Close friend of Sammy Yatim shot by police
A man believed to Sammy Yatim’s best friend was shot and killed by police on the morning of Monday, March 14. Vice Media was able to identify the man as …
Month: March 2016
Cultural Outreach: a performer’s perspective
Stir, stir.. dive and dip, the words of movements from lip to hip. We speak culture, we see culture, we need culture, we be culture. Showplace grew a couple …
TUMS Battle of the Bands 2016
The Trent University Music Society (TUMS) and the Historic Red Dog Tavern hosted the annual Battle of the Bands competition on March 18. There were prizes set aside for first, …
Have lunch with your professor: student engagement in Cultural Studies
Cultural Studies Prof. Michael Morse and I recently had lunch. We had joked about writing a bad review of the lunch for the paper. I decided that the idea was …
Reconciling Islam and the West through knowledge
On March 23, distinguished professors Dr. Anver Emon and Dr. Mohamma Salaama lectured for Trent’s Centre for Human Rights, Equity and Accessibility. The “Embracing Difference in Difficult Times: Rights, Faith, …
Three short presentations on aging, sexuality and community
The latest installment of the Suds and Speakers series was held on March 17, at The Trend. Graduate students at the Frost Centre organized the event. Professors from the Centre …
The international community at Trent University
Have you ever wondered how to feel at home when you’re far away from home? If so, our amazing international community at Trent will be a perfect fit for you. …
Column: “The Language of Monogamy”
This column is an ongoing project. I welcome submissions from everyone and anyone. The space can be used for written texts and artistic creations on the subject of language and …
WTF: war, terrorism and fear
It’s all senseless isn’t it? Or maybe it just doesn’t make any sense. Is that the same? Ah, I don’t really care. But people have been killed, rather than died. …
Editorial: Western disparity towards eastern terrorism and grief
Terrorism is a topic that I have visited many times in Arthur. Terrorism is also something that revisits me, over and over, in the form of breaking news stories that …