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Sexcellent | Issue 9

Posted 12:07pm Sunday 1st May 2016 by Sexcellent

Dear Sexcellent, I don’t like shaving my pubes: I get awful ingrown hairs and it’s horribly itchy. I keep it nice and trimmed but I my boyfriend wants me to go completely hairless because he likes it better. How do I make it stop hurting? Yours, Bush Warrior Dear Bush Read more...

Matters Of Debate | Issue 9

Posted 12:05pm Sunday 1st 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 Employers have a responsibility to ensure that their employees are working in a safe environment. That doesn’t Read more...

Science, Bitches | Issue 9

Posted 12:01pm Sunday 1st May 2016 by Lucy Hunter

"Natural" is defined as existing in nature and not made or caused by people. Many people believe natural products are intrinsically better for you than synthetic ones. Arsenic is natural. Blood poisoning is natural, but wearing clothes is unnatural. AIDS is natural, as are snakebites. A Read more...

Dear Ethel | Issue 9

Posted 12:00pm Sunday 1st May 2016 by Student Support

Dear Ethel, Recently I went to a bathroom when a man entered, or at least I thought they were a man. When I told him they were in the wrong bathroom he said, I’m actually a woman, and then she continued to enter a stall. I don’t want to make this embarrassing mistake again but how I Read more...

Clark V. Woodhouse

Posted 11:56am Sunday 1st May 2016 by David Clark

David Clark We are all born helpless.  None of us would survive to adulthood without parents or guardians to ensure we had necessary nurture, food and shelter.  And we’re lucky to be in New Zealand. Everyone has the opportunity to get ahead with the help of publicly funded Read more...

Editorial | Issue 9

Posted 10:21am Sunday 1st May 2016 by Hugh Baird

I'd just like to say straight off the bat that Campus Watch are the ducks nuts. For the most part they do an outstanding job and are easy to get on with, usually making for some good light-hearted entertainment.  However this week we had a particular individual walk into the office and Read more...

Love Is Blind | Issue 8

Posted 1:23pm Sunday 24th April 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 8

Posted 12:21pm Sunday 24th April 2016 by Wee Doubt

Colostrum is a fluid that female mammals produce from their mammary glands after they give birth. It isn’t milk – it’s a clear, yellowish substance that will be the newborn baby’s first meal. As well as nutrients for the baby, colostrum contains antibodies produced by Read more...

Sexcellent | Issue 8

Posted 12:18pm Sunday 24th April 2016 by Sexcellent

Dear Sexcellent I have recently gotten out of a long term relationship and am petrified at the thought of kissing let alone having sex with anyone else. Please help! Yours truly, Cockfright Dear Cockfright How I know your struggle. I think all of us have experienced this at some Read more...

Science, Bitches | Issue 8

Posted 12:16pm Sunday 24th April 2016 by Sam Fraser-Baxter

Coral bleaching is one of the adverse affects of global warming we hear about, time and time again in the media. Since Al Gore’s fucking-do-something-right-now documentary, An Inconvenient Truth, coral bleaching is a process that is commonly cited along with others such as mass starvation, Read more...