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Love Is Blind | Issue 26

Posted 4:26pm Sunday 6th October 2013 by Lovebirds

BrandonI went into the date expecting very little – the selection pool of openly gay people in Dunedin who would sign up for this date must be tiny, so to be honest I thought my man would be a disappointment. To make things worse, I was also half expecting my date to be someone I already knew. Read more...

The More Things Change | Issue 26

Posted 4:26pm Sunday 6th October 2013 by Jessica Bromell

This week, “The More Things Change” comes to its inevitable end. History, meanwhile, does not. 12 October, 1216: King John of England, best known for sealing the Magna Carta, ran into trouble on a journey and lost the Crown Jewels in a swamp. He’d been out fighting the barons and the French, Read more...

ODT Watch | Issue 26

Posted 4:26pm Sunday 6th October 2013 by Josie Cochrane

No, the Queen wasn’t talking about John Key’s visit. The article is about wasps being accidentally introduced into New Zealand for no purpose whatsoever, much like tofu. Funnily enough, the ODT isn’t referring to its own reporting. The title actually refers to Dunedin’s Read more...

The Preachings of a Liberal | Opinion

Posted 4:26pm Sunday 6th October 2013 by Guy McCallum

Since this is my last year at university, and my last column for Critic, it seems fitting to use this space to impart some of the wisdom that I have obtained over the years. This wisdom is the end product of my various achievements – and numerous disappointments – first as a Christian, and a Read more...

Hi Dr. Nick | Issue 25

Posted 2:29pm Sunday 29th September 2013 by Dr. Nick

Hi everybody, Put your hand in your front right pocket and have a good ol’ feel. That phone you’ve got in your hand, and its reliance on the ore Coltan, is responsible for the conflict in the Congo that the World Health Organisation conservatively estimates kills over 1,000 people a day. Read more...

Science, Bitches! | Issue 25

Posted 2:29pm Sunday 29th September 2013 by Bryony Leeke

Exams are looming, stress is building, the Central Lib will soon be overflowing, and the stress-relief method that got us through the rest of the semester – that favourite student pastime, the weekend booze-binge – will shortly be abandoned in favour of Saturday nights hitting the books. Within a Read more...

Daily Grind | Issue 25

Posted 2:29pm Sunday 29th September 2013 by M and G

Rating: 3.5/5 This one has been a long time coming. Capers is a Dunedin institution, mostly for freshers who want a break from hall food and well-meaning guys taking their one-night stand out for a “thanks for the bang” brunch. Famous for their obscenely large pancakes and frantic weekend Read more...

Love Is Blind | Issue 25

Posted 2:29pm Sunday 29th September 2013 by Lovebirds

JackIt was the usual story for me: my flatmates dobbed me in for the date and I decided to go along with it. My date was a good old-fashioned Scarfie lass – a GB in the truest sense – and I thought we were in for a relatively good night. I was wrong. Initially, it seemed like dinner was going Read more...

The More Things Change | Issue 25

Posted 2:29pm Sunday 29th September 2013 by Jessica Bromell

This week, animals are important. 30 September, 1846: Modern medicine advanced once again when Dr W. M. Morton first used ether as an anaesthetic, administered by simple inhalation of the fumes. Ether is rarely used for anaesthesia today, but has become a mildly popular recreational drug, Read more...

ODT Watch | Issue 25

Posted 2:29pm Sunday 29th September 2013 by Josie Cochrane

Shocking! Critic had always thought history was about the future. In an insightful study, researchers found that by standing near the bar and looking at the bartender, you’re more likely to get served. He is fine with humans; he just needs therapy for sneering Read more...

OUSA Election Forums | Opinion

Posted 2:29pm Sunday 29th September 2013 by Jacobin

In my mind, the success of any elected organisation is largely dependent on its leader(s), and whether or not they manage to unite an often disparate group of people under one banner in the name of getting shit done. Ruby Sycamore-Smith could name at least six other candidates she was Read more...

OUSA Election Forums | Opinion

Posted 2:29pm Sunday 29th September 2013 by Guy McCallum

I wasn’t surprised that the questions raised at the Presidential Forum centred around three main themes: participation, finances and OUSA’s role in campus life. Jordan seemed to be the odd one out. Someone (I suspect a friend of his) asked him whether OUSA should, like the modern-day state, Read more...

Yellow and Blue Make Green | Opinion

Posted 2:29pm Sunday 29th September 2013 by Guy McCallum

The environment is a stick with which libertarians are stuck gleefully, and often. If our libertarian ideals are to be taken seriously, they need to be seen to deal satisfactorily with the problem of pollution – a problem that is deeply intertwined with the pressures of consumerism. Read more...

Editorial | Issue 25

Posted 2:29pm Sunday 29th September 2013 by Sam McChesney

Voting is now open for the OUSA elections, and we have an interesting three-way battle for the top spot. I say “interesting”; in reality it’s a little depressing. If I could have picked two ideal Presidential candidates from the current Exec, it would have been Blake Luff (the Recreation Read more...

The Loose Guide | Issue 24

Posted 1:47pm Sunday 22nd September 2013 by Campbell Ecklein

Life isn’t always easy. Between busy schedules, peer pressure and a tendency to over-commit, many of us wind up with very little time for ourselves. This can lead to serious medical conditions like boredom, crankiness and strop. Sometimes all you need to do to reset the balance is take a pause for Read more...

Science, Bitches! | Issue 24

Posted 1:47pm Sunday 22nd September 2013 by Matthew Ordish

Pedants tend not to be popular people. They’re often seen as those who, rather than contribute to a debate on the tastiest berry, insist that strawberries are, in fact, aggregate accessory fruits, and not berries at all (you uninformed philistine). This derision is mostly deserved; if Read more...

Hi Dr. Nick | Issue 24

Posted 1:47pm Sunday 22nd September 2013 by Dr. Nick

Hi everybody, An obvious issue with writing a health column for a student magazine is the fact that the target audience is young and healthy, dramatically limiting possible topic selection. It would be far easier to write for the ODT – their target audience seems to be around 80 years old, Read more...

Daily Grind | Issue 24

Posted 1:47pm Sunday 22nd September 2013 by M and G

Rating: 5/5 Mou Very / Mou Bar / The Smallest Bar In The World (or whatever the kids are calling it nowadays) is a back alley hot-spot nestled between Hikari Sushi bar and Café Nesli on George Street. Mou Very roasts its own beans on site daily and has a range of awesome beer and spirits on Read more...

Get Out Of The Ghetto | Issue 24

Posted 1:47pm Sunday 22nd September 2013 by Phoebe Harrop

Its name isn’t inventive, but at least it’s descriptive. Long Beach, a suitably extensive (not in 90-mile Beach terms, mind you) stretch of blondish sand, reaches 2.5km between two rocky headlands. Around the headland to the left you find Purakaunui Inlet; to the right, the sinisterly-named Read more...

Love Is Blind | Issue 24

Posted 1:47pm Sunday 22nd September 2013 by Lovebirds

RihannaCritic did well on the racial stereotyping this week, putting me with another dark beauty. But he was nice and buff and smooth and wonderful so I got over the surprise easily. We settled in to dinner quickly and happily. He complimented me a lot and proved to be an adventurous eater, Read more...