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ODT Watch | Issue 12

Posted 4:32pm Sunday 18th May 2014 by Kristen Stewart

Apparently there’s a major gap in New Zealand’s education syllabus … ODT rightly demands this be amended immediately; we don’t want New Zealand’s reputation going down the drain! A snag is right: John Key was giving away sausages for free a mere 100m away from school kids Read more...

David Clark | Issue 12

Posted 4:32pm Sunday 18th May 2014 by David Clark

I recall my student winters well. Particularly memorable was my Crown Street flat where the sun set at 2:30pm – with ice still on the windows. I spent nights in my Swanndri and sleeping bag, huddled in front of the small log-burner in the “lounge.” I suspect these are conditions many of you Read more...

Defending the kingdom | Issue 12

Posted 4:32pm Sunday 18th May 2014 by Libby Larsen

Everyone has that flatmate who took BSNS104 in first year and talks about demand and supply. (Actually, it doesn’t explain why you ate my soup when it was clearly labelled, but thanks ...) This principle states that an increase in consumer demand makes businesses increase output in order to supply Read more...

Guest Editorial | Issue 12

Posted 4:32pm Sunday 18th May 2014 by Claudia Herron

If there’s one thing I’ve learnt this year, it’s that student politics can be fraught with emotion and personal agendas. The OUSA Executive meetings have often been multi-hour affairs and are frequently punctuated with emotion, interruptions and largely inefficient discussion points. While the group Read more...

Love is Blind | Issue 11

Posted 3:11pm Sunday 11th May 2014 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...

Science, Bitches | Issue 11

Posted 3:11pm Sunday 11th May 2014 by Elsie Jacobson

I was having tea with my grandma when she looked up and exclaimed, “Oh, the wallpaper’s changed again! It’s covered in spaniels now. I think I prefer this to the flowers.” The strange thing is her home has had the same unpatterned, cream-coloured walls for the last 20-odd years. Now, she’s Read more...

Queer Eye | Issue 11

Posted 3:11pm Sunday 11th May 2014 by Sir Lloyd Queerington

So, you have been reading this column for a while now and one morning you wake up and think, “sh*t, I think Sir Lloyd is talking about me, I think I am [insert appropriate label here].” By now you are probably experiencing a full-on existential crisis, having an anxiety attack and Snapchatting your Read more...

Hi Dr. Nick | Issue 11

Posted 3:11pm Sunday 11th May 2014 by Dr. Nick

Hi everybody, On a recent evening shift I put one of the whopping 16-gauge needles into a young girl’s measly little vein so we could top her up with a bag or two of fluid. Not the sort of medical miracle that earns a stuff.co.nz fluff piece, but still the biggest needle I’d ever successfully Read more...

ODT Watch | Issue 11

Posted 3:11pm Sunday 11th May 2014 by Allison Hess

Great parenting advice from the ODT! Now that smacking has been banned, parents are in need of a new way to punish their bratty children. This seems proportional to talking back or refusing to eat your greens. Steel has been metaling in matters that don’t concern him, which has Read more...

David Clark | Issue 11

Posted 3:11pm Sunday 11th May 2014 by David Clark

Over the course of the last five years, New Zealanders have had more exposure to New Zealand Sign Language (NZSL) than in any other time in recent memory. During the aftermath of the Christchurch earthquakes, interpreter Jeremy Borland became a staple of the daily press conferences. He stood Read more...