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Soapbox - 09

Posted 1:40pm Sunday 11th July 2010 by Critic

“Gee, she’s just begging to be raped …”     In New Zealand, one in three girls and one in six boys experience sexual abuse. Currently, one in four women experience rape or attempted rape in their lifetime. New Zealand has some of the highest rates of sexual abuse in the world. Read more...

The Sheet Shuffle - 09

Posted 1:39pm Sunday 11th July 2010 by Raeven Geist-Deschamps

If You Put Your Leg This Way and I Hold Myself Here …     Some Sex, Some Positions Last night, after a brilliant pub crawl, as I slid myself between the sheets on the top level of the bunk-bed, I heard my moody lower bunkmate return. With a twittering blonde woman. She gave Read more...

The Conservatory - 09

Posted 1:36pm Sunday 11th July 2010 by Edward Greig

Private prisons and Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) in general could be used to the benefit of the country. The fact that they are run by private companies, for a profit, does not automatically mean that every other aim of such an organisation is compromised.   One of the better Read more...

La Presidenta - 09

Posted 1:33pm Sunday 11th July 2010 by Harriet Geoghegan

As this column goes to print, changes to the Design department are being voted on at the University Senate. You may have seen posters around the place, and read about it in Critic. I’m pretty pre-occupied with that at the moment, and hopefully the meeting goes well (this column is due in Read more...

The Media and Me - 09

Posted 1:04pm Sunday 11th July 2010 by Paul McMillan

Just prior to patronising a certain Uni bar for an earth-shaking, euphonic performance from Dunedin’s immensely talented Mountaineater, I luxuriated on the couch and absorbed the exact opposite of musical freedom and creativity: American Idol. Why? I’m not entirely sure myself – Read more...

Te Roopu Maori - 09

Posted 1:03pm Sunday 11th July 2010 by Stacey O'Neil

We are Te Roopu Whai Putake, the Otago University Maori Law Students’ Association. Stacey O’Neill – Tumuaki / President Iwi: Ngapuhi. Studying: LLB / BA (Maori and Politics).   Maia Wikaira – Tumuaki Tuarua / Vice President Iwi: Ngati Tuwharetoa, Te Read more...

The Green Finger - 09

Posted 1:00pm Sunday 11th July 2010 by J.R and B.G Holmes

The National Government Review This review is done in the style of the rental star rating system that is currently being launched. Insulation: This house is very well insulated. The fat-cats of Cabinet line the walls and ceiling nicely for a good thick blanket of warmth. None of this Read more...

Boy and Girl - 09

Posted 12:58pm Sunday 11th July 2010 by Boy and Girl

Girl and Boy Review Dunedin’s Best Sights Girl Al Bar: Last week, my friend and I saw two insanely good-looking English boys drinking at the Al Bar – one of them even talked to me. Unfortunately, my klutzy male friends scared him off and I was too shy / moronic to follow up. Recently, Read more...

Num Nums - 09

Posted 12:53pm Sunday 11th July 2010 by Tien-Yi Toh

I have been fantasizing about biting into a slice of pizza from Mamma Mia Pizza (124 Helensburgh Rd, Wakari) since the craving struck mid-afternoon. You know you got it bad when you try to weasel a ride to Wakari out of at least three people and fail … and then you start to think about Read more...

Editorial - 09

Posted 12:27pm Sunday 11th July 2010 by Ben Thomson

This week we review stuff   We’ve got our annual fish n chips review along with toilets, coffees, $1 mixtures and a guide to bar safety, courtesy of the OUSA Exec – every other week we only give them half a page for a ‘President’s Column’ so it is the one time Read more...

Debatable - 09

Posted 12:22pm Sunday 11th July 2010 by Simon Connell and Joelle Nyhof

Should We Introduce A Maximum Wage? Simon Connell argues that we should; Joelle Nyhof disagrees.       Connell:  The current ability to pay high wages has two significant effects:  The first is increased wealth inequality – a bigger gap between Read more...

The Albums the world forgot - 09

Posted 12:14pm Sunday 11th July 2010 by Stuart Dangerfield

Allan Gardiner’s Accordion Band, Let’s Have a Party (EMI, year unknown)   These days, so much of our music is gloomy and depressing. Hip-hop artists rap about tough life on the streets and ‘capping’ each other for ‘bling’, while rock singers all moan about the price Read more...

