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The Green Finger - 18

Posted 2:03am Monday 9th August 2010 by J.R Holmes

As you read this, look at the date. It’s approximately two weeks before 20 August, right? You have until then to get yourself enrolled, in Dunedin, on the Electoral Roll. Many of you have already, but many have not. If you are first- or even second-year, I urge you to get on the roll. You will Read more...

Should Governments Refuse to Recognise Scientology as a Religion?

Posted 2:00am Monday 9th August 2010 by Oliver Dickie and Carlos Chambers

Oliver Dickie argues they should; Carlos Chambers disagrees. Oliver:    In no way should Scientology be recognised as a religion. It is a financial scam that uses intimidation tactics to silence critics, has complete disregard for authority, and presents serious health risks to Read more...

Apocalypse How? - 18

Posted 1:57am Monday 9th August 2010 by Iain Dangerfield

Scenario #4 – Robots Ever since the dawn of technology, when people realised they could use tools instead of small orphans to perform everyday tasks, there has been concern that these implements could turn on their human masters. In the past people feared simple things, such as being threshed Read more...

Editorial - 17

Posted 1:34am Monday 26th July 2010 by Ben Thomson

Last week was historic for student politics at the University of Otago. The Critic office sits in the Union Building slightly apart (and most definitely aloof) from the OUSA offices that inhabit the same building. Once a year, when elections are on, the place turns into a hive of activity as Read more...

Top 5 - 17

Posted 1:30am Monday 26th July 2010 by Richard Cheese

Top 5 Strangest Sexual Fetishes Some people enjoy watching people sleep. Others enjoy much more refined things, such as having small Asian females yelling profanities at their genitals in an oriental dialect (you know who you are!). But some of these fetishes take “whatever floats your Read more...

This Week Matthew, I'm Going to Be... - 17

Posted 1:28am Monday 26th July 2010 by Matt Chapman

...a jock Guys who play sport get chicks. Guys who play sport get mates. Guys who play sport are cool. You want to be a guy that plays sport. So this week, Matthew, I’m going to be a jock. Dunedin jocks have a very unique style that has evolved out of years of refinement and Read more...

Sport Potato - 17

Posted 1:26am Monday 26th July 2010 by Tim Miller

With the World Cup come and gone, many of you football lovers out there will be looking for your next fix of the beautiful game. Look no further than the 19 September, when the Homeless Football World cup kicks off in Rio de Janeiro. The tournament is organised by the Homeless World Cup Read more...

Why Today's Youth Have No Respect For Authority

Posted 1:24am Monday 26th July 2010 by Mia Watkins

If you're a parent disappointed with your children, read this, then look at yourself. Respect, what is it? An attitude of esteem, consideration or regard. A respectable person is generally thought to be deserving of the respect of others. Today's authority figures aren't respected because they don't Read more...

The Conservatory - 17

Posted 1:22am Monday 26th July 2010 by Edward Greig

Following their investment of settlement funds and businesses, iwi are becoming economic powerhouses. It is time that the government recognised this and took advantage of this large pool of capital. Some iwi have hinted at being supportive of PPPs and the benefits of iwi-government Read more...

La Presidenta - 17

Posted 1:21am Monday 26th July 2010 by Harriet Geoghegan

Tena koutou katoa, Nei ra te timatanga o te wiki whakahirahira to t_tou reo rangatira, Te Reo Maori. Anei nga wero Kia ora koutou,   Ko Ariana Te Wake toku ingoa, ko au te mangai mo nga Tauira Maori o nga Akonga o Te Whare Wananga o Otago.   Greetings to you all, Read more...

Te Roopu Maori - 17

Posted 1:17am Monday 26th July 2010 by Fallyn Flavell

Tena koutou katoa, Nei ra te timatanga o te wiki whakahirahira to t_tou reo rangatira, Te Reo Maori. Anei nga wero 1. He wero tenei kia koutou e mohio ki te korero i roto i te reo, mena i mohio koe ki tetahi atu matatau ki te reo, korero korua tahi i roto i te reo Maori. Tuku imera, Read more...

The Green Finger - 17

Posted 1:15am Monday 26th July 2010 by Dominic Szeker

For most of human history, it was likely that you would live and die a stone’s throw from the place you were born. You would kill your dearest for a mule and ladies would spread their legs quicker than Courtney Love if you had a pony. Today, much has changed, and much has improved. We skate, Read more...

Should we abolish the Maori quota for limited-entry courses at universities?

