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David Clark | Issue 6

Posted 3:11pm Sunday 29th March 2015 by David Clark

I recently heard a senior cabinet minister expressing contempt in parliament for what he still calls Labour’s interest-free loan “bribe”. The government hasn’t been brave enough to return interest to student loans yet. But if NZUSA collapses, an increase in your student debt may be the future Read more...

Crush on Campus | Issue 6

Posted 3:11pm Sunday 29th March 2015 by A Boy In Love

Each week Critic wants to hear from you if you’re struggling to approach the man or woman of your dreams. Does she always sit on that front row seat and give the lecturer far more attention than you’re comfortable with? Does he stroll past your window each morning and your only attempts Read more...

Skeptic Schism | Issue 6

Posted 3:11pm Sunday 29th March 2015 by Wee Doubt

Wake up and smell the wee! Would you drink your own piss for the sake of your health? Because doing it every day will, according to some, cure you of pretty much everything from acne to cancer. The first big wee in the morning is the most effective, with urine taken mid-stream and then drunk Read more...

ODT Watch | Issue 6

Posted 3:11pm Sunday 29th March 2015 by Steph Taylor

The beer was chilled and the kegs were flowing as the last bastion of Scarfie culture took place on Saturday 21 March. Following the trend current in Invercargill, Dunedin’s own “code brown” situation occurred last weekend at Moana Pool, with those wanting a “leisurely” swim Read more...

Editorial | Issue 6

Posted 3:11pm Sunday 29th March 2015 by Josie Cochrane

Last week we held a competition for you to choose which Hyde Street photo would make the cover of Critic. You went nuts. I tried to rig it by putting my favourite four photos at the start of the album but, no, you social media whizzkids could not be fooled. It’s time everyone got better taste Read more...

ODT Watch | Issue 5

Posted 3:54pm Friday 27th March 2015 by Steph Taylor

Only in Otago do we get front-page headline news that a regional rugby player has become a new dad. Be thankful if you’re a ginger and live in New Zealand rather than Tanzania, as more than 200 people have been arrested due to their association with the murders of albino Read more...

Editorial | Issue 5

Posted 5:43pm Sunday 22nd March 2015 by Josie Cochrane

That was a bit embarrassing wasn’t it, Canta? A dumb decision to print it and even more embarrassing that you paid for it. For those who missed the piece that Canta has got in a wee bit of trouble for, “The Epidemic of Virtual Butt-hurt” was written by a Queen B who has a rant at Read more...

Love Is Blind | Issue 5

Posted 5:43pm Sunday 22nd March 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, email Read more...

Whole Lotta Love | Issue 5

Posted 5:43pm Sunday 22nd March 2015 by Student Support

Post-Hyde Street already! If you were lucky enough to purchase tickets in the three-point-something minutes before they sold out, we hope it was all you wanted it to be. If, for any reason, it wasn’t, you’re welcome to drop into OUSA Student Support at 5 Ethel Benjamin Place (look for the giant Read more...

From the Back of the Class | Issue 5

Posted 5:43pm Sunday 22nd March 2015 by Finbarr Noble

The Suffragettes were feminists before it was cool — they fought for women’s suffrage in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The term “suffrage” is an umbrella one that refers loosely to women’s suffrage unions in general, but in Edwardian Britain it was synonymous with the militant Read more...