ULTRA X’MAS for the holiday disinclined
Holidays bring out the grinch in me, but not because I’m a cynic. I’m a sentimental crybaby and I get drunk off social energy, despite…
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UMSU quiet on Palestine because it bungles everything
UMSU has not been entirely silent on what professor of Holocaust and genocide studies Raz Segal has called “a textbook case of genocide” of Palestinians,…
To my sisters who are killjoys
I was told I was a very emotional child while growing up. When something or someone upset me, I argued, and tears shortly followed the…
Basic income is a band-aid solution
Universal basic income (UBI) is the application of the radical, and somewhat devious, idea that citizens, for some reason, deserve to have their basic needs…
The spectre of fascism haunts hatred of kids
I was chatting with some guests at a wedding when a few kids trotted past the table where we were swilling wine. Someone scoffed and…
Tree planting, or a student’s paradise
For most students, summer jobs are a source of income. I’ve been fortunate enough to discover one that is more than just a lucrative paycheque…
Unleashing the power of AI in universities
Imagine waking up to the news that universities want to ban students from using the internet for assignments, asking students to use physical books and…
A ballad of songbirds, snakes and ingenuity
Ever since the trailer for The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes came out this April, the world of The Hunger Games — or as some…
A Swiftie spotlight on Shakespearean soliloquy
A common question that I hear almost every day as an English major is, “why?” From discussions with my peers, it’s painfully clear that this…
Why 2SLGBTQIA+ education is so important
Growing up, I was never taught anything about sexual orientation or gender identity. I had to figure that all out on my own. Everyone sees…