By R. Paul Dyck
In Spike Lee’s Do the Right Thing, we are made witness to a community bursting with racial tension–tension that eventually erupts into a mass riot where several racial groups become the targets of violence. In spite of this event, two characters from opposing races meet in the aftermath to discuss and expose their anger and… Continue reading Communication key, not confrontation
By Arianna Sebo
There are two types of people in the world: inhibited people and uninhibited people. I would like to think the majority of the population belongs in the inhibited category. But is this really so?First, let me explain to you what I mean by inhibited. An inhibited person is generally a clean, polite person. They wash… Continue reading You’re never truly alone
By Randy Lewis
The Right Honourable Joe Clark, leader of the national Progressive Conservatives, was recently sworn back into the House of Commons after a seven-year absence. This leaves the country with only one question: what is going to become of his daughter Catherine?Since Clark ran for the PC party leadership a year ago, his daughter has become… Continue reading Daddy’s work comes first for Catherine
By Jen Anthony
Human kindness, from where does it stem? Is it something that truly comes from the good of our souls; or is there perhaps a darker side to it? Do you feel better after being kind to someone? What’s the payoff?It seems some people (pessimists perhaps, or perhaps not) believe human kindness is nothing more than… Continue reading The insidious nature of good deeds
As I enter the kinesiology complex on my way to class each day, I am mystically transported back in time to 1988. I imagine Olympians from all over the world, briskly on their way to lace up their skates to race. I feel excitement in the chilly winter air and become a part of it,… Continue reading Living vicariously through creativity
By Arianna Sebo
I have never been particularly drawn to the study or practice of religion. But looking back on my past 20 years of existence, I recognize that religion has been a big part of my life and has shaped the way I see the world today.My earliest memories of religion are when I lived across the… Continue reading Finally, spirituality without being born into it
By Еvan Osentоn
What images do you normally associate with a liquor store? If you said perverts, alcoholics, shoplifters and libidinous high school girls, you’re only partly right. However, there is one aspect of liquor stores that most of you don’t know about: the colossal amount of waste behind the scenes.Indeed, the waste-management techniques exhibited at the liquor… Continue reading A microscopic example of a macroscopic epidemic
We move through life anonymously, inconsequential among billions, except to those who know us, love us, care about us. We know others are as self-involved as we are. Life plods on; we live in our small social spheres mostly unaffected by the world until one day, walking down the street on a lazy long-weekend Sunday… Continue reading "Innocent" fun can often feel threatening
By Rob South
Last weekend was an important one, but not because it was Labour Day or the last weekend of summer. Last weekend was important because Calgary started to build its own Fringe Festival tradition.Much has been made of how we needed a Fringe festival because our neighbours to the north have the best one in North… Continue reading Fringe introduces culture to cowtown
By Jan Creaser
When U.S. Presidential candidate and current Vice-president Al Gore named Connecticut Senator Joseph Lieberman as his running mate, Internet sites all over the country exploded with anti-semitic sentiments. Apparently, the only religion that flies in the States is Protestant Christianity. I say this because many harken this week’s "daring" move by Gore to the hubbub… Continue reading Criticism of Lieberman smacks of ignorance