Cultural Affairs
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Supplied First week of winter semester is bullshit… here’s how to make it better
First week back, and already you can hear heavy *sighs* of sadness coming from students all across campus. There are no…
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How to have a good first day back to school
You woke up this morning and thought “well great.” Another semester ready to begin, but this time it’s dumping snow…
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Remembering the celebrities who didn’t die in 2016
2016 sent many of our favourite celebrities for a permanent dirt nap. Be it sports, music, or film, someone famous…
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Year of the Top Dawg: How Kendrick Lamar and co. continued to shape hip-hop in 2016
When I was in the fifth grade, my homeroom teacher Mrs. Reimer told us to write a paper about what…
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Your doctor’s right: you’re too young to smoke weed
Doctors are right: you shouldn’t be smoking weed at 18. This past summer, the Canadian government ran a public consultation…
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The Watch-men Ep 60: Westworld Season 1 Finale
We have finally reached the centre of the maze — and it’s bittersweet. HBO’s Westworld wrapped this past Sunday with…
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Top 5: Wholesome memes
In the days when nihilistic memes reigned, the internet was a dark place. A scroll through your newsfeed was a…
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Ad-dressing the future First Lady
The relationship between fashion and politics is rarely in the limelight. But, in the wake of Donald Trump winning the…
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‘Over 18’ points to the problems behind the pleasures of porn
The ability of young people to watch porn has a pair of Canadian filmmakers investigating porn addiction in their latest documentary,…
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Losing local status: Filthy Casual and the condition of Edmonton’s comic community
Walking through the packed halls of Edmonton’s Comic and Entertainment Expo, it’s easy to assume a strong sense of community…
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