Perspective: We have always lived in their castles
Having recently, finally, been diagnosed as autistic it really opened my eyes to how many popular misconceptions about autism there is, not just among the general public, but also the …
Life
The exhausted artifact: Why museums make us tired
Climb the steps past the waterfall and the pine tree inside Peterborough’s Canadian Canoe Museum and you will find yourself standing in front of this map for a long time. …
65 and sexy?
Think of your grandmother; now think of a friend’s grandmother. Is she sexy? Why? Why not? In our current culture, women over the age of 65, and even younger, are …
Call for Submissions: Women’s Issues Issue
For Issue 19, we’re planning a special “Women’s Issues Issue” to coincide with International Women’s Day. This day has been celebrated for nearly 100 years, and serves as a day …
Speed reading t-bones slow reading: Golf balls, metaphors pile up
“I guess I missed that,” said Tracy, an upper-year Trent student who had mentioned one of her English course novels, Faulkner’s The Sound and the Fury. I had read the …
Students, it’s time for time management
With the new semester getting into full swing and assignment deadlines now coming back into play, many students may find themselves drawing up schedules or to-do lists for their tasks …
What I learned from a breaking down
Here’s the thing about mental health: when your mental health is poor anything can seem insurmountable. So when you have mental health problems, you cannot compare yourself to how anyone …
After graduation: Life lessons from Pinterest and High School Musical
Over the holidays, how many times did your relatives ask you, “What’s next after graduation?” For those of you who were able to answer that question no sweat, congratulations and …
A guide to last-minute Halloween, personalized for you
It is the day of (or before) Halloween. You may be panicking, unsure of what to dress up as or, worse, what to even do for Halloween. You may have …
South Korea choice destination for university graduates
As many of Trent’s undergraduates find themselves getting closer to the point of having to answer the question “What are you going to do with that?” they may want to …