TMSA presents: Islam Awareness Week
During the week of March 4-7, the Trent Muslim Student Association (TMSA) has organized an awareness campaign on campus: Islam Awareness Week. Arthur spoke to TMSA president Abdullah Alotaibi about …
Volume 48
Meet the cheerleading team
When first year students Brooke Hammer and Jessica McCullough came to Trent last fall they were thinking there would be a cheerleading team. Many high schools have them and every …
In Response to #SochiProblems
I’ve been keeping tabs on the #SochiProblems tag on Twitter and have been noting with some amusement the issues that athletes, journalists, and others have been having with the Olympics …
Unsettling Canada: The End of Immigration as Nation Building?
A sparse but lively crowd was on hand this February 6 at the Market Hall for the annual Margaret Laurence Lecture, delivered by prominent human rights lawyer Audrey Macklin on …
The Breakfast Project: East City Coffee Shop
This week, BPC and I agreed to review a breakfast joint very near and dear to both of our hearts (and stomachs)–the East City Coffee Shop. We’d been debating doing …
International students or cash cows?
The federal government announced it will give a $20 million push in order to double the number of international students attending Canadian universities by 2022. The reasons are mainly economic. …
The War on Hillary
There has been much talk in the news about former U.S. First Lady and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s likely 2016 presidential run. The focus of discussions lately? A now …
Free Radios?
If all of Trent Radio is an iceberg, then Radio Free Peterborough (RFP) is the deep, lurking, mammoth part—the kind that sinks ocean liners. Each night as we sleep, an …
You are what you eat, so learn about it: the organic food debate
If you are like me, going to the grocery store has become less of a chore and more like a navigation of the minefield that is today’s food products. Numerous …
My Reflections on Black History Month
Black History Month was initiated to celebrate the culture and historical achievements of African Americans. Intending to be a month of optimism and triumph, I for one cannot help but …