opinions
How to balance friendships and a successful GPA
July 25, 2016[dropcap]U[/dropcap]niversity is the lily pad of life that bridges high school and professional work. But is that all university is? A period in your existence where you stockpile grades to prove to some future employer or grad school that you’re a smart cookie? Isn’t this the time where we’re supposed to be finding those friends who we’ll still be meeting up with 20 or 30 years into the future? I’ve mostly lived by the idea that university is a place to obtain a great GPA. Theoretically, I can make friends anywhere, when I’m not paying money for education that will…
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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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Hermione Granger was never originally black, but who cares?
January 4, 2016[dropcap]H[/dropcap]arry Potter was the first full-length novel I’d ever read. As my school’s library only had one very popular copy of The Philosopher’s Stone, upon a friend’s request, I convinced my parents to order me the book from a Scholastic…
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Pity those behind the #BoycottStarWars trend
November 2, 2015Here we go again. The same tired tale is being repeated. A fresh batch of Internet trolls have infected our Twitter timelines in an attempt to bring hate and negativity to one of the greatest fandoms in cinema history. Last…
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Woohoo, Boohoo
November 1, 2015Woohoo: Hotmail I’m a classics kind of gal. I adore all things old. Shakespeare takes over my bookshelf, Elvis takes over my iTunes library, and Degrassi takes over my DVD collection. All things old are gold. And this is how…
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Textbooks are okay, PDFs are not
November 1, 2015Since the beginning of my university career, the most exciting part of a new semester has been buying new books at the bookstore. I know that this isn’t the most affordable or efficient way to get my course material, but…
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Political selfies relay excitement, not self-indulgence
November 1, 2015As I type this, Internet-Zach finds himself swimming in two types of digital expression: political spiels spurred by the critical October 19 election, and the omnipresent stream of selfies. As different as they appear on the surface, they have much…
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I have a lot of opinions. And I’m not changing.
October 26, 2015Among my co-editors at The Peak and among my close friends, I’m known as a very opinionated guy. And that’s putting it lightly. Ask me what my opinion is about almost anything, and I’ll be sure to give you some…
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Why academic debate has gone dismally downhill
October 26, 2015The act of thinking has become a dangerous game. These days, you would never know that we actually enjoy a good debate; half the time, we can’t stop accusing each other of ignorance to have a proper conversation. Hop online,…
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Point/Counterpoint: Should Playboy ditch its nude photos?
October 26, 2015Yes, and Playboy must seek a feminist route in doing so! By Nathan Ross After 62 years, Playboy has decided that it will no longer feature fully nude images of naked women in its pages, which has become known as…
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