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Science, Bitches | Issue 21

Posted 5:55pm Sunday 31st August 2014 by Hannah Twigg

So why would I bother talking about the naked mole rat – a pink, hairless, toothed rodent from eastern Africa? Perhaps you better know them as the species that charismatic sidekick from your child/teenhood was (Kim Possible, anyone?). Have you ever Google image searched for a naked mole rat? If not, Read more...

ODT Watch | Issue 21

Posted 5:55pm Sunday 31st August 2014 by Kristen Stewart

Why has this never happened to Dan Carter?! “Error” of epic proportions: TVNZ aired a raunchy condom advertisement during a TV movie about New Zealand’s most high profile rape trials. Sometimes unfortunately placed advertisements can be hilarious … not so much in this case. Anything Read more...

Editorial | Issue 21

Posted 5:55pm Sunday 31st August 2014 by Zane Pocock

The great Oil spill of 2014 has spread to the students, with recent email conversations released by the anonymous Twitter account @whaledump indicating a conspiracy by Cameron Slater and his buddy Aaron Bhatnager (who is inextricably tied up in Judith Collins’ latest of many headaches) against an Read more...

Love Is Blind | Issue 20

Posted 12:53am Monday 18th August 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...

Too much screens | Issue 20

Posted 12:53am Monday 18th August 2014 by Sam Fleury

The Larry Sanders Show is set in a very particular time and place, namely the world of US late-night talk shows between 1992 and 1998, when the show was airing. The formula has remained largely unchanged for decades now: a man (it’s always a man) wears a suit, and sits behind a desk for an hour, Read more...

Queer Eye | Issue 20

Posted 12:53am Monday 18th August 2014 by Sir Lloyd Queerington

I like to think that I give a crap about people living in poverty. I give monthly to charities, I sign petitions, I educate myself and try to help educate others. I am pretty much a saint, but I don’t know what to do to help queers in poor countries. I sometimes wonder what motivates me to Read more...

Science, Bitches | Issue 20

Posted 12:53am Monday 18th August 2014 by Elsie Jacobson

A fish splashes around a saltwater marsh in California, its silvery flank flashing like a mirror in the sunshine. An ant quietly slips away from its colony in the canopy of a Thai forest. And a mouse in New Zealand suddenly loses its fear of cats. All of these animals are the victims of mind Read more...

Defending the kingdom | Issue 20

Posted 12:53am Monday 18th August 2014 by Christian Hardy

From 4–8 August the University of Otago chapter of the Student Animal Legal Defense Fund (SALDF) hosted “Animal Law Week 2014.” You may have noticed some of our posters around campus, especially in the vicinity of Richardson Building. You may even have gone to a few of our events. But who exactly Read more...

ODT Watch | Issue 20

Posted 12:53am Monday 18th August 2014 by Kristen Stewart

Seriously? It appears the ODT has got reoccurring beef with Kim’s large frame. Only 30 minutes? That definitely doesn’t give enough time to fully convey the complex procedure that is hand-washing. On first glance, we wondered how someone could look so happy when holding a Read more...

Te Roopu Maori column | Issue 20

Posted 12:53am Monday 18th August 2014 by Te Hau White

The New Zealand general election is fast approaching and there are an abundance of storylines and sideshows regarding it. On 20 September everyone over the age of 18 who is a New Zealand citizen can have a say in whom they believe can represent them in our parliament. As a politics major I often Read more...

Bouncing off the halls | Chronicles of Castle

Posted 12:53am Monday 18th August 2014 by Staff Reporter

Due to the great success and controversy of last week’s Bouncing Off the Halls, Critic is back with more stories of booze, boobs and bodily fluids. This time we’re moving away from the stomping grounds of Dunedin’s filthiest freshers to the drunk, disorderly, disgusting and Read more...

Editorial | Issue 20

Posted 12:53am Monday 18th August 2014 by Zane Pocock

It has always intrigued me that you can receive a barely-passing mark for an assignment and have no idea what you did wrong. I recently got such a report back. The “Discussion” section had only ticks – with a mark for the section of 13/30. Yet another section not only had the same saturation of Read more...

