All my little Band-Aids add up to make powerful statementFREDERICTON (CUP) — When Hamilton-based artist Andrew McPhail began working on little sculptures made of Band-Aids, he wasn’t convinced anything solid would come from it. At least, not until he heard about a young Muslim girl in Mississauga who was strangled to death by her father for refusing to wear her hijab to school. He […] Continue Reading |
New Music Revue: September 21, 2011 issuePaul McCartney Chaos and Creation in the Backyard (Universal) 3.5/5 Paul McCartney’s Chaos and Creation in the Backyard, a reissue of an album originally released in ’05, is pretty good for someone in their sixties. Not that it’s not good anyway, but considering McCartney could have been most college-aged students’ grandfather makes it extra impressive. […] Continue Reading |
Green Your World: Leave the car at homeThe issue of climate change is back in the front and centre of peoples’ minds once again. As elected leaders from developed and developing countries struggle to reach a post-Kyoto Agreement, citizens all over the world are preparing for a day of climate action called Moving Planet. With the help of the climate advocacy organization […] Continue Reading |
In Search of Lost Time: Evolving languageA little more than 40 years ago the term “homophobia” first appeared as a descriptor for those who feared homosexuals. It was coined within the psychological community to address an increase in patients who suffered an irrational aversion and fear of homosexuals, which seemed to be associated with a fear of contagion, disease, and morality. […] Continue Reading |
Worth the Trip: Pizza partyCampus Caf Lansdowne campus Pepperoni and mushroom pizza $4.58 Presentation and service Jason: Every time you walk into the cafeteria there’s that dry, overcooked, sad attempt at pizza getting pulverized by heat lamps and hot plates. On top of that, there’s that ridiculous price written on the sneeze guard that will make you feel very […] Continue Reading |
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Big Screen Review: DriveDrive 2/5 Ryan Gosling has come a long way since his role in the 2004 romance film, The Notebook. Don’t expect to see him kissing any ladies passionately in the rain in Drive. He does, of course, kiss a lady passionately, but then promptly stomps a man’s head in right in front of her […] Continue Reading |
Adrian Dix: the Nexus interviewOn December 6, 2010, about a month after Gordon Campbell resigned partway through his third consecutive term as Liberal premier, the leadership of the provincial New Democratic Party was put back up for grabs. The NDP were attempting to recapture the populist momentum that carried them through the ’90s, where they formed government from 1991Đ2000.ĘAfter […] Continue Reading |
Hollerado meets the mayorsCanadian rockers Hollerado will be meeting Victoria Mayor Dean Fortin on the weekend of September 24 during their Meet the Mayor Tour. Although the idea for the mayor-meeting tour was originally a half-hearted joke on Twitter, it took off pretty fast. Mayors in Regina, Calgary, and Vancouver showed interest right away and the band realized […] Continue Reading |
Open Space: Cultural garbage our own faultA recent study details how children who watch Spongebob Squarepants actually damage their ability to learn and focus. Watching a television cartoon that essentially has ADHD itself is actually giving children ADHD-like symptoms. This has come as a shock to many people, but that’s a cop out, because although the empirical evidence may be new, it’s […] Continue Reading |
