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Confessions of a Quidnunc

Posted 12:55pm Sunday 3rd May 2015 by Maya Dodd

Passive aggressive behaviour can make for a miserably infuriating existence. Living with passive aggressive flatmates is the worst, but being the passive aggressive flatmate is exponentially more troubling. As the fair and forever-on-the-fence sleuth that I am, I compiled a list of stories from both Read more...

That'll Be $4.20

Posted 1:17pm Sunday 26th April 2015 by Isaac Yu

Weed, marijuana, Mary J, bud, green, pot, herbs, grass, “stuff”, “ingredients for a chill night”— whatever it is you decide to call it, it goes with Scarfies like chlamydia goes with Hamilton. Contrary to the mandatory “drugs are bad, mmkay” talks, injecting Read more...

Marvellous Disappointments

Posted 12:45pm Sunday 26th April 2015 by Anonymous Bird

  It’s that time of year again. Marvel’s latest instalment, Avengers: Age of Ultron, is out and the world has been bubbling with excitement in the lead-up to its release. Superhero movies are something of a phenomenon at the moment. The Avengers’ first instalment came out Read more...

Catwalk Identities

Posted 2:18pm Sunday 19th April 2015 by Brittany Pooley

We spoke to three students and graduates of the University of Otago who shared their experiences of iD Fashion Week — what they did, who they met and the opportunities it continues to bring them. iD Fashion Week is an annual fashion event that celebrates Dunedin’s distinctive design Read more...

DIY Style Guide 2015

Posted 1:15pm Sunday 19th April 2015 by Olivia Collier

This latest season was one for the ages, with both exciting new trends and the return of two of the most influential male models in history – Derek Zoolander and Hansel McDonald - shaking up the whole fashion industry. Summarising the top looks from the latest fashion, your new favourite style Read more...

Stripes and Gripes

Posted 12:49pm Sunday 19th April 2015 by Anthony Gordon

“Leather-look jeans, striped tops, ankle boots, Karen Walker charms etc” A Facebook post confirms what Anthony long suspected; more than anywhere else in the country, University of Otago students dress to look the same as everybody else." Last year, I did this post on the Read more...

Virtual Harrassment

Posted 2:51pm Sunday 12th April 2015 by Anonymous Bird

Online environments are becoming more and more volatile. Should people be held accountable for their online actions or do real-world rules not apply to them? The world where it is socially acceptable to make jokes about abuse in prison or “asking for it” if you’re wearing a short skirt is Read more...

The Copyright of Mein Kampf

Posted 2:51pm Sunday 12th April 2015 by Gini Jory

Perhaps the most infamous book of all time, Hitler’s autobiographical Mein Kampf has always been controversial, but has now probably reached its peak. 70 years after the death of its author, in accordance with German law, the copyright will be running out at the end of this year. Mein Read more...

Digital Love Affairs

Posted 2:51pm Sunday 12th April 2015 by Maya Dodd

Call me old-fashioned, but becoming “Facebook Official” (FO) has never really appealed to me. I dated a guy who was adamant he would never stay with a girl who wouldn’t make the relationship FO. Let’s just say, whatever spark we had fizzled out very quickly. I just don’t understand how people enjoy Read more...

Humans of Hyde

Posted 3:11pm Sunday 29th March 2015 by Olivia Collier

For those of you oblivious hipsters out there still living in the age of Myspace and Bebo, the Facebook page Humans of New York is an arts/humanity project where a photographer in New York — you guessed it — photographs humans in New York. The core message that this project shares with Read more...

Fence-Jumpers and First Years: You Can't Hyde

Posted 3:11pm Sunday 29th March 2015 by Lydia Adams

Saturday 21 March saw this year’s annual Hyde Street Party. With 4000 attendees, there were 15 arrests made. Offenders were detained mainly for disorderly and offensive behaviour, although there was one arsehole who shoulder-barged a St John ambulance on Albany Street in an incident that left a Read more...

The Stories We're Sold

Posted 5:43pm Sunday 22nd March 2015 by Joseph Higham

Any news outlet will promulgate a particular set of stories and demote others. Whether it is small scale and harmless, or targets whole groups, religions or communities of people, over time the outcome can be devastating. Media is the plural of medium: “one of the means or channels of Read more...

Drop Outs: An Educated Decision

Posted 5:43pm Sunday 22nd March 2015 by Kirsty Gordge

Students drop out of universities across the country and throughout the world. Do they lack money or motivation, is it the cold weather, or is the student life just too hard? Or do some students simply not see the point anymore? Data released by the Tertiary Education Commission shows more Read more...

The #fitspo Movement

Posted 5:43pm Sunday 22nd March 2015 by Sarah Templeton

“To the susceptible, it’s a disorder in disguise of health, bad habits masquerading as good ones. It’s a massive trigger that can send you spiralling into a dark world of disarray … Soon I was just like the rest: re-blogging pictures of skinny girls with their running shoes on and their bones Read more...

Manipulative Marketing

Posted 2:32pm Sunday 15th March 2015 by Brandon Johnstone

Coca-Cola, Google, Apple, Samsung, YouTube, Amazon, Starbucks, McDonald’s, Facebook, Nike, Cadbury, Mars. These names don’t come to you easily for no reason. When you think of a product, there’s normally one brand that will immediately come to mind first. These corporations, who are at the top of Read more...

Otago Toilet Reviews 2015

Posted 2:32pm Sunday 15th March 2015 by June Collier

The title of this article belies its serious nature: a daring exposé on the state of the bathrooms around campus conjured up in a fit of mad rage after being exposed one too many times to tap water hotter than Satan’s ball sack in the Central Library toilets. While I’ve frequented a lot of Read more...

Here Comes the Bride

Posted 2:32pm Sunday 15th March 2015 by Emily Draper

Some do it on a beach. Some do it in the backyard. Some even do it in church. From the smallest of intimate celebrations to the largest and most raucous of affairs, a wedding is undeniably a special moment in a couple’s life. This article delves into the nuttier of nuptials across the Read more...

Building On Shaky Grounds

Posted 5:30pm Sunday 8th March 2015 by Anonymous Bird

Four years on from the 22 February Christchurch earthquake, the city still has a long way to go. The city centre is not as alive and buzzing as it once was, despite the best efforts of the Restart Mall, set up where Cashel Mall once was. The eastern side of the city is littered with road works, Read more...

Halls - The Practical Jokes Edition

Posted 5:30pm Sunday 8th March 2015 by Lydia Adams

Otago University’s students have a bad reputation. A walk through the residential halls’ more chequered histories stands to remind our fresh-faced first years that we’re not all depraved — but even those that are won’t bite (much). Gazing up at the Himalayan mountain range that is the hill Read more...

Don't be Afraid

Posted 6:26pm Sunday 1st March 2015 by Kirsty Gordge

“If it’s a huge whitetail, I’ll get a ringing in my ear and freeze,” said Katelyn Hill, asked about her arachnophobia. Heard that one before? What about coulrophobia? There’s a good chance you have a minor form of it – a fear of clowns. Napoleon Bonaparte had ailurophobia, a fear of cats. Read more...