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Editorial | Issue 10

Posted 10:39am Sunday 3rd May 2015 by Josie Cochrane

It’s terrifying that in the twenty-first century, in a time when we are supposed to be so much more knowledgeable, so much more civil, we’re just not. I know “we” seems harsh — it’s another country, it’s not us, it’s not the same. The thing is, it Read more...

Love is Blind | Issue 9

Posted 3:04pm Sunday 26th April 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...

A Broad View | Issue 9

Posted 2:59pm Sunday 26th April 2015 by Isabel Lanaux

A Broad View is written by different international students each week who wish to share their impressions of their time here or unique experiences. Email critic@critic.co.nz if you are an international student wanting to tell your tale.  T his is the question that inevitably Read more...

ODT Watch | Issue 9

Posted 2:53pm Sunday 26th April 2015 by Steph Taylor

  When the front page is often a picture of a farmer in gumboots and a swandri, you shouldn’t really claim that you have your eye on fashion.       Don’t fall asleep at the library, at work or on any form of moving transport, especially if heavy Read more...

From the Back of the Class | Issue 9

Posted 2:42pm Sunday 26th April 2015 by Finbarr Noble

Gin and tonic is my favourite cocktail. It is also the only one I know how to make, as it conveniently has all the ingredients in the name. Yet there is more to this noble drink than meets the eye; as that connoisseur of alcohol, Sir Winston Churchill himself, once said: “The gin and tonic has Read more...

Science, Bitches | Issue 9

Posted 2:39pm Sunday 26th April 2015 by Emma Cotton

Last summer, I went for an early-morning swim in the ocean. The soft wind and gentle tug of the water were calming, so I pushed myself farther and farther out. Suddenly, I realised the ocean floor had dropped far below me. I pictured my body from below, fragile, my feet dangling like bait. I looked Read more...

Whole Lotta Love | Issue 9

Posted 2:34pm Sunday 26th April 2015 by Student Support

To get a look-in for special consideration due to ill health or an accident that prevents you sitting an exam or impairs your exam performance, you need to have a “severe medical condition...supported by medical evidence.” So, we’re not talking snivels or general exam Read more...

David Clark | Issue 9

Posted 2:30pm Sunday 26th April 2015 by David Clark

I worked studiously on Labour’s small business policy for over a year. When the time came during the 2014 election campaign, I joined our leader for its launch. Journalists, cameras and microphones turned up. I had planned the launch in a fireworks factory. My policy redirected Read more...

Crush on Campus | Issue 9

Posted 2:26pm Sunday 26th April 2015 by LawBoy

Girl from last year’s LAWS101 tutorial; to you I write this confession. Picture this. Making my way down George, walking slow, really slow, then I see you! It’s been a while, and things have changed. We’re both a year older, a year more mature, another notch in the belt of life Read more...

Skeptic Schism | Issue 9

Posted 2:23pm Sunday 26th April 2015 by Wee Doubt

In 1998 Andrew Wakefield, a British former surgeon and medical researcher, published a fraudulent research paper in support of the now-discredited claim that there was a link between the administration of the measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine (MMR), and the appearance of autism and bowel disease. Read more...

Editorial | Issue 9

Posted 10:30am Sunday 26th April 2015 by Josie Cochrane

We live in a country where our week’s headlines are filled with endless stories of how weird our prime minister is that he would think it’s all good to tug on a woman’s ponytail time and time again. We don’t need 100 articles on this, and we all know how wrong it is if the Read more...

Love is Blind | Issue 8

Posted 4:10pm Sunday 19th April 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...

ODT Watch | Issue 8

Posted 4:07pm Sunday 19th April 2015 by Steph Taylor

Clinton’s having a crack at the old White House again, yay for girl power! Here is something to do with all those plastic bottles the flat collects: do a three-day trip in a kayak made out of recycled plastic bottles. In “winter is coming” news, the snow-related Read more...

From the Back of the Class | Issue 8

Posted 3:54pm Sunday 19th April 2015 by Finbarr Noble

Kamikaze is perhaps the best known of Japan’s World War Two tactics, yet it was not used until late in the war. By 1944 the Allies had pushed Japan back to the Philippines, a vital conduit for petroleum for Japan, and now threatened the Japanese mainland. The leadership knew that they could Read more...

Science, Bitches | Issue 8

Posted 3:52pm Sunday 19th April 2015 by Emma Lodes

It’s easy to blow off global warming, especially when we hardly notice it. The most dramatic and rapid effects of climate change are felt more by polar bears than humans — far, far away from human inhabitation in the permanently frosted-over soils of the Arctic. Way up north among Read more...

A Broad View | Issue 8

Posted 3:48pm Sunday 19th April 2015 by Isabel Lanaux

A Broad View is written by different international students each week who wish to share their impressions of their time here or unique experiences. Email critic@critic.co.nz if you are an international student wanting to tell your tale.  The first thing I noticed when I moved to Read more...

Crush on Campus | Issue 8

Posted 3:45pm Sunday 19th April 2015 by Forrest Gump

Each week Critic wants to hear from you if you’re struggling to approach the man or woman of your dreams. Does she always sit on that front row seat and give the lecturer far more attention than you’re comfortable with? Does he stroll past your window each morning and your only attempts Read more...

David Clark | Issue 8

Posted 3:42pm Sunday 19th April 2015 by David Clark

When you buy a burger from a random fast-food outlet in town, you can be pretty sure it won’t give you food-poisoning. But that’s not true everywhere in the world. There are plenty of places where local knowledge is vital if you want to avoid an unpleasant aftermath. Part of the Read more...

Skeptic Schism | Issue 8

Posted 3:40pm Sunday 19th April 2015 by Wee Doubt

In 2006 a book was published that has gone on to sell 19 million copies worldwide by promising everybody literally everything they ever wanted. That book is The Secret by Rhonda Byrne. The “secret” is “The Law of Attraction” – the assertion that the atoms in your Read more...

Editorial | Issue 8

Posted 10:32am Sunday 19th April 2015 by Josie Cochrane

Google “basic bitch” (BB) and you’ll find a plethora of things that make one a basic bitch. Although a BB probably wouldn’t use the word “plethora”, I seem to match the description on many counts #smartcookie: Striped tops — I just bought one for this Read more...