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Economics of NGO's | Issue 24

Posted 12:09pm Saturday 24th September 2016 by Danielle Pintacasi

Non-governmental organisations. You might have heard of some, the big ones being The Red Cross or the World Wildlife Fund. They exist to bring improvement to whomever they choose to serve and act as solution providers for many socio-economic and environmental problems. Many primarily rely on Read more...

ODT Watch | Issue 24

Posted 12:05pm Saturday 24th September 2016 by Charlie O’Mannin

The local council elections are coming up, prompting old white men to make unusual comments in a desperate bid to appear relevant. But I can’t throw out my vandal collection, its antique.   Giraffes are actually just four animals in a large trench coat, humorously trying Read more...

Vitalogy | Issue 24

Posted 11:55am Saturday 24th September 2016 by Prof's Wood & Ruddock

After we have lived 75 years it is perfectly reasonable to add another 75 years in reasonable health and spirits. How to live a century and over is briefly told in the following paragraphs: Eminent scientists assert that man’s body under favourable conditions may last 300 years or Read more...

David Clark | Issue 24

Posted 11:52am Saturday 24th September 2016 by David Clark

Even our detractors concede that Labour is the party of big ideas. Throughout modern New Zealand’s history, Labour has led on change that matters. Our achievements include free education, the forty hour week, first woman MP and Cabinet Minister, New Zealand’s nuclear free status, four Read more...

Sexcellent | Issue 24

Posted 11:48am Saturday 24th September 2016 by Sexcellent

Dear Sexcellent,  I’ve had this problem for a while. I’m a guy, and I tend to last too long in the bedroom. I feel like this is an odd thing to complain about, but my girlfriend gets frustrated because I almost never finish, and she gets tired and sore. The only times I ever do Read more...

Dear Ethel | Issue 24

Posted 11:45am Saturday 24th September 2016 by Student Support

Dear Ethel, I am super stressed out. What if I fail my exams? I haven’t done so well this year so I seriously have to pass everything. Can’t eat, can’t sleep… what can I do? Pass or pass out   Breathe! You have time and if you take it steady, you are likely Read more...

Drinking Games | Issue 24

Posted 11:42am Saturday 24th September 2016 by Critic

The first presidential debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump is on Tuesday 27th September on CNN, BBC News, and Fox News. Critic is proud to present you with our official debate drinking game: 1) Take one drink every time you hear the following words: China Great Believe Read more...

Drink of the Week | Issue 24

Posted 11:35am Saturday 24th September 2016 by Fred Flintstoned

Ice Breaker is like the first game of Never Have I Ever you play with your floor in first year. You start off all sweet and innocent – “Never have I ever been to Kings College”, laughing and getting to know each other. But then someone hits you with “Never have I ever done Read more...

Matters Of Debate | Issue 24

Posted 11:32am Saturday 24th September 2016 by Otago University Debating Society

The Otago University Debating Society meets every Tuesday at 6pm for social debating—new members are always welcome! Join our Facebook group for more information: facebook.com/groups/otagouniversitydebatingsociety Affirmative, by Mojo Jojo If and when a company chooses to Read more...

Editorial | Issue 24

Posted 9:51am Saturday 24th September 2016 by Anonymous Bird

When occupying a space, any space, we need to think about the impact we have on those around us, and the wider world. This means our homes, our workplace, where we study, and any environment we inhabit.  This week in Critic we’ve got four features looking at the impact humans have on Read more...

Love Is Blind | Issue 23

Posted 2:23pm Saturday 17th September 2016 by Lovebirds

Critic’s infamous blind-date column brings you weekly shutdowns, hilariously mis-matched pairs, and the occasional hookup. Each week, we lure two singletons to Dog With Two Tails, ply them with food and alcohol, then wait for their reports to arrive in our inbox. If this svounds Read more...

Economics of Beauty | Issue 23

Posted 1:41pm Saturday 17th September 2016 by Danielle Pintacasi

The beauty industry is expected to be worth 265 billion dollars in 2017. It is easy to assume that makeup is the result of people caving into social pressures to emulate a desired image portrayed in the media. However, a hilarious amount of research has shown that there are economic benefits to Read more...

ODT Watch | Issue 23

Posted 1:39pm Saturday 17th September 2016 by Charlie O’Mannin

This week, ODT Watch presents a cow themed issue. A string of seemingly unrelated cow-based events happened over the last week. In true Ancient Aliens style we present the sinister links that really tie these events together.   The first event in our narrative of intrigue, a seemingly Read more...

