From sports to video games. Same shit, different stool
Technological developments have a long history of shaping mankind’s demands for new entertainment to fill our ever-increasing leisure time.
From this demand came sports,...
Reflections on racism and coronavirus
In some ways it feels like the coronavirus has taken over my life. Not only is it all over the news and social media, but...
The grads aren’t alright
From Jan. 23 through 24, the Graduate Student Association (GSA) Council held an e-vote on the following resolution: Be it resolved that the GSA...
Putting an end to the gun control ‘debate’
The political right keeps using the same argument against gun-restrictions, and the left rarely has a good response.
As a result, it almost always goes...
Four long years of Brexit
The decades after the UK became a member of the European Union (EU) in 1973 were spent stitching together a complex economic, political and...
The long road to Impeachment (and we’re only halfway there)
Impeachment has been inevitable since Nov. of 2018.
As soon as Democrats took control of the House of Representatives it was certain.
And now we’re here.
Trump...
Why do Waterloo student residences suck?
Why do Waterloo residences suck? Don’t get me wrong, I’m happy to have a place to live on campus.
But with the amount I pay,...
Solidarity with students in India from UW students
We, the undersigned and affiliates, at UW, wish to express our solidarity with the students of Jamia Milia Islamia (JMI), Aligarh Muslim University (AMU),...
Mental health: where Canada falls short
Lately, Canada’s conversation around health care has become shallow and significantly more partisan, with a focus on big ticket and media-heavy items. Despite the...
Why is peace the business of engineers?
Technology has acquired a poor reputation.
It has brought to life a world that George Orwell dreamt up as a work of science fiction.
It has...
