Sexcellent | Issue 18

Posted 1:43pm Sunday 7th August 2016 by Sexcellent

Dear Sexcellent,  I’m not really interested in sex. All my friends are off hooking up and whatever, but I don’t want to do that? I think I might be asexual but it’s not like I haven’t had crushes before. What’s going on with me? Would anyone date me if I was Read more...

Dear Ethel | Issue 18

Posted 1:46pm Sunday 7th August 2016 by Student Support

Dear Ethel, I am an international student and English is my second language. I am looking forward to meeting other gay people at Otago and making new friends, but I’m nervous about going to events on my own. Even though I was nervous I went to a group the other day and was very confused Read more...

Vitalogy | Issue 18

Posted 1:48pm Sunday 7th August 2016 by Prof's Wood & Ruddock

I hear some young adults returning to their studies at Otago University have been indulging not in the pleasure of learning from their betters, but instead in the despicable vice of inebriation. The so-called “Re-O Week” is a magnet for degenerates which respectable young men and women Read more...

Matters Of Debate | Issue 17

Posted 12:48pm Sunday 31st July 2016 by Otago University Debating Society

This column is written by the Otago University Debating Society, which meets for social debating every Tuesday at 6pm in the Commerce Building Affirmative, by By Squealer the Pig The decision to enter or continue parenthood is, for most, a serious and deliberate process and there are Read more...

Science, Bitches | Issue 17

Posted 12:54pm Sunday 31st July 2016 by Steve-o Hawkins

Have you ever wondered what actually happens when you put metal in the microwave? And no I'm not talking about stuffing it with your favourite pair of black skinny jeans or the t-shirt you last wore to that Slipknot concert, I'm talking about what happens when you chuck your knife and fork Read more...

Dear Ethel | Issue 17

Posted 12:56pm Sunday 31st July 2016 by Student Support

Dear Ethel, I’ve just finished a placement for my course and yesterday I found out that I have failed. I was being bullied by my supervisor the whole time and I think they deliberately failed me because they don’t like me. What can I do? I don’t want to have to repeat placement Read more...

Vitalogy | Issue 17

Posted 12:59pm Sunday 31st July 2016 by Prof's Wood & Ruddock

Blotches on the face—flesh-worms—eruptions on the face. These are common names of frequent eruptions, consisting of small pimples, often containing matter, occurring chiefly on the face. The curing of facial eruptions can be seen as a measure of health rather than a vanity, as putrid Read more...

Matters Of Debate | Issue 16

Posted 12:24pm Sunday 24th July 2016 by Otago University Debating Society

This column is written by the Otago University Debating Society, which meets for social debating every Tuesday at 6pm in the Commerce Building Affirmative, by By Squealer the Pig Major political decisions are entrusted to voters through elections and referenda because the Read more...

We're all in this together!!!

Posted 12:34pm Sunday 24th July 2016 by Millicent Lovelock

I am sitting at my desk at work, and I am thinking about a clip of British “girl band” Little Mix shoving marshmallows in each others' mouths for a fluffy bunny challenge. I am so tired and all I want to do is go home to watch that video and maybe cry a little bit watching women Read more...

The Watchmaker of Filigree Street

Posted 12:49pm Sunday 24th July 2016 by Jack Blair

I discovered this book in UBS and was instantly intrigued by the Steampunk look and the promise of Japanese characters in Victorian London. This is a story that houses mysteries within mysteries therefore it can’t be labelled any narrower than “Speculative Fiction”. However, the Read more...