Opinion: Why We Need the “Sheatha”
With the approach of the 130th Capping Show ‘Beezie’, it got the team at Critic Te Ārohi thinking. Every time we reference the stereotypical Otago student, we reach for the term “breatha”. And for good reason: they’re an easy mark with a well-established culture, and even easier to draw with their year-round uniform of birks, jorts, t-shirt, and cap – even in the depths of Dunedin winter. Just add...
Technically Legal: Weird Laws You May Not Have Heard Of
Otago students generally have a pretty laxed view on obeying Big Brother. After spending a few years living in North Dunedin, following the intricacies of the less serious side of the law starts to seem like more of a recommendation than an enforced hard line. Some laws, however, are downright fucking strange, embedded with outdated views rivalling your old PE teacher’s monologues on abstinence in that awkward Year 10 sex and drug education...
Critic Vs. Writer’s Block
It’s that time of year again: the born-and-bred Southlanders are starting to put on layers, all plans are “soft plans”, and everyone’s trying to get their shit together so badly that they’re ending up constipated. Exams are on the horizon, assignments are piling up and you’re running out of extensions when writer’s block-
[Intro about the time of the semester and everyone getting writer’s block....