It takes more and more than just your regular five o’clock news to shock people. So what’s the story? Is it news or entertainment? How much substance is there to what you watch on television? Are you being informed or entertained? Sex, violence and drugs sell. Flipping through the channels on television on a random… Continue reading Our violent world
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Respect, dialogue and understanding
I have never been one too shy to express my opinion. But after surveying my surroundings, I worry that if I ever mention God and sodomy, free will and abortion, penis and anything else related to the male gender in the same sentence, I’ll have tomatoes thrown at me.Can we not explore or discuss certain… Continue reading Respect, dialogue and understanding
Venture through the Savannah and meet lions, giraffes and rhinos
Ever been attacked by an elephant? While everyone else was sipping egg-nog and snowboarding over the Christmas break, Gauntlet writer Hadija Gabunga took a trip home to South Africa. She found 30 C weather, constant humidity and a very angry elephant. Sometimes all it takes is a safari adventure to get back to your roots.Today,… Continue reading Venture through the Savannah and meet lions, giraffes and rhinos
Parading idiots and babbling fools
Here’s something you don’t hear many girls say: If it wasn’t for procreation, I would be a lesbian. Now this doesn’t have anything to do with my so-called obsession with Britney Spears, I’ve just officially given up on the male population for reasons most of you would agree with.Guys are too simple. There doesn’t seem… Continue reading Parading idiots and babbling fools
Expanding your mind
I’ve lived in Canada for about two and a half years and people always ask the same question: What is a black African female doing in Calgary? Whenever this happens, I’m always caught between my own thoughts on the hypocrisies and shallowness of the West, and my ideas on the misconstrued perception of Africa.Now I… Continue reading Expanding your mind
Accepting our violent sexual nature
In light of recent campus events, the link between sex and violence is on everyone’s mind. Since then, many worried discussions have proven a known truth about human nature: we are inherently flawed.Our society has created rules, punishments and guilt to "tame" our nature.They acknowledge and attempt to correct the fact that we are instinctively… Continue reading Accepting our violent sexual nature
Natural women
Being female is hard. Stereotypes of women, including their "obsessions" with body-image, their so-called "place in the kitchen" and their endless household duties, can all be attributed to the media and the many misconstrued perceptions of women they project.We’ve all seen "that" Tampax ad. It’s not much of a commercial at that. It consists of… Continue reading Natural women
New Den has lost its old cachet
Has anyone noticed how the new Den is suddenly a haven for all the “pretty” people that shop at Le Chateau? I’m all for progress and moving with the times, but I didn’t know I had to make a stop at “Le Crapeau” to pick up stilettos so I could make my way to the… Continue reading New Den has lost its old cachet
‘Twas the night before BSD and all through Rez…
Believe me when I say this, BSD in Rez is like Christmas. You spend the night before pacing back and forth, anxious for the coming morning. You’ve already bought loads of alcohol, with a few extras just in case, and all you can think of is how exciting it’s going to be to wake up… Continue reading ‘Twas the night before BSD and all through Rez…
All I ever needed to know, I learned in Rez
They say these are the best times of our lives, but what exactly is the best part about it? How many of you really know why you’re in university and what you intend to get from it all? Outside of what you learn in lectures–whether it’s the complexities of a molecular cell, Marxist ideologies, circuits… Continue reading All I ever needed to know, I learned in Rez