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Science, Bitches | Issue 3

Posted 2:27pm Sunday 13th March 2016 by Critic

With the advent of modern genetics, humans are slowly learning more and more about the hardwiring of our own brains. Each discovery tells us a little more about the way our genetics determine how our bodies will react to environmental stimuli. That is, how our genetics may pre-determine various Read more...

Dear Ethel | Issue 3

Posted 2:22pm Sunday 13th March 2016 by Student Support

Dear Ethel, I just moved to Dunedin to begin my first year of study. I grew up in a small rural town and I didn’t meet another LGBT person. I have been questioning for a while now and have been excited about the possibility of coming to Dunedin and finally being able to meet other Read more...

Sexcellent | Issue 3

Posted 2:15pm Sunday 13th March 2016 by Sexcellent

Dear Sexcellent I had sex with a couple of different people during o week, and now I’ve got some red, itchy bumps around my genitals. Is this an STD???  Please help, Itchy and anxious Dear Itchy and anxious, First off, stay calm! In my experience, at least 90 percent of those Read more...

The Weekly Doubt | Issue 3

Posted 2:07pm Sunday 13th March 2016 by Wee Doubt

According to the U.S. Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, water fluoridation is one of the “ten great public health achievements” of the 20th century. Fluoride reduces the rate of demineralisation caused by bacteria from sugar on the surface of the teeth. In order to be Read more...

Cull's Column | Issue 3

Posted 2:04pm Sunday 13th March 2016 by Dave Cull

A couple of years ago, as part of a fundraising event for a local charity, I abseiled from the gantry at Forsyth Barr Stadium. It was an exhilarating, albeit scary, experience.  It occurred to me that while the abseil was in one sense a unique opportunity, people who live in Dunedin are Read more...

David Clark | Issue 3

Posted 2:00pm Sunday 13th March 2016 by David Clark

Few people would be surprised to learn that the Dunedin North electorate has more students per capita than any other electorate in New Zealand. The vitality of the tertiary education sector plays a vital role in the city’s prosperity. But how many people know that it also has the most people Read more...

Editorial | Issue 3

Posted 11:04am Sunday 13th March 2016 by Hugh Baird

For many years now, popular New Zealand band Six60 have been returning to Castle Street where the band was first formed. Each year the gig has been kept secret and been announced in an impromptu fashion, leading to many students living on and around Castle Street flocking to the event in large Read more...

Love Is Blind | Issue 2

Posted 3:28pm Sunday 6th March 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...

Sexcellent | Issue 2

Posted 3:26pm Sunday 6th March 2016 by Sexcellent

Hi Sexcellent, I’m in second year and my girlfriend and I have been together since Year 13. She’s awesome and I love her but for the past few months she hasn’t been as interested in sex and I’m feeling a bit hard done by and unloved. How can I get her interested in sex Read more...

Something Came Up | Issue 2

Posted 3:20pm Sunday 6th March 2016 by Isa Alchemist

It's that time of year again when the streets and pubs are alive with freshers ! So great to see them. If you’re new to the student scene, the Ori week may have treated you harshly. Tanking up with alcohol can make you feel like the dregs of the glass, especially if you’re a newbie Read more...

Matters Of Debate | Issue 2

Posted 3:10pm Sunday 6th March 2016 by Otago University Debating Society

This column is written by the Otago University Debating Society, which meets for socail debating every Tuesday at 6pm in the Commerce Building. Affirmative, by Old Major A B.Com will turn your brains to shit. For instance, if you take Economics at Otago as a Commerce degree you are never Read more...

Michael Woodhouse | Issue 2

Posted 3:02pm Sunday 6th March 2016 by Michael Woodhouse

Imagine you’re a shopper in Tokyo. New Zealand lamb is for sale in the supermarket beside Australian lamb. Both products presently have a 38.5 percent tariff applied to them. Those who enter the TPPA will have that reduced by 9 percent, then eventually eliminated.  If Australia enters Read more...

David Clark | Issue 2

Posted 2:58pm Sunday 6th March 2016 by David Clark

Labour has a long commitment to international trade. Eighty years ago, the first Labour Government pushed for increased trade access and the opportunity to grow international markets.  Generally countries only give up barriers to trade when they believe it makes good sense for them to do so. Read more...

Dear Ethel | Issue 2

Posted 2:49pm Sunday 6th March 2016 by Student Support

Dear Ethel, Every time we walk up Castle Street to go to New World, we get harassed. We’ve started to detour and walk via Cumberland Street but I really don’t see why we have to do that. My friend was driving down Castle Street last week and had a bottle thrown at her car. We’re Read more...

The Weekly Doubt | Issue 2

Posted 2:46pm Sunday 6th March 2016 by Wee Doubt

Last week I mentioned healing crystals as an example of the placebo effect, where something can make you feel better even though there is no logical reason why it should. I think crystals are beautiful and I own a few of them.  However, I don’t buy into the people who propose different Read more...

Cull's Column

Posted 2:36pm Sunday 6th March 2016 by Dave Cull

For many of you, a new year on campus will also mean a new student flat to live in.  As you have likely discovered by now, Dunedin has a large number of properties – including student flats – that are not warm or dry enough to keep people healthy and comfortable at a reasonable Read more...

Editorial | Issue 2

Posted 10:20am Sunday 6th March 2016 by Hugh Baird

It’s been a week in which the University of Otago and, more so, the students associated have been the focus of national headlines and the debate that comes with it.  Many of the headlines have been centred on the University’s plans to install surveillance cameras in the student Read more...

Love is Blind | Issue 1

Posted 2:41pm Sunday 28th February 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 like you, Read more...

Science, Bitches | Issue 1

Posted 2:37pm Sunday 28th February 2016 by Author Name

Stanley Milgram wanted to see exactly how far people would go when ordered by an authority figure to cause physical pain to another. In the 1960s, he gathered some volunteers and told them that he was conducting a study about the effect of punishment on learning. The volunteers would be the Read more...

Sexcellent | Issue 01

Posted 2:27pm Sunday 28th February 2016 by Sexcellent

Dear Sexcellent, Does every woman REALLY have a g spot? Because I cannot find mine, and not from lack of looking. I have dedicated hours - possibly DAYS - over the past couple of years searching for the little fucker and I swear there just doesn’t seem to be anything there. All this has Read more...