By Kim Nursall
As many of you are aware, the Genocide Awareness Project returned to campus last week. Instantaneously, the debate between pro-choice and pro-life spread throughout the student population, galvanizing a number of individuals to organize petitions against Campus Pro-Life and hoist competing signs. The Prairie Chicken was up in arms. However, the debate between the “right-to-autonomy”… Continue reading The complexities of the abortion debate
By Kim Nursall
Last week the voters of Calgary-Glenmore took to the polls in their riding’s by-election. In what some would call an upset, Paul Hinman of the Wildrose Alliance — a right-wing party — claimed 37 per cent of the vote to win the riding. The result is not so much what concerns me, but rather the… Continue reading The political branding of Alberta
By Kim Nursall
Earth is facing a pandemic. No, not this whole “swine flu” scare — I’m talking about something much more serious. Something, with long-reaching implications, that forecasts the decay and putrefaction of human existence or, at least, accelerates our decivilization. The western world, the most influential chunk of the planet, has become a bastion of apathy… Continue reading Gossip Girl is ruining the world