Love is Blind | Issue 19

Posted 9:16pm Sunday 10th August 2014 by Lovebirds

Too Much Screens | Issue 19

Posted 9:16pm Sunday 10th August 2014 by Sam Fleury

Review stars Andy Daly as Forrest MacNeil, a man whose job it is to review life experiences. The context (not to mention the reality) of this job is uncertain. We know that he has a production team around him, and that what we are watching is the finished product, but his family and friends from Read more...

Queer Eye | Issue 19

Posted 9:16pm Sunday 10th August 2014 by Sir Lloyd Queerington

across all hook-up apps. This column will not tell you how to get the finest cock or tit from Tinder but will instead dispense advice on staying safe. That might not sound like as much fun, but it has the potential to save you from life-threatening diseases and those creeps out there who want to do Read more...

Science, Bitches | Issue 19

Posted 9:16pm Sunday 10th August 2014 by Laura Illston

If you live fast you will probably die young, and one day the universe will come to an end. Both of these facts are examples of science telling you things that you didn't want to hear. But science wants to make it up to you! This week it will attempt to cheer you up with some good news: you know all Read more...

Defending the Kingdom | Issue 19

Posted 9:16pm Sunday 10th August 2014 by Elisabeth Larsen

“But, it can’t be that bad if it’s legal!” We irritating bleeding hearts hear this quite regularly in regards to Factory Farming and its continued legality in New Zealand. We even do stuff like rally against it – like we did a couple of weekends ago in New Zealand’s five biggest cities. Read more...

ODT Watch | Issue 19

Posted 9:16pm Sunday 10th August 2014 by Kristen Stewart

Woo! it’s about time they provided some choice on Andersons Bay road in South D. A new Wendy’s is opening for times when you don’t feel like McDonalds. Or Burger King. Or Subway. Or KFC. Or Hell Pizza. Fatty Lane, you have a serious rival. See, ODT, you can come up with Read more...

Editorial | Issue 19

Posted 9:16pm Sunday 10th August 2014 by Zane Pocock

As reported by the ODT on Friday 1 August, Dunedin city councillor Lee Vandervis has called for video surveillance of Scarfie-ville to “prevent vandalism.” There is a huge problem with this, and it’s because of how much students have improved their behaviour recently. Largely driven by a Read more...

Love is Blind | Issue 18

Posted 9:43pm Sunday 3rd August 2014 by Lovebirds

Too Much Screens | Issue 18

Posted 9:43pm Sunday 3rd August 2014 by Sam Fleury

Before Mystery Incorporated, the Scooby-Doo franchise had the dubious honour of being much loved, but without any real examples of greatness. The previous series had a lot to love about them, but they firmly existed in an episodic world, designed to keep kids entertained on a parent’s bleary Read more...

Queer Eye | Issue 18

Posted 9:43pm Sunday 3rd August 2014 by Sir Lloyd Queerington

The other week there was a piece in The Press about the homophobia faced by a young man called Jay Claydon when he was playing semi-professional rugby. Jay’s story, and others’ like his, highlights the entrenched issues we have in our society in relation to masculinity, sexuality and gender Read more...

Science, Bitches | Issue 18

Posted 9:43pm Sunday 3rd August 2014 by Hannah Twigg

OK, so how many of you have joked about sleeping with your textbook under your pillow? How many have actually tried? In moments of desperation before tests and exams, we’ve all hoped for some kind of overnight understanding. Well, it turns out that this kind of wishful thinking isn’t worth ruling Read more...

Defending the Kingdom | Issue 18

Posted 9:43pm Sunday 3rd August 2014 by Oska Rego

Last month the University of Otago’s Veganism and Animal Rights Society hosted a screening of Earthlings, a 2005 film exploring shocking displays of speciesism in industries built on pets, food, clothing, entertainment and science. Standard practise exploits animals without regard for their Read more...

ODT Watch | Issue 18

Posted 9:43pm Sunday 3rd August 2014 by Kristen Stewart

This article begs the question: WHY, ODT, WHY!? Taking pointless and ridiculous reporting to a new level, the article describes how an intoxicated Irish woman broke into an apartment, where she then locked herself in a cupboard and proceeded to urinate throughout. Adding insult to Read more...

Bouncing off the halls | Issue 18

Posted 9:43pm Sunday 3rd August 2014 by Staff Reporter

It’s been a while, but Critic has decided to return with a full lowdown of shenanigans going on at your favourite Halls of Residence. To kick off, a Senior Resident at Selwyn has lost his job after beginning relations with a fresher. The 24-year-old was given an ultimatum to either break off Read more...

