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The Ultimate 4/20 Itinerary

4/20. For an atheist stoner like myself, this could be my favorite holiday of the year (aside from Thanksgiving). It even hits close to home – the term “420” was coined by a group of high schoolers about 10 minutes from where I grew up in California. They’d meet up after school to smoke at 4:20pm, right between their school's final bell and their parents arriving home. The phrase stuck, spread, and is now associated...

Which Otago Uni Library Are You?

Because who wouldn’t want to know which study spot you’d be reincarnated as in your next life? Here is a quick and effective procrastination tool which will leave you reflecting on your life’s journey, and all the choices that led up to this point.  Before everyone starts whining, Critic would like to give an honourable mention to the Health Science library. Unsure if it even exists, but whatever – prove us wrong....

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