It was over three years ago that the UN first asked American officials for an invitation to assess the prison camps at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba, the US-run prison where alleged terrorists are being held without any formal charge. The UN’s intentions were to examine all aspects of the prison camp by sending three experts,… Continue reading You can’t escape if you don’t exist
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Travel Supplement Introduction
The contents of this supplement are a little immature, especially as far as travel goes, considering the bulk of the authors and photographers are new to the game. Western Europe, Eastern Europe, Southeast Asia… these are not the Himalayas, Burundi or even Russia. Most of your friendly neighbourhood student journalists are not that different than… Continue reading Travel Supplement Introduction
A history forgotten long ago
By Еvan Osentоn
J.L. Granatstein argues in his seminal book Who Killed Canadian History? that we are a nation woefully ignorant of our past. His contention seems to ring true in every Nov. 11 Globe and Mail, traditionally bursting with statistics suggesting Canadian youth can not differentiate John A. McDonald from Ronald McDonald. Unfortunately, Granatstein’s analysis, which begins… Continue reading A history forgotten long ago
Modern theatres sell sizzle
We would’ve tuned out long ago. We should’ve tuned out long ago. But of course we didn’t. The entertainment industry has crawled under our skin like a desert beetle and refused to let us divorce our minds from its grip. What I speak of is the slow and pathetic demise of the classic Hollywood film… Continue reading Modern theatres sell sizzle
Pierre Elliot Trudeau:
When Hugh MacLennan penned Two Solitudes, a defining work of literature on Canada’s identity problem, was it any coincidence he used human relationships to parallel the two founding cultures of our nation? This is the psychology behind the inaugural effort of Canadian director Catherine Annua, Just Watch Me: Trudeau and the ’70s generation. It is… Continue reading Pierre Elliot Trudeau: