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Science, Bitches! | Issue 24

Posted 1:47pm Sunday 22nd September 2013 by Matthew Ordish

Pedants tend not to be popular people. They’re often seen as those who, rather than contribute to a debate on the tastiest berry, insist that strawberries are, in fact, aggregate accessory fruits, and not berries at all (you uninformed philistine). This derision is mostly deserved; if Read more...

Hi Dr. Nick | Issue 24

Posted 1:47pm Sunday 22nd September 2013 by Dr. Nick

Hi everybody, An obvious issue with writing a health column for a student magazine is the fact that the target audience is young and healthy, dramatically limiting possible topic selection. It would be far easier to write for the ODT – their target audience seems to be around 80 years old, Read more...

Daily Grind | Issue 24

Posted 1:47pm Sunday 22nd September 2013 by M and G

Rating: 5/5 Mou Very / Mou Bar / The Smallest Bar In The World (or whatever the kids are calling it nowadays) is a back alley hot-spot nestled between Hikari Sushi bar and Café Nesli on George Street. Mou Very roasts its own beans on site daily and has a range of awesome beer and spirits on Read more...

Get Out Of The Ghetto | Issue 24

Posted 1:47pm Sunday 22nd September 2013 by Phoebe Harrop

Its name isn’t inventive, but at least it’s descriptive. Long Beach, a suitably extensive (not in 90-mile Beach terms, mind you) stretch of blondish sand, reaches 2.5km between two rocky headlands. Around the headland to the left you find Purakaunui Inlet; to the right, the sinisterly-named Read more...

Love Is Blind | Issue 24

Posted 1:47pm Sunday 22nd September 2013 by Lovebirds

RihannaCritic did well on the racial stereotyping this week, putting me with another dark beauty. But he was nice and buff and smooth and wonderful so I got over the surprise easily. We settled in to dinner quickly and happily. He complimented me a lot and proved to be an adventurous eater, Read more...

The More Things Change | Issue 24

Posted 1:47pm Sunday 22nd September 2013 by Jessica Bromell

This week, science and technology progress in leaps and bounds. 27 September, 1066: Duke William II of Normandy set sail for England, and went about taking over the place in a significant, and ultimately successful, quest for the throne. (He is now known as William the Conqueror for precisely Read more...

ODT Watch | Issue 24

Posted 1:47pm Sunday 22nd September 2013 by Josie Cochrane

The ODT is so glass-half-empty! We preferred the images of Team New Zealand nearly capsising – these showed the world who’s the dog and who’s the lamppost. Breaking News: there is now a new oldest man. Critic wonders how regularly this title changes hands. It’s Read more...

Legalise It | Opinion

Posted 1:47pm Sunday 22nd September 2013 by Guy McCallum

History’s progression has seen a steadily narrowing scope of self-determination. When once self-determination was thought of as the right of states, it has become in practice a right of individuals. Some of the fruits of this narrowing scope have been the abolition of slavery (and its pursuit as an Read more...

Editorial | Issue 24

Posted 1:47pm Sunday 22nd September 2013 by Sam McChesney

This week is our politics issue. My sincerest apologies. We now have a brand-new “leader” of the “opposition,” who may or may not prove competent enough for us to drop the quotation marks to which we’ve become accustomed in recent times. David Cunliffe’s had an interesting couple of years – Read more...

The Loose Guide | Issue 23

Posted 2:39pm Sunday 15th September 2013 by Campbell Ecklein

Depending on how far up your arse your head is, some of you may have noticed that Dunedin actually extends beyond the Student Quarter (and the Octy on weekends). The rest choose the path of blissful ignorance, which is a short path indeed. If you’re tired of being limited to territory that you can Read more...