Sex in the city
Adult stores have been around for ages, but whether through apprehension or simply the feeling of not knowing how or where to start, it’s not…
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The lack of meaning in Christmas
What do yoga and Christmas have in common? Both are ancient, both are deeply spiritual, and both have been swallowed by the gaping wound that exists in place of our collective soul. Our consumer culture has rendered the most beautiful fruits of human endeavour, living spiritual traditions, into experiences engaged in for personal pleasure.
Things that were the epitome of the sacred – the mastery of the body by the soul, the celebration of the mercy of the divine – are profaned, and not innocently so. To innocently profane yoga would be to do it unmindfully. To innocently profane Christmas would be to ignore it. But instead, both these have been defiled by consumerism: emptied of their original meanings, they have been re-filled with the most disgusting aspect of our culture.
The alternative living movement
The housing market is a major issue across many large cities in the western world. Finding affordable, quality living space is a challenge in places…
Consent culture caucus
The University of Winnipeg Students’ Association and the Canadian Federation of Students, in coordination with their Consent is Mandatory campaign, will be hosting a panel…
Drink up
Although the days of bootleggers and rum-running are long over, Prohibition-inspired restaurants have recently gained traction in the culinary world, with restaurants in New York,…
Grub’s up
To live is to eat. In this feature the Manitoban explores the conventional food system and looks at some alternatives to it. Some experts have…
Breaking down the campus food revolution
Many competing interests drive the food system at the University of Manitoba. Here the Manitoban attempts to break down some of the complexities of competing…
Life lessons in the dining room
Some people look down on food service jobs. “I would never work in a restaurant” – a phrase I have heard many times in my…
Futuristic edibles
It’s common knowledge that human beings, especially those living in the industrialized world, have seriously impacted the Earth’s environment. We know that the cars we…
Putting poutine in its place
You may have noticed that, for some time, there’s been a food truck parked on campus. A welcome relief from the unrelenting mediocrity of campus food services (though I’ve yet to actually see anyone buying poutine there), the Poutine King is inarguably an asset to life on campus.
The whole point of a food truck, however, is that you can park it anywhere; the specific spot the truck currently occupies is not only inappropriate, it is offensive. The truck should be moved – perhaps more importantly, whoever told it to park there should have known better in the first place.