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Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged: A Review

December 1, 2017 Logan Praznik

There’s a chance Atlas Shrugged opposes everything you ever knew. Sometimes, that can be a good thing.

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Tags Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged, Review

A Tribute to Games Gone By

November 24, 2017 Logan Praznik

Many a video/computer game has met a fate not unlike that of a supernova – to burn hot and bright, but only for a short time.

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Tags Video Games, Pokémon Go, Goat Simulator, DayZ, FarmVille

Weed Stocks: A Somewhat Doobie-ous Investment

November 17, 2017 Logan Praznik

Let’s change gears to an investment with (slightly) more merit to it: shares in cannabis producers.

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Tags Cannabis, Stocks, Aphria, Aurora Cannabis, Canopy Growth Corporation, Investing

Bitcoin: A Primer

November 3, 2017 Logan Praznik

Bitcoin's meteoric rise may have you interested in what this whole “cryptocurrency” thing is about. Here’s what you may want to know.

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Tags Cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, Blockchain

Black Lotus vs. Szechuan Sauce: The Better Investment?

October 26, 2017 Logan Praznik

If you’ve got more dollars than sense, you might want to "invest" them in one, or both, of these two items.

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Tags Szechuan Sauce, Magic: the Gathering, Black Lotus, Rick and Morty, Investing

The Magic Bullet Trilogy: A Retrospective

October 20, 2017 Logan Praznik

Like many things in our world, the marketing makes the product - or, as in this case, the infomercial makes the Magic Bullet.

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Tags Magic Bullet

“Outrage Porn” and the Two Minutes’ Hate

October 13, 2017 Logan Praznik

If all that we do, see and think each day can be graded on a spectrum with one side negative and the other posititve, it seems that all I see as I look around me falls squarely on the negative end.

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Tags Nineteen Eighty-Four, Two Minutes' Hate

Meditation: The Art of Doing Nothing

October 6, 2017 Logan Praznik

For almost all of your waking life, you're probably doing something. Meditation, on the other hand, is the art of doing nothing.

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Tags Meditation, Mindfulness

Get Your Life Sorted Out with Kanban

September 29, 2017 Logan Praznik

There’s a way to improve on the traditional to-do list, and that’s with Kanban, a system of workflow organization the world by storm.

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Tags Kanban, Productivity, To-Do List

Food Truck Warz: A Delicious Misadventure

September 23, 2017 Ariele Kehler

This past weekend, roughly 19,000 people partook in the first (hopefully annual) Food Truck Warz in Brandon.

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Tags Food Truck Warz, City of Brandon, Victoria Inn, Pork Floyd, Mikey D's BBQ, Food Trucks
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David Foster Wallace’s Infinite Jest: A Review

September 20, 2017 Logan Praznik

Infinite Jest, a novel by David Foster Wallace, is many things.

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Tags Infinite Jest, David Foster Wallace, Literature

The Poor Student's Guide to Not Being a Poor Student

September 15, 2017 Logan Praznik

No matter who you are, if you learn to spend wisely, you can have your house and eat your avocado toast, too.

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Tags Millenials, Personal Finance, Online Exclusive, Avocado

A Student’s Guide to Brandon Transit’s New Bus Routes

September 9, 2017 Logan Praznik

If you’re a user of Brandon Transit who’s been away from Brandon for the summer, or just haven’t taken the bus for a while, you may find yourself a bit lost. No worries – your guide to Brandon Transit’s new route system is right here.

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Tags Brandon Transit, City of Brandon

BUSU AGM Recap

April 1, 2017 Ariele Kehler

The Brandon University Students' Union held their 2017 spring AGM on Tuesday, March 21st.

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Tags BUSU, Annual General Meeting, Meeting, Whitney Hodgins, Clubs, Collectives

New Scholarship, Interview and Information

March 10, 2017 BU Alumni

Even if you are not from Rivers, you may have some interest in the new BU scholarship that is being established for Rivers – BU alumni.

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Tags Scholarship, Alumni, Rivers, Michael Brandon, Michael Czuboka, Wayne Pettapiece, Irene Pettapiece, Rivers Collegiate

Basketball Playoffs

March 3, 2017 Robert Killam

Over Reading Week, the BU Bobcats played in the CIS West Play-In Series where the women faced off against Trinity Western Spartans while the men took on the Thompson River Wolfpack.

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Tags BU Bobcats, Basketball, Trinity Western Spartans, Thompson River Wolfpack, Keisha Cox, Amy Williams, Earl Thompson Jr., Tyvon Cooper

Accessibility Director Candidate: Whitney Hodgins

March 1, 2017 Ariele Kehler

The Quill interviews Accessibility Director candidate Whitney Hodgins leading up to the 2017 BUSU election.

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Tags BUSU, Election, Whitney Hodgins, Candidate, Interview

Indigenous Peoples’ Director Candidate: Sheree Blacksmith

March 1, 2017 Ashlyn Pearce

The Quill interviews Indigenous Peoples' Director candidate Sheree Blacksmith leading up to the 2017 BUSU election.

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Tags BUSU, Election, Candidate, Interview, Sheree Blacksmith

Health Studies Director Candidate: Megan Stade

March 1, 2017 Ashlyn Pearce

The Quill interviews Health Studies Director candidate Megan Stade leading up to the 2017 BUSU election.

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Tags Health Studies, Megan Stade, BUSU, Election, Candidate, Interview

Racialized Director Candidate: Maya Sturrup

March 1, 2017 Ashlyn Pearce

Leading up to the 2017 BUSU election, The Quill interviews Racialized Director candidate Maya Sturrup.

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Tags BUSU, Election, Candidate, Interview, Maya Sturrup
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