Alcohol Implementation Group Meeting

Posted 5:13pm Sunday 21st April 2013

Last year University of Otago Vice-Chancellor Harlene Hayne initiated an “Alcohol Implementation Working Group,” chaired by the staunchly anti-alcohol Professor Jennie Connor, to research and take action on ways that alcohol-related harm could be reduced among students. Critic has gained Read more...

Dunedin: The China of counterfeit wristbands

Posted 5:13pm Sunday 21st April 2013

The limited amount of tickets, which came in the form of a green wristband, available to this year’s Hyde Street Keg Party led to a thriving “green market” in the days preceding the event. An entrepreneurial Hyde Street keg party attendee tried to outwit authorities by ordering a large quantity of Read more...

You can hide the event, but you can’t Hyde the Street

Posted 5:13pm Sunday 21st April 2013

After much concern and debate, the annual Hyde Street Keg Party took place on Saturday 13 April before the watchful eyes of media, the University, and other relevant parties, who finally declared that behaviour was “OK”. 3500 students turned up to the event, which officially started at 9am Read more...

Smelling Gastly helps Weezing and Koffing

Posted 5:49pm Sunday 14th April 2013

Professors around the globe have been blown away by a recent Otago Uni study which found that hydrogen sulphide (H2S), the gas that gives farts their characteristic odour, could reduce the symptoms of asthma. The results came from a sample of over 1600 Rotorua residents, a popular tourist Read more...

Hyde Street Sold Out

Posted 5:49pm Sunday 14th April 2013

Tickets to the infamous Hyde Street keg party sold out by midday when they went on sale at OUSA on both Monday 8 and Tuesday 9 April. Although the 500 tickets available on Monday were sold from 9am instead of 11am as publicised, OUSA President Francisco Hernandez reported that “every man and Read more...

Rabbits take revenge

Posted 4:40pm Sunday 7th April 2013

A 26-year-old man ended up in hospital on Saturday 30 March after an attempt to make his own hot cross bunnies turned sour and resulted in a gunshot wound to his own hand and the removal of two fingers. The man had been attending the Great Easter Bunny Hunt in Central Otago, trying to Read more...

ODT makes shit up for the last time

Posted 4:40pm Sunday 7th April 2013

The Otago Daily Times reported that seven fires were lit in the student area on Saturday 23 March. The 25 March article “Students blame authorities” also claimed that 300 people had gathered on the street by 11pm, and that revellers had to be dispersed by “more than a dozen police officers, Read more...

U Late

Posted 4:40pm Sunday 7th April 2013

The launch of U late on 1 April sent a flurry of joy to insomniacs who have been deprived of late-night entertainment ever since That Guy vanished off our screens. Critic reporter Bella Macdonald caught up with U late presenters Guy Montgomery (Left) and Tim Lambourne (Right) to ask them about the Read more...

Council attempts to pimp ghetto

Posted 6:30pm Sunday 24th March 2013

As ongoing refurbishment of the Queens Garden and Vogel Street area of Dunedin continues, an announcement by Dunedin councillors declared that the area will be revitalised for “creative” purposes. While Critic speculates that this is an attempt to create a similar alternative culture to Read more...

Studylink shit

Posted 6:30pm Sunday 24th March 2013

Students have gone weeks with no income as Studylink has failed to answer applicants’ phone calls. Criticisms have arisen that the service would struggle to organise a bun fight in a bakery. Following an “unusually” high volume of calls regarding student funds, Studylink is yet to process Read more...