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ULTRA X’MAS for the holiday disinclined
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Holidays bring out the grinch in me, but not because I’m a cynic. I’m a sentimental crybaby and I get drunk off social energy, despite being an anxious mess. Some members of my family...
UMSU quiet on Palestine because it bungles everything
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UMSU has not been entirely silent on what professor of Holocaust and genocide studies Raz Segal has called “a textbook case of genocide” of Palestinians, but they also haven’t done anything more proactive than...
To my sisters who are killjoys
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I was told I was a very emotional child while growing up. When something or someone upset me, I argued, and tears shortly followed the argument.
I was soon diagnosed as emotional because I’m a...
Basic income is a band-aid solution
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Universal basic income (UBI) is the application of the radical, and somewhat devious, idea that citizens, for some reason, deserve to have their basic needs met.
UBI is a measure in which the government makes...
The spectre of fascism haunts hatred of kids
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I was chatting with some guests at a wedding when a few kids trotted past the table where we were swilling wine. Someone scoffed and bemoaned weddings that don’t ban kids from the guestlist....
Tree planting, or a student’s paradise
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For most students, summer jobs are a source of income. I’ve been fortunate enough to discover one that is more than just a lucrative paycheque — it doubles as a source of fulfilment.
Just before...
Unleashing the power of AI in universities
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Imagine waking up to the news that universities want to ban students from using the internet for assignments, asking students to use physical books and primary documents. That won’t happen — we are meant...
