Archive

New Zealand general election

Posted 4:38pm Sunday 14th September 2014 by Critic

Behold, Critic’s election analysis! Taking a panel of experts from the University’s staff and beyond, Critic was able to graph the extent to which each party is best for students in different areas. Before you continue reading, know that we acknowledge that this analysis has a single focus, Read more...

Have mic, will yell

Posted 11:52pm Sunday 7th September 2014 by Isaac Yu

It's 8:10pm on a Saturday night. I can see my breath misting in front of me as I sit in my room getting ready. Outside in the cold Dunedin weather you can hear the mating call of the male Scarfie as they proclaim their readiness for town to passing freshers. I go through the checklist in my head: Read more...

Social hair

Posted 11:52pm Sunday 7th September 2014 by Lucy Hunter

By looking at a person’s hair you can make assumptions about their age, ethnicity, gender, occupation, political views, their taste in music, income, lifestyle, religion, health, and sexuality. All from something that makes you want to puke if you find it in your meal. Hair matters. For Read more...

Scarfie confessions

Posted 11:52pm Sunday 7th September 2014 by Max Callister-Baker

We had to keep our voices down. It was a Thursday night and the four of us were crammed inside one single residential hall room. It was past 1am, which meant that if an RA came by they could dish out hefty $20 fines to each of us. But it wasn't easy speaking quietly – after having four or five too Read more...

The calcium curse

Posted 5:55pm Sunday 31st August 2014 by Mahoney Turnbull

Oh dairy me, what can the matter be? The dairy industry in China is in a state of disarray. At the same time, the world’s fastest growing nation not only wants their milk, but they would like the kiwi liquid gold from the land of milk and honey, without the pipeline botch ups, if you please. That Read more...

Geocaching

Posted 5:55pm Sunday 31st August 2014 by Josie Adams

When I was young, I used to draw maps and mark an X on the spot where I wanted to find treasure. There never was any, but today there are more than 2,500 hidden treasures in Dunedin. Every day in our city these treasures are found, swapped around, and put back for you to find by a whole community of Read more...

Returning Home

Posted 5:55pm Sunday 31st August 2014 by Loulou Callister-Baker

I have to hold my beanie down as I walk from the airplane across the tarmac. I also have to clutch my backpack to my chest. Both hands occupied, I am left to pretend that my skirt isn’t ballooning up in the wind leaving my butt on display to the old couple behind me. Yeah, Wellington. I get it. Read more...

Remote - An island in a sea of startups

Posted 12:53am Monday 18th August 2014 by Sarah Ley-Hamilton

When you hear the word “remote,” it doesn’t exactly conjure up feelings of prosperity, abundance and opportunity – feelings that we are told to look for in our chosen career paths. However, for some of us, not putting on suitable office attire (or even pants) and logging on from the comfort of our Read more...

Trans Life

Posted 12:53am Monday 18th August 2014 by Lucy Hunter

Gender identity is so ingrained in our culture that we often don’t think about it until we meet somebody who doesn’t conform to traditional ideas of a “masculine man” or a “feminine woman.” Even with advances, such as the legalisation of same-sex marriage last year, being trans* presents legal and Read more...

The freedom mission

Posted 12:53am Monday 18th August 2014 by Loulou Callister-Baker

Bell Murphy’s eyes light up as she tells us the story about the homemade pumpkin wine, which had flooded the floor at Black Star Books when left to brew over a weekend. On the ground between Bell and I, a woman carefully paints a banner for an animal rights protest to be held in the Octagon the Read more...