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David Clark | Issue 03

Posted 4:35pm Sunday 9th March 2014 by David Clark

In dark days past, when the Internet was new to Otago, I had to get a “driver’s licence” before being issued an email account by the University. Getting a “driver’s licence” involved attending labs where email communication was attempted, while supervised and under strictly controlled conditions. Read more...

Editorial | Issue 03

Posted 4:35pm Sunday 9th March 2014 by Zane Pocock

Technology is a double-edged sword. The people on one side saying that it’s elevated and liberated humans are right; the ones on the other side who say we’re now slaves buried by it are also right. I’ve certainly got a fair bit of both sides in my life, anyway. The various computing devices Read more...

ODT Watch | Issue 02

Posted 4:35pm Sunday 9th March 2014 by Thomas Raethel

Considering the level of racial diversity seen in Dunedin, it comes as no surprise that our fine region’s “African Chief” looks like a mixture of Prince Charles and Hamish Keith. What is most alarming about this scenario: that the prostate examinee was enjoying it more than the Read more...

ODT Watch | Issue 01

Posted 4:35pm Sunday 9th March 2014 by Zane Pocock

Suddenly those free O-Week pies seem a bit more sinister: “He had reheated the pie in a 630W microwave at his workplace, as he had many times before,” the article says. The rest was dotted with such gems as “[Otago’s] hot food injury rates begin to boil over,” while “hot food injury Read more...

Love Is Blind | Issue 02

Posted 4:44pm Sunday 2nd March 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 02

Posted 4:44pm Sunday 2nd March 2014 by Laura Illston

Your busy timetable of procrastination and partying hard may not have left you much time to sleep. Will science be able to help you when those first due dates start to loom? Of course! Your solution: a power nap. The key thing about power naps is that they’re less than 30 minutes long. As you Read more...

Queer Eye | Issue 02

Posted 4:44pm Sunday 2nd March 2014 by Sir Lloyd Queerington

Hello Lovelies, This week I want to tell you a story about a little boy called Lloyd. This boy grew up in a small rural town in the south of Aotearoa. He had a “traditional” upbringing, surrounded by a loving family, Christian values, hard work and lots of toys. He was a bright kid, good at Read more...

Hi Dr. Nick | Issue 02

Posted 4:44pm Sunday 2nd March 2014 by Dr. Nick

Hi everybody, If you’ve been lucky enough to contract a rare disease in your lifetime, then you’ve no doubt met a bunch of medical students and had them poke, prod and probe you. It’s a law of nature that doctors love to cart their minions through the hospital to proudly display their Read more...

David Clark | Issue 02

Posted 4:44pm Sunday 2nd March 2014 by David Clark

In the past seven days, new Otago students will have met people they’ll know and care about for the rest of their lives. How do I know this? From my own experience and from that of countless Otago grads through the years. Ask those who’ve been around a little longer. Of course, not everyone Read more...

Feelgood | Issue 02

Posted 4:44pm Sunday 2nd March 2014 by Ethan Rodgers

Comrades, at the time this article was written, Ellen Page (best known for her role as an irritating prego-hipster) had recently burst forth from the closet in a cloud of rainbows, glitter and k. d. lang records. Oh, good for her; I know a thing or two about being locked in a small enclosed space Read more...