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Daily Grind | Issue 22

Posted 1:51pm Sunday 8th September 2013 by M and G

Rating: 3/5 The University Plaza Café is located just inside the entrance to Unipol, which is attached to the Forsyth Barr Stadium. M and G enjoy the fact that all new buildings commissioned by the University tend to come complete with in-built café. One Saturday morning M and G Read more...

Get Out Of The Ghetto | Issue 22

Posted 1:51pm Sunday 8th September 2013 by Phoebe Harrop

Despite having the slightly cringe slogan “Visit yesterday today!” Olveston – a historic home perched halfway up the hill overlooking Dunedin – is quite the local gem, and definitely worth venturing out of the ghetto to see. With over 30,000 visitors a year (coincidentally, this is around the same Read more...

Love Is Blind | Issue 22

Posted 1:51pm Sunday 8th September 2013 by Lovebirds

FinnMy flatmates dobbed me in for the date but I was ready to make the most of it after some sneaky warm-up shots at home. The best way to describe my date is “hot nerd.” She seemed shy at first, blushing behind her curly blondish (?) hair and what I presumed were Read more...

The More Things Change | Issue 22

Posted 1:51pm Sunday 8th September 2013 by Jessica Bromell

This week, people say a lot of things – some more useful than others. 14 September, 1752: In the British Empire, this day came after 2 September. This was due to the adoption of the Gregorian calendar, the one that’s still used today, in place of the Julian calendar. Because Britain changed Read more...

The Syrian Question | Opinion

Posted 1:51pm Sunday 8th September 2013 by Guy McCallum

The “Syrian Question” presents a moral dilemma for the Western world, which as I write sits poised to intervene in a Middle Eastern civil war. Do we jump in to save innocent lives? Or do we prevent World War III by staying home? According to the mainstream media, the majority of Western countries Read more...

ODT Watch | Issue 22

Posted 1:51pm Sunday 8th September 2013 by Zane Pocock

Did the crocodile swim across to New Zealand, or was a small kiwi subspecies recently discovered in Australia? A scared New Zealand kayaker is much less impressive now, isn’t it? Personally, I don’t really like the idea of my burial site becoming a family toilet, but each to Read more...

The Loose Guide | Issue 21

Posted 3:48pm Sunday 1st September 2013 by Campbell Ecklein

Though we all prefer the comforts of home when relieving ourselves, there will inevitably be times when you are forced to use a public bathroom (or run the risk of bursting a pipe). At such times, it is important to stay calm and collected as you take care of business. Done incorrectly, this can be Read more...

Hi Dr. Nick | Issue 21

Posted 3:48pm Sunday 1st September 2013 by Dr. Nick

Hi everybody, So we were gonna kick the final quarter of the year off by speaking about obesity in New Zealand. Initially I thought the topic would be a piece of cake, but it turns out there are big issues tied up in big waistlines. Whilst many medics think we’re currently undergoing an Read more...

Science, Bitches! | Issue 21

Posted 3:48pm Sunday 1st September 2013 by Hannah Twigg

Chocolate: everybody loves it. And good news! Unlike the pseudoscience we discussed last time, there are actual (peer-reviewed) studies that show that some compounds in chocolate are good for you! Caffeine has been shown time and time again to have benefits for your health. Regular caffeine Read more...

Daily Grind | Issue 21

Posted 3:48pm Sunday 1st September 2013 by M and G

Rating: 5/5 Living in North Dunedin, it is sometimes hard to remember that not every street is littered with broken TVs and patches of vomit. Thankfully, The Good Earth provides a brief respite from everyday life, and can be found right around the corner from Scarfie-ville. Located on Read more...

Love Is Blind | Issue 21

Posted 3:48pm Sunday 1st September 2013 by Lovebirds

DaisyI always was surprised that these blind dates never accidentally put two people who knew each other together. It would always be the case that it happened to me. We were both debaters. I had never really found the guy interesting or attractive in the least bit – he always pissed me off Read more...

The More Things Change | Issue 21

Posted 3:48pm Sunday 1st September 2013 by Jessica Bromell

This week in history, societies advance … or try to. September 2, 31 BC: In the final and decisive confrontation that sealed the demise of the Roman Republic, Octavian faced off against Antony and Cleopatra at a place called Actium. Octavian was the adopted great-nephew of Julius Caesar, and Read more...

The Final Exam of Our Lives | Opinion

Posted 3:48pm Sunday 1st September 2013 by Guy McCallum

There is no autopilot for freedom and democracy. Perhaps it is this fact that should be taken for granted, instead of the goods we derive from them. It’s hard to imagine the end of the present way of life that they make possible – too distant a possibility to be credible. But it’s like a Read more...

ODT Watch | Issue 21

Posted 3:48pm Sunday 1st September 2013 by Sam McChesney

There was but one thing on the ODT’s brilliant and incisive journalistic mind last week, and no, it wasn’t Syria. On 29 August, this was the front page: This was the front page of the next section: This was the front page of the sports section: And this Read more...

Jacobin Encourages Lawlessness | Opinion

Posted 3:48pm Sunday 1st September 2013 by Jacobin

A young man who is a friend of theirs has cancer in the spine. He is just over twenty years old, is experiencing extreme nausea, and is in the late stages of the condition. I don’t really know who he is, but we share mutual friends and I know he is a brother of mine. We are all brothers in our Read more...

Editorial | Issue 21

Posted 3:48pm Sunday 1st September 2013 by Sam McChesney

There’s a great scene in season five of The Wire in which journalists at the Baltimore Sun are discussing an upcoming series on poverty in the city. The paper’s veteran journalists begin to point out the complex web of factors that contribute to poverty – education, parenting, drugs, nutrition, race Read more...

The More Things Change | Issue 20

Posted 4:47pm Sunday 18th August 2013 by Jessica Bromell

This week, some things happen in Europe. August 23, 79: Mount Vesuvius began stirring, and it was all downhill from there. There’d already been small earthquakes that apparently nobody realised were warning signs, and everybody was left fleeing for their lives when the volcano went off. Read more...

Anarchy or the State? | Opinion

Posted 4:47pm Sunday 18th August 2013 by Guy McCallum

Who will build the roads? It’s a question frequently posed to libertarians. Well, private citizens (you and I) pay taxes to the government, and they pay a company of private citizens to do the work. The government (at least in this country) simply decides where the roads need to be; it is private Read more...

ODT Watch | Issue 20

Posted 4:47pm Sunday 18th August 2013 by Zane Pocock

A newspaper isn’t the place to be making kitchen jokes. Critic was expecting an in-depth look at what Nana cooked for dinner on a rare family get-together. An article on the complaints of a teen mum was a bit down buzzy after that. In related news, the look on Jurn Kei’s face suggests Read more...

Editorial | Issue 20

Posted 4:47pm Sunday 18th August 2013 by Sam McChesney

Welcome to the last issue of Critic before the break. Most of the news section this week is otherwise engaged, so here are some stories that failed to make the cut: Exec plays with fire. At the last OUSA Executive meeting, Postgrad Rep Keir Russell asked for – and was given – Read more...