Arts & Culture
Thick smoke and pineapple juice
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I sit there, in the dimly lit dive bar that foreigners, such as myself, have come to known as a sort of English speaking safe haven, inhaling more cigarette smoke second hand than a...
To beard or not to beard?
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Oh Bearduary, what can I say? The shavings of Movember have barely hit the sink and now the two month event of Bearduary has begun; we will soon be hard pressed to find a...
Let’s talk about sex
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Many Canadians of a variety of ages can associate late night sex-related programming with none other than the world-renowned sex educator Sue Johanson, host of The Sunday Night Sex Show.
Johanson was awarded the...
U of M Bookstore puts other stores to shame
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Located at 140 University Crescent is the biggest and baddest store on campus. If you are not careful, the University of Manitoba Bookstore may just swallow you whole. Well, I may be exaggerating once...
Symbol of summer
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In the last months of summer I moved from my townhouse on the edge of the suburbs to a small apartment in St. Boniface, right on the edge of downtown. Even though my new...
The ice? No dice
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There is now an ice rink in the middle of campus that many students might miss. I was not one of them, however. A few weeks ago, while walking between classes, I saw a...
The threatening nature of a butterfly knife
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Even though the butterfly knife is an illegal weapon in Manitoba, the idea of it alone is a stimulating thought. In real life, the butterfly knife has been characterized as a “hood” weapon, one...
