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PLAGIARISE THIS ARTICLE

Posted 3:01pm Sunday 11th July 2010 by Critic

“Using one person's ideas is plagiarism. Using lots of people's ideas is research.”   I like this quote, but I'm not sure who to attribute it to; I heard it from a friend, who heard it from a friend, and who knows where they got it. (Actually ,the original quote is “Copy from one, Read more...

Celebrity Financial Failures

Posted 2:59pm Sunday 11th July 2010 by Critic

    Donald Trump: It wasn’t all plain sailing for the rich cat with the killer do. Trumpykins (as he likes to be called) suffered heavily in the recession of the late ‘80s, amassing serious amounts of debt and even going into business bankruptcy (not to be Read more...

61 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About The Human Body

Posted 2:57pm Sunday 11th July 2010 by Critic

1. There are about ten times as many bacterial cells in the human body as human cells.   2. Newborn babies often lactate (produce breast milk), because they’re born with their mum’s hormones in their blood.   3. The muscle that makes men, um … retract Read more...

The Perpetual Student: the life of the student who never graduates is under threat

Posted 2:04pm Sunday 11th July 2010 by Thomas redford

What do you picture when imagining the ‘perpetual student?’ A hunched and green-blazered old joker, whose sleeping head isn’t visible within the fortress of library reference books that he constructs around himself every day? Or a strutting, regularly-wassuping party animal with worried eyes that Read more...

It’s graduation time.

Posted 2:02pm Sunday 11th July 2010 by Critic

Graduating Over the next few weekends it will be impossible to book a table at a restaurant or drive down George Street without being run over by a horde of people with weird square hats. Why? It’s graduation time, of course. You’ll get there soon. Critic examines the major courses of study at Read more...

The Capping Show: Really Old

Posted 1:59pm Sunday 11th July 2010 by Caitlyn O’Fallon

The University of Otago’s oldest tradition has nothing to do with riots, togas, or using furniture as kindling. There is one tradition that predates the Leith run by over 40 years, and the Clocktower race by nearly a century. And it’s not only our oldest tradition, it’s also our funniest. Read more...

The Campus Toilet Review.

Posted 12:43pm Sunday 11th July 2010 by Dreke Verkuylen

In one of the more controversial task assignments, Critic sent reviewers around some of the various facilities the University of Otago has to offer. Not quite the glitz and glamour of eating takeaways, but if a thing’s worth doing, it’s worth doing right.   Clock Tower After much Read more...

The Coffee Review.

Posted 12:42pm Sunday 11th July 2010 by Dreke Verkuylen

In the interest of eliminating student indecision regarding the wide variety of cafés in Dunedin, Critic has compiled a review of some of the more prominent coffee houses around campus and town. While this may leave some uneasiness in the stomachs of connoisseurs, in the interest of appealing to Read more...

The $1 Mixture Review.

Posted 12:40pm Sunday 11th July 2010 by Dreke Verkuylen

  Campus Wonderful 12 items Good selection, including sour strap (normally valued at 20c), and a variety of larger lollies. The inclusion of a Mackintosh and fizzer tube was deemed controversial by our judges. The chocolate fish, however, was well received. This selection had the Read more...

The Fish ‘n’ Chips Review.

Posted 12:39pm Sunday 11th July 2010 by Dreke Verkuylen

Welcome to the Annual Critic Fish and Chip Review. This has proved to be one of the perks of the job, as Critic’s senior editorial staff got to laze around one night, gorging on takeaways and shooting the shit. In the midst of the resulting grease and squalor we have managed to pull together our Read more...