Raw Sewage
To spend reading break on a beach in the Caribbean sounds like idyllic holiday most students crave. A chance to do field work in Barbados at McGill’s Bellairs Research Institute …
Month: November 2018
I Don’t Have Anxiety, I Just Worry All the Time
I was in my fourth weekly session of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) for mild to moderate anxiety and depression. CBT works on changing your distorted thinking patterns in order to …
The Fruit Machine
In the 1950s and 1960s, an academic named Frank Robert Wake created an invention designed to test for homosexuality, with the end goal of identifying and filtering out all gay …
Afrobana 2018: Where You From?
The Trent African Caribbean Student Union (TACSU) is a student group that promotes cultural appreciation and celebration for those of African and Caribbean descent. Their executive team, headed by newly-elected …
Trent BUGS Trip: The Toronto Zoo and its Role in Conservation
The Trent Biology Undergraduate Society (BUGS) organized a trip, open to all Trent students for an affordable $20 fee, to the Toronto Zoo on Saturday November 3. The aim of …
Trent: A Neoliberal University
The year is 1982. Pierre Trudeau is still raising his children at 24 Sussex Drive. Ronald Reagan was elected just last year; he will occupy the White House for the …
President Groarke Pens Controversial Opinion Piece Supporting Provincial University Cuts
On October 26 and updated October 28, national news outlet The Globe and Mail published an opinion entitled “Doug Ford was right to cancel funding for new Ontario university campuses.” …
Peterborough Waterfront Condo Development a Slap in the Face for Those Touched by Housing Crisis
As the weather gets colder many are preparing to spend the night in Confederation or Victoria Park, respectively. These parks are located in the heart of Peterborough’s downtown core and …
The War on Water in Peterborough County
In early October, Peterborough Utilities, which handles water and electrical services in Peterborough County, tweeted “We have discovered that contractors filling vacuum trucks are illegally taking water from our fire …
Lady Eaton College Presents Dr. Max Eisen: Surviving the Holocaust and its Echoes Today
[Content warning: This article contains discussion of Nazi Germany, with its anti-Semitic, racist, homophobic, transphobic, xenophobic, and genocidal aspects. It also contains discussion of abortion, Islamophobia, white nationalism, and the …