Belgian brings laptop to Union Hall

Posted 5:43pm Sunday 17th March 2013

Over 1500 students turned up at a sold-out Union Hall on Thursday 14 March to witness Belgium’s top liquid funk, drum and bass, and dubstep musician Netsky. The evening started off with opening acts Fazerface and Southern Lights, before Netsky (rhymes with “get pie,” not with “let me”), named Read more...

No Jobs Bro

Posted 5:43pm Sunday 17th March 2013

Students are struggling to find work, with recent statistics revealing that more students are looking for jobs and fewer gaining employment following the cut to the student allowance for post-graduate students. The number of students seeking part-time work during the summer period was up by Read more...

Aquinas Loses Critic Privileges

Posted 4:23pm Sunday 10th March 2013

Following an attempt to separate themselves further from society, Aquinas College has been punished for hiding their weekly delivery of Critic magazines in a corner of the building’s foyer. The box of magazines, which was delivered on Monday 25 February, was shunned and hidden out of sight Read more...

Polytech Battles Uni for Fair Trade Glory

Posted 4:23pm Sunday 10th March 2013

Yet again, Otago Polytechnic has made a dismal attempt to compete with the University of Otago. Only a few weeks after the Uni publicised its Fair Trade Campaign to become the first fully accredited fair trade tertiary institution in New Zealand, the Polytech announced their participation. In Read more...

Hyde Street's Future in Jeopardy

Posted 5:18pm Sunday 3rd March 2013

Yesterday a rip opened in the space-time continuum, and Critic peered through a wormhole into the future. In this future, the 2013 Hyde Street Keg Party had been overtaken by meataxes. An influx of Christchurch bogans and the nihilism of the street’s inhabitants had wreaked havoc: people swung from Read more...

Zombie Spotted At Toga Party

Posted 9:40pm Sunday 24th February 2013

O-Week events were in full flight this week with 3000 freshers attending Forsyth Barr Stadium to take part in the infamous Toga Party on Tuesday night. DJs Swaren Veygal and 50Cal announced that it was, in fact, the biggest toga party in the world, to which the ear-piercing freshers shrieked Read more...

Proctor Approves Of Arm-Breaking As Form Of Punishment

Posted 9:40pm Sunday 24th February 2013

Two University of Otago students had a disarming start to their O-Week after fall- ing off the roof of their flat, each breaking an arm. The incidents were subsequently leaked to the Otago Daily Times, humiliating the pair. The pair had been drinking a few beers when one of them fell off the Read more...

Criminals kill each other, crime rate drops

Posted 5:59pm Sunday 7th October 2012

New Zealand Police are giving themselves a big pat on the back after statistics released show that reported crime in New Zealand has reduced, despite a significant increase in the number of murders. NZ police revealed a 5.2% decrease in national reported crime in their release of the national Read more...

Maddy Phillipps highly commended at Student Press Awards

Posted 5:59pm Sunday 7th October 2012

Critic is once again bathing in the nectar of success after taking out Best Student Publication at the annual Aotearoa Student Press Association (APSA) awards in Wellington on September 28. Otago’s student mag raked in the top prizes of Best Student Publication, Best Editorial, Best Series Read more...

New Apps for the Intolerant, Autistic, and Musically Illiterate

Posted 5:01pm Sunday 30th September 2012

Millions of dollars were thrown around in the dragon’s den of Castle 1 Lecture theatre during the APPSTAR Showdown on Wednesday September 26. The event was the final stage of a competition in which entrants came up with an idea for a smartphone app to be developed by Otago Innovation Ltd. The Read more...