Repo! The Genetic Opera

Posted 12:32pm Sunday 22nd May 2016

Rating: A It’s the year 2056, and the future is super goth. An epidemic of organ failure has caused the deaths of many. A new company, GeneCo, offers organ transplants on a payment plan. Those who make their payments live on and live rich. However, those who miss their payments fall victim Read more...

Pet News | Issue 12

Posted 11:48am Sunday 22nd May 2016

Introducing the highly anticipated and brand new news column, Pet News!  As this is the very first entry into what I hope to be a long history of pet profiles, I will be acquainting you all with my lovely young fur-baby, Athena.  Originally hailing from a farm located north of Read more...

University of Otago animal research centre opposed by animal rights activists

Posted 10:33am Sunday 22nd May 2016

On May 11 the University of Otago announced plans to build a $50 million animal research centre on campus.  The SPCA have actively opposed the plans, with the New Zealand chief executive explaining that animal testing causes unnecessary pain and suffering. He told the Otago Daily Times that Read more...

Black Sabbath

Posted 12:59pm Sunday 15th May 2016

I’m staring at myself in the mirror as I layer on black eyeshadow, heavy black eyeliner and black mascara. I choose the darkest red lipstick I own, and apply to my lips generously. Happy with my suitably dark aesthetic, I pull on my ripped jeans, black tee, torn up flannel and my docs. Do I Read more...

Captain America: Civil War

Posted 12:49pm Sunday 15th May 2016

Rating: A+ The UN is calling for the registration and employment of super powered people, making them accountable to something more than their own moral compass. Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.) believes this is the right course of action, considering the lives lost due to the battles caused, Read more...

Civil War

Posted 1:17pm Sunday 8th May 2016

There are hundreds, if not thousands of vigilantes, superheroes, and supervillains in the Marvel universe. They battle regularly. Cities burn, buildings fall, and there are always going to be human, civilian casualties. This is what Mark Millar’s Civil War is focused on. This Marvel event Read more...

Hundreds gather to protest appalling ‘slop’

Posted 10:41am Sunday 8th May 2016

Around 300 people gathered outside Dunedin Hospital on April 29 to highlight their dissatisfaction with the standard of Compass Group’s food for patients.  The protest was organised by the Real Meals Coalition, who have vociferously called on the Southern District Health Board to Read more...

Otago top ranked scientific research university in New Zealand

Posted 10:43am Sunday 1st May 2016

The University of Otago has been ranked the top university in New Zealand for publishing high-quality scientific research papers, according to the Nature Publishing Group.  This follows on from last year, where the university was also ranked first, second in 2014, and first again in Read more...

Guidance for Jobseekers

Posted 11:34am Sunday 17th April 2016

It's getting to the time when, while students are stressing about assignments and exams, they have run out of course related costs and are frantically applying for part time work and graduate employment. Job hunting can be a dreary and disheartening process, but you’ve got to stick at it Read more...

Stealth Inc 2: A Game of Clones

Posted 1:59pm Sunday 16th August 2015

Rating: 4/5 Stealth Inc 2 is a sequel to Stealth Bastard Deluxe, a stealth-based 2D platformer. You play a clone who is attempting to escape his cloning facility and, in the process, discover the reason the clones exist. Cut scenes show a human working overtime monitoring the clones attempting to Read more...