Tinder During a Pandemic
On the lighter side, anyone who is on the dating app Tinder these last few days may be seeing some comedic bios. Here are some of the best within the …
Social Media
Smartphones: Social Tool or Social Isolation?
These days, a smartphone allows you to text, watch videos, send emails, play games, and listen to music all at the same time! It sounds like a profound piece of …
Little fingers turned to Twitter fingers
To call the president-elect’s use of twitter bold is an understatement. After all, we are talking about a man who claims to be referred to as the Ernest Hemingway of …
Social media, self-love and mental illness
Co- written by Tyler Majer The Negative: Social media is an interactive medium that has grown at a speed quicker than anything that human beings have encountered in the past …
Letter to the editor: a response to “open letter” of November 9th, 2015
First of all, I’m sorry that the author(s) of this piece felt that the article I wrote on November 2 was not supportive of any individuals who have been impacted …
An open letter to Nona Robinson and Trent Administration
Co-written by Courage Peterborough/Hollaback Editor’s Note: The screenshots pictured below may be triggering to some people. This is a warning that this article as well as the accompanying images discuss …
Conflict, social media, and the Trent community
Social media can be wonderful for connecting people, for sharing information, and even for discussing different points of view. What these platforms are not, though, are particularly effective ways of …
#MyJihad, #WhoIsMuhammed: Social media and Islam
Islam Awareness Week took place last week at Trent, but organizers didn’t relegate activities solely to the classroom. Social media use, alongside traditional methods of communication like lectures, was instrumental …
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 …
Spotted at Trent: Community building or cyberbullying?
Photo by Keila MacPherson It is a scene that is likely familiar to many Trent students: “To the fella who had the guts to ask me for my number in …