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OUSA Election Special. Their Two Cents

Posted 3:36am Monday 3rd October 2011 by Critic

Critic sent the Creme-de-la-Creme of OUSA political pundits along to the Presidential forum. James Meager Internet Conspiracist 2010 OUSA Finance and Services Officer Last Wednesday, Parliament passed Heather Roy’s voluntary student membership legislation, which some are saying Read more...

OUSA Election Special. More OUSA politics than you're wildest nightmares

Posted 3:33am Monday 3rd October 2011 by Critic

In the spirit of informed decision making, Critic asked all ten of our candidates (who are vying for eight of the ten exec positions on offer) to tell us why we should give them our vote. There are two uncontested positions, which means that there will be some empty seats in next year’s boardroom. Read more...

Scary Art Galleries for Beginners One girl's battle with abstract art

Posted 5:46am Monday 19th September 2011 by Kari Schmidt

We all know that familiar feeling. You walk into an art gallery and you just don’t know what the fuck is going on. I experienced this recently at an exhibition opening. A few of the gallery regulars were hanging around outside, and as I entered into the space I saw a few streamers Read more...

I need ten dollars, dollars, dollars is what I need

Posted 5:42am Monday 19th September 2011 by Phoebe Harrop

I didn’t get the nickname “Feed me” for nothing. My favourite part of school was lunchtime, closely followed by morning tea. For me, and many other such kindred spirits, life at university has proved no different: life revolves around food, glorious food. So what to do when you’re stuck at campus Read more...

No Rush- the intriguing world of Poet David Merritt

Posted 5:35am Monday 19th September 2011 by Critic

It’s a brisk spring day in Dunedin, and David Merritt sits on a bench by Rob Roy, flanked by Bonita boxes. His hair is grey, his face weathered, a woollen beanie warms his head. He’s self described as “creased and crinkled in all the wrong places but pleased”. He could be homeless, save for the Read more...

OUSA Art Week

Posted 5:32am Monday 19th September 2011 by Kari Schmidt, Lauren Hayes, Shristi Vinayagan

It’s OUSA Art Week, and art works are dotted around the campus. Among the more impressive are Emilie Truscott’s golden bones, Levi Hawken’s graffiti art and Spencer Hall’s collaborative robot. We introduce you to these artists; their backgrounds, their ideas, and most of all their artworks. Read more...

End of Existence

Posted 5:28am Monday 19th September 2011 by Hana Aoake

Hana Aoake chats to local artist James Robinson about life, art and the end of the world. Dunedin-born James Robinson is one of New Zealand’s most successful artists. He completed a BFA from the Otago Polytechnic School of Art in 2000, and his work can be seen around campus. Each of his Read more...

Eyes and Ears

Posted 5:22am Monday 19th September 2011 by Siobhan Downes

Let’s be honest. Most of us probably feel more at home in the mosh pit of a rock concert than in a posh, please-do-not-touch art gallery. In the ‘art vs music’ debate, it seems we’re way more in tune with pop stars than painters. But take a moment out of your headbanging to open your eyes – because Read more...

Which Religion should you sign up to?

Posted 2:34am Monday 12th September 2011 by Basti Menkes

  1) Do you believe in God/an all-powerful equivalent? Yes (go to Question 2) / No (go to Atheist)   2) Do you identify with modern society? Yes (go to Question 3) / No (go to Question 4)   3) Are you chilled as fuck? Yes (go to Buddhist) / Nah I’m Read more...

Jesus Loves You

Posted 2:31am Monday 12th September 2011 by Charlotte Greenfield

Or at least, the Evangelicals New Zealand is not a country known for its religious piety, even within the increasingly secular Western world. Confirmed atheists and agnostics can happily occupy the role of prime minister, there has never been a ‘church of New Zealand’ and 1.5% of Read more...

Don't be a Chicken Burger

Posted 2:26am Monday 12th September 2011 by Kari Schmidt

Most of us aren’t dicks. We don’t want animals to be harmed, and we don’t like hearing about it when they are. And yet, many of us never stop to think about the impact of consuming animals, both on the environment and the animals’ standard of living, and we continue to eat factory-farmed products, Read more...

WARNING: The Following Contains Rugby

Posted 5:31am Monday 5th September 2011 by Critic

Some of you will be giddy as a school girl over the arrival of the Rugby World Cup. The rest of you will be burying your head in your textbooks waiting for the whole bloody thing to be over so New Zealand can stop being a one dimensional man cave. The ever-considerate Joe Stockman has put together a Read more...

A to Z of weird sports & sports Events

Posted 5:27am Monday 5th September 2011 by Critic

Maybe you were always the last picked for teams at school. Maybe you (shh, not too loudly) hate rugby. Maybe you’ve never quite found your athletic niche. Never fear! Phoebe Harrop has compiled an alphabet of unusual sports and sports events is here to match-make even the most unusual individual Read more...

Workin' Up A Sweat

Posted 5:23am Monday 5th September 2011 by Charlotte Greenfield

When I was told that my next article was reviewing various forms of exercise, visions of sweat, short shorts and Powerade flashed before my eyes, quickly followed by the burning question: why? Or more specifically, why me? “It’s like Bridget Jones,” said the editor, “Bridget Jones does sport.” Read more...

Not All Papers Created Equal

Posted 11:03pm Monday 22nd August 2011 by Charlotte Greenfield

We all know it. There are some papers that are easy and some that are hard. You may have been warned to steer clear of the legendary POLS101 if you value your grade point average, or that Biochem will endanger the mental health and social life of every first year Health Sci. As one professor Read more...

New Zealand’s Sporting Soul: thirty years after the Tour

Posted 10:59pm Monday 22nd August 2011 by Joe Stockman

It has been thirty years since NZ was rocked by the 1981 Springboks tour. Society was divided between rugby fans, who wanted politics kept out of sport, and protesters who believed the rights of black South Africans outweighed Kiwis’ right to watch the rugby. One hundred and fifty thousand Read more...

Pilling: The Diary of a Lab Rat

Posted 10:56pm Monday 22nd August 2011 by Annie Inamouse

I'm no prostitute, but I did sell my body. In light of recent tales in the Sex Issue, I think I could have done worse, but I'll leave that up to you. Dunedin has a good little industry going for it, one not of the chocolate or dishwasher varieties. Pharmaceuticals is where it’s at. Read more...

Chronicles of Kronic

Posted 3:44am Monday 15th August 2011 by Phoebe Harrop

Kronic is just one of a number of cannabis-like legal highs available (until recently) for purchase in Dunedin and around New Zealand, and has in recent weeks been the subject of a veritable media storm. Hype about Kronic, especially its naughty, phenazepam-laced (and consequentially recalled) Read more...

WEARING THE PANTS

Posted 3:30am Monday 15th August 2011 by Siobhan Downes

Consider these three words: ‘Equal Employment Opportunities’. What comes to mind? Probably imagery from the feminist movement, hordes of angry, high-heel clad power-women protesting their way up the male-dominated corporate ladder in the name of gender equality. But what happens when the shoe is on Read more...

Sexism, Something for Everyone

Posted 3:27am Monday 15th August 2011 by Reuben Black

Brutal, oppressive, domineering, selfish and gleefully misogynist. The stereotypical (heterosexual) modern man is staunch in manner and cold at heart. His animalistic sex drive is only matched by his pulsating lust for sport and violence. His pastimes include gazing, groping and the general Read more...