Vitalogy | Issue 23

Posted 1:27pm Saturday 17th September 2016 by Prof's Wood & Ruddock

It may be laid down as a fundamental fact that the real influence of the parents over their child begins a year or more before its birth. To bring a child into this world thoughtlessly is a crime first against that child and second against society. The parents’, and more especially the Read more...

Drink of the Week | Issue 23

Posted 1:25pm Saturday 17th September 2016 by Fred Flintstoned

For the thousands of first year students that descend upon the streets of North Dunedin, the heaping trays of SoGo serve as something of a baptism. The awkwardness of high school is washed away by litres and litres of tasteless, frothy lager, and you are reborn as a fully-fledged Read more...

Sexcellent | Issue 23

Posted 1:22pm Saturday 17th September 2016 by Sexcellent

Dear Sexcellent,  The last few times I’ve had enough luck to pull from town, it’s resulted in some serious disappointment in the form of me finishing way too early. What should I do?  From Shooter McGavin   Dear Shooter McGavin, Sounds like you’re Read more...

Dear Ethel | Issue 23

Posted 1:20pm Saturday 17th September 2016 by Student Support

Dear Ethel, The power at our flat has been cut off. I had no idea that we were behind, our monthly payments go to one of the flatties who arranged it all at the start of the year. Turns out someone has been strapped for cash and bailing on their share but no-one’s been talking about it. Now Read more...

Clark V. Woodhouse | Issue 23

Posted 1:17pm Saturday 17th September 2016 by David Clark

David Clark Every student should be able to aspire to own their own home. And that aspiration should be attainable.  Just last week the average valuation of a house in Auckland hit $1 million. That means even if young couples can save enough for a deposit in Auckland, they may need to Read more...

Matters Of Debate | Issue 23

Posted 1:14pm Saturday 17th September 2016 by Otago University Debating Society

The Otago University Debating Society meets every Tuesday at 6pm for social debating—new members are always welcome! Join our Facebook group for more information Affirmative, by Cleopatra Everyone makes mistakes. For people with a criminal record, those mistakes follow them Read more...

Editorial | Issue 23

Posted 10:17am Saturday 17th September 2016 by Joe Higham

At their monthly council meeting last Tuesday, the University decided to divest from fossil fuels, as well as preventing any direct investment in the alcohol, tobacco, or munitions industries in the future.  Although it was the only ethical choice they could have possibly made, it was a win Read more...

Love Is Blind | Issue 22

Posted 1:24pm Saturday 10th September 2016 by Lovebirds

Critic’s infamous blind-date column brings you weekly shutdowns, hilariously mis-matched pairs, and the occasional hookup. Each week, we lure two singletons to Dog With Two Tails, ply them with food and alcohol, then wait for their reports to arrive in our inbox. If this svounds Read more...

Economics of Art | Issue 22

Posted 12:28pm Saturday 10th September 2016 by Danielle Pintacasi

Think about Mark Rothko’s White Center. Painted in the 1950s, it's part of the abstract expressionist movement. For those who can’t get your head around abstract art, brace yourselves. White Center sold at auction for $72.84 million US in 2007 to the Qatari Royal Family, at the time Read more...

ODT Watch | Issue 22

Posted 12:25pm Saturday 10th September 2016 by Charlie O’Mannin

Also about money, cocaine and prostitutes.    In ‘thing that hasn’t done anything for 15 years continuing to do nothing’ news   Some Hamiltonian is misinformed about the way in which universities are ranked against each other. Apparently Read more...

Vitalogy | Issue 22

Posted 12:16pm Saturday 10th September 2016 by Prof's Wood & Ruddock

Young men and women living in shared accommodation at Otago University must exercise constant vigilance for signs of the most terrible vice of self pollution. Alerting authorities to the evil indulgences of a friend may save his future and his life.  The following article on self-abuse Read more...

Sexcellent | Issue 22

Posted 12:12pm Saturday 10th September 2016 by Sexcellent

Dear Sexcellent,  I’m a straight dude, but I think I’m into being submissive when it comes to sex, not that I’ve ever tried in real life. What should I do? How can I talk to my girlfriend about this without her thinking I’m weird?  -From Submissive Read more...

