Technology controls us if we don’t know how to use it By April Alayon Photos by Ben Buckley Working in an electronic retail store made me despise technology. I don’t carry the latest phone, nor do I have a badass computer set up, because I’ve witnessed first-hand how people can get attached to technology, turning into crazy maniacs obsessing over gadgets. Like any other commodity, we are deceived to think we need these portable technologies, that they will improve our lives. It is ironic that people would spend hundreds of dollars on technology to keep their social ties closer, but…
Continue readingMovie-goers deserve better than quick movement and lots of fake blood By Ljudmila Petrovic Graphic by Ben Buckley I hate horror movies. I am not talking about Hitchcockian psychological thrillers, nor am I attacking all horror movies. The Evil Dead…
Continue readingEvery culture and creed has extremists; why does the media focus on a select few? By Mohamed Sheriffdeen Image by Ben Buckley On the morning of Oct. 9 a Taliban gunman stopped a school bus full of children in Pakistan’s…
Continue readingAmanda Todd’s death is more than just case of schoolyard bullying By Karolina Pol Image by Ben Buckley When I learned about the suicide of a girl from my own neighbourhood I was completely caught off guard. Once I got…
Continue readingPoint: Sharing embassies is not a threat to Canadian democracy To see counter-point, click here! By Gian-Paolo Mendoza Graphic by Ben Buckley The Canadian and British governments have both recently announced a plan to share embassies and foreign properties in…
Continue readingRefusing to participate in social conventions today could help you save face in the future By Devyn Lewis Photos by Ben Buckley So here’s the thing: I’m not on Facebook. Call me anti-social, call me crazy, or call me eccentric,…
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