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$5 meals pilot project launches at Ned’s Café

Vic’s efforts at tackling food affordability Ned’s Café has kicked off the academic year by introducing meals for $5.50 as part of a collaboration with …

The Bill 33 backlash and Ontario’s flawed post-secondary education policy

Proposed increase in government oversight neglects underfunding concerns Ontario’s Bill 33, the Supporting Children and Students Act, has faced widespread opposition by numerous student associations ...

Canada’s responses to Trump’s tariffs

Patriotism, dependence, and next steps Following the unmet August 1 target to reach a trade deal, the United States has increased import tariffs to 35% ...

Air Canada strike continues despite government orders

CUPE is defying Ottawa’s attempt to impose binding arbitration On August 16, the Air Canada Component of CUPE walked out after over 8 months of ...

What’s the deal with “what’s the deal”?

Upon picking a theme for this issue, the sitcom-lovers in the room won. I can’t say I’ve watched any Seinfeld, but that’s just fine—Jerry’s not …

Don’t be like Prufrock

Minutes spent musing are minutes spent missing And indeed there will be time To wonder, “Do I dare?” and, “Do I dare?” Time to turn ...

Love & Sex & the City

Carrie Bradshaw takes on Toronto In a city where our morning coffee order is more consistent than our love lives, I can’t help but wonder ...

A deep dive into a graduating mind

New year, new term, and new horizons My New Year’s resolution was to start swimming again.  I never went competitive. I refused to do 4 ...

What’s the deal with 2 a.m. waves of nostalgia?

Scatter-brained thoughts on our capacity to adore the mundane As someone who has always been pretty sentimental and defensive against change, intense feelings of nostalgia …

What’s the deal with bittersweet memories?

Remembering, letting go, and moving forward As the leaves on campus gently start to fade into orange, we are reminded of a brand new school ...

What’s the deal with Labubus?

Exploring popularity, waste, and consumer culture Meet the Labubu. These ultra-trendy monster character keychains created by Kasing Lung are both cute and disturbing. As the ...

What’s the deal with the romanticization of the 80s?

Who gets a spot in the collective unconscious? /Content Warning: Discussions of racism and homophobia./  Thanks to a series of events involving a broken button ...

Why we love the rats in our walls

The strange paradox of student apartments If you’ve ever lived in a student apartment, you already know the script: the shower that you can never …

Is the new superman movie really pro-Palestine?

The illusion of subversion: how Hollywood packages “progressive” stories Recently, the new Superman film sparked significant discussion online about supposedly being an allegory for the ...

Don’t fear the mess

The dangers of relying on ‘AI Therapists’ “Imagine a world in which the answer to ‘Am I the asshole?’ is always a firm, reassuring no.” ...

Shock, awe, and Trump’s first month back in office

An account of the state of American politics Only a month into the second Trump presidency, it feels like it has been 30 months. While ...

Grief, memory, and the movies

Eylul Guven in Blue Heron. Cr: TIFF Blue Herona film directed and written by Sophy Romvari, and screened at the Toronto International Film Festival, September …

FELT

Blake Williams and any consistency which forms a set FELTa film directed by Blake Williams and premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival, September 4–14, ...

Too much love for this life

A review of David Freyne’s Eternity Eternitya film directed by David Freyne and premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival, September 4–14, 2025 Death is ...

« Qu’est-ce que c’est dégueulasse? »

Nouvelle Vague is no masterpiece. But neither does it want to be. Nouvelle Vaguea film directed by Richard Linklater and screened at the Toronto International ...

What’s the deal with the Northern Star?

Freaky freaky Cepheid variables In act III, scene I of Shakespeare’s play Julius Caesar, Caesar says, “I am constant as the northern star.” Well, Caesar …

What’s the deal with anti-vaxxers?

Exploring the impact of vaccines on mortality and life expectancy while debunking the ‘anti-vax’ narrative Vaccines have long been at the forefront of medical innovations, ...

What’s the deal with research funding cuts in the United States?

 The true gravity of Trump’s war on science Once a world leader when it came to scientific research, the United States has taken a hard ...

Resisting AI

Flaws and definitions Chat, what is AI?  ‘Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the field of computer science focused on creating systems or machines that can perform ...

Approaching the situation with misinformed caution

Want,desire,yearning,pining, craving,weight… waiting.The sickness,aching,longing.Whatever the word may be to describe the hot burning sensation that pools in your gut and spreads through your body like …

The Bach-bowel movement: no. 2 in A minor

When melancholy strikes,and my laundry piles up,a 13-year-old bloodhoundthe size of two American footballsmaterialises between the layers of rough jeans, synthetic wools,and a couple freshly ...

One and Done

I read a quote once,“It is weak and silly to say you cannot bear what it is your fate to be required to bear.”Why must ...

I see, therefore I know

There is a power in watching, noticing, and remembering.On the subway, I sit, I see a womanwearing the exact same shoes as me.I hold our ...

What’s the deal with this guy selling me stuff on the bus?

Transforming public transit into private commerce Who among us hasn’t at one time found themselves in possession of some merchandise that they needed to offload? …

What’s the deal with all these new elements?

Only 1860s kids will understand. Last week, I was at the mall looking for a volumetric flask and a gram of rubidium, just as any ...

How to fake a hunger strike

A beginner’s guide to looking like you’re protesting hard, while you’re hardly protesting

Top ten reasons to walk out of a class

Some scenarios in which you might want to give the term ‘class revolt’ a new meaning