Bloody Hell, What a Week

Posted 12:35am Sunday 27th May 2018

EDITORIAL: There’re too many things I want to say and too little space to say them in, so here’s a big ol’ list of random thoughts about the Menstruation Issue. It wasn’t 500 copies, as the Uni insisted. I reckon it was somewhere around 1500-2000 copies.  We print Read more...

Main Common Room Could Be Revamped into Student Bar

Posted 8:20pm Thursday 17th May 2018

The University Union Main Common Room becoming a licensed space could meet the need for a decent on-campus student bar, said University of Otago COO Stephen Willis. As the only late-night entertainment venue on campus, U-Bar is not up to scratch in terms of capacity, and lines of over 200 people Read more...

Carol’s Back and She’s Complaining About Students Again

Posted 8:11pm Thursday 17th May 2018

Dunedin resident Carol Devine, whose role in the widely-criticised 2015 TVNZ Sunday piece “Party Central” made her public enemy number one for many Otago students, has hit headlines again this week after another complaint of excessive noise from students who live near her Read more...

We Almost Won a Proper Award for Real Media

Posted 5:56pm Thursday 17th May 2018

EDITORIAL: Critic made history last week by nabbing what the organisers reckoned was the first-ever nomination for a student magazine in any category at the Voyager Media Awards (formerly Canon Media Awards).  Trevor Cokley was among the top three finalists in the Best Photographer Read more...

Critic Breaks Down the OUSA Referendum Questions

Posted 11:09pm Friday 11th May 2018

OUSA’s Referendum opens 9am Monday. Even though they rejected some of our best questions, like “Should the Clubs and Societies building be turned into a big old gay bar?” and “Should OUSA adopt the stegosaurus as its official dinosaur?” you should still vote. For those Read more...

Frequently Asked Questions About Improv

Posted 9:44pm Friday 11th May 2018

Dunedin improv troupe “Improsaurus” – the professional arm of the Otago University Improvised Theatre Club – has just launched their ‘All-Stars’ season of fortnightly shows. While the closure of Fortune Theatre was a blow, their next show is at Allen Hall, and Read more...

Scarfie Things: Capping Show Preview

Posted 8:31pm Friday 11th May 2018

It’s Tuesday evening. Shaun Swain sits alone in the middle of the tenth row of the College Auditorium, surrounded by empty chairs. He watches an empty stage with an intense, focused stare. Nothing happens. The stage lights beat down on empty wood. Then someone rushes in from the upstairs left Read more...

Why Isn't The Good One Party Register Working?

Posted 9:08pm Saturday 5th May 2018

OPINION: Dunedin recently launched the Good One Party Register to very little fanfare and minimal success. In fact, of the ten students Critic very informally surveyed, just one of them knew what it was. Basically, Good One is a website where you fill in the address and expected size of a party Read more...

Why Haven't Our Students Associations Done Anything About V.S.M.?

Posted 8:33pm Saturday 5th May 2018

EDITORIAL: VSM is the most important issue facing students right now. So why the fuck aren’t we doing anything about it? Voluntary Student Membership, or VSM, was the worst thing to ever happen to students’ associations. When the ACT Party Bill passed in 2011, it was Public Enemy Read more...

Quality of Fake Hyde Street Bands Catches Security By Surprise

Posted 2:34am Monday 30th April 2018

Fraudsters and shucksters stepped up their game for this year’s Hyde Street, as fake wristbands saw a level of professionalism never before seen. Event staff said that several of the wristbands scanned over the course of the day all showed up as the same female second year law student, Read more...