Critic.co.nz Website Review

otago university student magazine critic te arohi was the big winner at the 2018 aotearoa student press awards this weekend, picking up eight awards and winning the overall award of best publication for the second year straight. the awards were judged by some of new zealand’s most prestigious journalists, including the editors of stuff, the nz herald, the listener, and vice new zealand. critic was. a super duper extra special exclusive interview with caitlin barlow-groome. ousa president caitlin barlow-groome is leaving our fine institution and plans to move up in the world of student politics and run for nzusa president.   what do you think your most rewarding moment was as ousa pres? ah that’s tough, do i only get to choose one? reflecting on the whole year is kind of hard but the first thing that comes to mind is the recent influence we had in senate for art. adam sandler is the karl marx of our generation: a critical an*lysis. 18 films. two psychoan*lyses. one terrible comedy album. we have now reached the end of our time here at mr. sandler, bring me a dream. what a journey we have been on together. to be honest, there was a period in which i didn’t even know if i would be writing this. but here we are. for real, i don’t really know what i expected to come from this column, or even why i decided to do this in the first. proctor protest was the biggest otago student protest since the ?90s. the 1990s hold a weird place of reverence in campus politics at otago. grainy black & white photos of students seizing control of the clocktower or marching in their thousands alongside the leith are impossible to surpas*. it’s pretty easy when you’re on a march across campus today to have those pictures in the back of your mind and wonder what it’d take for the campus to go into that level of ah yes, the dunedin sound. a pivotal part of dunedin’s brand identity, as we are a town that is inclusive to all new bands (so long as you’re a male and play surf rock). it’s been a great year for the dunners music scene. ed sheeran came to visit, coyote defaced the