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Queer Eye | Issue 15

Posted 6:52pm Sunday 13th July 2014 by Sir Lloyd Queerington

Oh woe is us as we mourn the loss of the “real” men. The ones whose facial hair was allowed to grow free and wasn’t teased into hipster-perfect face art. The men whose sole occupation was rustling sheep, drinking beer and chasing tail. The men whose only exercise was a run around a rugby field, who Read more...

Science, Bitches | Issue 15

Posted 6:52pm Sunday 13th July 2014 by Elsie Jacobson

There are more bacterial cells in your body than there are human cells. Think about that for a moment. Gross? Nah, not really. It’s perfectly healthy to be covered in bacteria. They are everywhere – from your eyelashes to your toes, all over your skin, in your gut, under your nails and up Read more...

ODT Watch | Issue 15

Posted 6:52pm Sunday 13th July 2014 by Kristen Stewart

ODT reveals the Otago region’s most boast-worthy facts and figures … Which apparently don’t amount to much. The article highlights several, uh, “strengths” including that the average income for Otago households is $1,000 less than the rest of New Zealand, life satisfaction is lower Read more...

Editorial | Issue 15

Posted 6:52pm Sunday 13th July 2014 by Zane Pocock

Let’s be fair – as the editor of a student publication, I naturally love a bit of scandal. I’ve chased trouble by publishing my opinions since early high school. It will be no surprise, then, that I was initially having the time of my life last week when Critic Politics Editor Carys Goodwin’s Read more...

Love is Blind | Issue 14

Posted 1:08pm Sunday 6th July 2014 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...

Defending the kingdom | Issue 14

Posted 1:08pm Sunday 6th July 2014 by Christian Hardy

On a cold Dunedin evening in June, the Centre for Science Communication hosted acclaimed British ethnologist and UN Messenger of Peace Dr. Jane Goodall at the Regent Theatre during her 2014 tour. Dr. Goodall is perhaps best known for her work on social and family interactions of chimpanzees in Read more...

Queer Eye | Issue 14

Posted 1:08pm Sunday 6th July 2014 by Sir Lloyd Queerington

While you were toiling over your examinations and then heading home for the break, your mate Sir Lloyd was undertaking a grand tour of the ancient world. In amongst the museums, Roman ruins and pizzeria visits, there was one thing that really struck me; that being the number of cocks I was looking Read more...

Science, Bitches | Issue 14

Posted 1:08pm Sunday 6th July 2014 by Hannah Twigg

Last semester we introduced you to our microscopic friend yeast and its excellent role in making beer. This week let’s talk about how else we can use these wee bugs to make another delicious treat: bread! First, though: what actually is yeast? The kind used in bread, baker’s yeast, is called Read more...

Baked pumpkin risotto

Posted 1:08pm Sunday 6th July 2014 by Sophie Edmonds

Risotto isn’t at all difficult to make. In fact, I think it is easier than a boring old bolognaise. At the end of the day a risotto of any flavour consists of a white risotto base with whatever other inclusions you want thrown in at the end. In this case it is cubes of sweet baked pumpkin. Pumpkin Read more...

ODT Watch | Issue 14

Posted 1:08pm Sunday 6th July 2014 by Allison Hess

This article heralding the launch of a new rural fire organisation does not only contain a punny headline. No, the fun doesn’t stop there! ODT clearly couldn’t contain their love for puns, inserting one in the photo caption, “Sparked into life,” and another within the article: “once the Read more...

David Clark | Issue 14

Posted 1:08pm Sunday 6th July 2014 by David Clark

It is the time of year when my office comes closest to processing more 18+ cards than the Rob Roy Dairy sells ice creams. And this is my last scheduled Critic column for 2014. This column has been a great opportunity to communicate with you as your local electorate MP. But this is au revoir Read more...

Editorial | Issue 14

Posted 1:08pm Sunday 6th July 2014 by Zane Pocock

It may seem quite late in my tenure to have done so, but over the mid-year break I started noticing a lot of media coverage centered around US universities, students’ associations and publications. My observation was simple: while students in New Zealand struggle to find a voice, let alone be taken Read more...

Love is Blind | Issue 13

Posted 2:07pm Sunday 25th May 2014 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...

Science, Bitches | Issue 13

Posted 2:07pm Sunday 25th May 2014 by Hannah Twigg

As a student in Dunedin, beer is probably relevant to your interests. Not only is this beverage delicious and intoxicating, but the beer-making process, while being an art form, is also jam packed full of science! Beer is made of four key ingredients: barley; hops; water; and yeast. Other Read more...

Queer Eye | Issue 13

Posted 2:07pm Sunday 25th May 2014 by Sir Lloyd Queerington

So last week I had a little rant about the experience I had attending an administrative meeting of the Anglican Church of Aotearoa New Zealand and Polynesia. What I should have stressed is that my experience would have been much worse if I attended a similar meeting of nearly any other Christian Read more...

Hi Dr. Nick | Issue 13

Posted 2:07pm Sunday 25th May 2014 by Dr. Nick

Hi everybody, In 1964, M Poppins et al reported on the effects of sucrose on the gravitational properties of pharmaceutical products. Further studies have failed to demonstrate that a spoonful of sugar does indeed help the medicine go down, but it raises an interesting point: medical Read more...

ODT Watch | Issue 13

Posted 2:07pm Sunday 25th May 2014 by Kristen Stewart

This article goes on to lament the burnt-out couches, empty booze bottles and pigsty houses, rhetorically questioning if decimating Dunedin in the name of having fun is really desirable. We’d like to point out this man’s first and foremost mistake: taking a Sunday drive through Castle Street Read more...

Defending the kingdom | Issue 13

Posted 2:07pm Sunday 25th May 2014 by Rosie Cox

Does your flat want to give an animal a home? Yes, you say, but if you get one (or more) will you treat it as a cuddly companion or as a commodity? For whatever reason you and your flat may want a pet, or why you have a pet already, it is crucial to recognise the enormity of your decision and that Read more...

David Clark | Issue 13

Posted 2:07pm Sunday 25th May 2014 by David Clark

The fact that I inhaled as a student has been canvassed previously by this magazine. As Barack Obama famously quipped, “that was the point.” I should also say that I am glad to have supported the ban on synthetic cannabinoids recently put through Parliament. On account of the miserable tales Read more...

Editorial | Issue 13

Posted 2:07pm Sunday 25th May 2014 by Zane Pocock

It’s remarkably common these days for figureheads such as politicians and business people – even in little old New Zealand – to confess to having smoked marijuana. In fact, it basically seems like everyone has, and reporting on the issue has rapidly become so ubiquitously pro-legalisation that it Read more...