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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...

Editorial | Issue 20

Posted 9:58am Sunday 21st August 2016 by Hugh Baird

Throughout this news week, a lot of debate has centred around Prime Minister John Key and his comments against legalising cannabis here in the ‘land of the long white cloud’. The debate has reared its little head after the NZ Drug Foundation released its latest polls on how kiwis feel Read more...

ODT Watch | Issue 19

Posted 5:00pm Monday 15th August 2016 by Charlie O’Mannin

This week the ODT jumped straight in with speculation on the future of the dairy industry: I think the ODT meant ‘Cockroach milk’s time might come’, ‘may have come’ implies that right now is cockroach milk’s time, which I doubt.    Yes Read more...

Sexcellent | Issue 19

Posted 4:49pm Monday 15th August 2016 by Sexcellent

Nothing upsets me more than hearing all the various lies about the hymen, and the myths that go along with sex and women as a result. Today, I’m schooling you on the hymen and how it works. The hymen is a thin membrane of skin situated at the opening of the vagina. Contrary to popular Read more...

Science, Bitches | Issue 19

Posted 4:46pm Monday 15th August 2016 by Neil Dalphin

Imagine a world in which you no longer suffer freak attacks of slow internet connection, a world in which gamer-wannabes have to come up with a better excuse than lag to account for their obvious lack of skillz. Well, scientists have found a way to make this utopia real, using something called the Read more...

Love Is Blind | Issue 19

Posted 4:41pm Monday 15th 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...

Matters Of Debate | Issue 19

Posted 4:36pm Monday 15th 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 Daffy The idea that governments should create barriers from individuals being able to have children may seem like an Read more...

Clark V. Woodhouse | Issue 19

Posted 4:28pm Monday 15th August 2016 by David Clark

David Clark Some see scarfie culture as something that is quite clear cut. Alcohol, adventure, and living in cold flats are characteristics that spring to mind for a lot of people. But these three ingredients exist at Scott Base and in countless other countries around the world. For me, scarfie Read more...

Editorial | Issue 19

Posted 12:56pm Monday 15th August 2016 by Ceri Giddens

Art is scary. I have some good news though. That drawing you did? It’s not a doodle, it’s not “oh it’s nothing, really”, it’s art. Great job! We grow up thinking certain things about art: that it relies on technical skill; that it has to have a deep poignant Read more...