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Editorial | Issue 26

Posted 4:26pm Sunday 6th October 2013 by Sam McChesney

So here’s the last issue of the year! Oh golly gosh, I have so many people to thank! I’d like to thank my mum and dad, for raising me to be the editor I am today. They were so proud when I delayed entering the workforce to take on an eternally Google-able, man-child job involving prodigious Read more...

Science, Bitches! | Issue 26

Posted 4:26pm Sunday 6th October 2013 by Hannah Twigg

Ever wished you could just implant memories into your head? You could chuck in a memory of having read your entire textbook for class without actually doing the reading. Well, guess what: scientists have managed to put false memories into a mouse’s brain! The breakthrough was made possible by Read more...

Hi Dr. Nick | Issue 26

Posted 4:26pm Sunday 6th October 2013 by Dr. Nick

As Dr John Dorian once said, “endings are never easy … We all want to believe that what we do is very important, that people hang on to our every word, that they care what we think.” This quote kick-started my imagination, and I bawled like a little bitch. While reasserting my masculinity by eating Read more...

Daily Grind | Issue 26

Posted 4:26pm Sunday 6th October 2013 by M and G

Rating: 3/5 G has always assumed that Governor’s, located on George Street opposite Knox Church, is some sort of Jamaican eatery that sells goats’ cheese curry. In fact, Governor’s is a brunch-centered café open seven days a week. After being fucked over by daylight saving, M and G Read more...

Get Out Of The Ghetto | Issue 26

Posted 4:26pm Sunday 6th October 2013 by Phoebe Harrop

The Alexandra Blossom festival, an annual springtime kaleidoscope of small-town New Zealand goodness, is a Dunedin bucket list must-do escape. Held at the end of each September, when Central Otago’s blossoms are in full vernal splendour, the Festival is stretched over several weeks but culminates in Read more...

Love Is Blind | Issue 26

Posted 4:26pm Sunday 6th October 2013 by Lovebirds

BrandonI went into the date expecting very little – the selection pool of openly gay people in Dunedin who would sign up for this date must be tiny, so to be honest I thought my man would be a disappointment. To make things worse, I was also half expecting my date to be someone I already knew. Read more...

The More Things Change | Issue 26

Posted 4:26pm Sunday 6th October 2013 by Jessica Bromell

This week, “The More Things Change” comes to its inevitable end. History, meanwhile, does not. 12 October, 1216: King John of England, best known for sealing the Magna Carta, ran into trouble on a journey and lost the Crown Jewels in a swamp. He’d been out fighting the barons and the French, Read more...

ODT Watch | Issue 26

Posted 4:26pm Sunday 6th October 2013 by Josie Cochrane

No, the Queen wasn’t talking about John Key’s visit. The article is about wasps being accidentally introduced into New Zealand for no purpose whatsoever, much like tofu. Funnily enough, the ODT isn’t referring to its own reporting. The title actually refers to Dunedin’s Read more...

The Preachings of a Liberal | Opinion

Posted 4:26pm Sunday 6th October 2013 by Guy McCallum

Since this is my last year at university, and my last column for Critic, it seems fitting to use this space to impart some of the wisdom that I have obtained over the years. This wisdom is the end product of my various achievements – and numerous disappointments – first as a Christian, and a Read more...

Hi Dr. Nick | Issue 25

Posted 2:29pm Sunday 29th September 2013 by Dr. Nick

Hi everybody, Put your hand in your front right pocket and have a good ol’ feel. That phone you’ve got in your hand, and its reliance on the ore Coltan, is responsible for the conflict in the Congo that the World Health Organisation conservatively estimates kills over 1,000 people a day. Read more...