Food Dude: It’s on at Soupcon
If you’ve ever returned from a booze run on the downtown path that loosely follows the Jackson Creek, you may have noticed a mouth-watering aroma wafting into your nostrils as …
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Arthur Travels: Bear River, Nova Scotia
While Reading Week is meant as a chance for students to be able to focus on school work, nobody really does this and many use it as an opportunity to …
What Does the Internet Have to Do with Privacy?
When we talk about privacy on the internet it isn’t black and white. There are categories, shall we say, and where the uncrossable line lies is different depending on who …
Marci Ien on Female Empowerment, Education, and Careers
Marci Ien is a driving force in Canadian broadcast journalism. She has reported on a total of six federal elections, was the news anchor for CTV’s coverage of the 2012 …
I am Queer Because…
It is a touchy subject, but it does come up in the queer community. Why are people queer? Are you born that way or are horrific events such as sexual …
Breaking Down Identities
Within the queer community many terms and identities have come out. Language, I feel, is a good thing. I feel it creates inclusion and expression more than anything. Can a …
Over-Identifying with Queer Culture
Talking about my family can sometimes be awkward. I have queer parents, which to me is normal, but for others seems very different. Occasionally, people are outwardly homophobic. Obviously, this …
The Original Harlem Shake
Most of you have been exposed to the viral Harlem Shake meme that has been making its rounds on the Internet. The meme features 15 seconds of someone dancing while …
TACSU Talks Black Hair Culture, Black History Month
When we think of Black History we tend to think of Martin Luther King Jr, Rosa Parks, Malcolm X—the ‘celebrities’ of the human rights struggle. But Black History and culture …
Sorry, I Only Date (Insert Preference) Women
Last week I co-wrote an article on the phenomenon of implicit bias: biases based on race, gender, orientation, and other noticeable attributes of which the biased individuals themselves are often …