Intern-al Relations

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

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

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

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

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

Eerie Theories: A list of the craziest conspiracies

The first images that come to mind in response to the term “conspiracy theory”: a middle-aged man in his mother’s basement with a tin...

Lectures, and laptops, oh my! The changing face of student productivity

It’s 3 p.m. on a Monday and I’m sitting in my afternoon writing lecture. The professor has been reviewing PowerPoint slides for the past...

Come fly with me: One student’s experience as a flight attendant

It’s summertime — or at least every once in a while the weather is decent enough to feel like it is.  Maybe you’re starting...

Call me maybe: The trouble with telemarketers

TELEMARKETER CALLING We’ve all gotten unwelcome calls from telemarketers, even cursed them or hung up on them. “About 30 per cent would just hang up...

Ballin’: A Look into the Appeal of Sports

Avid sports fanatics – or anyone who just enjoys large crowds, food, booze, and nonsensical screams of joy and anguish—will have their plates full...

The Twin Flowers: Eco-terrorism and the extremist approach to environmentalism

ECO-TERRORISM (from UrbanDictionary) Eco-terrorism is a crime committed to save nature. The crime must have the characteristics of terrorism as defined by the FBI  Terrorism that...

Raising the bar: An inside look at the realities of the restaurant industry

ST. JOHN’S (CUP) — Glancing over her shoulder, Vanessa Stanley smiles back at the young waiter who just took her lunch order. As soon...