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Crush on Campus | Issue 7
Posted 2:51pm Sunday 12th April 2015 by Elf Lover
Each week Critic wants to hear from you if you’re struggling to approach the man or woman of your dreams. Does she always sit on that front row seat and give the lecturer far more attention than you’re comfortable with? Does he stroll past your window each morning and your only attempts Read more...
Skeptic Schism | Issue 7
Posted 2:51pm Sunday 12th April 2015 by Wee Doubt
The most controversial Facebook post I’ve ever written was one that said: “I can’t believe how many of my friends who would never judge someone based on their race, gender or sexuality are happy to make massive, sweeping, shameless assumptions about people based on the month they are born in.” This Read more...
Editorial | Issue 7
Posted 2:51pm Sunday 12th April 2015 by Josie Cochrane
This week’s issue was uncomfortable to work on. Aside from Easter causing us to have three days to put Critic together, the feature articles were on topics I really am in no position to make judgment on. But I will anyway. Firstly, the feature on relationships via social media: I really Read more...
Love Is Blind | Issue 6
Posted 3:11pm Sunday 29th March 2015 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...
Woody's Word | Issue 6
Posted 3:11pm Sunday 29th March 2015 by Michael Woodhouse
T he Hyde Street Keg Party (HSKP) has come and gone for another year. 12 arrests, 50 treated for injuries and intoxication, six off to hospital, one ambulance out of action for a week. On one level you might think that, given 4,000 students attended the event, this might not be a bad Read more...
From the Back of the Class | Issue 6
Posted 3:11pm Sunday 29th March 2015 by Finbarr Noble
You may have read in recent weeks of the easing of tensions and the opening of diplomatic channels between the United States and Cuba. The animosity between these two countries in its present iteration dates back to the Cold War. One might think that given the US’s victory in that war they Read more...
Science, Bitches | Issue 6
Posted 3:11pm Sunday 29th March 2015 by Emma Lodes
Sixty-six million years ago — as the Cretaceous period transitioned into the Paleogene — a massive asteroid hit the earth, and three-quarters of all animal and plant species went extinct in a geologic blink of an eye. In the wake of all the destruction lay evolutionary opportunity: ecologic niches Read more...
A Broad View | Issue 6
Posted 3:11pm Sunday 29th March 2015 by Kristen Kampmeier
A Broad View is written by different international students each week who wish to share their impressions of their time here or unique experiences. Email critic@critic.co.nz if you are an international student wanting to tell your tale. Well, first things first. What immediately Read more...
David Clark | Issue 6
Posted 3:11pm Sunday 29th March 2015 by David Clark
I recently heard a senior cabinet minister expressing contempt in parliament for what he still calls Labour’s interest-free loan “bribe”. The government hasn’t been brave enough to return interest to student loans yet. But if NZUSA collapses, an increase in your student debt may be the future Read more...
Crush on Campus | Issue 6
Posted 3:11pm Sunday 29th March 2015 by A Boy In Love
Each week Critic wants to hear from you if you’re struggling to approach the man or woman of your dreams. Does she always sit on that front row seat and give the lecturer far more attention than you’re comfortable with? Does he stroll past your window each morning and your only attempts Read more...
Skeptic Schism | Issue 6
Posted 3:11pm Sunday 29th March 2015 by Wee Doubt
Wake up and smell the wee! Would you drink your own piss for the sake of your health? Because doing it every day will, according to some, cure you of pretty much everything from acne to cancer. The first big wee in the morning is the most effective, with urine taken mid-stream and then drunk Read more...
ODT Watch | Issue 6
Posted 3:11pm Sunday 29th March 2015 by Steph Taylor
The beer was chilled and the kegs were flowing as the last bastion of Scarfie culture took place on Saturday 21 March. Following the trend current in Invercargill, Dunedin’s own “code brown” situation occurred last weekend at Moana Pool, with those wanting a “leisurely” swim Read more...
Editorial | Issue 6
Posted 3:11pm Sunday 29th March 2015 by Josie Cochrane
Last week we held a competition for you to choose which Hyde Street photo would make the cover of Critic. You went nuts. I tried to rig it by putting my favourite four photos at the start of the album but, no, you social media whizzkids could not be fooled. It’s time everyone got better taste Read more...
