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Vice-Chancellor's Column | Issue 15

Posted 4:57pm Sunday 8th July 2012 by Professor Harlene Hayne

I have a confession to make – I love the TV programme The Middle. It accurately captures the heart of Midwestern America, the place where I spent my childhood and attended university. In a recent episode, the Heck family was searching for an inspirational alternative to their traditional Sunday Read more...

Te Roopu Māori | Issue 14

Posted 8:39pm Sunday 3rd June 2012 by Lisa Pohatu

Life, even at university, is not solely about study — and that’s a good thing. Everyone has other commitments, be they to whānau, friends, work, or sport teams. Life needs to have balance to be enjoyable. On the other hand, when you’ve got lots on you need to prioritise. Often Māori Read more...

Objection Overruled | Issue 14

Posted 8:39pm Sunday 3rd June 2012 by

This week I’m talking about the plea of insanity – hopefully not for future reference. For legal purposes, insanity means either that a person was labouring under natural imbecility or disease of the mind at the time of the offence, or that they are unfit to stand trial. The defence is not limited Read more...

Classic Film | Issue 14

Posted 8:39pm Sunday 3rd June 2012 by Kathleen Hanna

Director: Ed Wood Plan 9 from Outer Space is one of the most celebrated science fiction films of all time. Changing tack from the serious social commentary of his previous films Glen or Glenda and Bride of the Atom, legendary director Ed Wood combined slapstick with themes of existentialism, Read more...

Straight Up | Issue 14

Posted 8:39pm Sunday 3rd June 2012 by La Dida

In case you missed it, the big news this week was the launch of Rainbow Youth and Outline’s new campaign WTF, which stands for both “What The Fuck” and “Where’s The Funds”. If you haven’t checked it out already, you really should. WTF features a number of well-known New Zealanders, including Read more...

Me Love You Long Time (CriticTV) | Issue 14

Posted 8:39pm Sunday 3rd June 2012 by Lovebirds

Critic’s blind date column has been running for a while now. We’ve all got some good laughs out of it, and at least a few people have scored themselves a night of romance. But here at Critic we feel that it’s time that we stepped it up a notch. The date is now at Little India to add a little more Read more...

The Tory Templar | Issue 14

Posted 8:39pm Sunday 3rd June 2012 by The Tory Templar

Oh how quickly “Yes We Can” becomes “No We Can’t”. A mere four years ago liberals the world over were hailing Brack Obama as a great orator, a great statesman, our hope for the future. Today we can look back on four years of failure. For all his talk Obama has achieved very little. The Templar Read more...

Red and Starry Eyed | Issue 14

Posted 8:39pm Sunday 3rd June 2012 by Red and Starry Eyed

We all need a holiday, exams are approaching, and the cold is permeating our unheated flats. Maybe we should take heed of Bill English’s advice (he recommended we take a leaf out of the Greek protesters’ book) and occupy the library until our flats get warm. Just saying. Onto the real issue: the Read more...

Editorial | Issue 14

Posted 8:39pm Sunday 3rd June 2012 by Joe Stockman

We’re taking a look at mental health issues this week, specifically depression and suicide. They’re tricky subjects to talk about, and even trickier to talk about in a way that isn’t going to cause more harm than good. I hope that you get something out these articles. It’s unusual not to have been Read more...

Dharma Diaries | Issue 13

Posted 7:40pm Sunday 27th May 2012 by Ven Dr. Maithree

Dear Friends, This is my first article for Critic, and I want to address an issue that creates a great deal of stress for many students – examinations! Examinations are a fact of student life, but how can we do our best if we are nervous and stressed? Buddhism offers clear guidelines for Read more...

How To: Cram for Exams

Posted 7:40pm Sunday 27th May 2012 by Staff Reporter

So we’re one week out from exams, and you haven’t been to class since before mid-semester break. You can’t even remember if your paper was about interpretations of classical art in the renaissance or the cell structure of archaebacteria. But fear not! With Critic’s guide to cramming for exams, Read more...

Uncle Howie | Issue 13

Posted 7:40pm Sunday 27th May 2012 by Uncle Howie

Hi Howie, I need some more advice, this time about threesomes. Everybody jokes about them, but I actually think it’s something I would like to experience. So I was thinking about trying to arrange one for next Saturday. I’m sure there are plenty of guys in Dunedin who would be willing to help Read more...

Scarfie Chronicles | Issue 13

Posted 7:40pm Sunday 27th May 2012 by Josie Adams

The past week has seen some pretty freaky business go down, and for once, we’re not talking sexually. Cumberland College has fallen prey to the Grey Lady, the ghost of an unfit mother, and the first years aren’t handling it so well. Some have tried to communicate with the spirit of Rowena Ravenclaw Read more...

Swillable | Issue 13

Posted 7:40pm Sunday 27th May 2012 by Pilbo Swaggins

This week I thought I’d review an interesting little cocktail that I came across via a Peruvian accquaintance of a friend’s sister. The Pisco Sour is the most popular way of consuming Pisco, a Peruvian spirit produced through the distillation of fermented grapes. Its conception was the result of Read more...

Straight Up | Issue 13

Posted 7:40pm Sunday 27th May 2012 by La Dida

If anyone has followed this column you will realise that it has been a rough time in my family of birth A family member has been very unwell, and I have become their primary carer. Throughout this time I have been thinking a lot about family, what it means to me – and what queer/trans folks have Read more...

Classic Film | Issue 13

Posted 7:40pm Sunday 27th May 2012 by Toby Newberry

Directors: John Carpenter, Matthijs van Heijningen Jr. A husky dog runs full tilt across an Antarctic plain. Two Norwegians take shots at it with a rifle from a helicopter. As the dog nears a small American research base, as the Norwegians become more desperate. They drop explosives, to no Read more...

Me Love You Long Time | Issue 13

Posted 7:40pm Sunday 27th May 2012 by Lovebirds

Critic’s blind date column has been running for a while now. We’ve all got some good laughs out of it, and at least a few people have scored themselves a night of romance. But here at Critic we feel that it’s time that we stepped it up a notch. The date is now at Little India to add a little more Read more...

Diatribe | Issue 13

Posted 7:40pm Sunday 27th May 2012 by Staff Reporter

I assume that when most of you walk round uni you appraise your peers at least vaguely holistically – “That chick has a great rack!”, “God I hope those errant lip hairs are for movember and not a perennial thing”, “Shit he smells eerily similar to Kapiti Kikorangi Blue!” – that kind of thing. Me? I Read more...

The Tory Templar | Issue 13

Posted 7:40pm Sunday 27th May 2012 by The Tory Templar

Rule Britannia may be consigned to the Youtube clips of sixth form history, but Britain’s presence still looms large over this country. With Queen Elizabeth celebrating her diamond jubilee and the Queen’s Birthday holiday around the corner, the question will undoubtedly arise: “Should we be a Read more...

Red and Starry Eyed | Issue 13

Posted 7:40pm Sunday 27th May 2012 by Red and Starry Eyed

Queen’s Birthday Weekend is arriving soon, although we students may not get to enjoy our expensive holiday. Why do we celebrate it anyhow? Red and Starry Eyed gets no holiday when it’s his birthday. Who is this old dinosaur the Queen? I have certainly never met her, so it boggles my mind that we Read more...