modcloth.com styleboo.com Forget the traditional pearl earrings and classic trench coat ensemble. Not only have those basics been exhausted, but they can only really be worn in places where temperatures don’t go below zero. Canadians must forge their own set of rules for the looming winter season. Just because we[Read More…]

Monique Evans Thanksgiving potlucks this past weekend came as a blessing and a burden. For those who brought the yams, it was a blessing: no hosting, no expensive ingredients, no problems. For the hosts, it started out great—seeing friends, enjoying a nice big meal, and feeling proud of themselves for[Read More…]

As September began saying its goodbyes, Montreal indie-rock sensation Arcade Fire took the city for a free ride that is still the subject of many a Facebook status. The downtown streets swelled with a larger crowd than usual that Thursday, and so I paused in my weekly grocery run to[Read More…]

Ryan Reisert On the coldest day of the season so far, with the first frost sure to come that night, I made my way along Chemin Olmsted up the west side of Mount Royal. I thought I would find myself alone, trekking unnecessarily up a mountain (or just a small[Read More…]

The generation born a decade before mine would probably like to think that they grew up in the best possible era for Disney films. My older friends can easily claim The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, and Aladdin as relics of their childhood years, but I was not yet[Read More…]

ibelieveinandy.com Last weekend, I went to hell for the first time in two years. In need of some lamps to combat the complete lack of sunlight during a Montreal winter, I decided to make the haul out to IKEA. Why buy a lamp from The Bay when you can assemble[Read More…]

One of the most common assertions made by student organizations and activists arguing for the elimination of tuition fees is that there is a universal right to education, and therefore, that charging or raising tuition fees is immoral, or even a violation of a fundamental human right. By this logic,[Read More…]

Ryan Reisert Ryan Reisert Midterm season is officially upon us. Everyone has a different study style, but sometimes getting into the groove is difficult, especially if the weather is as nice as it was over Thanksgiving weekend. To help get you started (or if it’s the night before your midterm[Read More…]

The university may indeed make strong practical arguments against Michelle Hartman’s decision to hold classes off campus in order to avoid crossing the picket line, but those practical concerns only thinly veil the underlying normative issue—did Hartman sacrifice the educational merit of her class and her academic duties in order[Read More…]

Every year, the Quebec Public Interest Research Group (QPIRG) relies on hundreds of thousands of dollars of your money to promote its extreme politics. But fortunately, you have a choice: you can opt out of paying for QPIRG. You can refuse to fund a group which considers Canada an apartheid[Read More…]