandoned, NZUSA Withdrawal & Protests Planned

Posted 8:23pm Sunday 3rd August 2025 by Nina Brown, Hanna Varrs & Gryffin Blockley

The OUSA Exec held Critic hostage for two hours at their meeting last Thursday (we outlasted Liam, even). In what could only be described as a “robust” meeting (I can’t stop) the agenda had three big ticket items: finally talking about the referendum results, NZUSA withdrawal, and Read more...

Minion Rave Reviewed: Where were all the babois?

Posted 5:39pm Saturday 26th July 2025 by Hanna Varrs, Gryffin Blockley and Maddy Barnes

OUSA was reaching for the moon for the Friday of Re-O, hosting a Minion-themed boiler room at U-Bar. Critic Te Ārohi was more than happy to go bananas and review the event – only to be greeted by a desolate dance floor. There were like 20 people there.  Of the OUSA-run Re-Ori Read more...

OUSA Exec: Madam Acting President

Posted 5:54pm Saturday 26th July 2025 by Amy Martin

With Liam out of the office for the day, it was time for me to finally shine. That’s right, your favourite Administrative Vice-President (me) stepped up to the presidential plate to take on the hefty responsibilities of OUSA’s top job.  Honestly not too much was different on my Read more...

Choose Your Own Adventure: OUSA President Edition

Posted 5:20pm Saturday 26th July 2025 by Molly Smith-Soppet

1.  You wake up, wrapped up in a duck-down comforter with that gorgeous OUSA green burned into your eyelids. It's time to take on your busy day. You leap out of bed and go down to your kitchen to pour yourself a big bowl of Weet-Bix. What do you do while you eat your meal? Open your Read more...

OUSA Exec Gives Birth to Student Charter

Posted 4:53pm Saturday 19th July 2025 by Gryffin Blockley

OUSA’s proposed Student Charter was finally approved at last week’s Exec meeting, birthing it into the wonderful world of policy and bureaucracy. The charter outlines key issues and priorities that students are facing in Dunedin – unfortunately lowering the price of butter did not Read more...

(OUSA) Greening Out: Second Quarter Reports Summarised

Posted 12:59pm Monday 14th July 2025 by Gryffin Blockley

Two quarters (for non math majors: half) of a year in, it’s been hectic for the OUSA Executive. They’ve been no strangers to Critic Te Ārohi’s headlines, with a referendum, BDS postures and questions of Political Rep Jett’s conflict of interest making appearances – Read more...

OUSA Exec: The Referendum (Again)

Posted 5:31pm Sunday 25th May 2025 by Liam White

We know what you’re thinking—“surely the Exec aren’t still going on about the referendum?”  Yes. Yes, we are. Because now the message is louder and clearer: voting opens today! If you’re reading this on a study break, why not procrastinate just a little Read more...

Critical Tribune: OUSA Dyes Leith River Green In Celebration Of 135th Birthday

Posted 5:41pm Sunday 25th May 2025 by Anna Marrs

Students may have noticed that the Leith is running more green than usual this week. The Otago University’s Student Association has poured gallons of green commercial dye into our very own Leith River in celebration of their 135th birthday, a move that some ecology experts are calling Read more...