Dear Ethel | Issue 22

Posted 12:10pm Saturday 10th September 2016 by Student Support

Dear Ethel, My car just failed its warrant of fitness and I can’t afford the $220 it’s going to cost to get it repaired. I need my car because I’m living in Brockville and the buses are terrible and super expensive. Any ideas? -Wheelin’, not Read more...

Drink of the Week | Issue 22

Posted 12:05pm Saturday 10th September 2016 by Fred Flintstoned

Some are calling it the Pumpy revolution of 2k16 as Scrumpy and Syncs are flying off the shelves simultaneously. Boasting a combination of great taste, easy drinkability and next level froth factor it’s no wonder Pumpy is taking over the vomit stained streets of Dunedin.  The origins Read more...

David Clark | Issue 22

Posted 12:01pm Saturday 10th September 2016 by David Clark

As the local MP—and three times over a proud Otago humanities graduate, I am grateful for the opportunity to add my voice to the growing chorus of voices frustrated at the increasingly marginal place of humanities in our universities.  A threatened cut of up to 20 humanities roles at Read more...

Matters Of Debate | Issue 22

Posted 11:59am Saturday 10th September 2016 by Otago University Debating Society

The Otago University Debating Society meets every Tuesday at 6pm for social debating—new members are always welcome! Join our Facebook group for more information Affirmative, by Blue Steel What time is more appropriate to talk about drugs and sport than the Read more...

Something Came Up | Issue 22

Posted 11:53am Saturday 10th September 2016 by Isa Alchemist

I'm not good with glasses. I keep taking them off and putting them on, covering them in sticky finger marks, and shoving them onto my head where they drop onto the floor. One of my friends pointed out, politely, that they were very dirty. I was surprised. When I'm wearing them, it feels like Read more...

Editorial | Issue 22

Posted 10:02am Saturday 10th September 2016 by Lucy Hunter

Emeritus Professor Alan Musgrave told our History of Science class that our most radical innovation as humans is not the scientific method, nor our ability to farm and grow crops, but language.  Our greatest treasure as a species is our ability to communicate complex ideas with one another. Read more...

Love Is Blind | Issue 21

Posted 1:27pm Sunday 4th September 2016 by Lovebirds

Critic’s infamous blind-date column brings you weekly shutdowns, hilariously mis-matched pairs, and the occasional hookup. Each week, we lure two singletons to Dog With Two Tails, ply them with food and alcohol, then wait for their reports to arrive in our inbox. If this svounds Read more...

First World Problems | Issue 21

Posted 12:26pm Sunday 4th September 2016 by Danielle Pintacasi

New Zealand has one of the highest youth suicide rates among the OECD countries. This is a startling statistic when you compare it with other figures that paint New Zealand in nothing but a favourable light. High life expectancy, literacy rates, physicians per 1000. By all accounts, New Zealanders Read more...

ODT Watch | Issue 21

Posted 12:12pm Sunday 4th September 2016 by Charlie O’Mannin

But can’t think of anything to ask for that he doesn’t already have.   This week Gregor Macaulay does ODT Watch’s job for us. I don’t think the ODT quite realised that he was ripping into them.   The Olympic gold medal eating event kicked off Read more...

Vitalogy | Issue 21

Posted 12:10pm Sunday 4th September 2016 by Prof's Wood & Ruddock

There are various names given to the unnatural and degrading vice of producing venereal excitement by the hand, or other means, generally resulting in a discharge of semen in the male and a corresponding emission in the female. Unfortunately, it is a vice by no means uncommon among the youth of both Read more...

Sexcellent | Issue 21

Posted 12:06pm Sunday 4th September 2016 by Sexcellent

Dear Sexcellent, My boyfriend watches pornography, and I feel uncomfortable about that. Am I not enough? Is this like cheating on me?  From Feeling Blue   Dear Feeling Blue, If you are in a relationship with someone whose behaviour makes you uncomfortable, you need to have a Read more...

Dear Ethel | Issue 21

Posted 12:04pm Sunday 4th September 2016 by Student Support

Dear Ethel, I’m living in a studio room and it’s really miserable. I never see any of my other housemates and when I do, it’s just in passing. The kitchen’s always gross but I don’t feel I can saying anything about it. I’m so uncomfortable using the communal Read more...

Matters Of Debate | Issue 21

Posted 12:01pm Sunday 4th September 2016 by Otago University Debating Society

The Otago University Debating Society meets every Tuesday at 6pm for social debating—new members are always welcome! Join our Facebook group for more information Affirmative, by The Dread Pirate Roberts The University of Otago recently announced it would be building a new animal Read more...

