Science, Bitches | Issue 22

Posted 3:01pm Sunday 6th September 2015 by Sam Fraser-Baxter

Could robots take over? Should we fear a world where robots are smarter than humans? As we moved into the twenty-first century, the world became increasingly digitalised, mirroring fictional visions of the future with robots, instant communication and information sharing. Will the machines we Read more...

Unzipping the Myths | Issue 22

Posted 3:04pm Sunday 6th September 2015 by T. Antric

Fifty Shades of Grey is a terribly written, (inexplicably) terribly popular book series, originally created as fanfiction for a series that featured sparkly vampires. I myself have a few scarves (and ties and jumpers and even a sock) that have been relegated to the graveyard of items of clothing Read more...

Sceptic Schism | Issue 22

Posted 3:07pm Sunday 6th September 2015 by Wee Doubt

The belief that vitamin C helps with colds and boosts the immune system is so prevalent that probably everybody reading this, including me, has taken a vitamin C tablet in their life. Scurvy is a disease that most people associate with sailors losing teeth from their bleeding gums and is caused Read more...

Something Came Up | Issue 22

Posted 3:14pm Sunday 6th September 2015 by Isa Alchemist

Spring is here and, despite the cold weather, the spring flowers are coming up. Along with spring comes the familiar story of blocked or runny noses, sneezing, sore and itchy eyes and maybe a headache. When we suggest that the culprit is hayfever and not a cold or whatever has laid low your Read more...

From the Back of the Class | Issue 22

Posted 3:16pm Sunday 6th September 2015 by Finbarr Noble

This year marks the 800th anniversary of the signing of Magna Carta at Runnymede on the banks of the Thames in 1215 AD. If somehow this momentous occasion has slipped your mind, here’s a recap.  The Magna Carta was essentially a peace treaty between the barons and “Bad” Read more...

Dear Ethel | Issue 22

Posted 3:20pm Sunday 6th September 2015 by Student Support

Dear Ethel, A couple of months ago, I got a job as a kitchen hand and was told that I would be rostered between 10 and 12 hours per week. The first two weeks were OK, but then someone left and I got rostered on for 20 hours. When I said I couldn’t do those hours, my boss said I had signed a Read more...

ODT Watch | Issue 22

Posted 3:29pm Sunday 6th September 2015 by Steph Taylor

Apparently not just a kids’ party game, but something Queenstown councillors love to do when they can’t secure office premises. What do you get when you mix curling in Naseby and a couple of Czechs? A delightful introduction to the lip-smackingly good dessert known as Read more...

Science, Bitches | Issue 21

Posted 2:09pm Sunday 30th August 2015 by Sam Fraser

Are humans really as smart as we think we are? In a generally safe, urbanised and scientific world, one might argue that we are now rational, and act upon reason. Sophocles, an ancient Greek playwright, wrote “reason is God’s crowning gift to man”. Sophocles believed that Read more...

Love is Blind | Issue 21

Posted 2:48pm Sunday 30th August 2015 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, Read more...

Unzipping the Myths | Issue 21

Posted 2:12pm Sunday 30th August 2015 by T. Antric

So you want to have a night of hot, consensual, no-strings-attached sex with a person who you have no intentions of seeing or sleeping with again.  You’ve your lube and your condoms (I hate nagging, but I will nag people to wear condoms with their one night stands until the day I die. Read more...