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Something Came Up | Issue 22

Posted 3:14pm Sunday 6th September 2015 by Isa Alchemist

Spring is here and, despite the cold weather, the spring flowers are coming up. Along with spring comes the familiar story of blocked or runny noses, sneezing, sore and itchy eyes and maybe a headache. When we suggest that the culprit is hayfever and not a cold or whatever has laid low your Read more...

David Clark | Issue 22

Posted 3:10pm Sunday 6th September 2015 by David Clark

Student politics was lively when I was studying on campus. It was the early days of student loans and sentiment ran high. Memorably, one protestor threw himself under Education Minister Lockwood Smith’s car on a visit to the university. Grant Robertson — then OUSA president, now Labour Read more...

Sceptic Schism | Issue 22

Posted 3:07pm Sunday 6th September 2015 by Wee Doubt

The belief that vitamin C helps with colds and boosts the immune system is so prevalent that probably everybody reading this, including me, has taken a vitamin C tablet in their life. Scurvy is a disease that most people associate with sailors losing teeth from their bleeding gums and is caused Read more...

Unzipping the Myths | Issue 22

Posted 3:04pm Sunday 6th September 2015 by T. Antric

Fifty Shades of Grey is a terribly written, (inexplicably) terribly popular book series, originally created as fanfiction for a series that featured sparkly vampires. I myself have a few scarves (and ties and jumpers and even a sock) that have been relegated to the graveyard of items of clothing Read more...

Science, Bitches | Issue 22

Posted 3:01pm Sunday 6th September 2015 by Sam Fraser-Baxter

Could robots take over? Should we fear a world where robots are smarter than humans? As we moved into the twenty-first century, the world became increasingly digitalised, mirroring fictional visions of the future with robots, instant communication and information sharing. Will the machines we Read more...

Editorial | Issue 22

Posted 10:27am Sunday 6th September 2015 by Josie Cochrane

The United Nations Refugee Agency has recorded 52 million persons of concern this year, the highest number since World War II. New Zealand hasn’t changed its cap of 750 refugees per year in 26 years and per capita, New Zealand is 90th in the world for the number of refugees we admit. The Read more...

Love is Blind | Issue 21

Posted 2:48pm Sunday 30th August 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...

ODT Watch | Issue 21

Posted 2:41pm Sunday 30th August 2015 by Steph Taylor

Not the greatest idea to steal your sister’s child and claim that he’s yours while going through customs. Apparently to get a letter from the Queen, it’s as easy as sending an average drawing of the Queen. Perhaps I’ll start sending in my colouring-in Read more...

From the Back of the Class | Issue 21

Posted 2:29pm Sunday 30th August 2015 by Finbarr Noble

Previously in this column there has been cause to celebrate feminists like Emmeline Pankhurst and the suffragettes for their fearless advocacy for the rights of women. But now, I must castigate some of them for their behaviour during the Great War. In August 1914, at the outset of World War One, Read more...

Dear Ethel | Issue 21

Posted 2:25pm Sunday 30th August 2015 by Student Support

Dear Ethel, Help! I had to go to my nana’s funeral up north and I now have absolutely no money left. I’ve already had to borrow money off mum to pay my rent this week, and she doesn’t have much money so I can’t ask for any more. I don’t even have any money for food Read more...