Editorial | Issue 20

Posted 10:29am Sunday 16th August 2015

Last week, in a space of 24 hours, Critic was accused of biased storytelling, untrue journalism and “censorship of the student voice”. LOLs, it was one for the journal! The accusations of biased storytelling and untrue journalism came from friends of the executive member called out in Read more...

Editorial | Issue 19

Posted 10:16am Sunday 9th August 2015

After a fairly decent year from the OUSA Executive, students have unfortunately been let down. The education officer recently abused staff at a local family-owned restaurant, and this was during an OUSA Executive BYO dinner. “It was the worst behaviour we’ve seen in twenty years Read more...

Editorial | Issue 18

Posted 10:26am Sunday 2nd August 2015

The ever-complicated idea of emotions, and how we could, should and do deal with them, is challenging at the best of times. But good art, great art in this example, somehow helps us find a way of making things make sense. The best piece of art I’ve seen lately is the movie, Inside Out. Yes, Read more...

Editorial | Issue 17

Posted 10:29am Sunday 26th July 2015

I don’t know what spurred you on last week, but the letters we received were actually important. They were about things that you could be demanding changes to. An unfair disciplinary system, threats to increase a fine if you appeal a decision (and getting ripped off to gain a copy of your Read more...

Editorial | Issue 15

Posted 10:33am Sunday 12th July 2015

Just after I read this this week’s feature on Yik Yak and how users are Yaktivists in their own special way, I went on the app to look for some of the latest good examples. It is always a great excuse for a bit of procrastination.  My Yakarma (or Yik Yak activity level) is pretty low Read more...

Editorial | Issue 14

Posted 10:29am Sunday 5th July 2015

“Calculus is no use because a calculator can do everything. It’ll be handy if you want to be a maths teacher though.” This is what my high school teacher told me when I asked her why we learn calculus. Aside from the fact she single-handedly made every student in that class lose Read more...

Editorial | Issue 12

Posted 10:20am Sunday 17th May 2015

At the time we sent this issue to print, 3300 people had signed a petition demanding an apology from TVNZ for its “biased report on Dunedin students” during the Sunday show over a week ago. TVNZ won’t apologise. What it’s done is no different to what we all Read more...

Editorial | Issue 10

Posted 10:39am Sunday 3rd May 2015

It’s terrifying that in the twenty-first century, in a time when we are supposed to be so much more knowledgeable, so much more civil, we’re just not. I know “we” seems harsh — it’s another country, it’s not us, it’s not the same. The thing is, it Read more...

Editorial | Issue 9

Posted 10:30am Sunday 26th April 2015

We live in a country where our week’s headlines are filled with endless stories of how weird our prime minister is that he would think it’s all good to tug on a woman’s ponytail time and time again. We don’t need 100 articles on this, and we all know how wrong it is if the Read more...

Editorial | Issue 8

Posted 10:32am Sunday 19th April 2015

Google “basic bitch” (BB) and you’ll find a plethora of things that make one a basic bitch. Although a BB probably wouldn’t use the word “plethora”, I seem to match the description on many counts #smartcookie: Striped tops — I just bought one for this Read more...