Politics, power and responsibility
It is officially election time! Announcement boards around campus have been filled with posters and campaigning has reached full swing for another UMSU general election. …
Thandeka Katsika
The golden era of soccer
I think there are very few things in the world that bring people together the way that soccer does. Whether you are watching it from a…
Surviving an apocalypse, Valentine’s edition
Inspired by a TikTok trend where people listed the kinds of individuals they believed would be capable of eating the rest of us to survive…
Exploring men’s relationship with incompetence
If you have a boyfriend or husband who seems to struggle with the most basic tasks, like loading a dishwasher, folding laundry or making breakfast,…
A conversation about colourism
As defined by the Cambridge Dictionary, colourism is the prejudice and unfair treatment of members of a particular racial group who have darker skin than…
Why I hate group projects
I am sure I speak for many university students when I say I hate group projects. I know there are benefits to working in groups like…
Lessons from Desmond and Kristy Scott
My side of the internet was rocked on Jan. 10 by the news that Desmond and Kristy Scott are getting a divorce. The couple met…
A terrible woman is just an average man
In December, lists meant to catalogue the biggest celebrity villains were released, and some of the names were exactly who I expected to see. The…
The academic dilemma
We wrote our Fall semester final exams only a few weeks ago. I still vividly remember the outrageous level of stress I felt during that…
Why we always fail at ‘new year, new me’
Every January, I watch the same routine unfold — social media is filled with declarations of “new year, new me,” and every year I feel…