Browsing Tag Laureano Ralon
Trudeaumania, Argentinian Style
| 12:00 am | 0 CommentBy Laureano RalonIn Argentina, the 1990s are a dead issue. The election of former regional Governor Nestor Carlos Kirchner as president of Argentina earlier this year effectively brought down the curtain on 10 years of neo-liberalism in the land of the tango. Prior to the campaign, Kirchner, a left-wing Peronist, was relatively unknown outside of his home province of more...
Tuition Hikes? No Thanks?
| 12:00 am | 0 CommentBy Laureano RalonAfter almost five years of hard study, nearly $50,000 CDN exhausted in differential tuition fees and roughly $60,000 CDN spent in living expenses, I finally convocated last month. At last I received my BA, thus joining the fine company of nearly 75,000 SFU graduates that live and make a difference in more than 100 countries. As an international student, I more...
Gaming
| 12:00 am | 0 CommentBy Laureano RalonVideo games have gone mainstream. Yesterday's image of a sulking adolescent alone in the corner with his console has been replaced by a much broader section of the population. Reports such as the Forrester Report, claim that console users have become more "sophisticated." They are no longer stigmatised and/or stereotyped as "the rebel adolescent." Today's more...
