It seems counterproductive to me that our conventional dating practices revolve around maintaining emotional restraint and preventing perceptions that we’re too available.
No one should be surprised that large numbers of university students cheat on assignments and tests.
Despite this year’s hurdles, whoever ends up managing the Tartan next year should work hard to fulfill the publication’s potential as a campus institution.
It’s not surprising that the children of immigrants are attending university at higher rates than children from families that have been in Canada for many generations. This fact, however, shouldn’t kick off a rush to defund programs that help new immigrants.
As the Olympics came to a close last weekend, I started thinking about what it all meant. Specifically, I thought about the emotions that the games elicit and whether or not they’re significant. Why do people obsess over the Olympics?
In an ideal world, the 18-year-old Duke University student who has chosen to perform in pornography wouldn’t be judged for her personal choices. However, it’s inevitable that judgement will happen, and seen in a wider societal context, her choices do deserve some criticism.
Helping a friend battle a mental illness is easier said than done.
While it’s true that the Neknomination trend encourages binge drinking and other dangerous behaviour to a small degree, more importantly, it raises other questions about the priorities of those who participate.
Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne’s Reddit AMA was a failure. It isn’t clear whether arrogance, incompetence or a combination of both produced this result.
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford’s recent comments about the Pride Parade and the rainbow flag border on outright homophobia.
I firmly believe that art should be able to break you.
The threat of climate change calls for a response from young people and the institutions that cater to them.
While the negative effects of faculty strikes are significant, university professors should continue to exercise their right to strike as they see fit.
It’s 2014, and most Canadians are tired of hearing about controversies surrounding Conrad Black.
News organizations shouldn’t report the death of a celebrity without doing the due diligence of ensuring proper sourcing, providing context and allowing sufficient time to pass so that the immediate family of the deceased is informed.
While Queen’s Athletics should make attempts to curtail late night commotion at the West Campus sports field, surrounding residents should get used to a reasonable amount of noise.
We’ve all seen one of those movies.
The advent of the new dating app Tinder is a mostly positive development.
You are what you eat.
Ontario should scrap its outdated Catholic school system and replace it with a model that provides a subsidy to all religious groups.
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