Student Exec Turn In Second Quarterly Reports
Posted 6:53pm Saturday 13th July 2024 by Hugh Askerud
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Is it that time already? OUSA second quarterly reports are in (most of them), and we’re here to give you an insight into what our student dictators have been doing/not doing in the time you’ve been pilfering snacks from your parents' pantry. Buckle up for a rootin’ Read more...
OUSA Criticises Residential Tenancies Amendment Act
Posted 6:56pm Saturday 13th July 2024 by Hugh Askerud
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The OUSA Student Exec recently submitted on the Residential Tenancies Amendment Bill in opposition to its proposed introduction of no-cause evictions. It’s exactly what it sounds like: the bill would allow landlords to evict tenants without needing to give a reason. Critic Te Ārohi spoke Read more...
OUSA Student Support Has New Digs
Posted 8:32pm Saturday 13th July 2024 by Gryffin Powell
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OUSA Student Support shifted locations early last week, vacating its building on Ethel Benjamin (behind Clubs and Socs) and moving into the old National Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies – a casualty of the University’s financial strain. For those unfamiliar, OUSA Student Read more...
OUSA Referendum Results Are In
Posted 8:42pm Saturday 13th July 2024 by Nina Brown
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The OUSA referendum was at the end of last semester. All enrolled Otago Uni students were emailed a link to an online survey to have their say on what OUSA should focus their efforts on. Questions were able to be submitted by students prior to being put to vote, and after some to and fro (with many Read more...
Otago Uni Releases Statement on Free Speech
Posted 6:47pm Saturday 13th July 2024 by Hugh Askerud
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In a flying start at his first Uni Council meeting last Tuesday, new Vice-Chancellor Grant Robertson (GRob for short) approved the ‘University of Otago Statement on Free Speech’. Free speech advocates have since come out calling it the “gold standard” of policies. The Read more...
EXCLUSIVE! Salacious OUSA Exec Quotes
Posted 7:32pm Sunday 26th May 2024 by Hugh Askerud
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It’s difficult to know what else lies behind the big green door of our OUSA overlords (exec). Love? Gossip? Rivalry? Sex? Murder? Armed with a pen, a notepad, and explicit orders from the editor to source a tabloid-worthy insider scoop, Critic Te Ārohi’s News Editor went to find out Read more...
Night at the Museum: Hoedown After Dark
Posted 7:34pm Sunday 26th May 2024 by Hanna Varrs
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On a cold, breezy night, Critic Te Ārohi strapped on RM Williams boots and Harry Styles-esque cowgirl hats and wandered on over to the biggest event the country folk of Dunedin have ever seen: the Hoedown After Dark, held by the Tūhura Otago Museum and OUSA. Hosted from 7-10pm on Read more...
Madam President: Can She Read?
Posted 8:26pm Sunday 26th May 2024 by Nina Brown
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Every celebrity has fallen victim to the rumour mill. Jamie Foxx died and was replaced by a clone; Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson were boning during their One Direction days; Keanu Reeves is immortal; Khloé Kardashian is OJ Simpson’s daughter; Jennifer Lawrence faked her 2013 Oscars Read more...
Editorial: Vote ‘Yes’ to Sexy Garfield
Posted 2:55pm Sunday 19th May 2024 by Nina Brown
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The OUSA referendum is coming up. Referendums are essentially one of the biggest ways students can influence the policies and stance of OUSA. Not that any of you noticed, but a couple weeks ago the OUSA exec were inviting students to submit questions that will be put to the student body on May 27th Read more...
OUSA Referendum Incoming
Posted 10:03pm Sunday 19th May 2024 by Nina Brown
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On May 27th, the OUSA Referendum will be up and running. Students will be sent the link to an online survey, giving you the ability to vote on matters close to home like accessibility, cost of living, academia, and recreation. It’s a bit like the Critic Census, but with lawyers and tangible Read more...
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