The truth at 24 frames per second: American pathetic

The truth at 24 frames per second: American pathetic

Male spree killers are in the news again, between the trial of Aurora massacre suspect James Holmes and the investigation of the Sandy Hook killer, Adam Lanza. Whenever mass violence occurs, the world searches for answers: access to guns? Sociopathic behaviour? What...

A letter from airport security

HUMOUR — We have your shampoo. We have your toenail clippers. We have your ski poles, your water guns, your Bic lighters, your aerosols and your meat cleavers. (Really, what were you thinking with the meat cleavers?) Mr. Sampson, we have your Selsun Blue dandruff...
The perpetual  possibilities of paper

The perpetual possibilities of paper

If you haven’t picked up on the reusing trend already, then paper could be your gateway material. We use it every day whenever we write on notepads, read books (those still published on paper, at least), read newspapers and magazines or receive mail. We are surrounded...
The fables of the feces

The fables of the feces

We apologize for interrupting your news. The following incidents and their consequences are by no means factual. What you are about to read is fictitious and disturbing. But it is not entirely untrue. We refer to these horrific events only as: the fables of the feces....

Vacation planning in the face of snobbery

It’s March, and we’re right in the guts of the winter semester. The workload is getting heavy, midterms are here and due dates that once seemed so roomy are fast approaching. Thinking about the end of the semester is a sweet salve, a cold compress. Anxious students,...