Reading Time: 2 minutesThis idea that post-secondary education should be about nothing but grades and studying is counterproductive to a student’s healthy social development.
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Reading Time: 2 minutesAlthough it could be argued that the best movies this past year really were created by a single kind of person (white men) and that the nominees were fairly chosen, it is hard to accept this fact when some fantastically talented people were not properly recognized for their work.
Reading Time: 3 minutesIs this new legislation putting a chill on our civil liberties, or can free speech be partially sacrificed in order to maintain a civil and safe society?
Reading Time: 2 minutesWhen it comes to domestic violence, all victims should be treated equally.
Reading Time: 3 minutesShould we care about the Juno Awards?
Reading Time: 2 minutesWhat makes a beauty pageant like Miss Universe baffling is that the winner is considered to be the most beautiful woman in the world.
Reading Time: 2 minutesWhen it comes to the fate of the remaining 22 players of University of Ottawa men’s hockey team and their now non-existent 2015–16 season, the actions of the university administration have been deeply divisive.
Reading Time: 2 minutesWe’re now at a point where the distance between the economic narrative and the economic reality is becoming increasingly unbridgeable. While Canadians may be tolerant of Harper’s tricks at the ballot box, they’re unlikely to tolerate him playing tricks with their wallets.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe privilege of being able to ignore such slaughter comes easily to the developed world. After so much misery has leaked into the news from crisis-ridden regions like Africa and the Middle-East, the exhaustion of public and political sympathy is no surprise.
Reading Time: 2 minutesYou don’t need to take an intro political science course to know that democratic legitimacy requires fair and open elections to exist, or that the federation elections as run on this campus don’t usually meet these basic standards.
Reading Time: 2 minutesLast year alone, three different cases revealed the difference in the way plagiarism is handled when the perpetrators are university staff.
Reading Time: 2 minutesAccording to much of North America’s public policy and even the upper and middle classes’ public perception, poor people or those seeking financial aid are social degenerates who should be treated with nothing but the utmost contempt.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThis contest is probably the worst way Hamoud could have responded to her critics.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe idea that we live in a digital simulation is being taken seriously by a number of academics.
Reading Time: 2 minutesIn a continuing effort to make the nation’s adult entertainment as bland and frigid as possible, British lawmakers have decided to forbid the act of touching in U.K. produced pornography.
Reading Time: 2 minutesNow that 3D has mostly exhausted its mainstream appeal in theatres, high profile movie directors are looking to adopt vertical video as the next big filmmaking gimmick.
Reading Time: 2 minutesIt is important to distinguish between Jews and Israelis when discussing these issues.
Reading Time: 2 minutesWhy breaking up movies into parts isn’t such a good thing afterall.
Reading Time: 2 minutesDreams are not just useful as a barometer to measure people’s negative emotions. They can also be used to improve our mental health.
Reading Time: 2 minutesWhile it’s true that the moves, storylines, and outcomes of individual matches are pre-determined, pro wrestlers still need an incredible amount of athleticism to succeed in their field.
Reading Time: 3 minutesNot only is the idea of ghostwriting manipulative and borderline false advertising, it also comes off as being a little condescending.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Fulcrum picks four films to see over the holidays this month.
Reading Time: 2 minutesSnapcash flaunts the same “fun and easy” quality as its photo messaging counterpart, and that isn’t a good thing.
Reading Time: 2 minutesAfter multiple incidences of students confusing the Faculty of Social Sciences (FSS) building with the restaurant Father and Sons (popularly known as F&S), the Coalition of Frustrated Students (CFS) has formed to advocate for a name change.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe answer is to take a more rational and balanced approach. By tailoring the victims’ surcharge, the law can take victims into account while not penalizing criminals who have already been penalized by circumstance.
