H.I.T.S parade
It is Tuesday evening at the Toad in the Hole on Osborne and everything is as it should be — that is, nothing is out…
Arts & Culture
Classical Rock
The south-facing exterior wall of the University of Manitoba’s Marcel A. Desautel faculty of music bears the words, “DEMOLISH SERIOUS CULTURE.” Attempts to remove this…
Welcome to Guantanamo
Jello Biafra, outspoken punk rock auteur and censorship activist, is coming to town with his new group, the Guantanamo School of Medicine. Biafra is the…
Broken hearts and social scenes
According to what some guy told me, if you have done something for three years or more, you can be an expert witness in a…
The garden and the wilderness
Catfish’s tagline is “don’t let anyone tell you what it is .” Along those lines, Eric Eisenberg of cinemablend.com warned, “Sitting down in the theater,…
The strange culture of the men’s room
You are sitting in your cold, hard seat at Canad Inns Stadium. The Blue Bombers are down by less than seven points in the fourth…
Pretty Women
I originally wasn’t supposed to get a makeover at all. I was invited along by our Managing Editor, Laura, and decided to go and see…
Radio ads and you
We live in a world in which we are bombarded by mass media messages and advertisements. When you watch television, your show is halted every…
The art of paying attention
One fateful Wednesday afternoon, I decided to sit in on my best friend’s biology lecture. I’ll admit I was looking for a way to completely…
The philosophy of stress
You have two 5,000 word essays to write, six assignments to hand in, 10 chapters to read and it’s all due tomorrow. Here comes the…