Blasting fixed elections

By Cam Cotton-O’Brien

As the recent American election is finally set to conclude with Barack Obama’s impending inauguration, it is worth reflecting on the wildly exciting electoral cycle down there to illuminate some concerns with the sometimes-proposed fixed election dates for Canada. Prime Minister Stephen Harper drew a lot of fire for backing away from his supposed plan… Continue reading Blasting fixed elections

Of groin punches and the apologies that must follow

By John Reid

We’ve all been there, some more than others. You wake up the next morning and fight through the haze to get across the bed, everything a blur because you slept with your contacts in– again. Your bedroom (at least you’re in your own bedroom) smells like your grandma’s cellar closet after that time you puked… Continue reading Of groin punches and the apologies that must follow

Book mixes ancient print with post-it notes

By Lisa Nguyen

Print technology has revolutionized the transmission of knowledge, transforming the once exclusive literary process into an open marketplace of ideas. The Chinese published the earliest known printed book in 868 CE, The Diamond Sutra. Johannes Gutenberg produced his own printing press using metal movable print in 1440, catapulting the convention of printing into main stream… Continue reading Book mixes ancient print with post-it notes

News for the unnewsed

By Morgan Haigler

Telekinetic breakthrough A new technology is said to give people the rare ability to move objects with their minds. Mind Flex is a game designed by Mattel to read electrical brain impulses while a person is thinking. Children use their thoughts to manoeuvre a small foam ball through a table-top obstacle course. The device, which… Continue reading News for the unnewsed

CJSW faces changing tides

By Jordyn Marcellus

Water flooded into the campus radio station CJSW offices and their on-air booth Dec. 17. Station manager Chad Saunders, no stranger to the flooding of CJSW’s offices, immediately began an effort to shore up the booth from the rising tide. “Water poured into six different places,” explained Saunders. “It came in two spots around the… Continue reading CJSW faces changing tides