No sense to the Nobel Peace Prize

Ten days ago, the 2013 winner of the Nobel Peace Prize was announced.  This year featured a record number of nominations for the award,...

Un-liking Facebook for good

Through my relationship with Facebook, the site acted as a passive watcher, aside from the regular reminders of ironic “pokes” or suggestions to “be...

Take the time to make traditions

I hate schedules. Lord, do I ever hate them. I’ve always been a fly-by-the-seat-of-my-pants kinda guy, and it’s worked out alright for me so...

How to be courteous to trans* people

A trans* person is anyone whose gender identity does not align with that which they were designated at birth. A cis person is anyone...

We need not fear a nuclear Iran

  FREDRICTON (CUP) — There has been a great deal of concern in the news about whether  or not Iran is a threat. The nuclear...

Defence of prof teaching “preference” misses the mark

It’s a liberal cop-out to say that professors can teach solely to their “preferences” if they want to, as Gloria Mellesmoen does in the...

Stripping down by the sea

Forgive me in advance, ‘cause for this column I’m taking you guys to UBC (kind of). Wreck Beach isn’t technically a part of UBC’s...

Letter from the Editors

Dear Joseph, Re: “Letter to the editor -  Sept. 30, 2013” In your letter to the editor published two weeks ago, you discussed the unfairness of the...

Your movie nitpicking and pedantry sicken me

On Sunday, Oct. 6, Neil Degrasse Tyson was fresh off of seeing Gravity and, bent on fulfilling his role as Premiere Pop Scientist, he...

There is more to the Arctic than oil

PRINCE GEORGE (CUP) — In recent years, the Arctic has become a hot commodity, and Arctic issues are increasingly making their way into international...