Browsing Tag Vol. 133, Issue 6
Getting Sick of Swine Flu Paranoia
| 12:00 am | 0 CommentBy Paul Breschuk and The Lance (university Of Windsor)NoneIn June of this year, Margaret Chan of the World Health Organization officially declared H1N1 (swine flu) influenza as a pandemic with an alert level of six, the highest on the scale. Transmittable between humans through airborne means, this new strain circled the globe in just a few short months, making it the more...
the F word
| 12:00 am | 0 CommentBy Stacey MclachlanNoneAs awesome as Marty McFly makes it look, a time machine for a woman probably wouldnt be too much fun. If we headed back to the 1700s, we would be stuffed into corsets and traded to old dudes our dads wanted to be friends with; in the early 20th century, riding a bicycle would be the height of liberation. Even if we just made a day trip to the Summer more...
Drugs, Morality, & Epic Finger-Wagging
| 12:00 am | 0 CommentBy Jeremy JanzRACHEL HUGHESRACHEL HUGHESThe War on Drugs essentially is based on moral arguments about the ethical legitimacy of drug use. It is an argument tantamount to those surrounding abortion and homosexuality. The assumption is that humans are irrational and animalistic creatures. Without proper moral guidance, they will fall into depravity and orgiastic hedonism. more...
Comics Oct 12, 2009
| 12:00 am | 0 CommentAuthor unknownCELEBRITY ROMANCE / LORRAINE SCHEMBRI (SFU)FACEBOOK EVENTS / JOHN MORRISON III (SFU)AMAZING SUPER POWERS / WES & TONY (WEB)LITTLE BITS OF TIM / TIMOTHY OH (SFU)THINGS YOU SHOULDNT SAY TO WOMEN / MAD MEN (SFU)HARK! A VAGRANT! / KATE BEATON (WEB)XKCD / RANDALL MUNROE (WEB)BOB THE ANGRY FLOWER / STEPHEN NOTLEY more...
Tips on whooping ass tastefully
| 12:00 am | 0 CommentBy Colin SharpWe all get angry, folks. Every last one of us, even Donny Osmond. Our rage builds up and we need to express it, less we erupt in an explosion of serenity now shouts.Now, I dont claim to know what gets you angry, nor do I have even the remotest interest in your life. See, I find you to be uninteresting. Yes, Im talking to you, Sarah. I find you to be an more...
More Stuff We Hate
| 12:00 am | 0 CommentAuthor unknown1. Ordering with an accentI hate people who order food with the accent of the region from which the food originates. Seriously, if you are in a five-star restaurant in France then maybe you can appropriately discuss the wine varieties with all the panache your 11th-grade French class accent can muster. In all other instances, however, it is not necessary to more...
I, fat guy
| 12:00 am | 0 CommentBy Clinton HallahanCLINTON HALLAHANLadies and gentlemen, I just broke a chair.As I was sitting here waiting for inspiration, I took a good long lean back in my chair to admire the blank space above my monitor, and faster than you can say ass over tea kettle, Im on my back, my form draped over the busted remains of my chair, a fat man on a fulcrum.I am a fat dude. These more...
Community Photos Oct 13, 2009
| 12:00 am | 0 CommentAuthor unknownADAM NOWEKMARK BURNHAMSTEVE KNOWKRISTEN TOWEYZAHRA PREMJIZAHRA PREMJISTEVE KWONTREVOR RUSHADAM more...
Dance Dance Dance
| 12:00 am | 0 CommentBy Courtney ChuSEBASTIAN ANDEXERROB KITSOSSEBASTIAN ANDEXERThe seventh biennial Dance in Vancouver will be taking place from October 14 to 18 at the Scotiabank Dance Centre. More information can be found at TheDanceCentre.caDance in Vancouver, in a nutshell, can be described as the climax of every dance movie youve ever seen. Presented by the Dance Centre, Dance in more...
Do You Have The Time?
| 12:00 am | 0 CommentBy Julie KareyVANCOUVER ART GALLERYSCOTT MCFARLANDScott McFarlands work will be on-display at the Vancouver Art Gallery until January 3, 2010.Gardening is not the only labour of love, said photographer Scott McFarland at the Vancouver Art Gallery last Saturday as he spoke of the painstaking care with which he collects and constructs his images. Gardens are not as natural more...