Posted 1:06am Monday 26th July 2010 by Will Cheyne and Nick Gavey

Will Cheyne argues we should; Nick Gavey disagrees. Will: What is it exactly that we are trying to achieve with race-based quotas? The answer must be that there is some benefit to the community as a whole in having more of a particular race represented in limited-entry courses. But what is Read more...

Apocalypse How? - 17

Posted 1:03am Monday 26th July 2010 by Iain Dangerfield

Scenario #3: Asteroid Strike! Asteroids: where do they come from? Where are they going? These bizarre flying lumps of rock have perplexed mankind for centuries (almost as much as fucking magnets: just how do they work?) and are as dangerous as they are mysterious. Like a drunken munter Read more...

Top 5 - 16

Posted 3:41am Tuesday 20th July 2010 by Richard Cheese

Top 5 Ways To Get Rid Of A Bad Root This one is for the ladies. Surely many of you have taken a guy home that was so bad in the sack that you just wish it would end. Well, here are a few techniques to speed up that process. These happen to me all the time so I can assure you that they work. Read more...

This Week Matthew, I'm Going to Be... - 16

Posted 3:36am Tuesday 20th July 2010 by Matt Chapman

A Modern-Day Pirate. Being a pirate is far more than just growing a beard and punctuating every sentence with ‘arrr’; it’s a way of life. So here are a few pointers for actually becoming a modern-day pirate. Take this ‘on board’ and you’ll be pimping Read more...

Sport Potato - 16

Posted 3:28am Tuesday 20th July 2010 by Tim Miller

It’s that time of the year again, when the Tour de France hits our television screens and the evening news. Of course everyone is impressed by both the athleticism of the riders and the lovely French countryside, but the major talking point will undoubtedly come back to drugs and doping. The Read more...

Accounting and Finance Department Merger

Posted 3:26am Tuesday 20th July 2010 by Logan Oliver

The closure of the Design Department saw the Registry picketed by a motley collection of jawboning student politicians, unkempt art students, and hangers-on from the International Socialists. As I’m in finance, my mind clearly works differently to the aforementioned rabble, so would someone please Read more...

The Conservatory - 16

Posted 3:23am Tuesday 20th July 2010 by Edward Greig

Local body elections are coming up, and for most people they will go unnoticed. For many, who they vote into local office comes down to name recognition, rather than any great understanding of personality, promises, and performance. Take Dunedin for example: despite an apparent groundswell Read more...

La Presidenta - 16

Posted 3:21am Tuesday 20th July 2010 by Harriet Geoghegan

So here it is: the week that will show whether or not OUSA is an organisation beyond repair or too resilient to change, and the week that will define my success in this role. This week we are asking students to vote in two referenda: one to reduce the size of the Executive and one to reform the Read more...

Te Roopu Maori - 16

Posted 3:18am Tuesday 20th July 2010 by Fallyn Flavell

Kia ora whanau, Pehea koutou? Ko te tumanako he pai te timatanga o to tatou whahanga tuarua o te tau. Kua tutaki tatou i a tatou ki nga waenganui i tenei wahi ataahua, ki nga karaehe, ki nga tima hakinakina, a, ki nga paparakauta hoki. Nei ra te timatanga o te wiki tuarau o tenei whahanga, a, me Read more...

The Green Finger - 16

Posted 3:16am Tuesday 20th July 2010 by Dominic Szeker

Gerry Brownlee recently gave the Brazilian oil giant Petrobras exploration rights to the Raukumara Basin, just off the coast of the North Island. Apparently this decision is motivated by economic growth for all New Zealanders. Don’t confuse this with a long-term vision of economic growth Read more...

Do Animals Have Rights?

Posted 3:14am Tuesday 20th July 2010 by Danielle Duffield and Nick Gavey

Danielle Duffield argues that they do; Nick Gavey disagrees. Danielle: When Mary Wollstonecraft published “A Vindication of the Rights of Woman” in 1792, British philosopher Thomas Taylor responded by publishing a satirical piece entitled “A Vindication of The Rights of Read more...

Apocalypse How? - 16

Posted 3:11am Tuesday 20th July 2010 by Iain Dangerfield

Scenario #2: Obesity As a species, humankind is steadily growing more and more overweight, and who can blame us? The number of irresistible fatty treats companies keep pumping out is growing and we are powerless to do anything about it. Who hasn’t seen an ad for KFC’s new Triple Read more...

Editorial - 15

Posted 12:23am Monday 12th July 2010 by Ben Thomson

Welcome back. This week we look at the death of the Scarfie dream. Whether rugby fiend who chugs down funnels of bourbon in your gruts or the very word ‘Scarfie’ makes you cringe, you cannot deny the culture has had an impact on your time here at Otago. And that culture is under threat. Read more...

