opinion
Kevin O’Leary, save your fire for Dragon’s Den
February 15, 2016[dropcap]I[/dropcap]n all honesty, I don’t enjoy Canadian politics. Though, I find it bearable enough to be fascinating. Perhaps this is why I’m currently trudging through a minor in political science — I’m fascinated by how much I dislike it but how unavoidable it is in my life, by how complex and shifting it is. I’m particularly interested in how different our politics are from America’s. For some time now, I’ve toted Canadian politics as being the “politics that America should have.” The fact that we’re still a country with a young history and a small population supports the notions that…
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Universities could use a good place to sleep
February 15, 2016[dropcap]W[/dropcap]e’ve both seen, and probably been, that person: head down, slightly drooling over your notebook or laptop, trying to catch a bit of shut-eye on that cold, hard countertop. Not only are there heaps of empirical data on the benefits…
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Screw Valentine’s Day
February 15, 2016[dropcap]T[/dropcap]here’s a new commercialized beast in town, and it comes stomping in red, white, and pink. The Christmas decorations have now been replaced with useless heart mobiles, and you’re choking on Kim Kardashian’s latest attempt at perfume. Every radio station…
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TIM’S BIT: Air Canada isn’t all it’s ‘cracked’ up to be
February 12, 2016Tim’s Bit: Tirades on our stupidest things. . . is a new web-exclusive column featuring Tim Mottishaw’s comedic tirades on some of our humanity’s dumbest problems, with regards to culture, society and politics. Read more Tim’s Bit here! [dropcap]I[/dropcap]'m one…
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Breaking down the problems with SFU’s National Sweater Day video
February 12, 2016[dropcap]Y[/dropcap]ou may have thought that the recent controversy surrounding the video produced for SFU to promote National Sweater Day was overblown, or as one online commenter charmingly said, that the reaction was “feminism run amok,” but there is so much…
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WEB EXCLUSIVE: TIM’S BIT — Dissecting urinal talk etiquette
February 2, 2016Tim’s Bit: Tirades on our stupidest things is a new web-exclusive column featuring Tim Mottishaw’s comedic tirades on some of our humanity’s dumbest problems, with regards to culture, society and politics. Read more Tim’s Bit here! [dropcap]I[/dropcap] grew up in…
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Why isn’t codeine a prescription drug?
February 1, 2016[dropcap]I[/dropcap]f there’s one thing that every authority figure I’ve known since my infancy has been quick to remind me, it’s that doing drugs would ruin my health, destroy my prospects, and give me bad teeth. They may have been worried…
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My Soapy Scandal
February 1, 2016[dropcap]G[/dropcap]rade five was one of the high points of my life: I had great friends, a great teacher, and I let out my inner rebel. This story begins with the ‘hot lunch’ in elementary school. My forgetful friend Bronwyn forgets…
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Sweden’s policy can solve the emotional labour debate
February 1, 2016[dropcap]T[/dropcap]hree waves of feminism later, women are still fighting for equality in today’s society. “Unpaid emotional labour is being hailed as the next feminist frontier,” writes Leah McLaren for The Globe and Mail. She, herself, has been downtrodden with extra…
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What is true legacy?
February 1, 2016[dropcap]A[/dropcap] couple weeks ago, a good friend of mine relayed to me his “life motto.” It was only in passing, but it was profound: “be brief, be bright, be gone.” These are words that I’ve been mulling over since then;…
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