Top 5: Common Household Goods That Can Get You High

Posted 3:41am Monday 28th June 2010 by Richard Cheese

By no means do we endorse that you do any of the following shit. If you are stupid enough to actually do it, then you’re probably not worthy of being in the gene pool anyway. 5. Fly Spray + Toilet Paper Roll: I remember back in high school a few fucknuggets used to get an empty toilet paper Read more...

The Conservatory - 02

Posted 3:39am Monday 28th June 2010 by Edward Greig

The Law Commission’s job is to review laws and provide better alternatives. Their paper on the Control and Misuse of Drugs aims to provide a modern and updated law based on recent research. The main issue to come out of the paper was the suggestion to treat low-level drug addiction, rather than Read more...

La Presidenta - 02

Posted 3:34am Monday 28th June 2010 by Harriet Geoghegan

Orientation 2010 is now over. Phew. Toga went off without a hitch. Thanks to everyone who had a part in that – the colleges, campus security, OUSA events team, the awesome student Executive, the campus cop, and the students, who had an awesome time. There were a few dicks that threw eggs, but when Read more...

Te Roopu Maori - 02

Posted 3:30am Monday 28th June 2010 by Fallyn Flavell

OK, so we’ve had our first week of lectures. We hope they went well for you; however, if you have any questions or concerns please don’t hesitate to contact us at teroopu.maori@otago.ac.nz or Te Huka M?tauraka. Te M?tauraka, The M?ori Centre (MC), provides excellent services. One of these is Read more...

The Green Finger - 02

Posted 3:27am Monday 28th June 2010 by J.R Holmes

This drug can induce feelings of euphoria and aggression. It can make you violently ill, and do things you never imagined you would. This drug increases your chances of being involved in a sexual assault, or a fatal road accident. It can harm children and unborn babies. This drug is addictive, Read more...

The Media and Me - 02

Posted 3:25am Monday 28th June 2010 by Paul McMillan

So! Charlie Sheen went to rehab, apparently. While this doesn’t necessarily come as a shock or even a surprise (Charlie could do anything: worship the occult, drive a tractor into a children’s hospital, sell coke, and America would still plonk down on the couch for Two and a Half Men, probably in Read more...

Bottoms up

Posted 3:21am Monday 28th June 2010 by Owen Jones

Following the frenetic fortnight-long O-Week (go figure that one out), you may be feeling as though you’ve skipped a meal or two, and are wondering why your new skinny jeans are now uncomfortably tight. Well, our favourite drug of all – alcohol – also happens to be the only drug that is also a Read more...

I hate to say this, but this place is getting to me.I think I'm getting the fear.

Posted 3:15am Monday 28th June 2010 by Ben Thomson

How are you all settling in? First week of lectures and all. I don’t do lectures anymore. I just sit in my office and try to be ‘in touch’ with what you guys want. And then make a magazine that reflects that. It’s a work in progress. This week: drugs! You guys love drugs, right? Read more...

Should Welfare Recipients Have to Undergo Compulsory Drug Tests?

Posted 4:14am Wednesday 23rd June 2010 by Alec Dawson and Hana Nyhof

Alec Dawson argues that they should; Hana Nyhof disagrees. Alec:   Do you want your taxes to go towards someone’s next hit of drugs? Or would you rather it genuinely went towards helping people in need? Currently, welfare in New Zealand broadly works on the basis that if you Read more...

Boy and Girl - 02

Posted 4:10am Wednesday 23rd June 2010 by Boy and Girl

Boy: “On a Monday night, on the first night of Orientation, onto a party?” I ask my evening date. It makes absolutely no sense, but the intention was creamy-clear like butter. First years drip down from the bars onto the streets. Mou closes early due to a barmaid neck strain that Read more...

Auscultate, Gregorian Chants: Songs of the Beatles (2003, Elap)

Posted 4:09am Wednesday 23rd June 2010 by Stuart Dangerfield

In music there are many sacred cows, artists whose work you would dare not criticise, let alone attempt to improve on. This, of course, is a ridiculous mentality, one that only serves to stunt musical progress. Take, for example, the music of popular rock group The Beatles: why are we content to Read more...

I don't know I'll have to think about it.

