Editorial: Controversy = Participation
The TCSA has certainly been the centre of a lot of controversy lately. I don’t think I need to get into specifics here. There’s probably something that comes to the …
Month: March 2015
Guest Editorial: Sexual assault – It’s never okay
As the TCSA Women’s Commissioner and CFS delegate on March 6, 2015, I was invited to the launch of Ontario Premier Wynne’s $41 million three-year action plan to combat sexual …
Arthur’s spring elections are happening soon! Elect the editor(s) and board for Volume 50
You’ve been reading this column for a few weeks now and it’s finally time: Arthur’s Spring Elections are happening this week! At these elections, Arthur’s staff collective chooses who they …
Letters to the editor: Issue 20
All women must be free to make their own choices (re: “Empowerment or sexism?” Issue 19, page 12) Dear editors, This is a response to the ‘Empowerment or sexism? Women …
Comment: OPIRG Peterborough co-ordinator should step down
Controversy has surrounded OPIRG Peterborough for the better part of 2015. The controversy began with a misguided and terribly executed boycott, divestment, sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israel, one that gained …
Eureka: Cultural Outreach 2015, brought to you by TISA
This year, Cultural Outreach will showcase Trent University’s diversity and talent and will truly “Challenge The Way You Think.” Organized yearly by the Trent International Students’ Association (TISA), Cultural Outreach …
Trent Radio: What is upsetting
It is troubling the day you realize you have to pick and choose your passions. If you’re ever going to get anywhere with that book you’ve been trying to write, …
Trent Film Society presents: Snowpiercer
Bong Joon-ho’s Snowpiercer (2013) is the rare comic book adaptation from last summer that breaks away from the superhero mold that viewers have grown accustomed to. Premiering in 2013 with …
Platana’s book launch veers between comedy and tragedy
On Thursday 26, local author Janette Platana held the launch of her new collection of short stories, A Token of My Affliction. In the intimate setting of The Theatre on …
A booklover’s guide to Peterborough’s bookstores: International Women’s Day
Mark Jokinen’s Wander over to the Arabic Lit. section for Lebanese writer, Hanan al-Shaykh’s Women Of Sand And Myrrh ($10), while out in front in the $2 shelf you’ll find …