Guest Editorial | Issue 18

Posted 9:43pm Sunday 3rd August 2014 by The Rt. Hon. General Gold Bastard

For those who don’t know me, allow me to introduce myself: I am the Rt. Hon. Gold Bastard, supreme leader of Critic’s four editorial goldfish. My days start unpredictably. I drive my harem to go nuts when the first of our giant pet nematodes walks in, but they’re good at ignoring us despite Read more...

Love Is Blind | Issue 17

Posted 10:15pm Sunday 27th July 2014 by Lovebirds

Defending the kingdom | Issue 17

Posted 10:15pm Sunday 27th July 2014 by Elisabeth Larsen

“BUT I BUY FREE-RANGE! LEAVE ME ALONE, YOU DIRTY STINKING HIPPY!” At some point in the near future, you may well find yourself saying this to some random in New World. He may or may not be wearing hemp pants. With the chia seeds and quinoa in his basket, he peers dubiously at the “free-range” Read more...

Too much screens | Issue 17

Posted 10:15pm Sunday 27th July 2014 by Sam Fleury

Hijinks ensue when six friends try to navigate the complicated world of relationships ... Happy Endings’ premise is not unique, but its execution is. Beginning with the breaking up of Alex and Dave’s wedding, Happy Endings follows them and their group of friends as they try to figure what comes next Read more...

Science, Bitches | Issue 17

Posted 10:15pm Sunday 27th July 2014 by Elsie Jacobson

From the honeybee waggle-dance, to the moonwalking red-capped manikin, to your dad’s awkward shuffle, everyone loves a boogie now and again. It’s hard to resist tapping your feet when a groovy tune comes on, but what is it about certain songs that make them so danceable? Imagine, for a Read more...

ODT Watch | Issue 17

Posted 10:15pm Sunday 27th July 2014 by Kristen Stewart

Poor Dent students, their beloved Medical Library is being moved to make way for animal testing facilities! Hang on a minute … is it just us, or is anyone else concerned about how animal testing is deemed a lesser concern than dentistry students missing out on a study space that isn’t even Read more...

Guest Editorial | Issue 17

Posted 10:15pm Sunday 27th July 2014 by Loulou Callister-Baker

Buried in 15-year-old documents, receipts and eccentric handwritten art proposals, I try and identify the junk from the historical documents at the Blue Oyster Art Project Space. I have been going through these archival documents for two months. At times it feels repetitive but, more often than not, Read more...

Love is Blind | Issue 16

Posted 5:12pm Sunday 20th July 2014 by Lovebirds

Too much screens | Issue 16

Posted 5:12pm Sunday 20th July 2014 by Sam Fleury

Idiosyncratic shows have to train their viewers how to watch them. But as television seasons get shorter, there is less time to do that. At 10 episodes, this year’s Fargo cuts right to the idiosyncratic chase. So, without giving anything away, here are some things I think you should keep in mind Read more...

Queer Eye | Issue 16

Posted 5:12pm Sunday 20th July 2014 by Sir Lloyd Queerington

So it’s election year, they tell me, and that means we need to prepare ourselves for an onslaught of bullshit. This will come in the form of empty promises, pithy soundbites and accusations flying left, right and centre! Often the right of politics (Act, National and the Conservatives) will accuse Read more...

Science, Bitches | Issue 16

Posted 5:12pm Sunday 20th July 2014 by Laura Illston

Most of us are familiar with what it feels like to be running out of time. We know what it is like to power walk to a lecture or feel the self-loathing associated with pushing an assignment to the last minute. But what exactly is this thing we want more of? Will we ever be able to control it? Let’s Read more...

Defending the kingdom | Issue 16

Posted 5:12pm Sunday 20th July 2014 by Elisabeth Larsen

A few months ago, animal lovers all over the country rejoiced at the news that the notorious Brougham Park egg farm (just over the hill at Mosgiel) was to be closing down. However, the new owner of the property did not wish to keep the farm, and so all the laying hens were to be culled (killed, for Read more...

