Panel Debates Age Restrictions for Fermented Grain

Posted 2:15pm Sunday 29th July 2012

The controversial topic of a split legal drinking age came before a caffeine-fuelled Otago University Debating Society and a panel of guest judges in the Great Alcohol Debate last Wednesday. The negating team, who were arguing that the drinking age should remain 18, secured the win as well as Read more...

Local Motel Owner Talks Trash

Posted 10:46am Sunday 22nd July 2012

Accusations were thrown around last week that University of Otago students are “living like pigs” and turning Dunedin into a “third world” city, following a problem with drunken students repeatedly knocking over rubbish bins put out for early collection. Alhambra Oaks Motor Lodge owner-operator Alan Read more...

Howie’s Excellent Adventure

Posted 5:14pm Sunday 15th July 2012

A case of mistaken identity sent Critic’s resident cat Howie Staples on a trip down memory lane after a concerned member of the public mistook the cat for a stray and deposited him at the SPCA. A “crazy mofo” spotted Howie on Monday July 12 during a regular jaunt to the Otago Museum, and Read more...

University studies coronial impotence

Posted 7:40pm Sunday 27th May 2012

A major research study by University of Otago researchers will review whether recommendations and findings from coroners are currently being heeded to prevent further loss of life. University of Otago Faculty of Law researchers Professor Mark Henaghan and Dr Jennifer Moore will collect and Read more...

Missing University of Otago employee found dead

Posted 7:40pm Sunday 27th May 2012

The body of missing Health Science Library Team Leader David Palmer has been found after a two-week Search and Rescue operation in the Ahuriri Conservation Park. Mr Palmer’s body was located in a creek bed at the bottom of a 60m-high steep bank in the Canyon Creek area on Saturday 19 May. He Read more...

University of Otago Employee Missing

Posted 7:58pm Sunday 20th May 2012

The search for Health Science Library Team Leader David Palmer was scaled down last week, nine days after Mr Palmer failed to return from a tramp on Saturday May 5. As Critic went to print last Thursday, police said the chances of Mr Palmer’s survival were “very low”. The 53-year-old, who Read more...

Dunedin lacks length

Posted 7:58pm Sunday 20th May 2012

The financial affairs of Forsyth Barr Stadium received a further blow last week, with news that shortcomings at Dunedin International Airport may be hindering the economic benefits originally promised by the stadium. The Otago Daily Times reported last week that British band Coldplay Read more...

Upstart seeks token student for “diversity”

Posted 7:08pm Sunday 13th May 2012

Upstart Business Incubator last week announced the opportunity for a student to join its Institute of Directors. The successful applicant will undertake the directorship for 12 months and “bring the voice of the student to boardroom discussions,” according to Upstart chief executive Steve Silvey. Read more...

Scarfies find their place in world is up trees, wasted

Posted 7:08pm Sunday 13th May 2012

The iconic scarfie drinking game “possum” has gone global after an Otago Daily Times article reported concerns that growing popularity of the game is causing problems in the Dunedin Botanic Gardens. The story was subsequently run by The Guardian and The Sun in England, Fox News in the United Read more...

Students unrealistic, possibly Oedipal

Posted 12:51am Monday 7th May 2012

New Zealand tertiary students expect to be receiving high salaries and view their mums as the coolest people in their lives, according to a recent Colmar Brunton poll. Colmar Brunton is New Zealand’s most notable market research company, and was established in 1981. The poll of 220 New Read more...