ODT Watch | Issue 1

Posted 3:28pm Wednesday 14th March 2012

If you’ve never read the Otago Daily Times, you and I could probably be friends. I have to read it, but out of that hard slog every morning comes the glorious ridiculousness that is ODT Watch. You see, the ODT is no ordinary daily paper. Its dedication to bad puns and dad jokes is unsurpassed in NZ Read more...

How to: Grow Hops in Your Flat

Posted 6:37pm Sunday 11th March 2012

Hops is the plant that is used to flavour beer. Hops is also the closest relative of the cannabis plant, and many of the techniques developed for growing cannabis indoors can be applied to the hops plant. Using the instructions below you will be able to grow your own hops plant in your flat and save Read more...

Food Bill

Posted 6:37pm Sunday 11th March 2012

The vans arrive next to the railway station early; before dawn farmers are already setting up the tables in their usual spots. They chat to their neighbours before the first customers arrive. A variety of products can be found across the stalls, from Vegetables, cakes, and Grandma’s jam, to homemade Read more...

The Annual Crutik Fush'N'Chup Review

Posted 6:37pm Sunday 11th March 2012

WillowbankChips $3.60 | Fish $3.30 Upon reaching Willowbank we were so eager to sink our teeth into plentifull greasy fish and chips that it seemed possible we had set our standards too high. A warmer housed stacks of chips and fried chicken with a deep brown, cracked batter, beneath a lurid Read more...

An Evening with Mr Walker

Posted 6:37pm Sunday 11th March 2012

When a man is able to make a feature-length film for $150, you know that there is a serious amount of enthusiasm involved. Critic sat down with now-Dunedin-based digital filmmaker Campbell Walker to get a quick lesson in passion. Campbell Walker, whose first film Uncomfortable Comfortable Read more...

Proctology | Issue 2

Posted 4:53pm Sunday 4th March 2012

Perhaps the summer break is too long for some students. 94 students managed to lose enough brain cells over the holidays to end up having to climb those stairs to visit the Proctor over O-Week. Amazingly enough, not one of the incidents leading to these little sit-downs of justice occurred Read more...

Moneyball

Posted 4:53pm Sunday 4th March 2012

Director: Bennett Miller Moneyball is a different type of sports drama. Whether you like sports or not, from Moneyball’s many levels you will gain different insights – a peek into how Major league sports teams function behind closed doors and, at a deeper level, seeing a man’s struggle to fix Read more...

How to: Pick Up

Posted 4:53pm Sunday 4th March 2012

So apparently Critic is talking about sex this week, or at least it seems like it is. So in that vein, I’d like to discuss the mystical art of picking up. Some of us can do it without even trying, fuckers. Fuck them and their nonchalant good looks and well-fitting clothes; their stylishly-coiffed Read more...

Welcome to The Ride

Posted 4:53pm Sunday 4th March 2012

After hours of arguing amongst the Critic staff over who would sacrifice a week of their life to go along to every single O-Week event, Critic decided that it made more sense to recruit a fresher. Easily overawed by the trappings of the Critic office (we have a cat), we enrolled a first year tourism Read more...

How to: Be a Fresher

Posted 6:16pm Friday 24th February 2012

Now, you might not think that you need a guide to being a fresher – it should just come naturally, right? Wrong. Being the best fresher that you can be is the result of hours of hard work and preparation. It is not a challenge to be taken lightly. To help you on your way, Critic has compiled the Read more...