Politically Speaking: The beasts in the eastTurns out last issue’s column on the right way to run a separation campaign struck a few nerves in Quebec. All jokes aside, the separatist PQ lost their government and handed the Liberals a majority. Even everyone’s favourite premier lost her seat. Of course, news sources editorialized everything about it. My favourite line? “Separatism is […] Continue Reading |
Age of Geeks: Tech updates, tech updates, tech updatesSpring is here and so is an array of devices and apps from the technology world. It’s that time of the year when lot of updates get pushed out, at least for Android devices. During the last two weeks we also saw the release of significant devices, apps, and updates. All new HTC ONE (M8) […] Continue Reading |
In Search of Lost Time: Finding body acceptanceWe are all different. You’re special and I’m special; we are all independently special in our own unique ways. Trying to conform to western society’s unrealistic views of beauty and body shape takes its toll on us mentally and physically, and it’s dangerous. For almost two years now I have gone without makeup with the […] Continue Reading |
20 Years Ago in Nexus: Web exclusive for April 2, 2014 issueHow could hell be any worse?: Our cover story for our April 18, 1994 issue looked at students and poverty. Clearly, not much has changed on this front. However, it has rarely been explained so passionately as by a poem printed in the Letters to the Editor section of this issue. A letter writer named […] Continue Reading |
Student Zen: Kindness before rightnessA meditation teacher of mine has said on numerous occasions that it’s more important to be kind than to be right. Certainly there are situations where it’s critical to communicate the right message to the right person and make sure they understand it; it may be the kind thing to do. It’s those situations in […] Continue Reading |
Noms!: Foo worth the crowded digsFoo is an Asian-street-food-style restaurant that will make you willingly cram yourself into a small space for some of their seriously tasty food. Located at the corner of Yates and Blanshard in the downtown core, this little building resembles what I would expect a street food shack to look like. Actually, the parking lot is […] Continue Reading |
Queerly Forward: Assumptions are microaggressionsChances are many queer students on campus have been faced with situations where others have made sweeping assumptions about them. Included in this list of assumptions are ones about sexual orientation, ethnicity, gender, and all the others that feed annoyingly into the daily dose of microaggressions, or small acts of mostly non-physical aggression. Not only […] Continue Reading |
Politically Speaking: Stop blame game, separatistsTwo things are going to happen this year: there will be an election in Quebec and a separation referendum in Scotland. If the separatist Parti Quebecois wins a majority in that province, they may hold their own referendum. Separation, in general, which on its own holds some merit, isn’t the problem in Quebec. So what […] Continue Reading |
Politically Speaking: Alberta should get head out of sandsIn the past, I’ve used this column to poke fun at our Albertan neighbours. It’s all done in love, and always directed at policy and not people. After all, BC and Alberta have a lot of things in common. I mean, I’m pretty sure Alberta PM Alison Redford is Christy Clark’s mom. I’ve never drank […] Continue Reading |
Student Zen: Meditate your way to AsStudents tend to divide our attentions widely. There are likely few students who haven’t had difficulty balancing their attentiveness to school, work, and home life. We know the importance of giving our undivided attention to whatever we are doing, but what is this “undivided attention”? In the technical terminology of Buddhist meditation, there is the […] Continue Reading |
