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Debatable - 18

Posted 4:28am Monday 1st August 2011 by Emily Hay and Maddie Harris

This week’s motion is “We should outlaw public displays of affection”. Emily Hay argues the affirmative, while Maddie Harris argues the negative. Affirmative The issue of public displays of affection, aka PDAs, is no longer about getting a room, it’s about getting some self respect. Read more...

Summer Lovin' - 17

Posted 4:19am Thursday 28th July 2011 by Ashton and Demi

Critic sets up two lucky students on a blind date (courtesy of the lovely people at Toast), complete with a bar tab and positive vibez, in an attempt to prove that Dunedinites can date. The only catch: the love birds each divulge all the salacious details of their date in a short snappy article Read more...

Editorial - 17

Posted 11:47pm Monday 25th July 2011 by Editor

ACT'S MOULDY POLICIES This week’s issue is our “culture” issue, hence the delightful petri dish complete with Critic-shaped bacteria on the cover (See ODT, we can make puns too. Even if they do imply rather negative things about our hygiene). The week before last, four politicians Read more...

Diatribe - 17

Posted 11:43pm Monday 25th July 2011 by Marjo Cantus

Foreword: I’m still pretty young to Dunedin and New Zealand. This diatribe is therefore the expression of my feelings as an outsider and a newbie to Dunedin’s student and cultural life. I come from a country where protesting in the streets is almost a national sport. You may have in mind the cliché Read more...

Debatable - 17

Posted 11:42pm Monday 25th July 2011 by Tiho Mijato and Basil Brazil

This week’s motion is “That Maori language should be a compulsory subject in schools”. Tiho Mijatov argues the affirmative, while Basil Brazil argues the negative. Affirmative I always feel a bit thick passing through New Zealand towns and having no clue what the Maori place names mean. Read more...

Summer Lovin' - 16

Posted 5:16am Monday 25th July 2011 by Jamie Hince and Kate Moss

Critic sets up two lucky students on a blind date. Jamie Hince   After signing up in the hopes of getting a night of free booze and some time off research, my hopes weren’t particularly high with regards to the company. Getting slightly lost on my way to Toast gave me a bit more Read more...

Editorial - 16

Posted 4:01am Monday 25th July 2011 by Editor

ON DA INTERWEBZ “Technology” is a fairly far-reaching theme. Perhaps it’s just that I’m somewhat of a technophobe who shies away from things with buttons and flashing lights, but the sheer magnitude of what counts as technology is overwhelming. Needless to say, it was hard to pick what Read more...

Diatribe - 16

Posted 3:59am Monday 25th July 2011 by Mary-Rose Wiklund

Learning to drive is not just about getting a handle on indicating and turning a wheel – it is a journey of self-discovery. In other words, you discover just how angry you can get at other people, and at strangers no less. Personally, there is a group of people somewhere between those who drive Read more...

Debatable - 16

Posted 3:55am Monday 25th July 2011 by Beau Murrah and Hannah Drury

This week’s motion is “that social networking stunts social skills.” Beau Murrah argues the affirmative while Hannah Drury argues the negative. Affirmative I have (and you likely have too) heard old people say things about social networking websites that sound like things probably said Read more...

Summer Lovin' - 15

Posted 12:08am Tuesday 12th July 2011 by Camilla and Charles

Critic sets up two lucky students on a blind date. Camilla I arrived at Toast fashionably late via a taxi van after consuming many glasses of wine, to find a near empty bar-but we filled it up. I entered Toast hopefully without my date noticing that I brought my entire flat with me. I Read more...

Editorial - 15

Posted 4:43am Monday 11th July 2011 by Editor

Welcome back! We hope you had a great break and all that jazz. It may have been a break, but hey, the world keeps spinning and boy, did a lot of things happen. OUSA’s very own “sex scandal”   Dan Stride’s very public resignation raised a number of issues surrounding privacy (see Read more...

Diatribe - 15

Posted 4:41am Monday 11th July 2011 by Nick Gavigan

On Wednesday the 1st of June on live television, Murray Deaker described a man working on a sheep farm as “working like a nigger”. I write this on the evening of Friday 3rd, just a few hours after the ‘professional media’ wrote its first online article on the events. Two days late. Cue Sky TV Read more...

Debatable - 15

Posted 4:38am Monday 11th July 2011 by Alec Dawson and Kurt Purdon

This week’s motion is “that insulation of Dunedin flats should be compulsory.” Alec Dawson argues the affirmative while Kurt Purdon argues the negative. Affirmative   Dunedin winters are relentlessly cold, dark and bleak. If you’re lucky enough to be living in a hall of Read more...

Summer Lovin' - 14

Posted 4:22am Monday 11th July 2011 by Charles and Diana

Critic sets up two lucky students on a blind date. Charles The hour drew nigh as I made my merry way to the tavern of Toaste Barre. Though my journey was long and arduous, I let neither bogle nor banshee nor goblin from the cave of UniColle prevent me from reaching my destination and Read more...

Editorial - 14

Posted 4:17am Wednesday 6th July 2011 by Editor

I’M LEAVING ON AN AEROPLANE It’s the last Critic of the semester, and oh, what a semester it’s been. It started with an earthquake, which shook things up for a bit (sorry, I couldn’t help myself). Brash and Harawira fought it out, Geoghegan resigned, a fairly uninspiring national budget was Read more...

Diatribe - 14

Posted 4:16am Wednesday 6th July 2011 by Hazel Green

If there’s one thing I can’t stand, it’s the nation’s obsession with rugby. It’s an all-consuming obsession, one that some (namely Jim Flynn, God bless him), would say is bordering on the unhealthy. Expressing ambivalence/complete disinterest in our national sport is on par with treason. Say you Read more...

Debatable - 14

Posted 4:09am Wednesday 6th July 2011 by John Brinsley-Pirie and Nathan Thomas

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 “should New Zealand become a republic?”. John Brinsley-Pirie argues the affirmative while Nathan Thomas argues the negative. Read more...

Summer Lovin' - 13

Posted 3:51am Wednesday 6th July 2011 by Michelle and Barak

Critic sets up two lucky students on a blind date. Michelle   So prior to meeting my date at Toast, I had a cheeky double gin to boost my smalltalk potential. I ignored my flatmates’ advice to “get fuckin’ maggot” because I didn’t want to bring my Read more...

Editorial - 13

Posted 1:01am Friday 1st July 2011 by Editor

Apathy. Meh. It’s presidential election week at OUSA, and we’ve gone all political-bonanza on this issue. Inside, we offer full election coverage: from the forum (pg 7), to Qs and As with the candidates (pg 12 onwards), to election analysis with our pundits (pg16). Read it. Ask the candidates Read more...

Diatribe - 13

Posted 12:55am Friday 1st July 2011 by Amelia Pond

Race relations in New Zealand is delicate discussion territory. I don’t pretend by any means to be an expert on the subject. I’m not a law student, I have never studied the Treaty outside of fourth form social studies, I am not Maori, I’m as pale and pasty as they come and I am originally from Read more...