Editorial | Issue 7

Posted 2:51pm Sunday 12th April 2015

This week’s issue was uncomfortable to work on. Aside from Easter causing us to have three days to put Critic together, the feature articles were on topics I really am in no position to make judgment on. But I will anyway. Firstly, the feature on relationships via social media: I really Read more...

Editorial | Issue 6

Posted 3:11pm Sunday 29th March 2015

Last week we held a competition for you to choose which Hyde Street photo would make the cover of Critic. You went nuts. I tried to rig it by putting my favourite four photos at the start of the album but, no, you social media whizzkids could not be fooled. It’s time everyone got better taste Read more...

Editorial | Issue 5

Posted 5:43pm Sunday 22nd March 2015

That was a bit embarrassing wasn’t it, Canta? A dumb decision to print it and even more embarrassing that you paid for it. For those who missed the piece that Canta has got in a wee bit of trouble for, “The Epidemic of Virtual Butt-hurt” was written by a Queen B who has a rant at Read more...

Editorial | Issue 4

Posted 2:32pm Sunday 15th March 2015

T his is a photo of just a fraction of the tissues required for our cover photo shoot in Castle lecture theatre — a toilet-roll wedding dress perfectly brings together this issue’s toilets review and wedding feature. We even reused most of the tissues. On my nose. I have a cold, and Read more...

Editorial | Issue 3

Posted 5:30pm Sunday 8th March 2015

F or this issue (Issue 3 already!), we interviewed Kiesza. She gave an insane performance last Thursday night for the Orientation Afterparty, and we were lucky enough to meet her. She was genuine, very cool, and wore the coolest dungarees I’ve ever seen. One of the things she spoke to Read more...

Editorial | Issue 2

Posted 6:26pm Sunday 1st March 2015

I love people having a good rant and getting things off their chest. Go for gold, say what you want. What’s difficult though is when people take offence and then decide to use that as a platform to insult people back or think it makes them a better person. I am not easily offended — it makes you Read more...

Editorial | Issue 1

Posted 4:35pm Sunday 22nd February 2015

Issue one: Mission accomplished Orientation Week is a blast. Even spending the majority of it in an office trying to figure out how we’ll come up with a 48-page magazine in a week, it is still a very special time of the year. Reuniting with friends, finding new ones, partying every Read more...

OUSA Withdraws From NZUSA

Posted 6:51pm Thursday 27th November 2014

After prolonged discussion, Otago University Students’ Association (OUSA) has withdrawn from the New Zealand Union of Students’ Associations (NZUSA). The unanimous decision follows the Victoria University of Wellington Students’ Association (VUWSA) decision to also withdraw earlier this Read more...

OUSA President Resigns, Effective Tomorrow

Posted 10:04pm Thursday 6th November 2014

At the Executive meeting held on the evening of Wednesday 5 November 2014, OUSA President Ruby Sycamore-Smith announced her resignation. Giving three days of notice, her resignation is effective from Friday 7 November 2014. On Monday 3 November 2014, the OUSA Executive discussed Read more...

Dunedin students’ private photos exploited online

Posted 11:58pm Sunday 12th October 2014

On Tuesday 7 October 2014, a group called “Rack Appreciation Society Awareness” was created on Facebook. 24 hours later, over 2,000 women were members of the page. The group was formed out of disgust at the “Rack Appreciation Society” – a Facebook group formed two weeks ago, with over 4,000 Read more...