20 years later, girl meets Boy Meets World
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Sept. 24, 1993 was the day the world met the boy: loveable Cory Matthews. Cory and his family and friends, including the troubled best friend Shawn Hunter, the know-it-all with a wacky name Topanga,...
What it means to be a “gamer” these days
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I like playing Monopoly. Does that make me a gamer? Maybe. According to the very broad definition Wikipedia supplies—“those who spend much of their leisure time playing or learning about games”—I can be considered...
Free Man in Paris
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Joni Mitchell’s song about David Geffen and the music industry
The year was 1974. Joni Mitchell had just written her smash hit “Free Man in Paris,” about a trip she took with the president of...
Talking the green talk: Companies, consumers, and misleading environmentalism
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When I hear the phrase “false advertising,” I think of those diet ads where the before and after pictures are clearly not the same person. Greenwashing is one of the more popular forms of...
UMSU has got your back: Take advantage of your students’ union
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UMSU president Bilan Arte said that students often ask her what the role of a students’ union actually is.
According to Arte, “a students’ union is everything its members make it!”
The students set the direction...
Yo Literature! Meet Pop Culture
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I was never a big comic book fan. Of course I enjoyed an Archie comic every now and then, to see whether he was dating Betty or Veronica, but that was about it. However,...
Relating to Superman
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Heroes. I was at a bit of a loss when it came to deciding what to write about. When I was younger, my brother and I shared a set of Batman and Superman pyjamas,...
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