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Spilled Soup, Secrets & Schadenfreude

Posted 11:18am Sunday 10th April 2016 by Jean Balchin

Jean Balchin on that gleeful feeling of happiness when something horrible happens to someone else. Imagine, if you will, a cold, blustery day in the city. With the wind howling and the rain coming down in horizontal sheets, the interior of the bus seems positively luxurious. From your Read more...

A Special Pass For God

Posted 11:13am Sunday 10th April 2016 by Joe Higham

Joe Higham discusses the exceptional treatment religion gets in the media, and how it turns us into hypocrites. It was 1988 and Salman Rushdie, a British-Indian author, was sat in a secure, undisclosed safe house somewhere in the British Isles, under overwhelming police protection. He was only Read more...

Harm Reduction

Posted 11:00am Sunday 10th April 2016 by Lucy Hunter

Lucy Hunter looks behind the doors of the Dunedin needle exchange Needle exchange programmes were created to reduce harm and to educate people on taking drugs in the safest way possible. I spoke to Manager Barbara Smith and one of her colleagues Dene Barnes from the Dunedin Intravenous Read more...

Cos It's All About The Play

Posted 12:07pm Sunday 3rd April 2016 by Victoria Ransom

The smell of makeup, face paint and coloured hairspray fills the air. Masses of people are all flocking to one place for a day of excitement, laughter and all out craziness.  For those of you thinking these are the sights and smells of the annual Hyde Street party, you are sadly mistaken. We Read more...

Intercontinental Drift

Posted 11:55am Sunday 3rd April 2016 by Norman H. Maclean

“They change their sky but not their soul who cross the ocean.” When Roman poet, Horace penned these words over two millennia ago, he could scarcely have envisaged the chaos unfolding in our time as hundreds of thousands clamour for salvation in the West, carrying with them both faith Read more...

A Week In The Life Of A Sex Store Employee

Posted 11:41am Sunday 3rd April 2016 by Chelle Fitzgerald

“Wow, that is so cool! What’s it like? Are all the customers hella kinky?” This is the most common response I hear when people find out what I do for a living. To be fair, it’s a natural reaction, as so many people have never set foot inside an adult store. Many people Read more...

Breaking News: The News Is Broken

Posted 12:43pm Sunday 20th March 2016 by Amber Allott

Admit it. You know you regularly choose to read entertaining trash over reminders of how the world is turning to shit. Amber Allott investigates if we are entirely in control of our ignorant habits, or if they are the result of capitalism and political manipulation within the media. ‘How Read more...

Reiki’n It In

Posted 12:22pm Sunday 20th March 2016 by Lucy Hunter

Reiki is a Japanese technique for stress reduction and relaxation that adherents believe also promotes healing. Reiki (rhymes with nakey) was developed in 1922 by Japanese Buddhist Mikao Usui. It uses a technique often called “palm healing” or “hands-on-healing”. Read more...

The Human Garbage Receptacle

Posted 12:05pm Sunday 20th March 2016 by Anthony Gordon

You haven’t seen the nasty side of human nature until you’ve worked a job dealing with hungry people who do not give a fuck about who you are. The little social niceties that stop people from succumbing to their momentary anger and verbally abusing their mate’s girlfriend Read more...

No Pain, No Gain

Posted 1:36pm Sunday 13th March 2016 by Jean Balchin

It wasn’t until I felt the sharp sting of lemon juice trickling down into my eye made me realise I had made a terrible mistake. Inelegantly slumped over the bathroom sink, I squinted through my tears at the woebegone girl in the mirror and vowed never to bleach my freckles again. Although only Read more...

The Secret Life Of Bees

Posted 1:26pm Sunday 13th March 2016 by Amber Allott

The leader of the group got to her position of power by violently murdering her sisters. She was born in a cell and fed nothing but jelly by thousands of identical nurses. The bodies of her dead children are picked up and tossed outside the institution they were born in. When she is too old to work Read more...

The Path To Fashion Week: OP to iD

Posted 12:45pm Sunday 13th March 2016 by Brittany Pooley

iD Fashion Week is Dunedin’s own annual celebration of New Zealand fashion. It presents two major Fashion shows; the iD International Emerging Designer Awards and the iD Dunedin Fashion Show otherwise known as Railway Each year designers from all over the world are invited to put forward their Read more...

What's The Deal With Christian Science?

Posted 12:38pm Sunday 6th March 2016 by Lucy Hunter

Heal the sick. Raise the dead. Cleanse the lepers. Cast out demons,” reads the proud emblem of the Church of Christian Scientists. No wonder a man at the first service I went to told me that being a Christian Scientist is “very difficult”.  Most people who have heard of Read more...

Student Flats Or Student Slums?

Posted 12:28pm Sunday 6th March 2016 by Joe Higham

Much criticism has been levelled at the condition of many student flats in North Dunedin, and countless solutions have been proposed, but who is the blame for the situation? Is it the landlords’ fault for not caring for properties enough and allowing the condition of their property to slowly Read more...

Through Space And Time With Shapeshifter

Posted 12:10pm Sunday 6th March 2016 by Critic

Shapeshifter landed in Dunedin last week to transport us to all to outer space with their futuristic music. Critic managed to wangle their way into their fourth-dimension practise room before the big show to snap some pics, have a beer, and talk sci-fi wit Critic: I feel lucky to have seen you Read more...

A Final Farewell

Posted 12:07pm Sunday 28th February 2016 by Mikayla Cahill

Richard slammed his hand over the guitar strings and a ringing tore apart the room. Everyone began to cheer in unison. A second later the guitar riffs and sharp drum beats were ripping apart the walls. My hair whipped me in the face, and beer spilled out of my glass as I swayed side to Read more...

Do Not Induce Vomiting

Posted 11:53am Sunday 28th February 2016 by Lucy Hunter

If you have accidently swallowed something poisonous, or are trying to help somebody who has, do not make them vomit. It is not an effective way to remove poison from the system. The stomach contractions that cause vomiting can make the poison absorb more rapidly into the bloodstream. If the Read more...

Myth of the Man-Eating Shark

Posted 1:25pm Sunday 4th October 2015 by Sam Fraser-Baxter

In July, professional surfer Mick Fanning encountered a large shark in the final of the J-Bay Open in South Africa. First, a large fin appeared behind Fanning, followed by splashing and a “holy shit” from one of the commentators. As a wave lurched before Fanning, every person watching Read more...

90 Years Of Critic

Posted 10:57am Sunday 4th October 2015 by Staff Reporter

We’ve included a collection of some of the most interesting articles in Critic’s history - those pieces reflecting the change in times and attitudes during Critic’s 90 years on campus. VOL XXXIX | Issue 3 - 1963 VOL XL | Issue 7 - 1964 VOL Read more...

The Nuclear Clusterfuck

Posted 12:27pm Sunday 27th September 2015 by Paul Winter

“We all know that the atomic bomb is very dangerous; since it could be used against us, we should be ready for it! Remember to duck and cover, kids. Duck and cover like your pal Bert the Turtle and you’ll be safe!” This is an extract from a 1951 civil defence film. The film Read more...