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Issue 19 | August 12, 2013 AND RADIO ONE NATIONWIDE TOUR 2013 SAMMYS 65 Crawford Street, Dunedin FRIDAY 23rd AUGUST TICKETS AVAILABLE FROM COSMIC CORNER STORES AND ONLINE FROM WWW.EVENTFINDER.CO.NZ Support from SUMMER THIEVES and DAVE BOOGIE Hosted by MAX DAD E 2 | Issue 19 | Critic The IN ASSOCIATION WITH NEW ZEALAND SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA UNBEATABLE STUDENT presents – DEALS WORLDWIDE MAGNIFICENT PARIS LONDON BALI MOZART ONE WAY ONE WAY RETURN FROM$889 FROM$979 FROM $999 MOZART The Abduction from the Seraglio: Overture ALL AGES ALL AGES ALL AGES MOZART Sinfonia Concertante MOZART Symphony No.40 BANGKOK LOS ANGELES EUROPE The ultimate RETURN RETURN RETURN FROM $1069 FROM$1349 FROM$1849 Mozart STUDENT/UNDER 26 STUDENT/UNDER 26 STUDENT/UNDER 26 experience ROUND THE WORLD FROM $2099 Wed 21 Aug STUDENT/UNDER 26 andrew 6.30pm GraMs – duNEdIN CONduCTOR Town Hall Vesa-Matti UP TO 10% OFF CONTIKI Leppänen – Scan to listen PLUS EUROPE WINTER TOURS VIOLIN JULia JOYCe – COME AND SEE THE TEAM AT STA TRAVEL TODAY! VIOLA 207a George Street (inside Starbucks) For ticket details go to P: 03 474 0146 E: [email protected] nzso.co.nz Terms and conditions apply, ask in -store for details. 18 to 35? Get cheap tickets at nzso.co.nz/pya Critic | Issue 19 | 3 EDITOR Sam McChesney DePUTY EDITOR Zane Pocock SUB EDITOR Sarah MacIndoe TeCHNICAL EDITOR 20 Sam Clark FEATURE DesIGNER 29 | Big Brothers-At-Arms Daniel Blackball We live in an age of surveillance, in which our lives are policed by social norms and groupthink. AD DESIGNER These social norms can use technology to imprison us – but we can also use technology for our Nick Guthrie own ends, and fight back. Critic’s Josie Adams investigates. FEATURE WRITERS Ines Shennan, Jack Montgomerie FEATURES NEws TeAM Jack Montgomerie, Thomas Raethel, 20 | All As Are Equal, But Some Claudia Herron, Josie Cochrane, Jamie Breen, Bella Macdonald Are More Equal Than Others Ines Shennan obtained the University of Otago Grade SECTION EDITORS Comparison Report for 2012, which outlines Stand- Rosie Howells, Charlotte Doyle, out Papers across all levels of undergraduate study. Lucy Hunter, Baz Macdonald, Kirsty Dunn, Basti Menkes, 24 | Wanking Anonymously: The Raquel Moss, Tristan Keillor Rise of Hacktivism 06 Like it or not, hacktivism is the political movement CONTRIBUTORS NEWS Guy McCallum, Kathleen Hanna, of our time. But where does the movement come Josie Adams, Jessica Bromell, from, and is its vision a sound one? Amber Pullin, Lyle Skipsey, 08 | Councillor Fran to Tamarah Scott, Alex Wilson, Pay the Iron Price 32 | Calling the Cranks Tim Lindsay, Jonny Mahon-Heap, Ashley Anderson, M and G, After weeks of speculation, OUSA President While reporting the news, Jack Montgomerie came Bryony Leeke, Dr. Nick, C to learn that some so-called “important” people will Francisco Hernandez has declared his ampbell Ecklein, Aaron Hawkins always be in demand for comment. This week, it candidacy for the upcoming Dunedin City was time to give New Zealand’s rough diamonds a Council elections. chance to sparkle in the media limelight. reGULAR STUFF NEWS AD SALES PLANET MEDIA DUNEDIN LIMITED News | 08-19 Culture | 36-53 09 | Audit Ordered by Orders Tama Walker, Josh Hannigan, Elaine Eyron, Tom Tremewan Features | 20-35 Letters | 06-07 11 | Sammy’s to Be Someone Else’s planetmedia.co.nz Critic is a member of the Aotearoa Student Press Association [email protected] (ASPA). Disclaimer: the views presented within this publication 03 479 5361 do not necessarily represent the views of the Editor, Planet 13 | “Lack of Jobs Gives Students Media, or OUSA. Press Council: people with a complaint against Chance to Study More, Eat Less.” a newspaper should first complain in writing to the Editor and P.O. Box 1436, Dunedin | (03) 479 5335 then, if not satisfied with the response, complain to the Press [email protected] | critic.co.nz Council. Complaints should be addressed to the Secretary, 14 | Internet Totally Shithouse PO Box 10-879 The Terrace, Wellington. 