There exists a spectrum upon which two different kinds of music lovers fall: those who absolutely adore classic rock radio because they can hear “Thunderstruck” 16 times an hour, and those who start fidgeting if they hear the same chord progression twice in one song. Everyone’s met one of the latter-they’re the people who have… Continue reading This Week On The Internet: Itís all about the music
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This Week On The Internet: You’ll go BLIND!
People like shiny things. Shiny things have been instrumental in human economic development since the bronze age, when we realized we could make kinda-shiny things super-shiny, and then use the aforementioned super-shiny things to kill people. Fast forward several centuries to 2007, where everything is super-duper-ultra-wicked-mega shiny, from that shiny black iPod Nano to, well,… Continue reading This Week On The Internet: You’ll go BLIND!
Feuding with Trump and Rosie
By Ryan Pike
In the entertainment world, ratings are everything, and there’s no better way to amp up ratings than with a big publicity stunt. Recently, Donald Trump and Rosie O’Donnell have taken this mantra to a whole new level with their messy public feud. The only problem is that the feud, as it stands, is completely unnecessary.… Continue reading Feuding with Trump and Rosie
This Week On The Internet: Waste a semester on Facebook!
Anyone who’s anyone has a Facebook account. Some people use it to plan events, some use it to share photos, others use it to connect to people they haven’t seen since grade school and still others use it as The Ultimate Stalker Toolkit™. Regardless, the vast majority use it as the most effective method of… Continue reading This Week On The Internet: Waste a semester on Facebook!
Carnal Knowledge: For dessert: Sex!
Aphrodisiacs are recognized by many as a fun way to interact with your partner while giving your libido a boost. Every culture has them and chances are everyone has at least thought about using them. Aphrodisiacs are believed to originally have been sought out as remedies for sexual anxieties over fear, performance and fertility. Pliny… Continue reading Carnal Knowledge: For dessert: Sex!
This Week On The Internet: NINETEEN EIGHTY FOUR IS TWO THOUSAND SEVEN!
So, perhaps we’re not living in the totalitarian police-state nightmare George Orwell predicted for 1984 over half a century ago. There are no constantly-monitoring television consoles, no Ministries of Peace, Love and Truth, and no perpetual war between Oceania, Eurasia and Eastasia. Yet, with the dawn of the Internet, our obsession with surveillance and the… Continue reading This Week On The Internet: NINETEEN EIGHTY FOUR IS TWO THOUSAND SEVEN!
News top 6 of ’06
By Emily Senger
There have been more exciting years to be a student journalist. But even if 2006 was mostly void of scandal it was full of post-secondary education promises for the future. Provincial politicians listened to students in a major post-secondary education review and made huge promises–even delivering on some of them. Closer to home, university administration… Continue reading News top 6 of ’06
Carnal Knowledge: Spelunking for Grafenberg’s treasure
The curious idea that women, like their male counterparts, may too be capable of ejaculation during intercourse is one that has fascinated researchers and couples alike. The highly controversial phenomenon of female ejaculation–also referred to as female urethral expulsion–is an occurrence that has undoubtedly been experienced by many women. The concept of female ejaculation is… Continue reading Carnal Knowledge: Spelunking for Grafenberg’s treasure
So you say you want a referendum?
By Ben Hoffman
Those of us around for the 1995 Quebec Referendum–which math serves to tell would be everybody in the university community except that eight-year-old whatever savant in that one class–will remember being glued to the television that night, awestruck by so many things: that one’s nation was cause for dissociation from them! That an issue could… Continue reading So you say you want a referendum?
The Juice gets pulped
By Ryan Pike
When there’s money to be made–especially in the entertainment sector–it’s unusual to see a project halted on account of social responsibility. With that in mind, the media was stunned to hear Rupert Murdoch, chairman of News Corporation, announce the cancellation of O.J. Simpson’s book and FOX special on Monday. The announcement came after days of… Continue reading The Juice gets pulped