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Love is Blind | Issue 12

Posted 4:32pm Sunday 18th 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 12

Posted 4:32pm Sunday 18th May 2014 by Laura Illston

Are plants, birds and even our own cells keeping a secret from us? While human minds struggle to grasp the unintuitive nature of quantum physics, do other creatures perform quantum feats with no thought whatsoever? For answers, we must look to the emerging scientific field of quantum biology. Read more...

Queer Eye | Issue 12

Posted 4:32pm Sunday 18th May 2014 by Sir Lloyd Queerington

“Justice delayed is justice denied” is a legal maxim with a long and varied history. It is first found in the Mishnah dating back to the first century BCE. It was popularised by Martin Luther King Jr. in his “Letter from Birmingham Jail” and has since been used to support a range of issues. It Read more...

Hi Dr. Nick | Issue 12

Posted 4:32pm Sunday 18th May 2014 by Dr. Nick

Hi everybody, For the last year and a half I’ve spent my chunk of this fine publication mixing health advice with bad puns and needlessly obscure, protracted similes. Like a homophobic English professor lecturing on the undertones of Othello, there’s one theme I never wanted to discuss, too. Read more...

ODT Watch | Issue 12

Posted 4:32pm Sunday 18th May 2014 by Kristen Stewart

Apparently there’s a major gap in New Zealand’s education syllabus … ODT rightly demands this be amended immediately; we don’t want New Zealand’s reputation going down the drain! A snag is right: John Key was giving away sausages for free a mere 100m away from school kids Read more...

David Clark | Issue 12

Posted 4:32pm Sunday 18th May 2014 by David Clark

I recall my student winters well. Particularly memorable was my Crown Street flat where the sun set at 2:30pm – with ice still on the windows. I spent nights in my Swanndri and sleeping bag, huddled in front of the small log-burner in the “lounge.” I suspect these are conditions many of you Read more...

Defending the kingdom | Issue 12

Posted 4:32pm Sunday 18th May 2014 by Libby Larsen

Everyone has that flatmate who took BSNS104 in first year and talks about demand and supply. (Actually, it doesn’t explain why you ate my soup when it was clearly labelled, but thanks ...) This principle states that an increase in consumer demand makes businesses increase output in order to supply Read more...

Guest Editorial | Issue 12

Posted 4:32pm Sunday 18th May 2014 by Claudia Herron

If there’s one thing I’ve learnt this year, it’s that student politics can be fraught with emotion and personal agendas. The OUSA Executive meetings have often been multi-hour affairs and are frequently punctuated with emotion, interruptions and largely inefficient discussion points. While the group Read more...

Love is Blind | Issue 11

Posted 3:11pm Sunday 11th 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 11

Posted 3:11pm Sunday 11th May 2014 by Elsie Jacobson

I was having tea with my grandma when she looked up and exclaimed, “Oh, the wallpaper’s changed again! It’s covered in spaniels now. I think I prefer this to the flowers.” The strange thing is her home has had the same unpatterned, cream-coloured walls for the last 20-odd years. Now, she’s Read more...

Queer Eye | Issue 11

Posted 3:11pm Sunday 11th May 2014 by Sir Lloyd Queerington

So, you have been reading this column for a while now and one morning you wake up and think, “sh*t, I think Sir Lloyd is talking about me, I think I am [insert appropriate label here].” By now you are probably experiencing a full-on existential crisis, having an anxiety attack and Snapchatting your Read more...

Hi Dr. Nick | Issue 11

Posted 3:11pm Sunday 11th May 2014 by Dr. Nick

Hi everybody, On a recent evening shift I put one of the whopping 16-gauge needles into a young girl’s measly little vein so we could top her up with a bag or two of fluid. Not the sort of medical miracle that earns a stuff.co.nz fluff piece, but still the biggest needle I’d ever successfully Read more...

ODT Watch | Issue 11

Posted 3:11pm Sunday 11th May 2014 by Allison Hess

Great parenting advice from the ODT! Now that smacking has been banned, parents are in need of a new way to punish their bratty children. This seems proportional to talking back or refusing to eat your greens. Steel has been metaling in matters that don’t concern him, which has Read more...

David Clark | Issue 11

Posted 3:11pm Sunday 11th May 2014 by David Clark

Over the course of the last five years, New Zealanders have had more exposure to New Zealand Sign Language (NZSL) than in any other time in recent memory. During the aftermath of the Christchurch earthquakes, interpreter Jeremy Borland became a staple of the daily press conferences. He stood Read more...

Defending the kingdom | Issue 11

Posted 3:11pm Sunday 11th May 2014 by Alex Carroll

Most readers will agree that sexism and racism are bad things, and that there are no tangible differences within the human species. But how would you react if I told you that there are no tangible differences between humans and the entire animal kingdom? I think most readers would consider this Read more...

Editorial | Issue 11

Posted 3:11pm Sunday 11th May 2014 by Zane Pocock

Last Tuesday and Wednesday, the Critic office was tuned in to Parliament’s question time with the hope of watching Judith Collins’ head roll over the Oravida scandal, her habitual dishonesty, and her generally awful demeanour. As at the time of writing, it was both disappointing and surprising to Read more...

Love is Blind | Issue 10

Posted 4:20pm Sunday 4th 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 10

Posted 4:20pm Sunday 4th May 2014 by Hannah Twigg

The other day, I was talking to a friend and they told me a story of someone they met who didn’t believe in gravity. Now, I don’t know about you, but try as I might, I can’t just levitate at will and ignore one of the fundamental laws of physics. (Though if you know a way, hit me up! How cool would Read more...

Queer Eye | Issue 10

Posted 4:20pm Sunday 4th May 2014 by Sir Lloyd Queerington

“We’re here, we’re queer, get used to it!” Or are you used to it? Are you so used to it that every time you hear about a pride parade or see queer posters you think, “They’ve got gay marriage, what more could they want?” Well, I am happy to admit that those conspiracy theorists who warn you about a Read more...

Hi Dr. Nick | Issue 10

Posted 4:20pm Sunday 4th May 2014 by Dr. Nick

Hi everybody, Children are sexy. Now, while we wait for the police to read that statement and come knocking on my door, let’s talk about Spider Man. I went and saw the newest Spider Man film yesterday. While by and large I found it quite a good film, something in the end bugged me. Read more...