By Riley Hill
If you’re wondering why the hallways are smothered in posters, our student union is having an election. Candidates will go to great lengths to get your attention. Last year, this guy just walked around in a Batman suit with a big sign. The year before, one candidate’s strategy included complimenting guys on their dicks, and… Continue reading Pay more money and spot the duds
With the second season of House of Cards released on Netflix on Feb. 14, it’s worth taking a look back at the lessons we have learned from Congressman Francis Underwood in season one. 1. Accept Pain: “There are two kinds of pain: the sort of pain that makes you strong or useless pain, the sort… Continue reading Screen Time: Lessons from House of Cards
By Chris Adams
After going through two rounds of voting at Student Legislative Council (SLC), the Students’ Union submitted an application to Quality Money requesting $240,000 to move the Conference and Events office to the old Women’s Resource Centre space. This project highlights how the lack of oversight with SU spending can lead to the approval of questionable… Continue reading The joys of approving your own spending requests
What is it about murder mystery shows that fascinates us as an audience? Is it the reminder of our own mortality? The look into humanity’s dark nature? Is it the self-affirming knowledge that something bad has happened to someone else? Murder mysteries and police procedurals have experienced a dedicated fan base over the decades. Shows… Continue reading Screen Time: One murder mystery too many on TV
By Riley Hill
Students back from winter break will notice some new advertisements scattered throughout MacHall. “60 years of student investment in your MacHall,” reads a banner hanging in the south courtyard. “As a student, YOUR investments support great services like the lost and found,” reads a sticker in front of the MacHall information centre. Why would the… Continue reading Do the new signs in MacHall break campaign rules?
By Sean Willett
When most people hear the word “drone,” they tend to think of a few very specific drones. Particulary the ones currently being used by the United States to carry out extrajudicial killings. Or perhaps they think of any of the many drones in movies, video games and books that are depicted as terrifying murder-robots. Either… Continue reading Northern Sprites: What’s the deal with drones?
It was inevitable that Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. would have to face an existential crisis: is it a Marvel movie in television form or a Joss Whedon show — a question I raised in a previous column. Five weeks in and comments around the Internet are predictably divided, between continued excitement and rising disappointment. A… Continue reading Screen Time: Driving the S.H.I.E.L.D. bus
By Sean Willett
Bell, one of Canada’s largest telecom companies, has recently announced that they are going to begin collecting more detailed data from their customers for the purpose of selling this information to advertisers and third parties. This reveal will hardly come as a surprise to many Canadians. All three of Canada’s biggest telecom companies — Telus,… Continue reading Northern Sprites: Crack in the bell
By Sean Willett
When asked about which commercial industries are the most right wing in their politics, the technology industry usually isn’t at the top of people’s lists. Yet tech companies can rival banks and oil companies in their distaste for regulation, with the people in the tech community sometimes taking these beliefs to the utmost extreme. In… Continue reading Northern Sprites: The politics of tech
A slew of strong female characters have spread rapidly across movies and television shows in the last few years. They’re smart, they’re sexy and they can beat up just about anyone — including the majority of the male cast. A prime example of this trend is ABC’s Once Upon A Time with the show’s cast… Continue reading Screen Time: Love, swords and children