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Should Dunedin Impose Higher Flatting Standards?

Posted 3:50pm Sunday 4th August 2013 by Aaron Hawkins

Aaron HawkinsEveryone deserves to live with dignity in a warm and healthy home. For the tens of thousands of Dunedin people living in flats, from students in the north end to families in the south, this means putting together minimum standards for rentals across the city. This will save tenants Read more...

How to Choose Flatmates

Posted 3:50pm Sunday 4th August 2013 by Sam White

If you’re a first-year, you’ve probably started the flat-hunting process already. But chances are the people you’ve chosen to flat with are dicks, and you’ll end up wanting to kill them. Sam White shares some handy hints for picking your crew and avoiding any awkward homicidal incidents. When Read more...

The Scourge of Property Managers

Posted 3:50pm Sunday 4th August 2013 by Brittany Mann

Property managers are an increasingly common phenomenon in Dunedin, their purpose to negotiate between the needs of tenants and landlords. However, Brittany Mann found herself inundated with stories of property managers acting as absentee landlords' stooges and trampling on tenants' rights. What Read more...

The Unfunny Business of Funny Business

Posted 4:45pm Sunday 28th July 2013 by Jasper Jones

I went to watch comedy. It wasn’t very good, much like this standfirst. Years ago, Comic Addiction and its “Crack-Up Den” was a platform for the funny folk of Dunedin to hone their stand-up skills. Some became national favourites, and some moved on with their lives. Unaware of the underground Read more...

The Great Annual Critic Fish & Chip Review

Posted 4:45pm Sunday 28th July 2013 by Ines Shennan

Ines Shennan spent her afternoon wandering around the realm of North Dunedin, grease gradually building up in her stomach as she sampled the various fish and chips offerings. Here are the results. The cheapest scoop of chips and cheapest piece of fish was selected from each store. Golden SunI Read more...

Polyamory: Fun for you & me & him & her etc.

Posted 4:45pm Sunday 28th July 2013 by Loulou Callister-Baker

It Started With a KissOne night I was out drinking with my friend. As the night progressed we decided to join another group of friends to see a gig on the other side of town. As my friend and I walked we verbally stumbled onto the subject of polyamory – a lifestyle choice with which he identified. I Read more...

This Train Carries Lost Souls

Posted 4:45pm Sunday 28th July 2013 by Kathleen Hanna

Film festivals always churn out some black sheep. However, few have been as eagerly anticipated and controversial as this year’s Thomas, a live-action adaptation of Thomas the Tank Engine directed by Darren Aronofsky. The film has bitterly divided critics: while some have hailed it as “surprisingly Read more...

Mona Larry?

Posted 3:59pm Sunday 21st July 2013 by Sam O’Sullivan

My burgeoning interest in the nature of gender identity began in Patong – a detestable tourist haven in Phuket, Thailand. In the company of good friends and the comfort of a pleasant alcoholic haze I decided to see what Patong nightlife had to offer. It wasn’t long until we stumbled into a Read more...

From Banter to Intimidation: Drawing the Line

Posted 3:59pm Sunday 21st July 2013 by Clare Curran

When I was younger and walking home from work one night I was attacked. It was a classic “man leaps out from behind a bush and confronts woman, then grabs her, his intentions clear” situation. New Zealand has the highest rate of rape and domestic violence in the OECD. Often these assaults are Read more...

The Cosmo Cock-Tales

Posted 3:59pm Sunday 21st July 2013 by Josie Hallas

Bombarded with messages from "sexperts" about their inadequate sexual expressions, Josie Adams and Tristan Fernando gave in to Cosmopolitan magazine’s tips for spicing up their sex life. Armed with questionable advice, the two Cosmonauts embarked on a weekend of terrifying sexcapades. Here, in Read more...

Sniffles and Sex: The Dark Truth about Student Wellbeing

Posted 3:59pm Sunday 21st July 2013 by Baz Macdonald

In my time at university I have had an unfortunate number of conversations in which a fellow student has described their common cold as bronchitis, or has lamented over a patch of eczema while wondering which fatal illness it may be symptomatic of. Sure, these examples are a tad hyperbolic, but the Read more...

Obscure Sports Are Obscure

Posted 8:23pm Sunday 14th July 2013 by Irrelevant Irvine

Critic is bringing back its sports coverage – but because our incredibly lanky editorial team is all hipster and shit, we’ve decided to bring you a roundup only of the world’s most obscure sporting endeavours. If you’ve ever wondered what Bo-taoshi is, or whether being a stoner is a sport, or who Read more...

Dreaming of Electric Sheep

Posted 8:23pm Sunday 14th July 2013 by Sam McChesney

Fantastical new inventions are just around the corner, and we enjoy an ever-increasing ability to solve the problems nature throws at us. But is the dream of a technological utopia realistic, and is it wise? Sam McChesney dons his sci-fi specs and his philosopher’s beret, and takes a hard look at Read more...

3D Printing is a Thing

Posted 8:23pm Sunday 14th July 2013 by Zane Pocock

3D printing, also known as additive manufacturing, is the act of building three-dimensional objects from a digital model. As opposed to traditional manufacturing, which involves moulds and the removal of material, 3D printing produces no waste material – which seems so obvious when you think about Read more...

An Island is an Island

Posted 8:23pm Sunday 14th July 2013 by Loulou Callister-Baker

Stuck on an island that even a film crew for Survivor found too rugged (or dull) to film, Loulou Callister-Baker’s head has become swamped with thoughts of the existential-crisis variety. In a quest to maintain her relevance, Loulou explores what it means to be both psychologically and Read more...

A Weekend Trolling

Posted 6:05pm Sunday 7th July 2013 by Ines Shennan

Ines Shennan attempted to teach herself in a day how to become an Internet troll. Employing techniques from the utterly pretentious to the obviously ignorant, what follows is an account of what happens when someone tries to abuse Internet anonymity. It all started with Tunnel Bear. An Read more...

Life Online - It's a Beach

Posted 6:05pm Sunday 7th July 2013 by Loulou Callister-Baker

A MetaphorHow I use and regard Facebook is similar to the experience of driving alone down a very long street. A person alone in a car is isolated from society by the physical barrier of the car, but that person must still carefully abide by certain rules. The street, called Facebook, is crowded Read more...

www. Online Hookups 4 Students .co.nz

Posted 6:05pm Sunday 7th July 2013 by Brittany Mann

The concept of online dating has quivered menacingly on the edge of my consciousness ever since a friend of mine began using it a few years ago. While I am yet to overcome the mental hurdle of actually signing up to one of the numerous sites on offer, I found myself intrigued by fellow students who Read more...

Visual Intelligence

Posted 3:03pm Sunday 26th May 2013 by Brittany Mann

Visual Intelligence, a boutique, high-end tattoo and art studio located on the west side of Princes St, was established in 2004 and is a registered tattoo studio. Owned and operated by Aaron and Macaela Manuel, Visual Intelligence has a two-year waiting list that befits Aaron’s more than 15 years’ Read more...

Curious Insights

Posted 3:03pm Sunday 26th May 2013 by Ines Shennan

Ines Shennan chats with a handful of Otago University lecturers to find out what makes them tick. She discovers that exploring the local neighbourhood at a young age was a common theme, as is surfing and visiting the Dunedin Public Art Gallery. Read on to discover some curious insights. Read more...