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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...

21st Century Fertility

Posted 1:24pm Sunday 19th May 2013 by Fertile Myrtle

One in six New Zealand couples has fertility problems, and many have turned to egg or sperm donation in the quest to have children. For these couples, the procedure is undoubtedly life-changing. But what about the donors? Fertile Myrtle (no, that’s not her real name) is a student who donated eggs to Read more...

May the sports be with you

Posted 1:24pm Sunday 19th May 2013 by Gus Gawn

On 25 May (6:45am 26 May NZ time), Europe’s top two sides will battle for the most prestigious prize in club football: the Champions League title. Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich are both in the final at Wembley after pulling off semi-final upsets – Dortmund saw off nine-time winners Real Madrid Read more...

Fairtrade Fortnight: Food for Thought

Posted 1:24pm Sunday 19th May 2013 by Baz Macdonald

It seems clichéd, but university is a good place to question things. I’m sure that for most of you, this very notion has conjured the image of wankers in berets writing in coffee shops, but this isn’t necessarily so. Many of the people we see trashed on Thursday and Saturday nights (this may be you) Read more...

Balls Deep in the Arab Spring

Posted 1:24pm Sunday 19th May 2013 by Matty Stroller

For as long as I can remember, I have had a weird infatuation with all things Middle Eastern. In late 2011/early 2012 – after a year and a half of soul-crushing wage-slavery – I excitedly embarked on a three-month tour of the “Arab Spring.” It is one thing to read about a situation on your laptop Read more...

Get Out of the Ghetto: Queenstown Edition

Posted 2:26pm Sunday 12th May 2013 by Brittany Mann

When Phoebe Harrop of “Get Out of the Ghetto” fame found herself unable to “research” this feature, she selflessly passed the torch on to me. Go to Queenstown for the weekend, I was instructed, and try out some of the fun stuff on offer. I was forcefully reminded of how awesome this job is. Read more...

Getting Around the Orthodoxy

Posted 2:26pm Sunday 12th May 2013 by Loulou Callister-Baker

There is a possibility that I wrote this entire feature in order to begin with the fact that I was in New York over the summer break. With that in mind, I was in New York over the summer break. One night, I found myself in a SoHo loft, deep in conversation with an architect. In an alignment of Read more...

Mann vs. Wild

Posted 2:26pm Sunday 12th May 2013 by Brittany Mann

Although the prospect of doing so was all that got me through the experience, it has taken me months to work up the nerve to write about what I now refer to, usually in a sepulchral whisper, as “the worst eight days of my entire life.” The following is an account of my experience climbing Mount Read more...