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February 6, 2012

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Letters to the Editors

Feb 6

Columns

Prof problems, language issues, and parenting

Rated M for ‘Mature’, not ‘Mediocre Parenting’.

Jan 23

Arts

by Richard Wong

With the ripped wrapping paper of Christmas still relatively close in the rearview mirror, it seems like an appropriate time to talk about something of possible concern. Video games have become the biggest of businesses during the holidays, and chances seem relatively high that, over the holidays, you purchased something video-game-related for someone on your list. Perhaps it is a...

All BU wants for Christmas

12/5/11

Comment

by Brandy Robertson

A week before the strike ended, us fantastically talented and uber-intelligent Quillies came up with the genius idea to write a letter to Santa. Prior to the strike ending on November 25th (exactly one month before Christmas, I must point...

Why no one was watching the Vanier Cup

12/5/11

Sports

by Richard Wong

The 2011 Vanier Cup was as scintillating a sporting event as you will ever see, either live or on your television. The McMaster University Marauders’ first-half dominance of the perennial favourite, Laval Rouge et Or, was bested in drama only...

I'm back...Now what?

12/5/11

Columns

by Emily Diehl

It has been a week now since we have all gotten back to class, though it may feel like either an eternity, or no time at all. For myself, it feels like it has been no time at all. This...

Letter to the Editor: Campus Business During the Strike

11/23/11

Comment

What a campus business has been doing during the strike, and why.

Editorial: We Keep on Truckin’

11/23/11

Comment

by Matt Berry

Why publish during the strike? Well...

Letter to the Editor: The Need For Democratic Engagement

11/23/11

Comment

Why the recent attacks on political dissent around North America need to stop.

To My Education, Whenever I May Find It

11/23/11

Comment

by Emily Diehl

The strike has been careening around the race track for six weeks now, or thereabouts. The semester is shot. It’s in cardiac arrest. It got hit a few laps back, was sent flying into the wall, and crumpled into a...

Guitars, Failure, and Growing Up

11/23/11

by Chris Gibson

I just recently picked up my guitar again after a long hiatus. As one of millions of failed guitarists with broken rock-star dreams, I was apprehensive about even acknowledging the existence of the wood-and-steel contraption that so frustrated me. I was content to leave my guitar in the corner and...

I Walk the Line

11/23/11

Columns

by Chris Gibson

I’ll try to keep the Johnny Cash references to a minimum.

For one reason or another, I’ve decided to support the professors in this little labour dispute we’ve been enjoying for the past month and a half. This fact probably...

3:55 AM

11/7/11

Comment

by Richard Wong

It is 3:55 AM.

3:55 AM is the time at which I could no longer hold it in. It is the time at which my victimization at the hands of two bumbling, incompetent factions stops. I sit here and realize...

Maclean’s Ratings - Should We Care?

11/7/11

News

by Brandy Robertson

The cover of the November 7th issue of Maclean’s magazine boldly proclaims “Canada’s Best Schools”. Every year, the Canadian magazine publishes a special issue in which universities in Canada are ranked, given a grade just as the students that attend these institutions. The universities are divided into three major categories: Medical Doctoral, Comprehensive, and Primarily Undergraduate. Within those categories, universities...

Letter to the Editor

11/7/11

Comment

More thoughts on the strike, and students' reactions.

A True Remembrance Day Story

11/7/11

Comment

by Brady Knight

It’s May 3, 1915. An eastern breeze blows gently through the tall grass surrounding a large field in Belgium. It’s a beautiful morning in the midst of a dreadful war.

At the edge of the field is a Canadian lieutenant-colonel, perched on the back of an ambulance. Sitting just a few miles from where the battle of Ypres had taken...

Open letter to the caring folks in the Brandon University Administration

11/7/11

Comment

by Richard Wong

Hey. Hi. Hello there.

Excuse me, I know you guys are busy talking about my education but I was just wondering if I could trouble you for a bit of your time?

I know that conversing about my education is...

Science is Not a Democracy

11/7/11

Comment

by Chris Gibson

I’m going to keep this short and to the point in order to stave off angry ranting, so I apologize if this comes off as terse or severe; this topic requires maximum efficiency and minimum wishy-washiness.

Background: I was watching...

Marijuana: to Legalize, or not to Legalize...

11/7/11

Comment

by Nathan Grills

We pay taxes on practically everything that we buy, from furniture to electronics, and especially on that bottle of merlot. Nevertheless, as Canadians we tolerate these taxes (some do so grudgingly) because they provide the government with the necessary funds to advance our nation. Taxes support things like healthcare, education,...

Thoughts on the Strike

10/24/11

News

by Brady Knight

I chose to attend Brandon University for several reasons. It was close to home, received rave reviews from previous students I talked to and, most of all, the class sizes were smaller compared to the University of Manitoba or the...

Throwing Stones

10/24/11

Comment

by Emily Diehl

I’ve been thinking about the Occupy movement a lot lately.

When I first heard about it, I was fully in support. Because of my particular circumstances, I have always felt like I am teetering on the brink of the 99%....