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Editorial | Issue 14

Posted 10:04am Sunday 10th July 2016 by Hugh Baird

Kia ora and welcome back! I hope you all enjoyed your break and you’re feeling a little refreshed or a little fresh in the warmth of a Dunedin winter. If the heating in your flat doesn’t work all too well this time of year I highly recommend a box of beers or bottle of wine to warm Read more...

Love Is Blind | Issue 13

Posted 1:00pm Sunday 29th May 2016 by Lovebirds

Critic’s infamous blind-date column brings you weekly shutdowns, hilariously mis-matched pairs, and the occasional hookup. Each week, we lure two singletons to Dog With Two Tails, ply them with food and alcohol, then wait for their reports to arrive in our inbox. If this svounds Read more...

Sexcellent | Issue 13

Posted 12:10pm Sunday 29th May 2016 by Sexcellent

Dear sexcellent I’ve recently just started sleeping with this girl and my friend thinks someone is going to get attached. Is there ever really such a thing as just sex, especially between girls? Help Commitment issues    Dear commitment issues I am a huge believer in Read more...

Dear Ethel | Issue 13

Posted 12:07pm Sunday 29th May 2016 by Student Support

Dear Ethel, I am a first year student, fresh out of high school. Our high school teachers never really talked about relationships and identities that weren’t heterosexual and neither did any adults in my family.  I’ve never dated anyone before but I feel like I might be Read more...

Science, Bitches | Issue 13

Posted 12:03pm Sunday 29th May 2016 by Sam Fraser-Baxter

If everyone looked at the stars each night we would live a lot differently. When you stare into infinity you start to realise there are more important things to care about than what we do all day. You realise your place in the universe, in the world, in this life. So for this week’s science Read more...

The Weekly Doubt | Issue 13

Posted 12:00pm Sunday 29th May 2016 by Wee Doubt

Would you like a cup of tea? With milk and sugar, you say? Why don’t you try it the way I like it instead? I brew the tea, add sugar and yeast, and leave it on my windowsill for a couple of weeks. Yeah, so that a big snotty fungus grows in it. No, I don’t change the water, I just leave Read more...

Matters Of Debate | Issue 13

Posted 11:57am Sunday 29th May 2016 by Otago University Debating Society

This column is written by the Otago University Debating Society, which meets for social debating every Tuesday at 6pm in the Commerce Building Affirmative, by By Old Major Most of us probably couldn’t imagine the unbearable pain and suffering people must endure in the end stages of Read more...

Editorial | Issue 13

Posted 10:13am Sunday 29th May 2016 by Critic

As we wind down the semester and head for our latest work holiday somewhere around the equator, we thought we’d reflect on the highlights and lowlights of the semester past.  Hugh: My favourite part of the semester here at Critic was watching Joe tell all that he had in fact turned Read more...

Love Is Blind | Issue 12

Posted 1:19pm Sunday 22nd May 2016 by Lovebirds

Critic’s infamous blind-date column brings you weekly shutdowns, hilariously mis-matched pairs, and the occasional hookup. Each week, we lure two singletons to Dog With Two Tails, ply them with food and alcohol, then wait for their reports to arrive in our inbox. If this svounds Read more...

The Weekly Doubt | Issue 12

Posted 12:20pm Sunday 22nd May 2016 by Wee Doubt

Is there a black covering of sexual thoughts in your environment? If there is, somebody close to you may be possessed by a demon. Demonic possession is the spiritual possession of an individual by a malevolent being, commonly known as a demon. From the website mysticfiles.com I learned the Read more...