OPINIONS
Staying silent against anti-choice policies is not an option
Trump’s gag order is unacceptable to me One of the first executive orders Donald Trump pushed through in his first few weeks as the President of the United States was the Mexico City policy, also known as the global gag rule. This move came as no surprise, as Republicans have a history of reinstating the policy every time they come back into office. However, the ...
Journalism will continue to thrive
New media isn’t killing journalism; it’s helping it adapt The first known newspaper was a German publication, Relation, founded in 1609 by distinguished intellectual Johan Carolus. He bought a printing press, secured an office, and started producing periodicals. Since Carolus’s ingenious endeavour, the world of journalism has experienced seismic shifts, while also managing to preserve its integrity and ...
Bending the truth
Fake news and alternative facts in the Trump era It is widely accepted that we live in a post-truth era, in which “objective facts are less influential in shaping public opinion than appeals to emotion and personal belief,” according to The Oxford English Dictionary. Unfortunately, this is one of the few things that we can agree on. Though politicians have a poor ...
Be your own valentine
Don’t be afraid to celebrate self-love on February 14th Over the years, the “trending topics” on Twitter have become a broken record. Users can expect to see reoccurring hashtags associated with a specific month featured on their Twitter feeds. For example, every March, one reoccurring hashtag is #StPatricksDay and in May, it is #MothersDay. In ...
Defining friendship in the Internet age
How social media is affecting the closeness of our friendships
Merging music with the deaf in the theatre
We should be aspiring to make theatre as accessible as possible
How our psychology betrays us
The link between social media and dissatisfaction
What are you laughing at?
Be mindful about jokes made by comedians of colour
New Year’s Resolution: Don’t be fooled by Trudeau’s “real change” promise this year, too
I realize that there are a lot of good reasons to want to leave last year’s politics behind us. But, history will judge 2017 on how well we untangle the mess that we, willingly or not, got ourselves into this past year. So it’s important we revisit it. In ...
Did I make a major mistake?
Around this time three years ago, I was applying to universities across Ontario and Canada. My friends were almost always discussing their top three choices and which residence buildings they wanted to live in. Some students in my graduating class worried about their low grades and the possibility of ...