ODT Watch | Issue 16

Posted 5:12pm Sunday 20th July 2014 by Kristen Stewart

Heads up, Dave Cull! Has ODT got a deal for you: more shackles on sale! I’m sure there’s still some taxpayer money squirreled away that you could use to augment Dunedin’s growing collection of dirty, old handcuffs. These three articles, placed together in Tuesday’s Read more...

Editorial | Issue 16

Posted 5:12pm Sunday 20th July 2014 by Zane Pocock

This week, Loulou Callister-Baker’s feature, “Right in the nutcracker” (page 18), proved quite a big surprise to me. While I fully expected the outcome to be a well-justified attack on what I thought was the cis-sexist, misogyny-driven annual Selwyn Ballet, the reality is far more complex. What Read more...

Love is Blind | Issue 15

Posted 6:52pm Sunday 13th July 2014 by Lovebirds

Defending the kingdom | Issue 15

Posted 6:52pm Sunday 13th July 2014 by Dusty Pearson

The Animal Welfare Act Amendment Bill 2013 is currently passing through Parliament. In response to the potentially significant changes to animal law, an animal law workshop was held at The University of Auckland. Seminars were given by Vernon Tava, David Tong, Danielle Duffield, Arnja Dale, and Read more...

Queer Eye | Issue 15

Posted 6:52pm Sunday 13th July 2014 by Sir Lloyd Queerington

Oh woe is us as we mourn the loss of the “real” men. The ones whose facial hair was allowed to grow free and wasn’t teased into hipster-perfect face art. The men whose sole occupation was rustling sheep, drinking beer and chasing tail. The men whose only exercise was a run around a rugby field, who Read more...

Science, Bitches | Issue 15

Posted 6:52pm Sunday 13th July 2014 by Elsie Jacobson

There are more bacterial cells in your body than there are human cells. Think about that for a moment. Gross? Nah, not really. It’s perfectly healthy to be covered in bacteria. They are everywhere – from your eyelashes to your toes, all over your skin, in your gut, under your nails and up Read more...

ODT Watch | Issue 15

Posted 6:52pm Sunday 13th July 2014 by Kristen Stewart

ODT reveals the Otago region’s most boast-worthy facts and figures … Which apparently don’t amount to much. The article highlights several, uh, “strengths” including that the average income for Otago households is $1,000 less than the rest of New Zealand, life satisfaction is lower Read more...

Editorial | Issue 15

Posted 6:52pm Sunday 13th July 2014 by Zane Pocock

Let’s be fair – as the editor of a student publication, I naturally love a bit of scandal. I’ve chased trouble by publishing my opinions since early high school. It will be no surprise, then, that I was initially having the time of my life last week when Critic Politics Editor Carys Goodwin’s Read more...

Love is Blind | Issue 14

Posted 1:08pm Sunday 6th July 2014 by Lovebirds

Defending the kingdom | Issue 14

Posted 1:08pm Sunday 6th July 2014 by Christian Hardy

On a cold Dunedin evening in June, the Centre for Science Communication hosted acclaimed British ethnologist and UN Messenger of Peace Dr. Jane Goodall at the Regent Theatre during her 2014 tour. Dr. Goodall is perhaps best known for her work on social and family interactions of chimpanzees in Read more...

Queer Eye | Issue 14

Posted 1:08pm Sunday 6th July 2014 by Sir Lloyd Queerington

While you were toiling over your examinations and then heading home for the break, your mate Sir Lloyd was undertaking a grand tour of the ancient world. In amongst the museums, Roman ruins and pizzeria visits, there was one thing that really struck me; that being the number of cocks I was looking Read more...

Science, Bitches | Issue 14

Posted 1:08pm Sunday 6th July 2014 by Hannah Twigg

Last semester we introduced you to our microscopic friend yeast and its excellent role in making beer. This week let’s talk about how else we can use these wee bugs to make another delicious treat: bread! First, though: what actually is yeast? The kind used in bread, baker’s yeast, is called Read more...

Baked pumpkin risotto

Posted 1:08pm Sunday 6th July 2014 by Sophie Edmonds

Risotto isn’t at all difficult to make. In fact, I think it is easier than a boring old bolognaise. At the end of the day a risotto of any flavour consists of a white risotto base with whatever other inclusions you want thrown in at the end. In this case it is cubes of sweet baked pumpkin. Pumpkin Read more...

