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Cameras in the Courtroom

Repercussions for Rioting Should Be Transparent

Like a referee going over an instant replay in hockey, videos of the Vancouver riot on Jun. 15, 2011 are being looked over meticulously by the Vancouver Police Department, and the viewing public are yelling at their televisions, wanting to be involved.

  • Nah’msayin?

    The Tyranny of St. Valentine

    I come to tell you of a great tragedy, one that has gone undiscussed, unrevealed to the public eye for too long. For decades innocent humans have suffered under the tyranny of St. Valentine, their pain untalked about in the media, their misery shunned.

  • Editorial

    Ain’t No Party Link A #6party

    When a contingent of 23 students took over the sixth floor of McGill University’s James Administration Building last Tuesday, their actions initially seemed warranted.

  • Heard in the Hall

    If the CSU’s anti-tuition hike strike goes on for a prolonged period of time, how would an extended semester affect you?

  • Bigger is Better: This is About More Than Just Tuition

    The upcoming student general strike against the $1,625 tuition fee hike in Quebec should be taken seriously by anyone who wants to win this fight.

  • Tax the Fat

    It’s Time to Get Serious About Canada’­s Obesity Epidemic

    Faced with a growing obesity epidemic, Canadians clearly need more reasons to put down their Pepsis and chocolate bars. As widening waistlines have proven insufficient motivation, perhaps the solution is to hit people where it really hurts—in their wallets.

  • Sex & Pancakes

    Two in the Pink, One in the Kink

    _My girlfriend and I have a healthy, active sex life that is fully satisfying. However, we have tried to expand it in several ways, including blindfolding and sex in public. I am writing you to ask your suggestions of other mildly kinky things to try._
    _—Kinky on the Brain_

  • Editorial

    Candid Comments

    To paraphrase a terribly old and just plain terrible TV show: smile, Board of Governors! You’re on incredibly obvious camera, and the people filming you are the students of the university you rule over.

  • Nah’msayin?

    Shit Editors Say

    Very often, the Internet is hilarious. It’s just that when it’s not—which happens just as frequently—it can be so fucking in-your-face stupid that you want to take a machine gun to the iCloud gods and cut off all communication between you and the meme-crazed idiots of the world.

  • Let the Sun Go Down

    Last week, the Sun News Network reported that the Francophone branch of the Canadian Broadcast Corporation, Radio-Canada, was using taxpayer money to air so-called “pornography.”

  • Sex & Pancakes

    Dirty Mouth

    I’m a 24-year-old woman and my boyfriend won’t kiss me after I give him head. My mouth grosses him out after he finishes in it and I don’t know if it should bother me but it does. Is there anything I can do?
    —Feeling Mouthy