The fictions of soft and easy death
David Rieff, son of Susan Sontag, remembers his mother’s final struggle with leukemia in a new memoir
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The Hipless Boy: The big idea
My girlfriend George (short for Georgina) pulls on some stockings. They’re black, with little red hearts on them. Her coworker gave them to her. “She… Read More »The Hipless Boy: The big idea
We come in peace: Montreal’s Alien8 recordings
Talk of the Montreal indie sound that pioneered in the early 2000s by bands such as The Unicorns has been rendered acutely obsolete. Online dissemination… Read More »We come in peace: Montreal’s Alien8 recordings
Origami transformed
Computational origami expands the scope of paper folding
Show business is such a drag
The Daily’s Whitney Mallett gets the inside scoop on the Montreal drag queen scene
Electric cars to die by dehydration?
The road to cheap electric cars could be bumpy in places
Hyde Park: Cranston: give me respect
Is there anything more subjective than musical taste? Every single person has their own conception of what “good” music is. Over reading week, a group… Read More »Hyde Park: Cranston: give me respect
All hail Duchess Says
Montreal band Duchess Says can command the party without a full command of the English language
Teaching assistants prepare to strike
Union decries lack of progress in negotiations with administration
Hopping to the finish
This year’s SSMU executive stumbles through the final weeks of the semester
Editorial: Toward a student-run café in Shatner
This Thursday, SSMU Council has the rare opportunity to make a decision that students will actually care about. Councillors will debate whether to award a… Read More »Editorial: Toward a student-run café in Shatner
Humanistic studies program under third critical review
Humanistic Studies is once again under the microscope, and students and faculty are concerned about the program’s future. Under review for the third time in… Read More »Humanistic studies program under third critical review
Tapeworms and collective memory just don’t mix
Nadine Gordimer fails to reinvigorate her pet themes in her new short story collection
Scanlan says goodbye, but doesn’t get all sappy about it
For what it’s worth, this is my last column in The Daily. I had planned a kind of emetic valedictory column, and to bring tears… Read More »Scanlan says goodbye, but doesn’t get all sappy about it
No access to Asia at fusion fest
Expat Asian artists fall short as cultural ambassadors of their motherlands