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Editorial | Issue 21

Posted 10:23am Sunday 30th August 2015 by Josie Cochrane

Welcome back to the final hill of the year! Keep chugging along cause the break is nearly here — ya know, that time when you can stop thinking about study and exams. Instead, you can start stressing about going from hardly any money each week to no income, no job and no idea where you’re Read more...

Love is Blind | Issue 20

Posted 2:55pm Sunday 16th August 2015 by Lovebirds

Critic’s infamous blind date column brings you weekly shutdowns, hilariously mismatched pairs, and the occasional hookup. Each week, we lure two singletons to Di Lusso, ply them with food and alcohol, then wait for their reports to arrive in our inbox. If this sounds like you, Read more...

From the Back of the Class | Issue 20

Posted 2:49pm Sunday 16th August 2015 by Finbarr Noble

If you have been paying even cursory attention to your Facebook newsfeed recently, you’ll have  noticed that there’s a thing about a flag coming up and that people have opinions about it. Regardless of the merits (or otherwise) of a $25 million referendum or the value some may Read more...

Dear Ethel | Issue 20

Posted 2:46pm Sunday 16th August 2015 by Student Support

Dear Ethel, I think we’re in deep shit! We’re in a five-bedroom place, but it’s expensive, so we got another four guys in to help cover the rent. The landlord came around last week to do an inspection and sprung extra beds and extra people in four rooms. He went nuts and is Read more...

Something Came Up | Issue 20

Posted 2:43pm Sunday 16th August 2015 by Isa Alchemist

They can come in all sizes, colours and flavours (in theory). Funded versions ($5 on a prescription from a doctor) include coloured, flavoured and gradations of sizes — whether they fulfil the extra promises their packaging suggests is another question — apparently the Read more...

David Clark | Issue 20

Posted 2:38pm Sunday 16th August 2015 by David Clark

I was chuffed to receive an invitation to the University of Otago annual Law Revue a few weeks ago. For me, live entertainment with satire that nudges boundaries is an indispensable part of life on campus. It should be celebrated at every opportunity.  Along with its more grandiose Read more...

Sceptic Schism | Issue 20

Posted 2:36pm Sunday 16th August 2015 by Wee Doubt

The internet is full of fake Einstein quotes that people attach to him to make others pay attention. For example, Einstein is famously credited with saying, “If the bee disappears from the surface of the earth, man would have no more than four years to live. No more bees, no more pollination Read more...

Unzipping the Myths | Issue 20

Posted 2:29pm Sunday 16th August 2015 by T. Antric

You know who I don’t fuck with? I don’t fuck with people who think the number of people a person has slept with has any bearing on their worth as a human being. My sex education was presented to me at 13 years old by a nun at my Catholic, all-girls high school. Presenting two Read more...

Science, Bitches | Issue 20

Posted 2:25pm Sunday 16th August 2015 by Sam Fraser

Isaac Newton is most famous for his work on the theory on gravity. In 1687, Newton published Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica, which is right up there with Darwin’s Origin of Life as one of the most influential science books ever published. The book laid down Newton’s three Read more...

Editorial | Issue 20

Posted 10:29am Sunday 16th August 2015 by Josie Cochrane

Last week, in a space of 24 hours, Critic was accused of biased storytelling, untrue journalism and “censorship of the student voice”. LOLs, it was one for the journal! The accusations of biased storytelling and untrue journalism came from friends of the executive member called out in Read more...

My Castle, My Flat

Posted 2:50pm Sunday 9th August 2015 by Sopsy Malone

This week on My Flat My Castle, we take a look at a group of lads who have taken up residence at the mildly more respectable (if that’s even possible) end of Castle Street. Living in what was previously known as “the cardboard box”, for obvious reasons, the ZETA boys are typical Read more...

David Clark | Issue 19

Posted 2:43pm Sunday 9th August 2015 by David Clark

As a student, I ate a lot of instant noodles. Carbohydrates are cheap. In one flat, we budgeted two packs of spaghetti between four for a meal. Filling, but not too pricey. If we had lentils on top — instead of mince — we could afford a recognisable cut of meat the next night. Read more...

ODT Watch | Issue 19

Posted 2:41pm Sunday 9th August 2015 by Steph Taylor

Keen for free coffee? Just make sure you’re a breastfeeding mother and you get that all for free at the “Big Latch On”, a breastfeeding event held at the Meridian recently. That niggly old high school friend still bugging you on Facebook? Perhaps it might be better Read more...

Dear Ethel | Issue 19

Posted 2:30pm Sunday 9th August 2015 by Student Support

OUSA’s Student Support Centre wants to help you with your issues: from dodgy flatmates to unfair grades, email your questions to ethel@critic.co.nz and she will respond to them for you each week, right here in Critic. Dear Ethel, A couple of months ago, I signed up for a flat with five Read more...

Something Came Up | Issue 19

Posted 2:26pm Sunday 9th August 2015 by Isa Alchemist

They haven’t been crying, cutting onions or smoking weed — but you will want to stay clear once you know what’s actually going on. The current outbreak of bacterial eye infections is causing fiery red eyes and embarrassing encounters throughout campus. The bacteria that cause the Read more...

From the Back of the Class | Issue 19

Posted 2:21pm Sunday 9th August 2015 by Finbarr Noble

If, like me, you are an avid reader of the Letters to the Editor page of the ODT, not only will you be aware of middle New Zealand’s almost manic opposition to the concept of a cycle lane but also of another current affair that has the denizens of our fine province all riled up. A few weeks Read more...

Sceptic Schism | Issue 19

Posted 2:18pm Sunday 9th August 2015 by Wee Doubt

I magine you buy a new pair of assless rubber underpants (I’m not judging) and you wear them the day that you happen to get your dream job at the waterslide-testing and kitten-cuddling factory. On the same day, you get asked out by the guy from the Old Spice ads, and land a six-digit Read more...

Unzipping the Myths | Issue 19

Posted 2:15pm Sunday 9th August 2015 by T. Antric

Once upon a time, there was a beautiful princess. A prince won her heart, and they lived happily ever after. For a while, anyway. But it wasn’t long, however, before the prince started pestering the princess for anal. “Everyone is doing it,” he swore. “It feels so much Read more...

Science, Bitches | Issue 19

Posted 2:13pm Sunday 9th August 2015 by Sam Fraser

Nature is weird. A recent discovery by a Japanese scientist has once again demonstrated this.  After refuting prior knowledge, Masaru Hojo discovered something that could inspire a horror film script: ants that turn into obedient bodyguards after they receive secret signals from their Read more...

Love is Blind | Issue 19

Posted 2:09pm Sunday 9th August 2015 by Lovebirds

Critic’s infamous blind date column brings you weekly shutdowns, hilariously mismatched pairs, and the occasional hookup. Each week, we lure two singletons to Di Lusso, ply them with food and alcohol, then wait for their reports to arrive in our inbox. If this sounds like you, Read more...