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Editorial | Issue 05

Posted 5:30pm Sunday 23rd March 2014 by Zane Pocock

These days, if you’re travelling around Hungary and someone wanders into your holiday snap as it’s taken, there’s a good chance you could get into deep shit with the authorities. A law that came into effect on 15 March requires photographers to ask permission from every single individual in Read more...

Love Is Blind | Issue 04

Posted 2:59pm Sunday 16th March 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 04

Posted 2:59pm Sunday 16th March 2014 by Elsie Jacobson

What did the particle physicist say when he went to the heavy metal concert? “Wow, it seems the participants of the mosh pit behave intriguingly like gas molecules!” Take note, young grasshoppers; the science doesn’t stop when you leave the lecture theatre. That wasn’t a bad joke; that was a Read more...

Queer Eye | Issue 04

Posted 2:59pm Sunday 16th March 2014 by Harlequin

Doesn’t that have to do with spores or something? You may be dredging up fuzzy memories of Year 11 Biology: Fungi? Plants? That bit in Jurassic Park where the dinosaurs started laying eggs and shit hit the fan? Well, son, you may want to sit down for this next bit: words can have more than Read more...

Hi Dr. Nick | Issue 04

Posted 2:59pm Sunday 16th March 2014 by Dr. Nick

Hi everybody, The joy of writing under a pseudonym is that you can say anything you want without fear of repercussion. It instantly silences the angel on your shoulder that tells you not to be needlessly crass or make libellous accusations. As my name’s not on my work, I can imply that Read more...

Feelgood | Issue 04

Posted 2:59pm Sunday 16th March 2014 by Ethan Rodgers

If there’s one thing any red-blooded Kiwi male absolutely pisses his pants about, it’s the prospect of a diplomatic dispute being resolved by horrific violence. Now through the magic of Old Media; I am coming to you from two weeks in the past, so it’s entirely possible that by now Read more...

David Clark | Issue 04

Posted 2:59pm Sunday 16th March 2014 by David Clark

You may know someone who works at the Dunedin Community Law Centre in Filleul Street. One of 24 nationwide, the Dunedin Community Law Centre was established in 1980. Close to 200 people volunteer there – many of them law students at our University. As the local electorate MP, I frequently Read more...

Editorial | Issue 04

Posted 2:59pm Sunday 16th March 2014 by Zane Pocock

In this issue, Loulou Callister-Baker’s feature “Opinion Entitled to Hearing?” (page 28) speaks of the importance of transparency and accountability in universities and student associations. It’s a pertinent piece. Personally, a huge issue of mine is that I have often found the University of Otago Read more...

ODT Watch | Issue 04

Posted 2:59pm Sunday 16th March 2014 by Allison Hess

I think this is a sign for a good weekend (the ODT isn’t the only one capable of a great pun); if the doctors can’t save you after your night out, the Church will. Now babies can help with the DIY; it’s about time they pulled their weight around the house. When Read more...

Love Is Blind | Issue 03

Posted 4:35pm Sunday 9th March 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 03

Posted 4:35pm Sunday 9th March 2014 by Hannah Twigg

So we’re three weeks in and perhaps you’re already starting to get a little sick of the ghetto of North Dunedin. Why not check out some of the local wildlife in the area? And, no, I’m not talking about the animals on Castle Street pounding SoGos. We’re actually pretty lucky here in Dunedin because a Read more...

Queer Eye | Issue 03

Posted 4:35pm Sunday 9th March 2014 by Sir Lloyd Queerington

Hi lovelies, “I’ve always felt that sexuality is a really slippery thing. In this day and age, it tends to get categorised and labelled, and I think labels are for food. Canned food.”– Michael Stipe. This epigraph neatly introduces a tension within the queer community: that between Read more...

Hi Dr. Nick | Issue 03

Posted 4:35pm Sunday 9th March 2014 by Dr. Nick

Hi everybody, Last week we flirted with the idea of putting complex medical terms into simple concepts. This week we’re going to take our relationship with that idea to the next level; order it a bottle of the 24’s finest Pinot Gris, treat it to dinner in Dunedin’s most romantic restaurant Read more...

ODT Watch | Issue 03

Posted 4:35pm Sunday 9th March 2014 by Allison Hess

This front page story about the tragic three-week shortage of bananas encapsulates what the ODT is all about … hard hitting journalism, understated exposés and, of course, first-rate puns. This man was caught cultivating and possessing cannabis in his home. Lesson to be Read more...

David Clark | Issue 03

Posted 4:35pm Sunday 9th March 2014 by David Clark

In dark days past, when the Internet was new to Otago, I had to get a “driver’s licence” before being issued an email account by the University. Getting a “driver’s licence” involved attending labs where email communication was attempted, while supervised and under strictly controlled conditions. Read more...

Editorial | Issue 03

Posted 4:35pm Sunday 9th March 2014 by Zane Pocock

Technology is a double-edged sword. The people on one side saying that it’s elevated and liberated humans are right; the ones on the other side who say we’re now slaves buried by it are also right. I’ve certainly got a fair bit of both sides in my life, anyway. The various computing devices Read more...

ODT Watch | Issue 02

Posted 4:35pm Sunday 9th March 2014 by Thomas Raethel

Considering the level of racial diversity seen in Dunedin, it comes as no surprise that our fine region’s “African Chief” looks like a mixture of Prince Charles and Hamish Keith. What is most alarming about this scenario: that the prostate examinee was enjoying it more than the Read more...

ODT Watch | Issue 01

Posted 4:35pm Sunday 9th March 2014 by Zane Pocock

Suddenly those free O-Week pies seem a bit more sinister: “He had reheated the pie in a 630W microwave at his workplace, as he had many times before,” the article says. The rest was dotted with such gems as “[Otago’s] hot food injury rates begin to boil over,” while “hot food injury Read more...

Love Is Blind | Issue 02

Posted 4:44pm Sunday 2nd March 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 02

Posted 4:44pm Sunday 2nd March 2014 by Laura Illston

Your busy timetable of procrastination and partying hard may not have left you much time to sleep. Will science be able to help you when those first due dates start to loom? Of course! Your solution: a power nap. The key thing about power naps is that they’re less than 30 minutes long. As you Read more...