OPINIONS

I pulled the curtains from my window and looked at the sky — grey and splotched with dark clouds that loomed heavily. “Well, it’s going to rain…again.” I could hear my partner behind me, moving closer. He wrapped his arms around me gently because he knew I wasn’t just commenting ...

Halloween often ends with party decorations strewn every which way, a slight headache, and the sudden build-up of an overbearing, overbearing, overbearing sense of Christmas. Pumpkins are quickly switched out for fairy lights and wreaths, and a short stroll through any shopping mall sufficiently hammers the point home: it is ...

There are at least three things Victoria College doesn’t lack: events with free food, great spots to study (nap), and opinionated student politicians. If you’re like me and many of your friends are involved in student politics, these past few weeks taught you more than you ever cared to know ...

Everything was going well for the first few weeks—the bustling campus, the countless smiling faces, the exciting events. A new year had begun, and in the midst of settling into a bright, foreign environment, I promised myself that things would be different, that I’d make more of an effort, work ...

It can be said that at the heart of the controversy about “proper” language lies a simple white notebook with the words “Shakespeare never tweeted a sonnet” printed in black Helvetica. To understand why this notebook is so important, we need to understand the culture in which it was made. ...

Taylor Swift’s 1989 occupies a neat little niche in current pop culture. Aside from being the biggest selling album of 2014, 1989 has quickly become a rallying cry for modern feminists. In the post-Beyoncé era, Swift’s polished pop and subtly punchy lyrics fit a need for a strong feminine voice for young ...

If you are contemplating whether or not you should study abroad next year for a semester or two, you are definitely not alone. I, too, have been struggling to decide whether I want to go on an exchange, and the reasons for my hesitation are simple: money and time. First, ...

Content Warning: Rape My first week of university at OCADU, as a wide-eyed 17-year-old at a school brimming with mature students, was turbulent. When asked in my first design class to present a piece—any piece—of “good design” and discuss it, I signed up right away. I’d found the perfect piece: ...

This summer, the Huffington Post declared that they would stop covering Donald Trump as serious news. While they would still cover his campaign, the coverage would go in their entertainment section rather than their news section. When explaining their decision, the editors wrote, “Our reason is simple: Trump’s campaign is a ...

Moving back to Canada after spending my high school years in Dubai was quite the change; there are plenty of societal differences, as one would expect, and readjusting to downtown Toronto’s norms took a little more time than I would care to admit. But I was expecting a familiar experience ...