Love Is Blind | Issue 20

Posted 12:53am Monday 18th August 2014 by Lovebirds

Critic’s infamous blind date column brings you weekly shutdowns, hilariously mismatched pairs, and the occasional hookup. Each week, we lure two singletons to Di Lusso, ply them with food and alcohol, then wait for their reports to arrive in our inbox. If this sounds like you, email Read more...

Too much screens | Issue 20

Posted 12:53am Monday 18th August 2014 by Sam Fleury

The Larry Sanders Show is set in a very particular time and place, namely the world of US late-night talk shows between 1992 and 1998, when the show was airing. The formula has remained largely unchanged for decades now: a man (it’s always a man) wears a suit, and sits behind a desk for an hour, Read more...

Queer Eye | Issue 20

Posted 12:53am Monday 18th August 2014 by Sir Lloyd Queerington

I like to think that I give a crap about people living in poverty. I give monthly to charities, I sign petitions, I educate myself and try to help educate others. I am pretty much a saint, but I don’t know what to do to help queers in poor countries. I sometimes wonder what motivates me to Read more...

Science, Bitches | Issue 20

Posted 12:53am Monday 18th August 2014 by Elsie Jacobson

A fish splashes around a saltwater marsh in California, its silvery flank flashing like a mirror in the sunshine. An ant quietly slips away from its colony in the canopy of a Thai forest. And a mouse in New Zealand suddenly loses its fear of cats. All of these animals are the victims of mind Read more...

Defending the kingdom | Issue 20

Posted 12:53am Monday 18th August 2014 by Christian Hardy

From 4–8 August the University of Otago chapter of the Student Animal Legal Defense Fund (SALDF) hosted “Animal Law Week 2014.” You may have noticed some of our posters around campus, especially in the vicinity of Richardson Building. You may even have gone to a few of our events. But who exactly 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...

ODT Watch | Issue 20

Posted 12:53am Monday 18th August 2014 by Kristen Stewart

Seriously? It appears the ODT has got reoccurring beef with Kim’s large frame. Only 30 minutes? That definitely doesn’t give enough time to fully convey the complex procedure that is hand-washing. On first glance, we wondered how someone could look so happy when holding a Read more...

Te Roopu Maori column | Issue 20

Posted 12:53am Monday 18th August 2014 by Te Hau White

The New Zealand general election is fast approaching and there are an abundance of storylines and sideshows regarding it. On 20 September everyone over the age of 18 who is a New Zealand citizen can have a say in whom they believe can represent them in our parliament. As a politics major I often Read more...