Top 5 - 15

Posted 12:20am Monday 12th July 2010 by Richard Cheese

Top 5 Nearly Forgotten Scarfie Traditions There’s been so much whining about how Scarfies are a dying breed. But like most things in life, there’s no point whining about it – you’ve got to do something about it! However, if you’re going to do these, be aware Read more...

This Week Matthew, I'm Going to Be... - 15

Posted 12:17am Monday 12th July 2010 by Matt Chapman

A Fat Cat. Scarfies are dead. Among the (many) accused: the Fat Cat. So, I present the opportunity to transform yourself into this social stereotype. This week, Matthew, I’m going to be a Fat Cat!  The Fat Cat is a simple transformation. All you need to focus on are two things: Read more...

Sport Potato - 15

Posted 12:15am Monday 12th July 2010 by Tim Miller

Sport, and more specifically football, is what some say makes the world go round. According to The Guardian it causes the ethnic and tribal fighting in Darfur to stop, while groups of people huddle around a small black and white television set to watch 22 men kick a ball that apparently cost Read more...

Soapbox - 15

Posted 12:13am Monday 12th July 2010 by Urich Hunt

Take your ghetto, and fuck off! Would you like to know what I realised recently? I fucking hate Scarfies. I really do. It’s weird to say that because I am a uni student myself, but you guys are a serious blight on society. It’s got to the point where I’m actually embarrassed Read more...

The Conservatory - 15

Posted 12:12am Monday 12th July 2010 by Edward Greig

Not every job that is necessary for society to function is desirable to everyone, nor is every job equally easy. Since most people differ from one another, their skills and interests vary. To ensure that the less desirable, or more complicated and difficult but vitally important jobs are Read more...

La Presidenta - 15

Posted 12:10am Monday 12th July 2010 by Harriet Geoghegan

This week's column comes to you from the middle of the holidays (not because I have a time machine, but because that's when my deadline is) and while you have all been away there's been heaps going on at OUSA. Planning and preparation have been in full swing for ReO-Week. Art has been working Read more...

Te Roopu Maori - 15

Posted 11:35pm Sunday 11th July 2010 by Ari Te Wake (OUSA Maori Rep)

Due to lack of access of technology, the original TRM column for this week is stuck with Fallyn in the whops, so this is a last minute (literally) attempt to get some needed information out to you fullas, so apologies in advance for lack of content whanau. Welcome back to the start of semester Read more...

The Green Finger - 15

Posted 11:31pm Sunday 11th July 2010 by Dominic Szeker

Welcome back team. I hope you had a marvelous holiday. Like a few of you I was stuck in the library, trying desperately to pull together one of these dissertation thingies. My obligatory blurb you give, when you catch up with or meet someone who was also silly enough to commit to a thesis, Read more...

Num Nums - 15

Posted 11:23pm Sunday 11th July 2010 by Tien-Yi Toh

When I happened upon Simon and Alison Holst’s 100 Favourite 20 Minute Dishes cookbook at a friend’s family home some months ago, I decided that it would be a good way to gain some insight on Kiwi home cooking as well as test the recipes of these New Zealand icons. Based solely on the appeal of Read more...

Debatable - 15

Posted 10:41pm Sunday 11th July 2010 by Matt Chapman and Beau Murrah

Does the University need to change its drinking culture? Matt Chapman argues it does; Beau Murrah disagrees.   Matt: The drinking culture at the University of Otago is a problem that is getting exponentially worse as time goes on, and something needs to be done about it. The Read more...

Apocalypse How? - 15

Posted 10:34pm Sunday 11th July 2010 by Iain Dangerfield

Scenario #1: Nuclear Warfare All good things must come to an end, and sadly this applies not only to, say, a delicious sandwich, but also to the very fabric of existence itself. Yeah, it’s kind of a bummer, but let’s face it: we’ve all known it’s been coming for a Read more...

Top 5 - 14

Posted 10:32pm Sunday 11th July 2010 by Richard Cheese

Top 5 Kiwi Sayings That We Don’t Actually Say My mates went overseas for a bit last year and started sharing New Zealand culture with foreigners. By sharing our culture, I mean they got pissed and went around fabricating Kiwi sayings. They even managed to convince a whole lot of foreigners Read more...

