Critic Booze Reviews | El Diablo Super Strong Brew

Posted 2:44pm Sunday 16th July 2017 by Swilliam Shakesbeer

In all my years of exploring and analysing the finest alcoholic beverages New Zealand has to offer on the student budget, the one question I’ve gotten more than any other is: “What’s the grossest beer you’ve ever tasted?” I’ve drunk a red onion ale from Read more...

Ethel & Hyde | Sexual consent

Posted 2:55pm Sunday 16th July 2017 by Student Support

Dear Ethel and Hyde, So a couple of weeks ago I went to this big post-exam blow out party with my flatties. We preloaded at home and were on form when we arrived. I got talking with this guy I recognised from one of my classes. He was pretty flirty and after few more drinks he suggested we go Read more...

Editorial | The Other Side

Posted 10:22am Sunday 16th July 2017 by Lucy Hunter

Liberals are a bunch of bike-riding, tree-hugging, whale-saving, big-government-promoting, tax-increasing, flip-flopping, wishy-washy, namby-pamby bedwetters. Conservatives are a bunch of meat-eating, game-hunting, tax-decreasing, hard-drinking, Bible-bashing, black-and-white-thinking, Read more...

The Hell Hole | The Piss Baby

Posted 2:50pm Sunday 16th July 2017 by Fanny Clive-Trevor

The contractions had started. The woman’s husband was at work, and she was at home, on maternity leave, waiting in boredom for the last weeks of her pregnancy to end. The thing she had longed for throughout the past eight months was beginning, but it was too soon. She had called her husband, Read more...

ODT Watch | Issue 15

Posted 11:30am Sunday 16th July 2017 by Charlie O’Mannin

To start this week, the ODT is getting all down on optimism. The ODT gave up on its dream of being a dancer a long time ago.   Next, the ODT is worried. Deeply worried. It has lost its reflection. All it sees when it looks into the burnished bronze disk, the one that the Regions Read more...

Sage Advice | The City of Dunedin (Part I)

Posted 2:28pm Sunday 16th July 2017 by Mat Clarkson

“We run Dunedin and every other city in this nation. You can’t stop us, because you need us. Just let us do what we do, and nobody gets hurt.” - Dave, spokesperson of ‘The Workmen’ Dunedin chapter   Over the ages, the city of Dunedin has been home to many Read more...

David Clark | Warm dry housing and students

Posted 11:35am Sunday 16th July 2017 by David Clark

Every New Zealander should expect to be able to live in a warm dry house: students included. But, unfortunately many students still endure cold, damp and mouldy accommodation. I’m sure that isn’t news to many of you reading this column. Substandard living conditions contribute to poor Read more...

Lucky in Love | Manny & Fran

Posted 2:35pm Sunday 16th July 2017 by Lovebirds

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Inventions Out of Time | Fire

Posted 2:20pm Sunday 9th July 2017 by Charlie O’Mannin

Rating: 1.5/5 Don’t believe the hype.   It is far too hot, and doesn’t come with a warning. When I attempted to pick it up, it caused nasty pain in my hand. Later, when examining a manual (that I had to download illegally), I learnt that you experience this painful Read more...

Ethel & Hyde | Mould is the new tie-die

Posted 2:25pm Sunday 9th July 2017 by Student Support

I’ve come back to my flat and thought I’d check for mould. What I found is so disgusting I can hardly bring myself to go to bed at night. My pillow is fully mouldy, the wall where my bed was against it is mouldy, and the sheets are mouldy where they were against the wall. I left my good Read more...