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Love is Blind | Issue 3

Posted 5:30pm Sunday 8th March 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, email Read more...

ODT Watch | Issue 3

Posted 5:30pm Sunday 8th March 2015 by Steph Taylor

It’s good to know our new Pharmacy graduates are taking their place in the world and giving out dodgy drugs. Only in New Zealand do we feature a convicted killer and ex-NZ Idol participant on our below-par talent show. A strip club in Auckland has been Read more...

Whole Lotta Love | Issue 3

Posted 5:30pm Sunday 8th March 2015 by Student Support

W elcome to all the Queer students on campus, and to our allies, whether you are new to Otago or returning. I am excited to be writing my first column and that I get to write about all things great and Queer, and also things that are not so great because the Queer community is still a Read more...

From the Back of the Class | Issue 3

Posted 5:30pm Sunday 8th March 2015 by Finbar Noble

“Te Kooti was a brilliant guerrilla warrior, but he was no master of the modern pā.” So said Gregor Fountain, my Year 12 history teacher, and the phrase has stuck with me. True, indeed, Te Kooti was a successful guerrilla leader, especially when ambushing the British, but he failed Read more...

Science, Bitches | Issue 3

Posted 5:30pm Sunday 8th March 2015 by Emma Cotton

Do you worry about how future Earthlings will learn about twenty-first century life in a post-apocalypse world? If you do, get a little fresh air. But also, fear not! Scientists can now store all of the data in the world into something no bigger than a car. Most of us know that DNA, the Read more...

A Broad View | Issue 3

Posted 5:30pm Sunday 8th March 2015 by Ally Willen

My knees still ache, and I waddle to class with swollen feet. Completing my first Great Walk, the Kepler Track, was as beautiful as it was painful. I came to New Zealand with intentions of answering each invitation with a firm “yes” because I didn’t want to miss out on any Read more...

David Clark | Issue 3

Posted 5:30pm Sunday 8th March 2015 by David Clark

Volunteering is the unsung hero of nationhood. It provides valuable social glue, and it offers a window into worlds beyond the day to day. Recently, I spent a morning with a bunch of other “volunteers” supporting Mal Law’s bid to run 50 mountain marathons in 50 days. Mal’s #high50challenge Read more...

Crush on Campus | Issue 3

Posted 5:30pm Sunday 8th March 2015 by The Clown of your Dreams

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...

Skeptic Schism | Issue 3

Posted 5:30pm Sunday 8th March 2015 by Wee Doubt

There’s nothing like a shitty cold to make you feel terrible for a week and turn you into a disgusting walking bag of mucous: mucous that makes a frequent and dramatic exit via two small portals on your face. If there were a medication I could take to stop me from getting a cold for the rest of my Read more...

Editorial | Issue 3

Posted 5:30pm Sunday 8th March 2015 by Josie Cochrane

F or this issue (Issue 3 already!), we interviewed Kiesza. She gave an insane performance last Thursday night for the Orientation Afterparty, and we were lucky enough to meet her. She was genuine, very cool, and wore the coolest dungarees I’ve ever seen. One of the things she spoke to Read more...

Love is Blind | Issue 2

Posted 6:26pm Sunday 1st March 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, email Read more...

ODT Watch | Issue 2

Posted 6:26pm Sunday 1st March 2015 by Steph Taylor

A new player in the weapons market was discovered at the recent Highlanders game. Better keep this one on the lowdown so ISIS doesn’t find out. Must have been a slow news day. Although who wouldn’t want a hat of the day featured in their newspaper every day. Read more...

From the Back of the Class | Issue 2

Posted 6:26pm Sunday 1st March 2015 by Finbar Noble

G enghis Khan was not only a mass-murdering psychopath but also a pretty interesting guy. He was born sometime around 1162AD (accurate birth records were somewhat scarce on the Mongolian tundra) and given the name Temujin, meaning “of iron”. Temujin united the Mongolian tribes under one Read more...

Science, Bitches | Issue 2

Posted 6:26pm Sunday 1st March 2015 by Emma Cotton

Right now, your eyes are following the lines of this article, sending the black marks that make up letters to your brain where they are interpreted. This task, which we perform every day, is so complex that we are the only life forms that can do it. How is it possible, then, that we formed from Read more...

A Broad View | Issue 2

Posted 6:26pm Sunday 1st March 2015 by Emma Lodes

I t’s night, the stars are out and a bonfire is burning wildly in the middle of the road. Green shards of glass from smashed bottles are strewn about the flames. I peer closer at the fire, fearing what could be burning in there. Then I see … a ratty old couch. On the street corner, the Read more...

David Clark | Issue 2

Posted 6:26pm Sunday 1st March 2015 by David Clark

T he North Dunedin population is younger, poorer and more likely to be single than populations elsewhere in the country. We are an outlier. Many of our statistical quirks derive from having the most intense congregation of tertiary students anywhere in the country. What is perhaps less Read more...

Crush on Campus | Issue 2

Posted 6:26pm Sunday 1st March 2015 by The Clown of your Dreams

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 at getting Read more...

Skeptic Schism | Issue 2

Posted 6:26pm Sunday 1st March 2015 by Wee Doubt

Imagine if I were to show you a million dollars in cash with one hand and a loaded gun with the other. I then tell you that I will give you the money and walk away if you believe that John Key is, at that moment, wearing a chicken suit and riding a tricycle to Helen Clark’s house for a play-date. If Read more...

Proctology | Issue 2

Posted 6:26pm Sunday 1st March 2015 by Laura Munro

T he proctor said that during Orientation, “the behaviour of most students was great.” The week had its problems, though, including a great deal of broken glass and excessive noise. The noise be came particularly troublesome for commercial operations in the student quarter. Hotels, in Read more...

Editorial | Issue 2

Posted 6:26pm Sunday 1st March 2015 by Josie Cochrane

I love people having a good rant and getting things off their chest. Go for gold, say what you want. What’s difficult though is when people take offence and then decide to use that as a platform to insult people back or think it makes them a better person. I am not easily offended — it makes you Read more...