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Debatable: Is pulling an all-nighter more effective than studying in advance?

For There is something almost heroic about pulling an all-nighter: 2am with an energy drink in one hand, wondering if your flatmates will ever know the sacrifice you made for this essay. You're not just a student, you're an academic weapon sharp enough to cut through half a semester's worth of skipped lectures and a proud member of the "sleep is for the weak club." While some people actually follow their study schedules,...

Editorial: I Want Essential Workers on My Zombie Apocalypse Team

To cope with long distance, my undergrad friend group has subscribed to a monthly newsletter called Letterloop. Each month brings a fresh set of questions for everyone to answer. They range from the mundane (“how’s work going?”), to the serious (“what’s your biggest regret in life?”) and the silly (“gayest thing you’ve ever done”). The company compiles them into an “issue” updating...

Local Produce: Pages Layn

Quickly rising the ranks, Pages Layn is getting around Dunedin like a juicy piece of gossip, popping up all over the place, opening just about any gig they can. Having debuted at the first Pint Night of the year, this pack of punters have now managed to score themselves a spot on Rhythm & Alps lineup. Critic Te Ārohi invited the rock and blues band to spit some yarns and find out the secret behind the sauce. Frontman Alfie...

Mi Goreng Graduate: Cookie Dough Slice

This week we are serving up a raw cookie dough slice, the perfect sweet to pair with a coffee or satisfy those afternoon choccy cravings. Packed full of goodies like dates, peanut butter and tahini, it gives you a more nutritious and affordable option to those vending machine treats. Make this up at the start of the week and dip in throughout the week. Enjoy and thank me later ;) Ingredients Slice 1 cup...

Moaningful Confessions: The Travelling Cum Jumper

Have something juicy to tell us? Send your salacious stories to moaningful@critic.co.nz. Submissions remain anonymous. Salty, bitter, metallic – the distinctive taste of cum. Caught off guard, I forget I can swallow. Matt lies down next to me while I pick up the nearest piece of clothing from the floor, spitting my own cum into the soft wool. —What was that for? —It’s called snowballing. —Okay…...

Booze Review: Wild Boar Bourbon & Cola

I drank Wild Boar Bourbon and Cola while playing a 1983 version of Trivial Pursuit. Half of the questions were about the Soviet Union. Fitting. Like oil and water, bourbon and communism just don’t mix. Drinking Wild Boar makes you feel like you’d be complicit in the Red Scare. The drink unlocks a primal desire to binge drink while listening to Van Halen, and scream about how the communists are ruining the country. Or, if you’re...

Pisces Your flatmate dishes are starting to look like a biohazard. Channel your fiery rage into either cleaning them or weaponising them to tear the flat dynamic apart in the group chat. Either way, it's a good way to get some of those pent up emotions...

OUSA Exec: Romanticise Studenthood

A few weeks ago, after a Pint Night, I spiralled into what can only be described as a mini existential crisis. I realised the countdown has officially begun. The final semester. Suddenly, the late...

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