ODT Watch | Issue 14

Posted 1:08pm Sunday 6th July 2014 by Allison Hess

This article heralding the launch of a new rural fire organisation does not only contain a punny headline. No, the fun doesn’t stop there! ODT clearly couldn’t contain their love for puns, inserting one in the photo caption, “Sparked into life,” and another within the article: “once the Read more...

David Clark | Issue 14

Posted 1:08pm Sunday 6th July 2014 by David Clark

It is the time of year when my office comes closest to processing more 18+ cards than the Rob Roy Dairy sells ice creams. And this is my last scheduled Critic column for 2014. This column has been a great opportunity to communicate with you as your local electorate MP. But this is au revoir Read more...

Editorial | Issue 14

Posted 1:08pm Sunday 6th July 2014 by Zane Pocock

It may seem quite late in my tenure to have done so, but over the mid-year break I started noticing a lot of media coverage centered around US universities, students’ associations and publications. My observation was simple: while students in New Zealand struggle to find a voice, let alone be taken Read more...

Love is Blind | Issue 13

Posted 2:07pm Sunday 25th May 2014 by Lovebirds

Science, Bitches | Issue 13

Posted 2:07pm Sunday 25th May 2014 by Hannah Twigg

As a student in Dunedin, beer is probably relevant to your interests. Not only is this beverage delicious and intoxicating, but the beer-making process, while being an art form, is also jam packed full of science! Beer is made of four key ingredients: barley; hops; water; and yeast. Other Read more...

Queer Eye | Issue 13

Posted 2:07pm Sunday 25th May 2014 by Sir Lloyd Queerington

So last week I had a little rant about the experience I had attending an administrative meeting of the Anglican Church of Aotearoa New Zealand and Polynesia. What I should have stressed is that my experience would have been much worse if I attended a similar meeting of nearly any other Christian Read more...

Hi Dr. Nick | Issue 13

Posted 2:07pm Sunday 25th May 2014 by Dr. Nick

Hi everybody, In 1964, M Poppins et al reported on the effects of sucrose on the gravitational properties of pharmaceutical products. Further studies have failed to demonstrate that a spoonful of sugar does indeed help the medicine go down, but it raises an interesting point: medical Read more...

ODT Watch | Issue 13

Posted 2:07pm Sunday 25th May 2014 by Kristen Stewart

This article goes on to lament the burnt-out couches, empty booze bottles and pigsty houses, rhetorically questioning if decimating Dunedin in the name of having fun is really desirable. We’d like to point out this man’s first and foremost mistake: taking a Sunday drive through Castle Street Read more...

Defending the kingdom | Issue 13

Posted 2:07pm Sunday 25th May 2014 by Rosie Cox

Does your flat want to give an animal a home? Yes, you say, but if you get one (or more) will you treat it as a cuddly companion or as a commodity? For whatever reason you and your flat may want a pet, or why you have a pet already, it is crucial to recognise the enormity of your decision and that Read more...

David Clark | Issue 13

Posted 2:07pm Sunday 25th May 2014 by David Clark

The fact that I inhaled as a student has been canvassed previously by this magazine. As Barack Obama famously quipped, “that was the point.” I should also say that I am glad to have supported the ban on synthetic cannabinoids recently put through Parliament. On account of the miserable tales Read more...

Editorial | Issue 13

Posted 2:07pm Sunday 25th May 2014 by Zane Pocock

It’s remarkably common these days for figureheads such as politicians and business people – even in little old New Zealand – to confess to having smoked marijuana. In fact, it basically seems like everyone has, and reporting on the issue has rapidly become so ubiquitously pro-legalisation that it Read more...

Love is Blind | Issue 12

Posted 4:32pm Sunday 18th May 2014 by Lovebirds

Science, Bitches | Issue 12

Posted 4:32pm Sunday 18th May 2014 by Laura Illston

Are plants, birds and even our own cells keeping a secret from us? While human minds struggle to grasp the unintuitive nature of quantum physics, do other creatures perform quantum feats with no thought whatsoever? For answers, we must look to the emerging scientific field of quantum biology. Read more...

