Weekend Update

By Kris Kotarski

My finals are over. The music is blasting. Yesterday I had beer and for the first time in a month. I can’t even procrastinate. Procrastination is a luxury of those with something to do. The marathon of finals, papers and insomnia has a fun factor of zero. It comes every semester and inevitably things start… Continue reading Weekend Update

Sun worship and other Christmas traditions–Everything you never knew about Charlie Brown’s favourite holiday

By Mike Bowerman

Of all the ideas Christians have stolen, Christmas is certainly my favourite. Yet every year a cynical minority make two complaints against Christmas. First, why should they celebrate it when they don’t even believe in the birth of “Christ.” Second, Christmas has lost all meaning as a result of commercialization. Feel downtrodden no more, weathered… Continue reading Sun worship and other Christmas traditions–Everything you never knew about Charlie Brown’s favourite holiday

The power of the consumer: The dollar is mightier than the dreadlock

By Chris Morrison

Stop fooling yourselves. White dreadlocked boys banging on bongos while singing Bob Marley songs in a pseudo-patois do not fight globalization.Large corporations, with the complicity and aid of Western governments, are eager to exploit the labour and resources of the Third World. This is not a recent phenomenon. It has been going on for time… Continue reading The power of the consumer: The dollar is mightier than the dreadlock