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Sacrificing bodies for reputation
Katie Esmonde • March 21, 2011
McGill Rugby players talk about the expectations for athletes to play through pain Read More
Dangles and death threats
Ben Makuch • March 21, 2011
Violence in sports and its long term effects Read More
Kraft singles’ night out
Thomas Dashwood • March 18, 2011
Dressing up the everyday grilled cheese Read More
On rap, race and relatability
Tiana Reid • March 17, 2011
Rap is black. Despite what anyone says about Eminem, Atmosphere, Yelawolf and the like, the advent of white rappers is always accompanied by discussions of them as anomalous. Historically, black, and more specifically, black male, has been the norm in rap, making everything else other and exceptional. Allow me to… Read More
Pouring cash into snowbanks
Adrian Kaats • March 14, 2011
We’re great at snow removal, but increasingly, little else Read More
Life after a star’s death
Andrew Komar • March 14, 2011
The extraordinary world of neutron stars Read More
Democratize your education
Shaina Agbayani • March 10, 2011
The university is becoming more and more corporate, but there are ways to resist Read More
A cure of the mind
Debbie Wang • March 10, 2011
Antidepressant placebos remain a steady presence in clinical experiments, but not in public knowledge Read More
On the offensive
Katie Esmonde • March 7, 2011
Female sports fans are interested in more than just the athletes Read More
Get smart
Andrew Komar • March 7, 2011
Delivering electricity using a smart grid could save energy and the Earth Read More
Living the failure of neoliberalism
Adrian Kaats • March 6, 2011
How the Quebec government is privatizing our schools and hospitals Read More
Another’s life, what is it worth?
Ted Sprague • March 6, 2011
A simple calculation of supply and demand Read More
Who is the fairest of them all?
Tiana Reid • March 5, 2011
Transforming the hue of one’s “natural” skin colour is most often – in pop culture, at least – a white conversation. For instance, when Snooki mentioned on Jersey Shore that she categorizes her race as “tan” when filling out papers, or more seriously, in 2009 when Lara Stone posed in… Read More
Image wars
Ed Dodson • March 5, 2011
Due to the current turbulence in the Middle East, images of conflict have once again become prominent in the media. On the subject of war and imagery, I have been reading a wonderful book entitled Cloning Terror, by W.J.T. Mitchell. Mitchell is a Professor of English and Art History at… Read More