Posted 2:32am Monday 24th May 2010 by Ben Thomson

Hey. I’m Ben. Welcome to Critic. I hope we all get on real well this year. You would think they would make sure you have lots of ideas before they hand over to you a magazine such as this one. Well, I’m already out. I spent print night hunkered down under my desk reading old first Read more...

1-2-3 Transfer

Posted 2:30am Monday 24th May 2010 by Taylor Harrington

I studied at Otago for four years: met cool people, went skiing every year, achieved first-name-basis status at Blue Sky. But after four years, it got old. So, I decided that instead of returning to the deep south, I'd finish off my Commerce degree at home in Auckland. I’d heard it was hard to Read more...

Top 5: Fun Things to Do While at a Hall of Residence

Posted 2:28am Monday 24th May 2010 by Richard Cheese

The start of your first year at uni can be a little scary, so here are some fun things you can do while settling into your new home. They will also help you prepare for life as a Scarfie.. 5. Minefield: This game requires you (and some friends) to sit in the corner of your room facing the Read more...

THE CONSERVATORY - 01

Posted 2:27am Monday 24th May 2010 by Edward Greig

John Key has recently been getting flack for suggesting that some students are taking advantage of the generosity of the taxpayer. The reaction has been a little over-the-top, and his statements framed as an attack on students. Most students do work hard, and some deserve more support than they get. Read more...

La Presidenta - 01

Posted 2:24am Monday 24th May 2010 by Harriet Geoghegan

Hello and welcome to Dunedin for the 2010 academic year. For those of you returning, it is good to have you back! Dunedin has been pretty quiet without you. For those here for the first time, I really hope you are enjoying yourselves and getting amongst everything Dunedin has to offer. So far, Read more...

The Media and Me - 01

Posted 11:58pm Sunday 23rd May 2010 by Paul McMillan

First point of the year, and hopefully a fairly obvious one: media can be pretty dangerous when abused. Read Orwell’s 1984? That’s the worst of it. Will copious helpings of Project Runway, Desperate Housewives, and According to Jim get us there? I hope not, but maybe we do need to think about what Read more...

Te Roopu Maori 01

Posted 10:59pm Sunday 23rd May 2010 by Fallyn Flavell

Ng? mihi mahana kia koutou, Nau mai haere mai, hoki mai r?nei ki Otepoti, ki to m?tou Whare W?nanga papai raw?tu, ?, Te Whare W?naga o Ot?kou. Kia koutou ng? tauira hou, nau mai haere mai ki t? t?ranga hou, t? kainga. Nei te timatanga o t?tahi w?hanga hou o t? huarahi koiora, ko te hiahia he Read more...

The Green Finger

Posted 10:28pm Sunday 23rd May 2010 by Dominic Szeker

It’s a truth that has stood the test of time: our lives are structured by a bunch of people who love to jerk themselves off with the invisible hand. Hence the appropriateness of the phrase ‘trickle down.’ We now know that trickle down is myth, as is trickle sideways. Those with capital like Read more...

Fine by me

Posted 10:27pm Sunday 23rd May 2010 by Owen Jones

Fine dining isn’t really something students get to experience all that often. However, due to generous dinner offers from other parties – parents, in-laws and the Japanese Government (really) – I’ve recently found myself eating some pretty flashy meals. It turns out that the south of the South Read more...

Is pornography an affront to feminism?

Posted 10:15pm Sunday 23rd May 2010 by Will Cheyne & Louis Chambers

The debate as to whether or not pornography conflicts with feminist ideals is hotly contested. Will Cheyne takes the view that it does, as pornography alters the way women are perceived by society and the expectations placed upon them. Louis Chambers disagrees, arguing that feminism is about choice, Read more...

Boy and Girl

Posted 10:01pm Sunday 23rd May 2010 by Boy and Girl

Girl: A kind friend recently told me “you make being single look enviable.” I was suitably flattered, but while I do enjoy the self-indulgence that single life affords, there are always those balmy afternoons when I get the classic tune ‘Afternoon Delight’ stuck in my Read more...

Scott Stapp - The Great Divide (2005, Wind-up records)

Posted 9:59pm Sunday 23rd May 2010 by Stuart Dangerfield

History, they say, is written by the winners, and this is no less true in the world of popular music. Albums by million-selling artists like Michael Jackson and U2 stick in the popular consciousness like thorns, while those that aren't so lucky are tossed away like yesterday's newspaper. But Read more...