Soapbox - 14

Posted 10:31pm Sunday 11th July 2010 by James Gluck

Student organisations are and should be political. Yet we have people like Harriet Geoghegan constantly claiming that the few groups that still admit this, like the International Socialists, are irrelevant to students. Her ‘working party’ on the governance of OUSA has just brought out its Read more...

The Sheet Shuffle - 14

Posted 10:30pm Sunday 11th July 2010 by Raeven Geist-Deschamps

This is it. After this column, I will no longer be shuffling your sheets, but shipping my Canadian booty back to the land of beavers and moose. As such, an elegy to travel and sex is in order. Clit rubbing, dick dipping, toe sucking, inner knee licking and back scratching have a completely Read more...

The Conservatory - 14

Posted 10:28pm Sunday 11th July 2010 by Edward Greig

Of all the reasons not to mine, one of the most flimsy is the claim opening up a small percentage (0.001 percent) of DOC land to mining will destroy New Zealand tourism. This comes on the back of the notion that we are ‘clean and green’ and this, and only this, promotes us to the rest of the world Read more...

La Presidenta - 14

Posted 10:26pm Sunday 11th July 2010 by Harriet Geoghegan

Alcohol – that’s pretty topical.   There’s been a lot in the media about the Government potentially raising the drinking age and shaking up licensing laws. The University has banned alcohol sponsorship in an effort to reduce binge drinking focused event,s and Gardies is all but Read more...

The Media and Me - 14

Posted 10:14pm Sunday 11th July 2010 by Paul McMillan

A small part of me kicked the bucket, expired, crossed the great divide, croaked, passed away, breathed it’s last, went the way of all flesh, perished, and checked out the other day. Monty Python allusion aside, I saw a tragic ad that shocked me to the very core. Benicio Del Toro was selling Read more...

Te Roopu Maori - 14

Posted 10:12pm Sunday 11th July 2010 by Heramaahina Eketone

Mauri ora whanau, The time for heads-down bums-up has jumped up and slapped us in the face. Where did the semester go?! Second- and third-years will be experts by now in the exam department. You kinda have study habits and exam prep down to a T, and if you don’t? No comment. But for those Read more...

The Green Finger - 14

Posted 10:11pm Sunday 11th July 2010 by J.R Holmes

Three Strikes.New Zealand took a new direction on May 25. I have to admit that I have less than no respect for the ACT Party and its policies. But, along with MPs from all parties, I do not dispute the intentions of David Garrett; I just want to respectfully disagree with his legislation. I Read more...

Num Nums - 14

Posted 10:05pm Sunday 11th July 2010 by Tien-Yi Toh

Everyone has a favourite takeaway shop, and mine is Mei Wah Takeaways (660 Great King Street). Since fish and chips and the like have been covered in the Review Issue (Issue 9), I am going to focus on ‘the other stuff’. The two things that I order the most at Mei Wah are the BBQ pork and tofu Read more...

Editorial - 14

Posted 9:40pm Sunday 11th July 2010 by Ben Thomson

This week we bring you the Travel Issue. What better way to procrastinate from exams than by day-dreaming about all the places you would rather be? We’ve run with the travel theme this week because there is no better time to book a summer holiday than during the depths of despair that is studying Read more...

Debatable - 14

Posted 9:35pm Sunday 11th July 2010 by Hana Nyhof and Joelle Nyhof

Should We Halt the Creation of Artificial Life? Hana Nyhof argues we should; Joelle Nyhof disagrees. Hana: In light of the recent announcement that scientists have successfully created synthetic life in the form of a new species of bacteria that operates under the control of a Read more...

Boy and Girl - 14

Posted 9:26pm Sunday 11th July 2010 by Boy and Girl

Boy and Girl: signed, sealed, delivered. Girl: Well, this column started out as a dumb excuse to do lame stuff I wouldn’t usually do, like go on a blind date. It seemed like a frivolous, harmless thing. To you, maybe. As for me, I was talking with a good friend of mine, who outlined Read more...

The Albums the world forgot - 14

Posted 8:43pm Sunday 11th July 2010 by Stuart Dangerfield

Unknown Artist, The Album That Will Change Your Life (year unknown) Over the past fourteen weeks we have seen many albums that, for one reason or another, have been forgotten by the world. We have seen artists who tried something new and daring only to be rejected by their own fans, great Read more...

Top 5 - 13

Posted 8:40pm Sunday 11th July 2010 by Richard Cheese

Top 5 Most Annoying Types of People on Facebook The weirdest part is that most of these people aren’t your ‘friends’, they’re just people you added out of obligation. Now you have to deal with their annoying habits.   5. The Group Joiner: I hate it when Read more...