ODT Watch | Issue 5
Posted 3:54pm Friday 27th March 2015 by Steph Taylor
Only in Otago do we get front-page headline news that a regional rugby player has become a new dad. Be thankful if you’re a ginger and live in New Zealand rather than Tanzania, as more than 200 people have been arrested due to their association with the murders of albino Read more...
Editorial | Issue 5
Posted 5:43pm Sunday 22nd March 2015 by Josie Cochrane
That was a bit embarrassing wasn’t it, Canta? A dumb decision to print it and even more embarrassing that you paid for it. For those who missed the piece that Canta has got in a wee bit of trouble for, “The Epidemic of Virtual Butt-hurt” was written by a Queen B who has a rant at Read more...
Love Is Blind | Issue 5
Posted 5:43pm Sunday 22nd March 2015 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...
Whole Lotta Love | Issue 5
Posted 5:43pm Sunday 22nd March 2015 by Student Support
Post-Hyde Street already! If you were lucky enough to purchase tickets in the three-point-something minutes before they sold out, we hope it was all you wanted it to be. If, for any reason, it wasn’t, you’re welcome to drop into OUSA Student Support at 5 Ethel Benjamin Place (look for the giant Read more...
From the Back of the Class | Issue 5
Posted 5:43pm Sunday 22nd March 2015 by Finbarr Noble
The Suffragettes were feminists before it was cool — they fought for women’s suffrage in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The term “suffrage” is an umbrella one that refers loosely to women’s suffrage unions in general, but in Edwardian Britain it was synonymous with the militant Read more...
Science, Bitches | Issue 5
Posted 5:43pm Sunday 22nd March 2015 by Emma Cotton
It’s 5am. You’ve left your 5,000-word Anatomy lab report until the night before it’s due, and though you’ve written 3,000 words, you still have the discussion section left. You’re doomed, and you know it. Feeling tired and overwhelmed, you close your eyes, drifting far away from consciousness. Read more...
A Broad View | Issue 5
Posted 5:43pm Sunday 22nd March 2015 by Kristen Kampmeier
Upon first arriving in Dunedin, I was pretty positive that Kiwis didn’t have feet. Every person that passed my flat was cruising on some form of wheels, whether that be a bike, a longboard or a skateboard. Although this phenomenon lasted for a few hours, a quick walk to the post office proved my Read more...
David Clark | Issue 5
Posted 5:43pm Sunday 22nd March 2015 by David Clark
A fter 12 years and $25 billion dollars spent by the US government on this war to date, John Key thinks deploying 140 New Zealand troops will make a measurable impact in Iraq. I, along with others, am sceptical. New Zealand lacks the capacity for air-strikes, which are considered the Read more...
Crush On Campus | Issue 5
Posted 5:43pm Sunday 22nd March 2015 by The Forever Alone Club
Each week Critic wants to hear from you if you’re struggling to approach the man or woman of your dreams. Does she always sit on that front row seat and give the lecturer far more attention than you’re comfortable with? Does he stroll past your window each morning and your only attempts at getting Read more...
Skeptic Schism | Issue 5
Posted 5:43pm Sunday 22nd March 2015 by Wee Doubt
Romantic comedies, love stories, dating websites and the wedding industry would have you believe that somewhere in the world there is a person for you, and not just any person but your “soul mate”. One day you will find the only person who really knows you, who understands you and, most importantly, Read more...
Love is Blind | Issue 4
Posted 2:32pm Sunday 15th March 2015 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...
Woody's Word | Issue 4
Posted 2:32pm Sunday 15th March 2015 by Michael Woodhouse
I have been a Dunedin based National MP for the past six years. I was born and schooled in the Dunedin and, after completing my OE, attended Otago University where I gained a B.Com. I am a chartered accountant and have worked in the banking sector, previously worked at Dunedin Hospital and also Read more...
