The new validity of social media
Sometimes, when the rate of social change is so rapid and its effects so broad and widespread, all points along the time continuum become murky…
2010
I will survive
I was at a student journalism conference this past January entitled “Natural Selection” —not exactly cheery or inviting to someone aspiring to journalism as a…
Tweets are Sweet
If you need any indication of Twitter.com’s booming popularity, look no further than Nick Douglas’s recent publication, Twitter Wit, which describes itself as “an authorized…
Creative cleaning solutions
Cleaning your bathroom is boring, but experiments aren’t. Sometimes just trying something new and creative can make cleaning interesting. I’m not saying cleaning is going…
Medal count shuffle
It never fails, watching the Olympics is like a practice in remembering something you only barely learned four years earlier. There are always some constants…
Women’s volleyball team earns silver in Final Four tournament
It took nearly everything they had, but in the end the UBC Thunderbirds earned a hard fought victory over the Manitoba Bisons, winning the Canada…
Bison women’s hockey team win best of three semi-final against Saskatchewan
On Thursday night the Bison women’s hockey team hosted the Saskatchewan Huskies in the first game of the best of three Canada West semi-final. The…
Reliving the winter Olympic spectacle
Oh, the Olympics. I heart you. Every two years you return to my lonely grasp, and in my desperate attempt to smile you lead me…
I forgot how much I like hockey
Just to note off the top, I’m not much of a sports fan. I have trouble sitting through any televised broadcast, and I am often…
Stop criticizing the Olympics
Since the Vancouver 2010 Olympics have started there has been a rush to see who can criticize them to the greatest extent. I would like…