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Science, Bitches! | Issue 25

Posted 2:29pm Sunday 29th September 2013 by Bryony Leeke

Exams are looming, stress is building, the Central Lib will soon be overflowing, and the stress-relief method that got us through the rest of the semester – that favourite student pastime, the weekend booze-binge – will shortly be abandoned in favour of Saturday nights hitting the books. Within a Read more...

Daily Grind | Issue 25

Posted 2:29pm Sunday 29th September 2013 by M and G

Rating: 3.5/5 This one has been a long time coming. Capers is a Dunedin institution, mostly for freshers who want a break from hall food and well-meaning guys taking their one-night stand out for a “thanks for the bang” brunch. Famous for their obscenely large pancakes and frantic weekend Read more...

Love Is Blind | Issue 25

Posted 2:29pm Sunday 29th September 2013 by Lovebirds

JackIt was the usual story for me: my flatmates dobbed me in for the date and I decided to go along with it. My date was a good old-fashioned Scarfie lass – a GB in the truest sense – and I thought we were in for a relatively good night. I was wrong. Initially, it seemed like dinner was going Read more...

The More Things Change | Issue 25

Posted 2:29pm Sunday 29th September 2013 by Jessica Bromell

This week, animals are important. 30 September, 1846: Modern medicine advanced once again when Dr W. M. Morton first used ether as an anaesthetic, administered by simple inhalation of the fumes. Ether is rarely used for anaesthesia today, but has become a mildly popular recreational drug, Read more...

ODT Watch | Issue 25

Posted 2:29pm Sunday 29th September 2013 by Josie Cochrane

Shocking! Critic had always thought history was about the future. In an insightful study, researchers found that by standing near the bar and looking at the bartender, you’re more likely to get served. He is fine with humans; he just needs therapy for sneering Read more...

OUSA Election Forums | Opinion

Posted 2:29pm Sunday 29th September 2013 by Jacobin

In my mind, the success of any elected organisation is largely dependent on its leader(s), and whether or not they manage to unite an often disparate group of people under one banner in the name of getting shit done. Ruby Sycamore-Smith could name at least six other candidates she was Read more...

OUSA Election Forums | Opinion

Posted 2:29pm Sunday 29th September 2013 by Guy McCallum

I wasn’t surprised that the questions raised at the Presidential Forum centred around three main themes: participation, finances and OUSA’s role in campus life. Jordan seemed to be the odd one out. Someone (I suspect a friend of his) asked him whether OUSA should, like the modern-day state, Read more...

Yellow and Blue Make Green | Opinion

Posted 2:29pm Sunday 29th September 2013 by Guy McCallum

The environment is a stick with which libertarians are stuck gleefully, and often. If our libertarian ideals are to be taken seriously, they need to be seen to deal satisfactorily with the problem of pollution – a problem that is deeply intertwined with the pressures of consumerism. Read more...

Editorial | Issue 25

Posted 2:29pm Sunday 29th September 2013 by Sam McChesney

Voting is now open for the OUSA elections, and we have an interesting three-way battle for the top spot. I say “interesting”; in reality it’s a little depressing. If I could have picked two ideal Presidential candidates from the current Exec, it would have been Blake Luff (the Recreation Read more...

The Loose Guide | Issue 24

Posted 1:47pm Sunday 22nd September 2013 by Campbell Ecklein

Life isn’t always easy. Between busy schedules, peer pressure and a tendency to over-commit, many of us wind up with very little time for ourselves. This can lead to serious medical conditions like boredom, crankiness and strop. Sometimes all you need to do to reset the balance is take a pause for Read more...