Guaranteed to fail?
Waiting for Superman has an axe to grind with the American education system, asking questions about why it’s declining, the kids who are trapped in…
Arts & Culture
Essentially a play list
It’s February now. And as the days grow longer, there’s more of the harsh light of day shining on the broken promises in your life…
Cabane fever
Canadian choreographer and dancer Paul-André Fortier’s latest work steps outside the boundaries of dance. Cabane, the latest work by one of Quebec’s best-known dancers, incorporates…
A marriage of equals, plus me
I saw Tron: Legacy for two reasons: the special effects and the music. It did not disappoint, but left me wanting more. Namely, marriage to…
Tron-sendent
Editor’s note: Some people on the Manitoban staff are really into the film Tron and its sequel Tron: Legacy. And by “into it” I mean,…
The grad school blues
Applying to grad school is quickly becoming the bane of my existence: it is time consuming, costly, and more or less unnecessary. Basically, I am…
Wellek, Felix and the sacred orders
Fairbanks Community Centre. There were eleven of them. Slouching, wretched failures, waiting, just as he ordered, warming up the eight lonely rows of rusted steel…
Smells
It happened in a classroom in Tier, where the desks are small and cramped. Where bodies slip into their seats, like folders in a filing…
Do futuristic games have 8-bit beat?
I lay there bleeding from the sizeable hole on my chest, just before my left shoulder. I knew that the end would come soon. A…
Turning 18 . . . meh
On Jan. 16, 2011, I turned 18 years old. Yes, I turned 18 in the year 2011. This is the part where you quickly do…