Suits, Skylarking and Scarfies

Posted 3:50pm Sunday 4th August 2013

Things change. Ten years ago the Bowler (a pub known only to few elderly students) was BYO crate before 6:00pm on Saturday nights. Twenty years ago a jug at Gardies was $3.80. Just over fourty years ago, boys and girls were banned from flatting together. In my first year I watched in disdain as the Read more...

Chronicles of Castle - 27

Posted 4:31am Monday 10th October 2011

It is with great sadness that I come to you in this, the last “Chronicles of Castle”; what a year it’s been. Before we get to nostalgic, this week’s news. Last weekend saw a constant stream of people heading to the hospital to be stitched up due to glass cuts. It also Read more...

Cronicles of Castle - 23

Posted 3:08am Monday 12th September 2011

Not much has been happening in the ‘hood, most people cruised home for the break or headed to Wanaka and Queenstown to ‘carve up the fresh’, leaving me with some looney fence tagging and the odd story to share with you. Addiction has become a prevalent problem up and down the street; Read more...

Chronicles of Castle - 20

Posted 4:20am Monday 15th August 2011

It’s not all happy families on Castle Street. And surprisingly the bad moods are not because of the Kronic ban, the dramas are being caused by a problem that is normally most troublesome in first year. Like drugs, flats for next year are being sussed on the low key. With dodgy dealing going down Read more...

Chronicles of Castle - 17

Posted 3:42am Thursday 28th July 2011

After a prolonged absence, Chronicles of Castle is back like the bowl cut. I do apologise for the delay but the author has been busy gathering stories during the chaos of Re-O Week. The chaos of last week has left most residents in a zombie like state, with malnutrition striking down flats and Read more...

Chronicles of Castle - 13

Posted 12:10am Wednesday 6th July 2011

As exams draw nearer, more and more residents are being forced to join the fashion parade that is going to the library in Dunedin. The library is traditionally more hated by blokes than the fuckwit who invented the dildo. However, this year is different as residents don’t have the comfort of halls Read more...

Chronicles of Castle - 11

Posted 7:56am Thursday 19th May 2011

It was another good week on Castle Street, with the gossip queens having a field day after a lock in and a few red cards causing enough drama to deserve a place on E! Channel. But first some very sad news, as Stewie (a much loved little pig) has gone missing in a somewhat dubious manner. Stewie was Read more...

Chronicles of Castle - 10

Posted 11:52pm Monday 9th May 2011

After the Easter break, Castle Street residents have quickly slipped back into the routine of getting drunk and doing drugs to escape the cold, damp reality that is flatting in Dunedin. This routine is broken only by the odd assignment or, in some cases, if it’s time to go for a wave. It’s a Read more...

Critic reviews the Easter Weekender

Posted 5:02am Monday 9th May 2011

Warning, warning, warning; the monotonous sounds of MC Beau bounce across a wave of moving bodies, all swaying in time to the rhythmic wop wop of Nero’s beat. The crowd only stops moving for a split second to catch the Foreign Beggars MC as he jumps off a speaker; once he’s back on stage the Read more...

Chronicles of Castle - 9

Posted 3:28am Thursday 5th May 2011

Most people headed home for Easter, leaving Castle Street as hollow and empty as the social life of a Health Sci student. Luckily for us there was enough muppet behaviour before Easter to keep us going. This story happened a while ago but it’s worth the retelling as one poor fellow had a Read more...