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VC's Letter

Posted 5:10pm Saturday 25th February 2012 by Professor Harlene Hayne

The beginning of the new academic year is a very exciting time. One of the reasons that I became a professor (and ultimately a Vice-Chancellor) is that I have always been hooked on that “back to university” feeling. I love everything about this time of year - the renewed energy in town, crisp new Read more...

Te Roopu Māori | Issue 1

Posted 5:07pm Saturday 25th February 2012 by Te Roopu Maori

Tenei te mihi ki a koutou nga tauira hou o Te Whare Wananga o Otakou! Nau mai, haere mai, rarau mai ra ki raro i te tahuhu o Ngai Tahu ratou ko Ngati Mamoe me Waitaha.  Kia Ora koutou and welcome to Otago Uni! Hope you have all got amongst O-Week, made some new friends, joined some Read more...

Lozz's World

Posted 3:41pm Saturday 25th February 2012 by Lozz Holding

Kia Ora and all that shit. Welcome to the first installment of Lozz’s World. Throughout this completely self-indulgent column I will discuss current events (yeah, not really), express my opinion on everything relevant to scarfies, pass on the silliest yarns from around campus and generally rant Read more...

Swillable

Posted 3:33pm Saturday 25th February 2012 by Pilbo Swaggins

Taste: 7/10, Percentage: 5%, Price: 12-pack, $23.99 on special (RRP: 26.99), Standards per vessel: 1.3 First produced during the summer of 1998, and re-released in batch form every summer since, Monteith’s Brewing Company refers to this particular brew as “a fresh, bright and lively Read more...

World Watch

Posted 3:15pm Saturday 25th February 2012 by Sumantra Maitra

Kia Ora and welcome to the very first World Watch, a whimsical look at the stranger goings-on in the world. I was pretty lucky to get to write this column, considering that Critic already boasts a little short of seventeen thousand volunteers. But I somehow cornered our sprightly young Editor, and Read more...

Classic Film

Posted 3:12pm Saturday 25th February 2012 by Sam McChesney

Director: Roman Polanski Chinatown is a blockbuster that would never get made today: main characters die off-screen, the plot has something to do with the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, there is a light-hearted visual gag about wife-beating, the protagonist spends half the film Read more...

How to: Be a Fresher

Posted 6:16pm Friday 24th February 2012 by Staff Reporter

Now, you might not think that you need a guide to being a fresher – it should just come naturally, right? Wrong. Being the best fresher that you can be is the result of hours of hard work and preparation. It is not a challenge to be taken lightly. To help you on your way, Critic has compiled the Read more...

Straight Up

Posted 6:09pm Friday 24th February 2012 by La Dida

So, the first queer column of 2012 is about marriage. No surprise there. The happy dyad of gay marriage and adoption reform seem to dominate queer media, community and social spaces at the moment. I hear it all the time: “gay marriage is the next step/last frontier”, “it’s the rights issue of our Read more...

Geekology

Posted 5:56pm Friday 24th February 2012 by Robbie Masters

The human brain is a complex beast, with approximately 100 billion cells and perhaps 100 trillion connections between them. These connections form information “highways”, which pass electrical currents from one part of the brain to the next. Almost everything you do as a human is dependent on these Read more...

Uncle Howie

Posted 5:32pm Friday 24th February 2012 by Uncle Howie

Dear Howie, I recently met a stunning redhead named Suzy outside Metro one balmy Saturday night. Needless to say, the attraction was instant and things got hot and heavy fast. The thing is, Suzy would like me to perform something in the bedroom, and I’m not exactly confident in my abilities. She Read more...

LILF

Posted 5:25pm Friday 24th February 2012 by Hot For Teacher

Hello, Peter. May I call you Peter? Whenever I ask you this in my head, you say that I can call you anything I like, and wink roguishly. Of course, I am more than willing to call you “sir”, if you would prefer. In my first year of study I had the delight of being in your CELS191 lectures, and Read more...

Me Love You Long Time

Posted 5:05pm Friday 24th February 2012 by Lovebirds

Dunedin is renowned for many things, but its dating scene is not one of them. Getting boozed and pashing people on the dance floor is hardly anyone’s idea of romance, so Critic wants to sort you out. Every week we’re sending two loveless loners on a blind date to Tokyo Gardens (with a bottle of wine Read more...

The Tory Templar

Posted 3:28pm Friday 24th February 2012 by The Tory Templar

The nanny is back and she’s letting her nanny-state culture bleed into every sector of our lives. The University’s recent actions have shown that in loco parentis, the Uni’s right to act in place of your parents, is making a comeback. The idea that the University should be allowed to dictate Read more...

Red and Starry Eyed

Posted 3:22pm Friday 24th February 2012 by Red and Starry Eyed

While freshers are still hiding behind their maps, the scarfie lifestyle is yet again being frowned upon by the DCC. This problem isn’t new – they have wanted to impose a liquor ban in North D since 2006. They want to drop the last drip of our SoGos; probably cause they haven’t been invited to a Read more...

Editorial

Posted 3:11pm Friday 24th February 2012 by Joe Stockman

Kia Ora and welcome to Critic 2012. Founded in 1925, Critic is your student magazine. It is our job to reflect student society and culture, and allow you guys to see yourselves, and your issues, in your own media. We keep an eye on OUSA and the University to ensure they’re behaving themselves, and Read more...

Debatable - 28

Posted 3:21am Monday 17th October 2011 by Critic

Debatable is written by the Otago University Debating Society, which meets for social debating every Tuesday at 7pm in the Commerce Building. This week’s motion is “that individuals should be allowed to sell their organs”. Rebecca Gates argues the affirmative while John Brinsley-Pirie argues the Read more...

Summer Lovin' - 28

Posted 2:53am Monday 17th October 2011 by Critic

Tin Tin Before my date I had been pre-drinking with a couple of flatmates, as seems customary for such endeavours. My solo walk to Toast only cemented my suspicion I shouldn’t have drunk as much, but adventure favours the bold, right? As I arrived, my gaze fell straight onto the Read more...

Editorial - 28

Posted 2:18am Monday 17th October 2011 by Editor

Blah blah blah, sad, blah blah blah, k thnx bye   Shit’s about to get all soppy and nostalgic, so if you can’t stomach that sort of thing, I’d recommend you quickly turn the page.   I’ve been Editor now for approximately a year, and what a ridiculous year it’s been. After all the late Read more...

Summer Lovin' - 27

Posted 5:25am Monday 10th October 2011 by Critic

Rose When I signed up for Summer Lovin’ I was expecting to have a week or two to amp myself up for said lovin' - if they even contacted me at all. What I actually got was a paltry six hours to mentally and physically prepare myself for a blind date with a guy who would undoubtably be Read more...

Debatable - 27

Posted 4:46am Monday 10th October 2011 by Critic

Debatable is written by the Otago University Debating Society, which meets for social debating every Tuesday at 7pm in the Commerce Building. This week’s motion is “that New Zealand should get rid of MMP”. John Brinsley-Pirie argues the affirmative while Ben Loughrey-Webb from the Campaign for MMP Read more...