By Emily Ask
As a student, the best clothes are free. If they happen to come from your grandmother, well, you’ve probably got to get creative. That’s what happened last weekend as my grandmother, Mary Ask, went through various boxes and closets of clothes, picking out all the things she hadn’t worn in years to give away. My… Continue reading My Grandmother’s Closet
What fascism is has been subject to much debate. Can it be described using a set of characteristics? Or has it been reduced to simply describing all forms of authoritarian governments and simply people we don’t like very much? As one who studies political science, I sure hope the field comes up with some concrete… Continue reading Investigating fascism: an analysis of the term
The United Nations has, in many ways, been declining since the end of the Cold War. The failure of the UN to stop the 1994 genocide in Darfur when they had clear knowledge of its occurrence led many to doubt its effectiveness. At the turn of the millennium, then Secretary-General Kofi Annan said that the… Continue reading Troubles with the United Nations
By Julien Testa
Christopher Nolan’s dreams came true after his 10-year-old project frinally comes to life in a visually and mentally gripping film. The director’s second original feature is yet another smart, action-filled film to add to his already impressive canon. Nolan’s (The Prestige, The Dark Knight) newest feature film revolves around a professional team who break into… Continue reading Nolan’s latest will linger in your subconscious for days
Every year, as the weather turns nice and the pack ice breaks up, the seal hunt begins. Questions arise over the ethics of killing seals in such large numbers a practice that occurs not for the feeding of northern communities (though some does go to that), but to clothe the wealthy around the world. In… Continue reading A cautionary tale of clubbing cows
It’s really hard to argue about taking something away from the military. When you have people risking their lives in foreign countries ostensibly for your benefit, it seems ludicrous to take away one of the “tools” they use to do their job. But what if that “tool” hurts children unaware of the actions of their… Continue reading Editorial: When a military “tool” turns bad
By Amanda Hu
The world of music is like a revolving door. No other form of media has seen such radical changes in the way it is conceived, produced, delivered and experienced. Even within many of our lifetimes, music has surfaced in the forms of vinyl records, eight-track tape players, cassette tapes and compact discs. With the advent… Continue reading Spinning hard drives
Europe is supposed to put North America to shame in just about every category imaginable, except possibly obesity and serial killings. Though the actual colonial ties have long been severed, or rendered obsolete, North Americans still look to Europeans as their cultural superiors. After all, they’ve got all that pretty art, actually appreciate opera and… Continue reading Europe’s final countdown begins
By John Leung
It has become a ritual once every four years where Canada grabs a set of her best athletes, slathers them in red-and-white regalia and drops them onto the biggest athletic stage in the world tied down with expectations of top rankings and medals. When the event ends, they are herded back into the deep-freeze of… Continue reading Olympic shame
By Jeff Kubik
So, you’re a video store clerk who finds himself dreaming about the silver screen, a struggling student with dreams of becoming the next Alfred Hitchcock. You’re a dreamer without a medium and you’ve been told since day one that the things which make you happy are fantasies you can’t possibly pursue. Well, there are a… Continue reading Dreams and celluloid for $100