It didn’t die with millennial flannel in Brooklyn: thrifting has been gentrified all over by us Thrifting is here with a vengeance As much as I’d like to blame Macklemore’s “Thrift Shop” for the price of secondhand clothes, I know that it’s not really Macklemore’s fault. The song’s release in 2012 was a couple of […]
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The introductory segment of the interview with Principal Hernandez. The 2024-25 academic year marks a watershed moment for Victoria College as Dr. Angela Esterhammer ends her tenure as Principal after 12 years in office. As an associate professor of English, Dr. Hernandez focuses his research on eighteenth-century literature and culture. However, his unorthodox consideration of
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Queen Victoria died at the turn of the twentieth century. A hundred years later, the remnants of British colonialism still pervade the University of Toronto and Canada at large If you’ve ever eaten in Burwash Hall, Vic’s colossal dining room, you might have taken notice of the large flag at the front of the room.
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The second segment of the interview with Principal Hernandez. Vic prides itself on its unique approaches to learning, notably its small classrooms, first-year programs, and, to an extent, professor-oriented courses. Given Vic’s rich historical pedagogical traditions, are there any that you want to uphold or, alternatively, revise? Vic is a unique place because it has
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Fourteen years from present day marks a monumental shift Upon which Arnold Schwarzenegger carved a neat and tidy rift Cutting with a statesman’s pen instead of Conan’s sword Kingship movies were past for him, as he was now the governor Yes, indeed, the left coast elected a right-wing Austrian Ousting a
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Dearest Strand reader, I feel that student journalism can represent the purest form of journalism itself. We are acute case studies in local reporting. The Strand is funded by a student levy, which allows for us to exist without the worries of attracting advertisers or giving in to the field of rage bait. Local journalism
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Words from Presidents Jefferson, FDR, JFK, LBJ, and H.W. Bush to Biden Friends, fellow-citizens, and Americans. The world has been growing worse. Sowed by seeds of hate From indifference, ignorance, and arrogance. It is an arena of turmoil, of poverty, of strife. Civilians ruthlessly murdered with bombs from the air. Deprived of happiness, of
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Illustration | Patrick Ignasiak O Poet! my Poet! your life on earth is done, The tapping on drums, long since begun, Lets me sing a song of verses valiant and free, And helps me write this very inspired elegy; But O heart! heart! heart! O you which many generations expand Help
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Is the future of education found in new methods or rooted in the past? The debate between traditional and contemporary education methods highlights a clash between the reliability of time-tested practices and the innovation of modern approaches. Traditional education, with its disciplined focus on memorisation, has long provided students with a strong academic foundation. However,
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Balancing tradition with progress The Victoria College campus, with its ageless structures and historic landmarks, elicits a strong sense of nostalgia in all of its students, drawing them into a profound connection with the past while also instilling feelings of pride and optimism about the future. As these beloved spaces are modernised, there is an
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