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Editorial | Issue 02

Posted 5:18pm Sunday 3rd March 2013 by Callum Fredric

Cricket makes life worth living. There’s a test match between NZ and England at the University Oval next to Logan Park, running from Wednesday to Sunday. Every Otago student should go. That’s why I’m not writing this editorial about politics, ticking “no religion” in the census, or Read more...

ODT Watch | Issue 01

Posted 2:52pm Monday 25th February 2013 by Sam McChesney

Welcome back to “ODT Watch,” in which we track the more notable stories peddled by the illustrious Independent Voice of the South. The Otago Daily Times is home to some of the country’s most provincial, prudish, and puntastically-titled news items. This year got off to a great start: despite only Read more...

Get Out Of The Ghetto | Issue 01

Posted 2:52pm Monday 25th February 2013 by Phoebe Harrop

Unbeknownst to most Scarfies of the fresher variety, there exists a magical, unexplored and exotic land outside the heady confines of the North Dunedin student ghetto. You may not believe me, but south of the Octagon, north of Knox, and uphill beyond the Bog, a world of possibilities awaits Read more...

The Leek | Issue 01

Posted 9:54pm Sunday 24th February 2013 by Campbell Ecklein

As hangovers wore on and STI rates soared, a slightly sinister twist emerged during an otherwise sensational O-Week. Acclaimed rapper Macklemore, age 29, met with an unfortunate fate following his sold-out concert at Dunedin’s Forsyth Barr Stadium on Thursday night. Macklemore rapped the Read more...

Kant Stop Husserling | Issue 01

Posted 9:54pm Sunday 24th February 2013 by Erma Dag

In the classic 1985 film Back to the Future, Marty McFly travels back to 1955 and accidentally interferes with the mishap that brought his parents together. With his mother suddenly lusting after his Calvin Klein-clad hiney instead, Marty spends the remainder of the film trying to bring his parents Read more...

The More Things Change | Issue 01

Posted 9:54pm Sunday 24th February 2013 by Jessica Bromell

Kia ora and welcome to “The More Things Change,” a sojourn into the coming week’s news per the annals of history. Formative moments of today’s affairs and milestones of the human race will abound, as well as a few things from which people have hopefully learned by now. If nothing else you might pick Read more...

Hi Dr. Nick | Issue 01

Posted 9:54pm Sunday 24th February 2013 by Dr. Nick

Hi everybody! For many of you, this is your first year of University. Welcome – you’ll love it here! For some of you, this is your last year of University. Welcome back! Savour these moments – what a blast the past three or four years have been! For a few of you, like me, this is your sixth Read more...

Lez Feminables | Issue 01

Posted 9:54pm Sunday 24th February 2013 by Glitter Grrl

Hey there, new and returning Scarfies! I welcome you to my patch of rainbows and equality! I’m here to give counsel on everything LGBTQ and feminism. Many of you will have just left home or moved in with a flat of strangers; or maybe you’re just starting the year afresh, rising like Madonna, reborn Read more...

Daily Grind | Issue 01

Posted 9:40pm Sunday 24th February 2013 by M and G

Just inside the Oamaru stone tomb that is St David’s Lecture Theatre is where we spent the majority of our time as freshers, the ideal procrastination centre. You can sit in the cheap silver outdoor chairs with a weak coffee and people watch, use the uni internet or browse St David’s Café’s Read more...

Love Online | Issue 01

Posted 9:40pm Sunday 24th February 2013 by Lovebirds

Critic created a female internet dating profile expecting a low standard of suavity. But not even we could be prepared for the barrage of sheer ineptitude that followed, each new suitor representing a new nadir in the evolution of mankind. This column is a word-for-word transcript of an Read more...

Science, Bitches! | Issue 01

Posted 9:40pm Sunday 24th February 2013 by Elsie Jacobson

Congratulations, you’ve survived O-Week! But this is Dunedin, and the year has only just begun. So for your liver’s sake, I’m going to tell you the most important thing you should know about hangovers. They are not friends with Panadol, and the two should never, ever hang out. When you Read more...

For Fuck's Sake | Issue 01

Posted 9:40pm Sunday 24th February 2013 by Elsie Stone

Welcome to another year in our own little rat-infested corner of Paradise, where carpets are stained orange from the spilled Cindy’s of years past and itʼs best to just walk on by if you see a strange woman taking a poo on someone elseʼs car. As our sticky pavements begin to fill with Read more...

Love Is Blind | Issue 01

Posted 9:40pm Sunday 24th February 2013 by Lovebirds

Critic’s infamous Blind Date column is back for another year of shutdowns, hilariously mismatched pairs, and the occasional hookup. Each week, we lure two singletons to a bar and ply them with alcohol and food (in that order), then wait for their reports to arrive in our inbox. If this sounds like Read more...

Editorial | Issue 01

Posted 9:40pm Sunday 24th February 2013 by Callum Fredric

At my work Christmas Party, I found out that the previous summer a guy had been fired for ordering a $200 Wagyu steak on the company tab. Wagyu cattle enjoy a standard of living far superior to that of the average Otago student. Massaged daily, plied with beer and sake, and fed only the very Read more...

Tumuaki o Te Roopū Māori 2012!

Posted 5:59pm Sunday 7th October 2012 by Lisa Pohatu

Time has passed by so fast and that the year is ending. What a journey it has been. The role of Tumuaki has had its ups and downs, and this year it has been a challenge to balance my study, work, and TRM duties. People can warn you about the workload and the level of commitment, but reality does not Read more...

ODT Watch | Issue 27

Posted 5:59pm Sunday 7th October 2012 by Callum Fredric

This week in ODT Watch, the ODT continues its totes-impartial-journalism campaign against the new brand of synthetic cannabis, K2. The ODT’s neutral interviewer resisted the urge to ask leading, emotive questions to get the answers he wanted: Meanwhile, a sentient fox has apologised Read more...

In 'da House | Issue 27

Posted 5:59pm Sunday 7th October 2012 by Holly Walker

I must get my column in on time. I must get my column in on time. I must get my column in on time. I must get his column in on time. I must get my column in on time. I must get my column in on time. I must get my column in on time. I must get my column in on time. I must get his column in on time. I Read more...

Poetry | Issue 27

Posted 5:59pm Sunday 7th October 2012 by Maya Turei

send me your kisses, and send me your love - i’ll post mine back to you no matter what. manila envelopes circulate the floor, telling all the secretaries how office politics can not eclipse our love, - how post it notes stuck to the fridge mean nothing to Read more...

Sex at The Dinner Table | Issue 27

Posted 5:59pm Sunday 7th October 2012 by Checker-out St Flat

At this point in the year, dinner-time conversation has been replaced by the sound of highlighters moving across course materials. It’s exam season, and the air is pregnant with chaste frustration. Or so I thought. On our final Friday writing up this column, I would have never guessed that we had Read more...

Diatribe | Issue 27

Posted 5:59pm Sunday 7th October 2012 by Ethan Rodgers

I’ve never voted in the OUSA elections before, I didn’t vote in the last one, and I am not alone. “Why?” you ask. “What about democracy and students’ rights and StudyLink and our ability to freely write chalk messages on the asphalt?” I don’t know what the answer is. Perhaps it’s because I like to Read more...