Horror is the most honest genre
Stories — films especially — are hyperbolic extensions of the things we experience in everyday life. They enlarge the feelings we experience like love, fear,…
Editorial
Find your creative flow
As someone who enjoys painting, drawing and photography, I would describe myself as a creative person. I, however, would not describe myself as an artist…
The merits of a beater car
Earlier this summer, I took my 2008 Honda Fit to a shop for a quote on replacing my exhaust system. It would cost $1,000, the…
Why fitness matters
In today’s fast-moving world where technology does almost everything for us, it’s easy to overlook the importance of fitness. From dawn until dusk, people sit…
A quest for belonging
One of my fellow international classmates said to me at the very beginning of our first term, “I don’t think I belong here.” This is…
Warlocks, witches and spells
Ever since I was little, I have always had an idea of what witchcraft is. I was raised with the belief that perhaps witchcraft is…
Should we trust generative AI companies?
Generative AI (GenAI) does not generate new content, it generates a mirror. We are looking into our past, reflected over and over, and told that…
Celebrate people while they are still here
Every tick of the clock marks both a beginning and an end. A newborn draws its first breath somewhere in the world, while elsewhere, another…
Is James Gunn the saviour of DC?
Books were never my thing; I couldn’t stare at a page where ‘KAPOW’ wasn’t written in big bold yellow text with flames coming out…
Of plagues and pests
Recently, there have been outbreaks of chikungunya fever across the world, affecting regions such as China, Bolivia and various countries bordering the Indian Ocean. Symptoms…