Queer Eye | Issue 12

Posted 4:32pm Sunday 18th May 2014 by Sir Lloyd Queerington

“Justice delayed is justice denied” is a legal maxim with a long and varied history. It is first found in the Mishnah dating back to the first century BCE. It was popularised by Martin Luther King Jr. in his “Letter from Birmingham Jail” and has since been used to support a range of issues. It Read more...

Hi Dr. Nick | Issue 12

Posted 4:32pm Sunday 18th May 2014 by Dr. Nick

Hi everybody, For the last year and a half I’ve spent my chunk of this fine publication mixing health advice with bad puns and needlessly obscure, protracted similes. Like a homophobic English professor lecturing on the undertones of Othello, there’s one theme I never wanted to discuss, too. Read more...

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

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...

Defending the kingdom | Issue 11

Posted 3:11pm Sunday 11th May 2014 by Alex Carroll

Most readers will agree that sexism and racism are bad things, and that there are no tangible differences within the human species. But how would you react if I told you that there are no tangible differences between humans and the entire animal kingdom? I think most readers would consider this Read more...

Editorial | Issue 11

Posted 3:11pm Sunday 11th May 2014 by Zane Pocock

Last Tuesday and Wednesday, the Critic office was tuned in to Parliament’s question time with the hope of watching Judith Collins’ head roll over the Oravida scandal, her habitual dishonesty, and her generally awful demeanour. As at the time of writing, it was both disappointing and surprising to Read more...

Love is Blind | Issue 10

Posted 4:20pm Sunday 4th May 2014 by Lovebirds

Science, Bitches | Issue 10

Posted 4:20pm Sunday 4th May 2014 by Hannah Twigg

The other day, I was talking to a friend and they told me a story of someone they met who didn’t believe in gravity. Now, I don’t know about you, but try as I might, I can’t just levitate at will and ignore one of the fundamental laws of physics. (Though if you know a way, hit me up! How cool would Read more...

Queer Eye | Issue 10

Posted 4:20pm Sunday 4th May 2014 by Sir Lloyd Queerington

“We’re here, we’re queer, get used to it!” Or are you used to it? Are you so used to it that every time you hear about a pride parade or see queer posters you think, “They’ve got gay marriage, what more could they want?” Well, I am happy to admit that those conspiracy theorists who warn you about a Read more...

Hi Dr. Nick | Issue 10

Posted 4:20pm Sunday 4th May 2014 by Dr. Nick

Hi everybody, Children are sexy. Now, while we wait for the police to read that statement and come knocking on my door, let’s talk about Spider Man. I went and saw the newest Spider Man film yesterday. While by and large I found it quite a good film, something in the end bugged me. Read more...

ODT Watch | Issue 10

Posted 4:20pm Sunday 4th May 2014 by Kristen Stewart

At first glance this appears to be an awfully inept spelling mistake … but no. It is, in fact, an awful and confusingly contradictory pun about a pacifist’s response to international terrorism. When I give someone a piece of my mind, it is most definitely not peaceful! Incoming Read more...

David Clark | Issue 10

Posted 4:20pm Sunday 4th May 2014 by David Clark

Dunedin delivers in the cultural sphere. It always has. Think Robbie Burns. Think New Zealand’s first University. James K Baxter. iD Fashion. The Dunedin Sound. Six60. I think of the Dunedin books I stumbled across at University, like Dennis McEldowney’s Full of the Warm South or Archibald Read more...

Defending the kingdom | Issue 10

Posted 4:20pm Sunday 4th May 2014 by Elisabeth Larsen

For animal rights activists, Mojo Mathers is a woman who requires no introduction. She is frequently hailed as “the voice for animals,” as well as a trailblazer for people with disabilities. The list MP has been an adviser to the Green Party since 2006, and a Member of Parliament since 2011. Read more...

Editorial | Issue 10

Posted 4:20pm Sunday 4th May 2014 by Zane Pocock

With the OUSA survey results published last week, now seems as good a time as any for Critic to respond to feedback and step back to reassess our efforts. Our feedback was positive overall; we came in as OUSA’s second-most satisfying service and second-most used service, beaten by Events in Read more...

Love is Blind | Issue 09

Posted 1:58pm Sunday 27th April 2014 by Lovebirds

Science, Bitches | Issue 09

Posted 1:58pm Sunday 27th April 2014 by Laura Illston

Is there something important you’re meant to be doing? As many as 20 per cent of people identify as “chronic procrastinators,” so you are not alone. And by reading this column, you may be able to save yourself. With science! You want to do your homework but, simultaneously, you don’t. You’ve Read more...

