From the Back of the Class | Issue 17

Posted 3:12pm Sunday 26th July 2015 by Finbarr Noble

New Zealander Nancy Wake was the Allies’ most decorated servicewoman of World War Two, “The Electric Bugaloo” and the Gestapo’s most wanted person with a five-million-franc price on her head. She was code-named “The White Mouse” because of her ability to elude Read more...

Something Came Up | Issue 17

Posted 2:49pm Sunday 26th July 2015 by Isa Alchemist

It’s been a vicious winter so far with very low temperatures, frost and snow! Some of our northern visitors are experiencing a new affliction, which presents itself as raised areas of skin, particularly on fingers and toes. Affected areas will appear white but become red and itchy and swollen Read more...

Love is Blind | Issue 17

Posted 3:18pm Sunday 26th July 2015 by Lovebirds

Chrystal Critic may have messed up the night we sent you, but you were cold and lonely. First off, I was totally surprised at how quickly this date was arranged! Monday night my flattie nominated me with the subject line, “Cold & lonely third year seeking company”. Sweet, great Read more...

Dear Ethel | Issue 17

Posted 2:52pm Sunday 26th July 2015 by Student Support

Dear Ethel, What do I do if my supervisor’s got it in for me? I failed my last professional placement, and I know it’s only because he’s a hater. He doesn’t treat anyone else like he does me. He yells at me in front of people and makes me feel like I’m just a total Read more...

Science, Bitches | Issue 17

Posted 2:53pm Sunday 26th July 2015 by Sam Fraser

I love to sing. I am by no means an accomplished singer, but I find it’s a hell of a way to pass time and turn something as mundane as a walk to uni or a shift at work into something pretty entertaining. I’m stoked that it’s an instrument I will hopefully have and enjoy until Read more...

David Clark | Issue 17

Posted 2:55pm Sunday 26th July 2015 by David Clark

I was disappointed to see students lose their second seats on University Council. The change is part of a 1980s-style downsizing of university councils around the country.  Steven Joyce has dictated that universities should no longer have the broad representation Cambridge and Oxford Read more...

Unzipping the Myths | Issue 17

Posted 2:58pm Sunday 26th July 2015 by T. Antric

Hey there, period-havers. Chances are, if you have the ability to get pregnant, you also have the ability to stress the fuck out about it. This is where birth control comes in. Sure, we all know about the pill, but the real champions of period management / not having a child are long-acting Read more...

Dear Ethel | Issue 16

Posted 2:33pm Sunday 19th July 2015 by Student Support

OUSA’s Student Support Centre wants to help you with your issues: from dodgy flatmates to unfair grades, email your questions to ethel@critic.co.nz and she will respond to them for you each week, right here in Critic. Dear Ethel, It’s us again. So, the rogue flatmate has moved out of Read more...

David Clark | Issue 16

Posted 2:37pm Sunday 19th July 2015 by David Clark

The increasing incidence of homelessness and poverty in the land of milk and honey bothers me. I stood for parliament because I am concerned that our society is increasingly out of whack. When the economy grows, those on modest and middle incomes seem to miss out on the benefits.  Growing Read more...

ODT Watch | Issue 16

Posted 2:51pm Sunday 19th July 2015 by Steph Taylor

Pluto must have felt pretty gutted back in the day when it was reclassified from a planet to a dwarf planet. But now it has a reason to be loved again: a near-perfect rusty red heart formation has been found on the dusty, cold planet. With a seemingly simple article title, you would think Read more...