It was not too long ago that an acquaintance of mine said something incredibly absurd with the utmost sincerity. I don’t harbour any animosity over her remark but I’m sensing it has become indicative of a rather unfortunate intellectual trend in political discourse. The individual had been criticizing one of her friends for expressing the [...]
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Occupied confusion
Large congregations of people have gathered in various cities across Canada and the United States. They live humbly in tents, play djembes and meditate communally. However — aside from their presenting an alternative to conventional lifestyles — what message should I be receiving from members of the Occupy movement? Undeniably, the police response has been [...]
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Your children are you
The meaning behind the behaviour of children and youths is a topic discussed by people of all sorts in various forms of media, particularly when said children become involved with the justice system. We constantly ask ourselves “what does it mean?” What is it that causes one child to behave wrongly when the others act [...]
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An Old Cobbler
The old man yet lived, only because he was useful. He sat on a rickety wooden stool, alone, centred in the dim shop and staring down at his work; staring, unblinking and unmoving, for hours, days, weeks . . . maybe years even; he couldn’t say. Maybe decades. His hands rested asymmetrically on the shoddy [...]
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Bettering our campus
From Nov. 17-20, the fifth annual Canadian Conference on Student Leadership (CCSL) was held in Calgary, Alberta. I was one of the eight undergraduate students from the University of Manitoba given the unique opportunity to accompany Camilla Tapp, UMSU president, and Brendan Hughes, director of Student Life, to the conference. Although seen by some as [...]
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Efficient altruism
The other day I was walking around campus when I passed a pink fire truck. It was, of course, related to some kind of breast cancer fundraiser. For some reason, this got me thinking, and as I looked on and pondered, a question occurred to me in a sudden moment of clarity: What exactly is [...]
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Keep Christ in Christmas
A controversy that presents itself to many Christians in our present time is the transformation of the meaning of Christmas and how it has changed in the Western world. What was once seen as a celebration of the birth of Christ has turned into an industry filled with marketing, where the meaning has been forgotten. [...]
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Science vs. art, reality vs. meaning
So I’ve been around the university block. My degree may say “bachelor of arts,” but I’d call my education “broad” — perhaps “flip-flopped,” even, or “consistency challenged.” I’ve been twice now a member of the faculty of science, having tried to convince myself it would be a good idea to attempt at becoming one of [...]
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Movember, A Mo-emoir.
Haven’t been without a beard in more than a decade. My face is furious for thrusting it into this cold bright world unprepared.The wife has cancelled our date for later this month, stating that she only wants to be seen with an attractive person. This is not the start I was hoping for. My moustache [...]
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Europe must federalize
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. (CUP) — There is only one proper remedy to what ails Europe, and it is certainly not tripling tuition fees and cutting pensions as David Cameron has done in the U.K. No, it is full fiscal and political union: federalism. The crisis in Europe has entered even more troubling waters. Silvio Berlusconi, the [...]