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The More Things Change | Issue 16

Posted 3:59pm Sunday 21st July 2013 by Jessica Bromell

This week, numbers abound and humanity attempts to advance – to varying degrees of success. July 22, 1587: The second group of English settlers arrived at Roanoke Colony in the US in an attempt to establish a permanent settlement, and this was pretty much the last anyone in England ever heard Read more...

These Assholes Always Get Away … But Only For So Long | Opinion

Posted 3:59pm Sunday 21st July 2013 by Jacobin

As I write this column it is Bastille Day in France. Bastille Day is a celebration for anyone proud of the French Republic and what it stands for; or, more accurately, what the French Republic stands on, namely the dead bodies of kings and tyrants. After deliberative options had been exhausted, the Read more...

ODT Watch | Issue 16

Posted 3:59pm Sunday 21st July 2013 by Jess Cole

In what had the potential to provide relief for anyone traumatised by Chucky or any of its incarnations, Tuesday’s headlines promised: Unfortunately, one of the biggest news stories of the week instead covered a doll auction accompanied by one of its creepiest images to date. Read more...

VSM: A New, Stronger OUSA | Opinion

Posted 3:59pm Sunday 21st July 2013 by Guy McCallum

Critic editor Sam McChesney refreshes some fond memories of mine in his editorial of 15 July. It was about that old political hatchet of yesteryear: Voluntary Student Membership. His “where are they now” analysis of students’ associations since VSM reminds me that a lot was left unsaid, or at least Read more...

Editorial | Issue 16

Posted 3:59pm Sunday 21st July 2013 by Sam McChesney

Religion in general, and Catholicism in particular, has rarely had anything useful to say on the subject of vaginas. Now, I’m no expert on the topic. For the most part, I know what to do with one (heyyy), but I’d still classify myself more as an “amateur enthusiast” than as a full-blown pro. But new Read more...

Science, Bitches! | Issue 15

Posted 8:23pm Sunday 14th July 2013 by Hannah Twigg

I know more than a few students who keep up to date with the newest technology, be it the Samsung Galaxy S4 or the iPhone 5. These phones, while larger than the crappy Nokia you had before you switched, keep getting smaller and thinner each time (with a few notable exceptions – I’m looking at you, Read more...

Hi Dr. Nick | Issue 15

Posted 8:23pm Sunday 14th July 2013 by Dr. Nick

To the two-thirds of you reading this in a lecture: take a pen and scribble out the “Dr.” in the “Dr. Nick” – this week I want to speak as a pleb. The other third: just cover the “Dr.” with your thumb or something; don’t go hunting for any makeshift ink in the library toilets. The reason I Read more...

Daily Grind | Issue 15

Posted 8:23pm Sunday 14th July 2013 by M and G

Rating: 0.5/5 Located in the centre of the link, Café Albany is the closest café for those in Central who don’t want to leave the building. Just like fresher tramps, their main action comes from people desperate for a quick fix and those who don’t know any better. The service at Read more...

The Loose Guide | Issue 15

Posted 8:23pm Sunday 14th July 2013 by Campbell Ecklein

For the better part of your lives, most of you have been labouring under the delusion that you are in control of your TV set and that it exists only to serve you. You would be wrong. Every time you switch on that attention-seeking slab of circuitry, you relinquish control of your thoughts, desires Read more...

Love Is Blind | Issue 15

Posted 8:23pm Sunday 14th July 2013 by Lovebirds

AshtonThe lads and I had the night planned quite a way out, just waiting for the right moment to reveal that we had secretly nominated one of the boys to partake in the renowned Critic blind date. When future Romeo found out about this he wouldn’t believe it, no matter how many times we all Read more...

The More Things Change | Issue 15

Posted 8:23pm Sunday 14th July 2013 by Jessica Bromell

This week, there is as much violence and mystery as you could want on a Monday morning. July 19, 64 AD: The Great Fire of Rome started, and no one knows how. One of the more sensationalist rumours was that Nero, the Emperor at the time, had started the fire so he could rebuild the city the Read more...

ODT Watch | Issue 15

Posted 8:23pm Sunday 14th July 2013 by Jack Montgomerie

Emile and Dave were feeling chatty this week, apparently hoping the page would get their readers talking. The horoscope section had this to say: Nice try, Harlene. If you’re going to abbrev’, use the odd ‘postrophe. In our political system, Read more...

A Labour of Equality | Opinion

Posted 8:23pm Sunday 14th July 2013 by Guy McCallum

The Labour Party wants the option of banning men from standing in certain electorates – a bizarre stunt to give life to the wearied governing parties. What becomes obvious, sadly, is that Labour is not so sure what equality is, or what is actually more important. It also gives me a reason to Read more...

Proctology | Issue 15

Posted 8:23pm Sunday 14th July 2013 by Josie Cochrane

“Proctology” begins this week with some good old-fashioned pyromania. The Proctor believes that “running around chasing a friend with an aerosol can and a cigarette lighter trying to light it is not a very good idea. In fact it’s dumb.” The perpetrator has now seen the error of his ways and was Read more...

Editorial | Issue 15

Posted 8:23pm Sunday 14th July 2013 by Sam McChesney

The passage of Voluntary Student Membership (VSM) in 2011 was a very odd time. VSM, to those of you who are unfamiliar, changed the mechanism by which students would join students’ associations. Previously, universities could require students to join the association, and if students wanted to opt Read more...

Daily Grind | Issue 14

Posted 6:05pm Sunday 7th July 2013 by M and G

The Dispensary is a hidden Otago Uni gem. The kiosk-style café is tucked in behind Wishbone in the main entrance of Dunedin Hospital and the service is absolutely flawless, with all the staff being friendly and polite. This café is one to go to if you’ve got an early class in Colqhoun or around Read more...

Science, Bitches! | Issue 14

Posted 6:05pm Sunday 7th July 2013 by Elsie Jacobson

Welcome back! Got any second semester resolutions? Totes gonna write up notes after every lecture, go for daily runs, make it to every 8am, not pass out from drinking, spend less on chocolate? How about … be a little more green? I don’t mean stock up on buds, I mean little things like not driving Read more...

Hi Dr. Nick | Issue 14

Posted 6:05pm Sunday 7th July 2013 by Dr. Nick

Hi everybody, Before the break, one of the halls had a bit of a problem with the ol’ scabies mite. In the interest of college confidentiality, I won’t go naming names, but it’s on a hill and full of pretentious bell-ends, which narrows it down to at least four. Scabies (“the itch”) is Read more...

The Loose Guide | Issue 14

Posted 6:05pm Sunday 7th July 2013 by Campbell Ecklein

Welcome back, Scarfies. It’s that time of year when, freshly relieved of any responsibilities or parental supervision, you’re probably gonna get plastered. Repeatedly. That’s fine, but remember: a sloppy drunk is a lonely drunk. Here are a few tips to help you keep your cool, avoid embarrassment and Read more...

Get Out Of The Ghetto | Issue 14

Posted 6:05pm Sunday 7th July 2013 by Phoebe Harrop

Whether on a beautiful bluebird Otago day, or a nightmarishly stormy one, the quaint seaside town of Moeraki is worth a visit. Just a smidge this side of Oamaru, on State Highway 1, it’s famous for its large-ish and inconceivably spherical boulders which lie strewn around the beach – grey marbles Read more...