4 | Issue 19 | Critic EDITORIAL understanding of context; the Men’s Rep and of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. This is the kind of I Am Man, Men’s Week are just a method of placation in model OUSA should be looking at for Men’s Week, Hear Me Sports the face of a knee-jerk toys-out. not the tired clichés of meat and sports. This is not to say that men’s issues do not exist, Hopefully OUSA is a little more self-aware than he week before last was OUSA Women’s or that there is no place for a Men’s Rep and Men’s it was in 2010 – otherwise, “Men’s Week” could Week, and by most accounts it went pretty Week. Alcohol abuse, depression, suicide, sexual be an embarrassment. Tdarn well. So well done to Women’s Rep ethics, violence, lower academic performance Sam Allen and Welfare Officer Ruby Sycamore- – these are all genuine issues facing men, and *** Smith. As reported in Critic last week, Ruby is now many are the a result of increasingly obsolete talking about holding a Men’s Week – cos, you norms of masculinity that we desperately need On a completely different note, welcome to our know, it would be sexist if she didn’t. Um, what? to challenge. 1984 issue. Hopefully you weren’t put off by the hideous monster glaring at you from the cover. OUSA has a Men’s Rep. I’m not entirely sure what Instead, though, the Men’s Rep has been more he does; I’m a man and I don’t feel particularly interested in wallowing in these norms than Surveillance is kind of a big deal right now, from repped by my Men’s Rep. This is probably because confronting them. The last time we had some- the NSA leaks to New Zealand’s own GCSB legis- OUSA has no idea what a Men’s Rep is actually thing like Men’s Week was in 2010: the utterly lation. We give you a breakdown of the conten- supposed to do, and never has. As a result, the cringeworthy “Man Day” featured the Football tious GCSB Bill (page 16), an analysis of the role Men’s Rep has traditionally done very little. World Cup and a barbeque. As enjoyable as those of surveillance in policing our behaviour (page two things were, “Man Day” completely missed 28), and the lowdown on the growing political The case for the Men’s Rep position recalls the point. movement of hacktivism (page 24). that most illustrious of political bodies, the Pakeha Party. “If the Maori get it, we want it Sure, a seminar on depression won’t exactly be Meanwhile, Jack Montgomerie seeks out some to [sic]! No matter what it is!” read their first, a crowd-puller, but if the idea behind Women’s of New Zealand’s more neglected political fig- wonderfully illiterate cover photo. Replace Week was to pull crowds then there would have ures, and asks them the hard questions on the “Maori” with “women” and you basically capture been free RTDs and daily screenings of Buffy the pressing issues of the day (page 32). OUSA’s attitude toward the matter. There is no Vampire Slayer. Instead there were self-defence deeper appreciation of men’s issues, and little classes, debates on sexism, and daily screenings -Sam McChesney Critic | Issue 19 | 5 NLEETTERWS S [email protected] allowing you to “chat” and other things. don’t benefit the bourgeoisie. While they are in My biggest complaint is that I can’t seem to power, they won’t let us make those decisions. find any of the eye candy that is roaming around I agree that climate change is real, but easy central library! HELLO! Earth to beautiful men!? solutions to it are not. When it comes to capitalist WHERE ARE YOU!?? My suggestion is that all exploitation of the environment, there is one Scarfies dive in the deep end and have a go.. solution: revolution! The more the merrier + you never know, you could find the man/woman of your dreams ;) Solidarity, Letter of the weeK or at least someone to dream with :D Carbon Marx. Xoxo The letter of the week wins a $25 book Anonymous Oh, how original voucher from the University Book Shop. Good issue last week - was almost regretful Cool cats bashing Bushball when we had to use it as toilet paper. Dear Critic, Fruity The tramping club recently had their annual xx Bushball. It was the most fun I have had at Uni. The bitches Dearest Critic Many thanks to all the cool cats who made it I can’t believe the outrage and heated happen. OUTC is such a gem. They deserve Cool story discussion caused by the publication of some loving. Dear Brittany Mann grape jokes. If this increasing trend of - A Happy Camper I had Milton from PropertyScouts as a prop- grape censorship is kept up soon people erty manager last year, and he was incredibly may not be able to joke about any fruits Um, thanks Alex ... reasonable and helpful. There’s hope out there at all! And that would put a lot of comedi- Dear Critic, yet. ans out of work. So I think people should I don’t know where I was going with that. Sincerely, stop wine-ing and leave grapes alone. Would it be better if I stood in the doorway and Ed. did that? Is that going to read like one of those Yours letters where you’ve just taken everything I’ve p.s.