Arts & Culture
Millenium trilogy triumph
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If there ever was a series that would have the honour of the title “The Series,” it would be this one. Based off of the national bestselling author Steig Larsson’s Millennium Trilogy comes some...
Owen Pallett on angels, the country and Czech orchestras
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Perhaps the most compelling aspect of the music of Toronto’s Owen Pallett — classical violinist, composer, founder of Final Fantasy (a name under which he no longer performs) and occasional member of Arcade Fire...
Why I want to date a dugong
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I recently went to Australia to volunteer and travel the beautiful countryside along with some friends in a program called International Student Volunteers. With certain ulterior motives that involved being swept off my feet...
Lack of conviction in speech and you!
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Starting in the spring of 2010 I found myself starting to dabble in the idea of slam poetry. Slam poetry is a kind of poetry that holds true to an antithesis of formality, commonly...
Australia you’ve changed me
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Any avid traveler can testify that leaving a country you have just explored and fallen in love with can be a heart wrenching and difficult thing. I was terribly sad to leave Australia and...
Sex and the campus
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I, like many people, previously had a love affair. It lasted quite a while, but has recently been on hold for a prolonged period of time. I had an affair with what I thought...
Those damned election signs
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They are green and blue and yellow. They loudly proclaim “Re-Elect Sam Katz” or “Judy for Mayor!” They are a mixture of plastic and sawdust. And they squat at the edges of suburban...