ODT Watch | Issue 4
Posted 2:32pm Sunday 15th March 2015 by Steph Taylor
Being a guy used to be easy, but now it’s the year of the man bun, the hot lumberjack and manscaping. Stop, pop and roll! Nothing like a good NZ Breakers Basketball/Savage remix of a great club banger. #punoftheweek In another story featuring dodgy hospital Read more...
From the Back of the Class | Issue 4
Posted 2:32pm Sunday 15th March 2015 by Finbar Noble
K ing Phillip II of Macedon is nowadays most famous for having banged Angelina Jolie in that movie with all the snakes and then spawning Alexander the Great. However, if his son had not gone on to be such an overachieving Eurasian, Phillip himself would doubtless be remembered as one of the Read more...
Science, Bitches | Issue 4
Posted 2:32pm Sunday 15th March 2015 by Emma Lodes
F our and a half billion years ago, a star exploded and a cloud of dust spewed into the universe. As it collapsed, the cloud began to spin, and particles began to clump together into planets and moons. Hotter planets fell into the centre of the disk and, at the very centre, our sun was born. Read more...
A Broad View | Issue 4
Posted 2:32pm Sunday 15th March 2015 by Timothy O'Donnelle
A Broad View is written by different international students each week who wish to share their impressions of their time here or unique experiences. Email critic@critic.co.nz if you are an international student wanting to tell your tale. Hours before sitting down to write this Read more...
David Clark | Issue 4
Posted 2:32pm Sunday 15th March 2015 by David Clark
I n my line of work, I’ve run into a few “spooks”. Good people, as far as I can tell. One view privately expressed to me is that oversight is something they welcome. Far from wishing for unencumbered powers, those I’ve met wish for suitable oversight of their activities. Intelligence gatherers Read more...
Crush on Campus | Issue 4
Posted 2:32pm Sunday 15th March 2015 by The Worst Poet In Dunedin
Each week Critic wants to hear from you if you’re struggling to approach the man or woman of your dreams. Does she always sit on that front row seat and give the lecturer far more attention than you’re comfortable with? Does he stroll past your window each morning and your only attempts at getting Read more...
Skeptic Schism | Issue 4
Posted 2:32pm Sunday 15th March 2015 by Wee Doubt
T he first definition of “virginity” in The Urban Dictionary is “What women are proud to have and men are ashamed of.” This sums up our culture’s obsession with “virginity” as a tangible part of a person. But outside of its cultural context, virginity is a myth. Men are expected to be Read more...
Editorial | Issue 4
Posted 2:32pm Sunday 15th March 2015 by Josie Cochrane
T his is a photo of just a fraction of the tissues required for our cover photo shoot in Castle lecture theatre — a toilet-roll wedding dress perfectly brings together this issue’s toilets review and wedding feature. We even reused most of the tissues. On my nose. I have a cold, and Read more...
Love is Blind | Issue 3
Posted 5:30pm Sunday 8th March 2015 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...
ODT Watch | Issue 3
Posted 5:30pm Sunday 8th March 2015 by Steph Taylor
It’s good to know our new Pharmacy graduates are taking their place in the world and giving out dodgy drugs. Only in New Zealand do we feature a convicted killer and ex-NZ Idol participant on our below-par talent show. A strip club in Auckland has been Read more...
Whole Lotta Love | Issue 3
Posted 5:30pm Sunday 8th March 2015 by Student Support
W elcome to all the Queer students on campus, and to our allies, whether you are new to Otago or returning. I am excited to be writing my first column and that I get to write about all things great and Queer, and also things that are not so great because the Queer community is still a Read more...
From the Back of the Class | Issue 3
Posted 5:30pm Sunday 8th March 2015 by Finbar Noble
“Te Kooti was a brilliant guerrilla warrior, but he was no master of the modern pā.” So said Gregor Fountain, my Year 12 history teacher, and the phrase has stuck with me. True, indeed, Te Kooti was a successful guerrilla leader, especially when ambushing the British, but he failed Read more...
Science, Bitches | Issue 3
Posted 5:30pm Sunday 8th March 2015 by Emma Cotton
Do you worry about how future Earthlings will learn about twenty-first century life in a post-apocalypse world? If you do, get a little fresh air. But also, fear not! Scientists can now store all of the data in the world into something no bigger than a car. Most of us know that DNA, the Read more...
