Alex Schwenger, ArtSci ’10
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The East-West gap widens
Lars Vilks, the cartoonist behind last month’s so-called “Swedish cartoon scandal,” was recently quoted by BBC News as saying that he’s “not against Islam. Everyone knows that.” Vilks’ cartoon, which depicted the Islamic prophet Muhammad’s head on a dog’s body, provoked worldwide controversy when it was printed in the Swedish Örebro-region paper Nerike Allehanda.
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Letter to the Editors
Not only does the city of Kingston and Kingston Police need an attitude change, but Queen’s students do as well. It is a fact that students are “an aggregate body of drunken slobs.” There is a lack of maturity and responsibility on the students’ part that reinforces that statement. A couple weeks ago, I was awoken by neighbours next door who decided to place their television in the middle of the street and take a bat to it. Shrieks of laughter indicated that this was a hilarious thing to do after a night of partying. I was completely baffled as I watched from my bedroom window.
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