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David Clark | Issue 18

Posted 3:17pm Sunday 2nd August 2015 by David Clark

One of my favourite artists — Ewan McDougall — recently showed me one of his newly completed oil-on-canvas paintings. The painting is entitled “Pretty Relaxed Akshully”. In it, a suited figure smoking a cigar reclines atop a sea of despairing faces. True to Ewan’s Read more...

Science, Bitches | Issue 18

Posted 3:15pm Sunday 2nd August 2015 by Sam Fraser

Following the “shark attack” on Mick Fanning recently at J-Bay, Bruce (the shark) has been frequenting news headlines worldwide. The media, as expected, went nuts on the incident, reporting on pretty much anything they could write about, from the attack itself to Fanning’s Read more...

Dear Ethel | Issue 18

Posted 3:12pm Sunday 2nd August 2015 by Student Support

Dear Ethel, I read some stuff in Critic and it made me think about what happened to me last year. It didn’t seem fair, but I didn’t think I could do anything about it. I was out with my flatmate and got pretty wasted. Campus Watch offered me a ride home. Of course, I accepted! Home Read more...

Something Came Up | Issue 18

Posted 3:10pm Sunday 2nd August 2015 by Isa Alchemist

Arriving down from Christchurch, or from other parts of the world with the beginning of the new semester, influenza is here again. Symptoms are more serious than a cold, characterised by a fever, aches and pains, fatigue (more than normal uni fatigue) and a complete inability to concentrate on Read more...

Love is Blind | Issue 18

Posted 3:05pm Sunday 2nd August 2015 by Lovebirds

Harry We don’t know what the bathroom talk is about but the guy has a nice deck. It was always going to be a push having a lab finishing at six and the date starting at seven, but I caught up pretty fast as my flat mate greeted me at the door with a shot of gin. As I was preparing myself Read more...

Editorial | Issue 18

Posted 10:26am Sunday 2nd August 2015 by Josie Cochrane

The ever-complicated idea of emotions, and how we could, should and do deal with them, is challenging at the best of times. But good art, great art in this example, somehow helps us find a way of making things make sense. The best piece of art I’ve seen lately is the movie, Inside Out. Yes, Read more...

Love is Blind | Issue 17

Posted 3:18pm Sunday 26th July 2015 by Lovebirds

Chrystal Critic may have messed up the night we sent you, but you were cold and lonely. First off, I was totally surprised at how quickly this date was arranged! Monday night my flattie nominated me with the subject line, “Cold & lonely third year seeking company”. Sweet, great Read more...

From the Back of the Class | Issue 17

Posted 3:12pm Sunday 26th July 2015 by Finbarr Noble

New Zealander Nancy Wake was the Allies’ most decorated servicewoman of World War Two, “The Electric Bugaloo” and the Gestapo’s most wanted person with a five-million-franc price on her head. She was code-named “The White Mouse” because of her ability to elude Read more...

ODT Watch | Issue 17

Posted 3:09pm Sunday 26th July 2015 by Steph Taylor

Think you’re being smart when you take that sneaky shortcut jumping a fence on the way home drunk? Just make sure you don’t jump over a ledge and get wedged between it and a wall like a young Dunedin man did. I personally cannot survive without coffee, being a postgrad Read more...

Sceptic Schism | Issue 17

Posted 3:00pm Sunday 26th July 2015 by Wee Doubt

Vani Hari, known to her millions of followers as The Food Babe, is an American author and activist who criticises the American food industry. Huge companies, including Kraft, Chipotle Mexican Grill, Chick-fil-A, Starbucks and Subway, have changed or reconsidered ingredients in their products as a Read more...