The Prayers: The appeal of the spirit and why it’s made

By Ljudmila Petrovic I was raised in a household that practiced Serbian Orthodox Christianity. I learned the Lord’s Prayer in the language, went to church...

Sexy Librarian: What bestsellers like Twilight and Fifty Shades of Grey say about women and sexuality

By Ljudmila Petrovic Let me get one thing straight: I have never read nor seen Twilight. At the height of its popularity, I picked up...

Pills, Pills, Pills: The Growing Concern Around “Study Drugs”

By Shannon Palus “I hate that people take ADHD medications to study,” says Katie Ellston*, halfway through our first round of raspberry blondes on a...

Matchmaker, Matchmaker Make me a Match

By Kelly Thoreson Sheer white dresses, flip flops, tan lines, and more skin and sweat than in even the steamiest of Harlequin novels; the summer...

Mixin’ It Up

By Ljudmila Petrovic 14 bartenders, 40 minutes, and $30. The goal: find the most creative ingredients in Chinatown. For some, working in the service industry...

Solders of the new frontier: the global hacker culture

By Esther Tung Photos by Mark Burnham Along the alley just off of Hastings and Abbott, I find the doorbell hidden in one of the murals...

Gentrification: The Changing Demographic of the Downtown Eastside

By Ljudmila Petrovic “Hey, do you like Earl’s?” asks a man with a ragged and unkempt appearance, offering me a $25 gift card to Earl’s...

Intern-al Relations

By Jeff Lagerquist TORONTO (CUP) - Internships can put some real world experience on your resume and even land you a job, but some employers...

Mobile, Mo’ problems: What your phone says about you

By Ljudmila Petrovic They say that the eyes are the windows to the soul. Not in this day and age: seriously, when was the last...

Arab Summer: How the Arab Spring was meant to change everything—but didn’t

By Ljudmila Petrovic “When dictatorship is a fact, revolution becomes a right.”-Victor Hugo In countries across the Middle East, oppressive governments were a fact for decades....