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INTELLIGENCE ON DEMAND

Posted 6:11am Thursday 14th April 2011 by Christopher Ong

It will be a few more weeks before most university students experience the soul-crushing pressure pot that is the examinations period, but scarfies typically appear to labour through with the “tried and true” methods. Multiple doses of V or Red Bull will be ingested, coffee addictions will be Read more...

Getting Above the Influence

Posted 6:08am Thursday 14th April 2011 by Siobhan Downes

The homeless bum, shooting up with a dirty needle in a dark alleyway. The street-walking prostitute, snorting cocaine between each fuck. The old man with blood-shot eyes, staggering along the street and swigging from a bottle in a brown paper bag. Our perceptions of addiction are tainted by Read more...

Fear and Loathing in the N.E.V.

Posted 6:04am Thursday 14th April 2011 by Dr. Z

When Critic decided they needed a first-person account on the effects of the legal and/or easily available highs found around Dunedin for their upcoming “Drug” issue, I volunteered for the task immediately. I had never tried any of the substances that follow, but as an aspiring Read more...

SIX INSANE OLD -SCHOOL USES OF DRUGS

Posted 5:59am Thursday 14th April 2011 by Josh Hercus

Everything has a history. Josh Hercus looks at some of the past uses for modern day drugs. Giggle party Most of you know that nitrous oxide is used in a wide range of things, from anaesthetics to speeding up cars. But it’s better known as “laughing gas” and back in the Read more...

Around the World Drug Tourism

Posted 5:53am Thursday 14th April 2011 by Anonymous

Travelling is one of life’s greatest joys. However, for many the intrepid explorer, cheap and available ways to elevate that joy well beyond the body’s already soaring levels of dopamine and serotonin remains a primary reason for the journey in the first place, and with that I bring you...drug Read more...

Wanna be on Top?

Posted 3:02am Tuesday 5th April 2011 by Phoebe Harrop

It was an afternoon that left me feeling decidedly average - in both height and hotness – yet strangely entertained. Nevertheless, the first round of New Zealand’s Next Top Model, Cycle Three, Dunedin chapter, was disappointingly devoid of drama. The most exciting thing to happen was when the Edge’s Read more...

Back to the Future

Posted 2:52am Tuesday 5th April 2011 by Charlotte Greenfield

We’re all curious about the future. We can guess at it, make inferences about it, and hope or fear for it, but some people take this a step further and - or claim to belief - that they can tell the future. And people believe them. According to a recent study, 48.8% of New Zealanders believe in Read more...

FAR OUT, MAN

Posted 2:37am Tuesday 5th April 2011 by Siobhan Downes

As Calvin and Hobbes said, “the surest proof that there is intelligent life out there is that it hasn't tried to make contact with us”. In December last year, New Zealand’s Defence Force uncovered fifty years’ worth of its documents on UFO sightings. These include claims that extraterrestrial life Read more...

Ghostbusters

Posted 2:12am Tuesday 5th April 2011 by Josh Hercus

Wellington-based paranormal investigators Strange Occurrence started off as an idea for an art project, which was meant to be “a bit of a joke” until they started getting actual enquiries. With all the members having a lifelong interest in the paranormal, they realised that they would need to get Read more...

R.I.P. Journalism

Posted 4:56am Monday 28th March 2011 by Charlotte Greenfield

Charlotte Greenfield discusses the effect that the fast paced internet and the rise of “churnalism” have had on the art of journalism. Try telling someone you want to be a journalist. In my experience the most common response is “but journalism is dying.” As much as Critic hopes this Read more...