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Guest Editorial | Issue 23

Posted 4:38pm Sunday 14th September 2014 by Carys Goodwin

I wonder what I’ll do after the election. Have time to think, I’d imagine, or perhaps I’ll finally get around to watching The Wire. No doubt by the time the next election has rolled around, the stress-induced mania will have faded into an aching nostalgia, and I’ll be left wishing for the first door Read more...

ODT Watch | Issue 22

Posted 11:52pm Sunday 7th September 2014 by Allison Hess

Hoho! This headline is perhaps a little crude but nonetheless not a bad pun coming from ODT (for once). A couple of would-be thieves failed to getaway after raiding a jewellery store; why, you might ask? One had a broken leg and the other a prosthetic leg – not exactly ideal conditions to be in Read more...

Love is Blind | Issue 22

Posted 11:52pm Sunday 7th September 2014 by Lovebirds

Jake GyllenhaalWhile slurping at a tepid cocktail of one parts Boredom and three parts Lagging Social Life, I decided it might be fun to sign up for Critic’s infamous blind date. This was my first miscalculation. Arriving at di Lusso entirely too early (second miscalculation), I sat down with Read more...

Too Much Screens | Issue 22

Posted 11:52pm Sunday 7th September 2014 by Sam Fleury

In Treatment's structure was an unusual formal experiment. Each week, five episodes would air on HBO, with each weekday corresponding to a weekly session with one of therapist Paul Weston's patients: On Mondays he sees Laura; Tuesdays, Alex; and so on, until Friday, when he sees his own Read more...

Queer Eye | Issue 22

Posted 11:52pm Sunday 7th September 2014 by Sir Lloyd Queerington

“I’m coming out … I want the world to know, I’ve got to let it show!” Ah, Diana Ross, you captured how fantastic it is to burst out of the closet in a few, fabulous song lyrics. Unfortunately you missed how bloody scary it can be and how potentially dangerous it can be. To understand coming Read more...

Science, Bitches | Issue 22

Posted 11:52pm Sunday 7th September 2014 by Elsie Jacobson

I know being a teenager was a hard time for a lot of us, but imagine going to your mum’s funeral then waking up the next morning to find your family jewels had been replaced with, well, lady bits. Think your teenage identity crisis was bad? This is the life of the clownfish, which makes for a bit Read more...

President's Column | Issue 22

Posted 11:52pm Sunday 7th September 2014 by Ruby Sycamore-Smith

Voting is open! Have you walked past the libraryrecently? Go out and cast your vote! Hello to you all, and thank you to those nationwide who have had a new found interest in my column! I enjoyed a formal letter from the Southern Young National Party who have completely misread my previous Read more...

Bouncing off the Halls | Issue 22

Posted 11:52pm Sunday 7th September 2014 by Staff Reporter

This week begins with some shocking behaviour from Cumberland College, earning its reputation for being the most disgusting and depraved dungeon of degenerates Dunedin has ever seen. Cumberland residents are continuing to make reports of human faeces “smeared” around the toilet block Read more...

Defending the Kingdom | Issue 22

Posted 11:52pm Sunday 7th September 2014 by Sarah McGaughran

There is no doubt that being a conscious consumer is a tough task these days. Animal testing is a problem that often slips our mind when reaching for items on the shelf. We “like” and “share” posts on Facebook showing cute bunnies and beagles, disgusted that harm is inflicted upon them, yet each Read more...

Editorial | Issue 22

Posted 11:52pm Sunday 7th September 2014 by Zane Pocock

Students at Otago are exceptionally lucky this election, considering all of the opportunities they have to be informed before voting. After a couple of speed-humps, Critic and the OUSA NZ General Election Drive have finally launched the website studentvote.co.nz – here you can find a succinct Read more...