Queer Eye | Issue 09

Posted 1:58pm Sunday 27th April 2014 by Orion

Moving on from last week’s introduction to non-monosexuality, today it’s time to bust some myths and talk media representation. Let’s get this out of the way right now: Non-monosexuals are no more likely to cheat, be promiscuous or have trouble committing to a relationship than anyone else. Read more...

Hi Dr. Nick | Issue 09

Posted 1:58pm Sunday 27th April 2014 by Dr. Nick

Hi everybody, I want you to picture two healthy new-born babies; all cute and pudgy and covered in blood and poo, because birth is messy like that. For simplicity’s sake, let’s call them Baby A and Baby B. For complexity’s sake, let’s turn Critic upside-down and try to read the rest of this Read more...

ODT Watch | Issue 09

Posted 1:58pm Sunday 27th April 2014 by Julie Reichenbach

Good try with the cutsie title, ODT. What this article is really about is the systematic murder of 769 rabbits in the “Great Easter Bunny Hunt.” Back in my day, the Easter Bunny hunt entailed searching for chocolate eggs ... times have apparently changed. The ODT appears to be Read more...

Defending the kingdom | Issue 09

Posted 1:58pm Sunday 27th April 2014 by Alex Carroll

Pigs have long been a human meal, being one of the first animals to be domesticated almost 13,000 years ago. Under domestication, pigs lived a similar life to what they had in the wild, bar only the fence around their enclosure. This way of farming pigs remained largely unchanged until the second Read more...

David Clark | Issue 09

Posted 1:58pm Sunday 27th April 2014 by David Clark

Not so long ago, Dunedin’s homeless were regarded as an idiosyncrasy, known by name to students, and looked out for. Now they are becoming too numerous to care about – or so it seems. People don’t stop to speak with the homeless. Instead of an idiosyncrasy, their ubiquity is turning them into an Read more...

Editorial | Issue 09

Posted 1:58pm Sunday 27th April 2014 by Zane Pocock

I sincerely dislike public holidays. I understand that many others do, too. Before I explain, I feel the need to emphasise that I am a big supporter of increasing workers’ rights. I’m not at all a fan of what currently seems to be an inevitable enslavement by employment, I understand the Read more...

Love is Blind | Issue 08

Posted 4:31pm Sunday 13th April 2014 by Lovebirds

Science, Bitches | Issue 08

Posted 4:31pm Sunday 13th April 2014 by Laura Illston

Invisibility would be an awesome superpower. Are you socially avoidant? Just throw on your handy invisibility cloak and you’re good to go! And maybe you don’t want to hide. Maybe you just want to conceal your peanut butter so your flatmates will stop stealing it. What does science have to say about Read more...

Queer Eye | Issue 08

Posted 4:31pm Sunday 13th April 2014 by Orion

Greetings, fellow humans: Today we set out to explain a relatively simple concept: not everyone is more attracted to one sex/gender than another. Let’s think of people as food. You like pizza, right? Maybe you don’t, but you’re not going to get up in my grill if I do. Some people also Read more...

Hi Dr. Nick | Issue 08

Posted 4:31pm Sunday 13th April 2014 by Dr. Nick

Hi everybody, Winter is coming. The white walkers are approaching, the Lannisters are sending their regards, and everybody you’ve grown attached to is being killed in the most gut wrenching of ways. Fuck you, George R. R. Martin. As winter approaches, not only do we see an increase in the Read more...

ODT Watch | Issue 08

Posted 4:31pm Sunday 13th April 2014 by Kristen Stewart

The ODT is your one stop shop for news of the royal visit! All the drooling and irrational obsession you could possibly hope for over the duration of their stay is to be found in the ODT’s special “royal tour” feature! Funny how so far none of the articles have mentioned how the visit is Read more...

David Clark | Issue 08

Posted 4:31pm Sunday 13th April 2014 by David Clark

“Sex is fun; religion is funnier.” Some in my theology class took offence. The theology professor who issued the statement was one of my more entertaining ones. It was him who used to call me “mister tippy-tappy.” Apparently some in the class didn’t think it appropriate to laugh about either Read more...

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