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From the Back of the Class | Issue 25

Posted 2:17pm Sunday 27th September 2015 by Finbarr Noble

A head of one of the world’s many religions died in the last fortnight with little international fanfare. Max Gesner Beauvoir was the spiritual leader of Haiti’s voodoo faith, a biochemist as well as a voodooist. Beauvoir became the Supreme Servitur in 2008.  Voodoo originated in Read more...

Science, Bitches | Issue 25

Posted 2:15pm Sunday 27th September 2015 by Sam Fraser-Baxter

People often ponder what is the most urgent environmental issue confronting us. Is it climate change, species extinction or human overpopulation? The answer could be any of these. It is hard to predict which environmental issue may lead to an irreversible collapse in the planet’s Read more...

Something Came Up | Issue 25

Posted 2:11pm Sunday 27th September 2015 by Isa Alchemist

The exam cycle is coming around again — following closely will be a nudge up in the average level of stress throughout North Dunedin. It seems like two out of every three students have that haunted look, as if the grim invigilator is two steps behind them (and the third just hasn’t Read more...

Unzipping the Myths | Issue 25

Posted 2:04pm Sunday 27th September 2015 by T. Antric

80 percent of all sexually active adults will get an sexually transmitted disease (STI) at some point in their lives. STIs are stigmatised and shamed, which simply contributes to them being spread more. Having an STI is not a death sentence or something to be ashamed of, but they can be quite Read more...

Sceptic Schism | Issue 25

Posted 2:02pm Sunday 27th September 2015 by Wee Doubt

Conservatives are a bunch of meat-eating, game-hunting, tax-decreasing, hard-drinking, Bible-bashing, black-and-white-thinking, immigration-hating, oil-fracking-loving, morally dogmatic philistines. Liberals are a bunch of bike-riding, tree-hugging, whale-saving, big-government-promoting, Read more...

David Clark | Issue 25

Posted 2:00pm Sunday 27th September 2015 by David Clark

Healthcare in New Zealand has been underfunded to the tune of $1.7 billion in recent years, according to independent economics advisory firm, Infometrics.  If you are studying health sciences, you may be directly affected by changes in our health system. The lack of funding and the loss of Read more...

Dear Ethel | Issue 25

Posted 1:58pm Sunday 27th September 2015 by Student Support

Dear Ethel, Shit! It’s only two weeks until exams. I’m streeesssssed out. I really don’t know if I’m going to make it. I feel like dropping out.  What can I do? Y ou’re not alone … exams are really stressful — for some students more Read more...

Editorial | Issue 25

Posted 10:27am Sunday 27th September 2015 by Josie Cochrane

Last week, we published the blurbs for the 2016 OUSA executive candidates. They sent us their blurbs so that you could have an idea of what they stand for. To those campaigning, you are trying to be student politicians. Can’t you rise above the dirty politics? Most students don’t care Read more...

Love is Blind | Issue 24

Posted 2:50pm Sunday 20th September 2015 by Lovebirds

Critic’s infamous blind date column brings you weekly shutdowns, hilariously mismatched pairs, and the occasional hookup. Each week, we lure two singletons to Di Lusso, ply them with food and alcohol, then wait for their reports to arrive in our inbox. If this sounds like you, Read more...

From the Back of the Class | Issue 24

Posted 2:43pm Sunday 20th September 2015 by Finbarr Noble

Senator Hiram Johnson is supposed to have opined that the first casualty of war is truth. Hillary Clinton has said that “women have always been the primary victims of war”. I myself have stood in the war cemeteries of northern France and seen the white stakes above the graves of the Read more...