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The Sheet Shuffle - 10

Posted 2:42pm Sunday 11th July 2010 by Raeven Geist-Deschamps

Libidinous Tendencies and the Essay Wall     My creativity and my libido have gone hand in hand: they’ve met the increase in work by starkly plummeting. Thus I’ll engage my gender bias and my whiskey on ice and consider a few topical questions. In answer to Read more...

The Conservatory - 10

Posted 2:41pm Sunday 11th July 2010 by Edward Greig

Increasing the drinking age is nothing more than a nanny-state, broad-brush approach that will penalise the many for the indiscretions of the few. Alcohol is consumed in large quantities by many people, and it can cause a lot of harm. There is no doubt that the Law Commission report on alcohol Read more...

La Presidenta - 10

Posted 2:39pm Sunday 11th July 2010 by Harriet Geoghegan

The first Student General Meeting (SGM) of 2010 is going to be held this Thursday at 1pm on the OUSA Lawn. SGMs are a pretty archaic process, though. The views of 20 000+ students are meant to be adequately expressed by a village-style vote by whoever doesn’t have class and is available Read more...

The Media and Me - 10

Posted 2:15pm Sunday 11th July 2010 by Paul McMillan

Who the hell is Justin Bieber? I’m not even going to take the time to find out whether I’m spelling his name right. More importantly, why would 3 News start their report of the day's events by investigating the frenzy and hysteria around a musical spawn of Satan entering the country? The Read more...

Te Roopu Maori - 10

Posted 2:14pm Sunday 11th July 2010 by Critic

e mihi tenei ki nga akonga Maori o Otago, he mihi nui hoki ki nga akonga e mahi ana i te Tohu Paetahi Tauhokohoko! Kia Ora to all our Maori students at Otago, in particular those who study Commerce, who have come from all over Aotearoa, both first-year and returning students! This year we Read more...

The Green Finger - 10

Posted 2:13pm Sunday 11th July 2010 by Marnie Walters

Before the last election, Key said that “victims of crime have been neglected for too long. It’s time we gave them the support they deserve.” It sounded good; I kind of get why people voted for that. What he didn’t mention, unfortunately, was just the kind of support victims deserved.   Read more...

Num Nums - 10

Posted 2:11pm Sunday 11th July 2010 by Tien-Yi Toh

At just over two months old, five0nine (7 Frederick St) is probably the freshest face (in more ways than one) in the Dunedin café scene. Specialising in Taiwanese bubble tea, a sweet, flavoured tea-based drink, five0nine offers a pleasant alternative to the usual coffee/tea options at other Read more...

Editorial - 10

Posted 1:58pm Sunday 11th July 2010 by Ben Thomson

It’s graduation time at University. Everyone who finished up at the end of last year leaves their high-paying jobs up north and rolls into town for the weekend for one last blowout in Dunedin. Then it’s back to work on Monday. Most of them only left after exams last November, but it is Read more...

Debatable - 10

Posted 1:57pm Sunday 11th July 2010 by Alec Dawson and Kurt Purdon

Is Free Trade Preferable to Development Aid? Alec Dawson argues that it is; Kurt Purdon disagrees.     Alec: Our society is hypocritical. We seem to think it is okay to provide endless barriers to trade, protecting our own businesses and citizens at the expense of Read more...

Boy and Girl - 10

Posted 1:56pm Sunday 11th July 2010 by Boy and Girl

Pop Quiz Online.     Boy: question 1: how often do you check your breasts out in public? Girl: umm, not very often, hardly at all  Girl: i mean, unless there’s a mirror or a window reflection   Boy: or, unless, you're looking down your own top! 12:18 Read more...

The Albums the world forgot - 10

Posted 1:48pm Sunday 11th July 2010 by Stuart Dangerfield

Graham Turner, Melodies For Millions: A Tribute to Kenny G (2003, Luxury Multimedia Ltd.) Sometimes a musician affects you so strongly, so intensely – indeed, penetrates your soul so deeply – that you feel you must pay tribute to them. This is clearly the way Graham Turner Read more...

Top 5 - 09

Posted 1:44pm Sunday 11th July 2010 by Richard Cheese

Top 5 Reasons Why American Football Is Much, Much Better Than Rugby Jock Phillips, a New Zealand, historian wrote that rugby was played by colonial New Zealand men for the intimacy of physical touch that their lonely lives lacked. That’s a bit awkward for the rugby boys – Read more...

Soapbox - 09

Posted 1:40pm Sunday 11th July 2010 by Critic

“Gee, she’s just begging to be raped …”     In New Zealand, one in three girls and one in six boys experience sexual abuse. Currently, one in four women experience rape or attempted rape in their lifetime. New Zealand has some of the highest rates of sexual abuse in the world. Read more...

The Sheet Shuffle - 09

Posted 1:39pm Sunday 11th July 2010 by Raeven Geist-Deschamps

If You Put Your Leg This Way and I Hold Myself Here …     Some Sex, Some Positions Last night, after a brilliant pub crawl, as I slid myself between the sheets on the top level of the bunk-bed, I heard my moody lower bunkmate return. With a twittering blonde woman. She gave Read more...

The Conservatory - 09

Posted 1:36pm Sunday 11th July 2010 by Edward Greig

Private prisons and Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) in general could be used to the benefit of the country. The fact that they are run by private companies, for a profit, does not automatically mean that every other aim of such an organisation is compromised.   One of the better Read more...

La Presidenta - 09

Posted 1:33pm Sunday 11th July 2010 by Harriet Geoghegan

As this column goes to print, changes to the Design department are being voted on at the University Senate. You may have seen posters around the place, and read about it in Critic. I’m pretty pre-occupied with that at the moment, and hopefully the meeting goes well (this column is due in Read more...

The Media and Me - 09

Posted 1:04pm Sunday 11th July 2010 by Paul McMillan

Just prior to patronising a certain Uni bar for an earth-shaking, euphonic performance from Dunedin’s immensely talented Mountaineater, I luxuriated on the couch and absorbed the exact opposite of musical freedom and creativity: American Idol. Why? I’m not entirely sure myself – Read more...

Te Roopu Maori - 09

Posted 1:03pm Sunday 11th July 2010 by Stacey O'Neil

We are Te Roopu Whai Putake, the Otago University Maori Law Students’ Association. Stacey O’Neill – Tumuaki / President Iwi: Ngapuhi. Studying: LLB / BA (Maori and Politics).   Maia Wikaira – Tumuaki Tuarua / Vice President Iwi: Ngati Tuwharetoa, Te Read more...

The Green Finger - 09

Posted 1:00pm Sunday 11th July 2010 by J.R and B.G Holmes

The National Government Review This review is done in the style of the rental star rating system that is currently being launched. Insulation: This house is very well insulated. The fat-cats of Cabinet line the walls and ceiling nicely for a good thick blanket of warmth. None of this Read more...

Boy and Girl - 09

Posted 12:58pm Sunday 11th July 2010 by Boy and Girl

Girl and Boy Review Dunedin’s Best Sights Girl Al Bar: Last week, my friend and I saw two insanely good-looking English boys drinking at the Al Bar – one of them even talked to me. Unfortunately, my klutzy male friends scared him off and I was too shy / moronic to follow up. Recently, Read more...