A Broad View | Issue 3
Posted 5:30pm Sunday 8th March 2015 by Ally Willen
My knees still ache, and I waddle to class with swollen feet. Completing my first Great Walk, the Kepler Track, was as beautiful as it was painful. I came to New Zealand with intentions of answering each invitation with a firm “yes” because I didn’t want to miss out on any Read more...
David Clark | Issue 3
Posted 5:30pm Sunday 8th March 2015 by David Clark
Volunteering is the unsung hero of nationhood. It provides valuable social glue, and it offers a window into worlds beyond the day to day. Recently, I spent a morning with a bunch of other “volunteers” supporting Mal Law’s bid to run 50 mountain marathons in 50 days. Mal’s #high50challenge Read more...
Crush on Campus | Issue 3
Posted 5:30pm Sunday 8th March 2015 by The Clown of your Dreams
Each week Critic wants to hear from you if you’re struggling to approach the man or woman of your dreams. Does she always sit on that front row seat and give the lecturer far more attention than you’re comfortable with? Does he stroll past your window each morning and your only attempts Read more...
Skeptic Schism | Issue 3
Posted 5:30pm Sunday 8th March 2015 by Wee Doubt
There’s nothing like a shitty cold to make you feel terrible for a week and turn you into a disgusting walking bag of mucous: mucous that makes a frequent and dramatic exit via two small portals on your face. If there were a medication I could take to stop me from getting a cold for the rest of my Read more...
Editorial | Issue 3
Posted 5:30pm Sunday 8th March 2015 by Josie Cochrane
F or this issue (Issue 3 already!), we interviewed Kiesza. She gave an insane performance last Thursday night for the Orientation Afterparty, and we were lucky enough to meet her. She was genuine, very cool, and wore the coolest dungarees I’ve ever seen. One of the things she spoke to Read more...
Love is Blind | Issue 2
Posted 6:26pm Sunday 1st March 2015 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...
ODT Watch | Issue 2
Posted 6:26pm Sunday 1st March 2015 by Steph Taylor
A new player in the weapons market was discovered at the recent Highlanders game. Better keep this one on the lowdown so ISIS doesn’t find out. Must have been a slow news day. Although who wouldn’t want a hat of the day featured in their newspaper every day. Read more...
From the Back of the Class | Issue 2
Posted 6:26pm Sunday 1st March 2015 by Finbar Noble
G enghis Khan was not only a mass-murdering psychopath but also a pretty interesting guy. He was born sometime around 1162AD (accurate birth records were somewhat scarce on the Mongolian tundra) and given the name Temujin, meaning “of iron”. Temujin united the Mongolian tribes under one Read more...
Science, Bitches | Issue 2
Posted 6:26pm Sunday 1st March 2015 by Emma Cotton
Right now, your eyes are following the lines of this article, sending the black marks that make up letters to your brain where they are interpreted. This task, which we perform every day, is so complex that we are the only life forms that can do it. How is it possible, then, that we formed from Read more...
A Broad View | Issue 2
Posted 6:26pm Sunday 1st March 2015 by Emma Lodes
I t’s night, the stars are out and a bonfire is burning wildly in the middle of the road. Green shards of glass from smashed bottles are strewn about the flames. I peer closer at the fire, fearing what could be burning in there. Then I see … a ratty old couch. On the street corner, the Read more...
David Clark | Issue 2
Posted 6:26pm Sunday 1st March 2015 by David Clark
T he North Dunedin population is younger, poorer and more likely to be single than populations elsewhere in the country. We are an outlier. Many of our statistical quirks derive from having the most intense congregation of tertiary students anywhere in the country. What is perhaps less Read more...
Crush on Campus | Issue 2
Posted 6:26pm Sunday 1st March 2015 by The Clown of your Dreams
Each week Critic wants to hear from you if you’re struggling to approach the man or woman of your dreams. Does she always sit on that front row seat and give the lecturer far more attention than you’re comfortable with? Does he stroll past your window each morning and your only attempts at getting Read more...
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