Clark V. Woodhouse | Issue 21

Posted 11:56am Sunday 4th September 2016 by David Clark

David Clark Inequalities have grown faster in New Zealand since the 1980s than elsewhere. Growth in inequality happens because the choices made by successive Governments hold our country back. Rich-country think-tank the OECD released a report showing that growing inequalities have held back New Read more...

Editorial | Issue 21

Posted 9:47am Sunday 4th September 2016 by Hugh Baird

Welcome back all students to the second half of the semester! Hope everyone had an enjoyable wee break. This week, given the fact that we are a magazine representative of Scarfie living, we’ve decided to assemble a Scarfie themed issue surrounding campus living and the best of what Dunedin has Read more...

Love Is Blind | Issue 20

Posted 1:21pm Sunday 21st August 2016 by Lovebirds

Critic’s infamous blind-date column brings you weekly shutdowns, hilariously mis-matched pairs, and the occasional hookup. Each week, we lure two singletons to Dog With Two Tails, ply them with food and alcohol, then wait for their reports to arrive in our inbox. If this svounds Read more...

Sexcellent | Issue 20

Posted 1:19pm Sunday 21st August 2016 by Sexcellent

Dear Sexcellent,  While I’ve had a lot of sex, I don’t think I’ve ever had an oragasm (I’m a girl). What to do?  -From Seriously Frustrated   Get a vibrator. Boom, done.  But in all seriousness, orgasm can be elusive for those unfamiliar Read more...

Science, Bitches | Issue 20

Posted 1:17pm Sunday 21st August 2016 by Steve-o Hawkins

Many will argue that after you die, your soul will leave your body and rise to some sort of heaven… Perhaps, but what does happen, scientifically at least, is that you will rot down into your simplest form and most likely become some worms breakfast, lunch and if you’re over six foot Read more...

ODT Watch | Issue 20

Posted 1:13pm Sunday 21st August 2016 by Charlie O’Mannin

Cannabis activist sits.  Cannabis activist rolls over.  Cannabis activist performs tricks for your entertainment.   Ah context, you are a fickle beast.    Unfortunately   This is a bit like saying “Fewer STDs in Read more...

Drink of the Week | Issue 20

Posted 1:05pm Sunday 21st August 2016 by Fred Flintstoned

At 19 standards for only $14.99 the Longridge Sauvignon blanc goon is a throwback to a better time, one of the last remaining outposts of the elusive sub-$1 per standard benchmark of yesteryear.  It’s a delightfully playful number, with notes of citrus, ethanol and regret lingering on Read more...

David Clark | Issue 20

Posted 12:58pm Sunday 21st August 2016 by David Clark

Australians deem it important enough to make it an offence if you don’t vote. Across the ditch you get levied with a fine if you fail to cast a vote. I’ve often thought a reward to recognise the time and effort taken might be better—maybe a $50 tax-credit? Even without these Read more...

Vitalogy | Issue 20

Posted 12:56pm Sunday 21st August 2016 by Prof's Wood & Ruddock

Married persons should adopt more generally the rule of sleeping in separate rooms, or at least in separate beds, as is the almost universal custom in Germany and Holland. This rule being adopted, several very important advantages would result in regard to health and comfort.  Opportunity Read more...

Dear Ethel | Issue 20

Posted 12:54pm Sunday 21st August 2016 by Student Support

Dear Ethel, One of my flatmates has been doing a lot of drugs recently and I don’t really like flatting with him anymore. I’m also really worried about him. He used to be really chill but not anymore. He’s got these new ‘friends’ that spend heaps of time at our place Read more...

Something Came Up | Issue 20

Posted 12:49pm Sunday 21st August 2016 by Isa Alchemist

I’m a terrible traveller. I have no sense of direction, and I escalate into pure terror at the mere thought of finding an airport gate. I once got lost in Nelson airport. But I am good at taking medicines with me. Particularly ones for diarrhoea. I have accumulated an impressive list of cities Read more...

Matters Of Debate | Issue 20

Posted 12:47pm Sunday 21st August 2016 by Otago University Debating Society

This column is written by the Otago University Debating Society, which meets for social debating every Tuesday at 6pm in the Commerce Building Affirmative, by By Rocky Balboa Dunedin should not adopt the TPP for the same reasons the rest of New Zealand should not. While, in Read more...