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Debatable - 13
Posted 12:54am Friday 1st July 2011 by Tarsh Turner and John Brinsley-Pirie
This week’s motion is “Southland lignite should stay in the ground”. Tarsh Turner argues the affirmative while John Brinsley-Pirie argues the negative. Affirmative The development of Southland’s lignite deposits represents a major threat to the global climate, and will not Read more...
Summer Lovin' - 12
Posted 11:47pm Monday 30th May 2011 by Ann and King Kong
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 - 12
Posted 6:21am Thursday 26th May 2011 by Editor
LET’S GET PO-LITICAL If you’re reading this, it means the apocolypse, as predicted by various Christian groups in the US never occurred. Oh well. Better luck next time, crazies. This week’s issue is the food issue, and if there’s one thing I like, it’s food. Like the food editor, Nigella Read more...
Debatable - 12
Posted 6:18am Thursday 26th May 2011 by Todd Dickens and Keegan Burrow
This week’s motion is “Should the US have shot Osama bin Laden?” Todd Dickens argues the affirmative while Keegan Burrow argues the negative. Affirmative Sometimes it is simply not good enough to do your best, you have to actually succeed at doing what is necessary. Obama knows this. He took Read more...
Summer Lovin' - 11
Posted 6:01am Thursday 26th May 2011 by Jay Z and Beyonce
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 - 11
Posted 7:08am Thursday 19th May 2011 by Editor
It’s OUSA Diversity Week, to celebrate, we bring you the Diversity issue. It’s easy to underestimate the importance of diversity issues in 2011. After all, homosexuality isn’t illegal anymore, civil unions have been established (more on this on page df) and there’s a small possibility that, as a Read more...
Diatribe - 11
Posted 6:49am Thursday 19th May 2011 by Anonymous
“Despite current usage, the word [homosexual] is an adjective describing a sexual action, not a noun describing a recognisable type.” (Gore Vidal) I am a man, I have romantic relationships with men and I have sex with men. At the same time, I do not think of myself as “gay”, Read more...
Debatable - 11
Posted 6:45am Thursday 19th May 2011 by Will Cheyne and Clare Burn
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 “We should allow disabled parents to select embryos that will produce disabled children”. Will Cheyne argues the affirmative while Clare Read more...
Summer Lovin' - 10
Posted 5:00am Thursday 12th May 2011 by Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez
Justin Bieber The evening kicked off at home with a couple of pies, some good music and a 15 box to calm the nerves. The flatmates showed more interest in the grand event than in either the Royal Wedding or a free sausage from the Christians. Showered and shaved up and down, I was Read more...
Editorial - 10
Posted 10:06pm Monday 9th May 2011 by Editor
Happy Families It’s the month of May, which, aside from heralding the downward slide into assignments and exams, also happens to be New Zealand music month. To celebrate this, we’ve put together a music themed issue. The Copyright Amendment bill, the best New Zealand bands, the music Read more...
Just Another Fucking Hipster
Posted 9:59pm Monday 9th May 2011 by Robert Smith
No social factor is contrived to be so important, or used so divisively, as one’s music taste. Seemingly above all other things, the particular pressure oscillations of air that one grants unhindered passage into one’s auditory senses is THE defining social boundary. Imagine walking into a Read more...
We should ban offensive material in songs
Posted 9:54pm Monday 9th May 2011 by
This week’s motion is “We should ban offensive material in songs”. John Brinsley-Pirie argues the affirmative while Tiho Mijatov argues the negative. Affirmative By offensive, what I mean is violent and denigrating material. I don’t care about some dude swearing or telling Read more...
Editorial - 9
Posted 3:45am Monday 9th May 2011 by Editor
Since U Been Gone Welcome back to the second half of the semester. I hope you had a wonderful break. We sure did. The one down side to the public holidays are, of course, that on your days off you can’t necessarily do the things you might have wanted to do. I, for instance, wanted to catch Read more...
Diatribe - 9
Posted 6:29am Thursday 5th May 2011 by Adrian Green
It wouldn’t be a New Zealand public holiday without the obligatory reports on the dead, maimed and general carnage on our roads. Death, destruction, cars, explosions and sometimes alcohol; it’s everything we love in our media all wrapped up into one nice little news nugget, ready for nationwide Read more...
War can never be justified
Posted 6:23am Thursday 5th May 2011 by Jack Montgomerie and Rebecca Gates
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 “war can never be justified”. Jack Montgomerie argues the affirmative while Rebecca Gates argues the negative. Affirmative Read more...
Summer Lovin' - 9
Posted 5:51am Thursday 5th May 2011 by Prince William and Kate Middleton
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...
Summer Lovin' - 8
Posted 4:13am Wednesday 27th April 2011 by Hugh Hefner and Anna-Nicole Smith
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...
Work work fashion baby
Posted 4:19am Tuesday 26th April 2011 by Julia Hollingsworth
Welcome to the fashion issue. As you may be aware, Planet Media (the umbrella parent company of both Critic and Radio One) underwent a review last week. While the recommendations are not yet public, there is a strong possibility that the panel will recommend that Planet Media be assimilated into Read more...
The Lads
Posted 4:10am Tuesday 26th April 2011 by Luke MacLean-McMahon
How is it that sockless boat shoes, ankle-skuxing and flat peaks have become a fashion statement? The current trends on display in and around uni are shameful, if not completely fucked. At least in the days of Canterbury NZ track pants and Kathmandu puffer jackets, comfort and practicality were at Read more...
Summer Lovin' - 7
Posted 7:31am Thursday 14th April 2011 by Kurt and Courtney
In a city where romance consists of drunkenly holding hands while walking home and dates are a post-town pre-root Big Mac, it seems dating, at least in the American television sense, is dead. In Summer Lovin’, Critic sets up two lucky students on a blind date (courtesy of the lovely people at Read more...
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