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David Clark | Issue 8

Posted 11:59am Sunday 24th April 2016 by David Clark

Until the Panama Papers were released it was believed that two things were certain – death and taxes.  Now it appears just one thing is certain. That’s because the recent release of the Panama Papers has pushed the question of tax-fairness to the top of the agenda once more. Read more...

(team)itorial | Issue 8

Posted 10:17am Sunday 24th April 2016 by Critic

Hello! Lucy the deputy here again. Hugh told us last night he was scared because his flatmates had diarrhea and vomiting. Sure enough, we got the text at 8am this morning saying he was out of action. We’re trying to get this thing together without him. Get well soon Hugh! Everyone else, meet Read more...

Love Is Blind | Issue 7

Posted 1:18pm Sunday 17th April 2016 by Lovebirds

Critic’s infamous blind-date column brings you weekly shutdowns, hilariously mis-matched pairs, and the occasional hookup. Each week, we lure two singletons to Dog With Two Tails, ply them with food and alcohol, then wait for their reports to arrive in our inbox. If this svounds Read more...

The Weekly Doubt | Issue 7

Posted 12:16pm Sunday 17th April 2016 by Wee Doubt

Hypnotic regression therapy is a process by which people believe they can uncover repressed memories years, or even decades, after they have been forgotten. For example, regression therapist Barbara Lamb specialises in uncovering memories of alien abductions. One of her patients discovered that she Read more...

Sexcellent | Issue 7

Posted 12:14pm Sunday 17th April 2016 by Sexcellent

Dear Sexcellent, My boyfriend gets really sulky when I won’t have sex with him. He talks about blue balls and makes it such a big drama I always end up having sex with him even when I don’t want to. Is this okay? What do I do about it? -Rachel Hi Rachel, First off, I’m Read more...

Matters Of Debate | Issue 7

Posted 12:10pm Sunday 17th April 2016 by Otago University Debating Society

This column is written by the Otago University Debating Society, which meets for social debating every Tuesday at 6pm in the Commerce Building Affirmative, by By Old Major The thought of Government paying an “adequate basic income” to every resident citizen is a powerful one. Read more...

Science, Bitches | Issue 7

Posted 12:05pm Sunday 17th April 2016 by Sam Fraser-Baxter

I wrote this column next week. You probably re-read that last sentence and thought that it’s grammatically incorrect. But no, it’s not. I just time travelled. Time travel is the concept of travelling between points in time, commonly using some kind of ‘time machine’ or Read more...

Dear Ethel | Issue 7

Posted 12:02pm Sunday 17th April 2016 by Student Support

Dear Ethel, I’m worried about my flatmate. Last Friday he was walking home by himself from Central just after 10pm and a carload of people pulled over and started yelling at him. He’s Kiwi Chinese and they were going off at him, telling him to fuck off home etc. He ran for it because Read more...

Clark V. Woodhouse

Posted 11:58am Sunday 17th April 2016 by David Clark

Dr David Clark The government decided to accept 600 additional refugees from Syria last year. As a result, a small cohort of families will soon be arriving in Dunedin from refugee camps in and around Turkey. Most have been in the camps waiting for a very long time, without the resources to Read more...

Conversational Intercourse With Intellectuals | Issue 7

Posted 11:53am Sunday 17th April 2016 by Lucy Hunter

Lecturer in Media, Film & Communication, Dr Rosemary Overell When Rosie was hired she was the youngest ongoing academic staff member at the university. She was 29. Now 32, Rosie says she was “Just lucky. I went from finishing my PhD to getting the job.” She moved from Melbourne Read more...

Editorial | Issue 7

Posted 10:07am Sunday 17th April 2016 by Lucy Hunter

Hello!  My name is Lucy and I’m the deputy editor at Critic. My workmates and I have spent the last couple of weeks talking, arguing, and sometimes screaming at each other about gender roles in society. This week we have two features in Critic that examine some of the complications of Read more...

Love Is Blind | Issue 6

Posted 1:05pm Sunday 10th April 2016 by Lovebirds

Critic’s infamous blind-date column brings you weekly shutdowns, hilariously mis-matched pairs, and the occasional hookup. Each week, we lure two singletons to Dog With Two Tails, ply them with food and alcohol, then wait for their reports to arrive in our inbox. If this svounds Read more...

Dear Ethel | Issue 6

Posted 11:59am Sunday 10th April 2016 by Student Support

Dear Ethel, I’m a first year student and three of my papers are going well but I’ve got a really crap lecturer for the other paper and I’m not sure what to do about it. I’m not the only one who’s worried. The lecturer hasn’t been on time yet, she goes off on Read more...

David Clark | Issue 6

Posted 11:55am Sunday 10th April 2016 by Christine Edwards

Is student behaviour really getting worse? Is Castle Street going to hell in a handbasket? If you read only headlines, you might believe it is. But the headlines were the same twenty years ago – so what has changed?   When student loans were introduced a quarter of a century ago they Read more...

Cull's Column | Issue 6

Posted 11:53am Sunday 10th April 2016 by Dave Cull

Compared to say Auckland, Dunedin’s ethnic makeup may seem overwhelmingly European. However, Dunedin – and the University of Otago for that matter – has a long and proud history of welcoming different cultures and ethnicities into the community and there are a large number of Read more...

Sexcellent | Issue 6

Posted 11:51am Sunday 10th April 2016 by Sexcellent

Dear Sexcellent, I’m seeing a guy who is perfect in every way except for his bedroom skills - or lack thereof. When he does something I like, I try to encourage it and let him know how much I like it, while remaining fairly unresponsive during the stuff I’m not a fan of. I assumed Read more...

The Weekly Doubt | Issue 6

Posted 11:47am Sunday 10th April 2016 by Wee Doubt

Do you ever feel jealous of plants? Just sitting there, stuck in one place, never having to go looking for food, getting all the energy they need from the sunshine that shines right on top of them. What a life! Well, according to the breatharians, you don’t need to bother eating anymore Read more...

Matters Of Debate | Issue 6

Posted 11:45am Sunday 10th April 2016 by Otago University Debating Society

This column is written by the Otago University Debating Society, which meets for social debating every Tuesday at 6pm in the Commerce Building Affirmative, by By Old Major The current Labour party sucks. They don’t know who they are or who they’re meant to be representing. To Read more...

Something Came Up | Issue 6

Posted 11:39am Sunday 10th April 2016 by Isa Alchemist

I've always been phobic about spiders.  Especially little ones. I usually let out a high decibel scream and continue to pant hysterically until it’s removed. I tried to rationalise to a friend that I’m scared it will crawl into my ear or another orifice. But then I realised Read more...

Conversational Intercourse With Intellectuals | Issue 6

Posted 11:35am Sunday 10th April 2016 by Hugh Baird

For a while now we’ve been taking requests on which lecturers students wanted to read about. Without fail a large majority of those I talked to unanimously agreed that the Dean of Law, Professor Mark Henaghan was top of the list.  A proud Timaru man, Professor Mark Henaghan cut his Read more...