Opinions

  • Nah’msayin?

    Gettin’ Groovy With Granny

    Laura Beeston — Published November 2, 2010 | Comments

    I picked up a copy of La Presse on Tuesday and read a screaming headline that old people—yes, old people—are smoking pot, getting high, and loving it.

  • Iraq War Crimes Uncovered

    Nadim Kobeissi & Joey Grihalva — Published October 26, 2010 | Comments

    391,832


    That’s the number of significant action reports from the Iraq War that WikiLeaks Editor-in-Chief Julian Assange released to the public on Friday, Oct. 22 at 5:00 p.m.
    A vast majority of the reports documented the results of violence, murders and death.
    The largest leak of confidential military information in history is here, in front of our eyes.

  • Sheep in Wolves’ Clothing

    Bad Cops, Good People

    Riley Sparks — Published October 26, 2010 | Comments

    After approximately five hours of shooting at the last big protest I covered for The Link, I walked away with a few hundred pretty decent photos, a bruised nose and a couple riot baton-shaped lumps that stayed on my ribs longer than that week’s issue of the paper was on the stands.

  • Sex and Pancakes

    Melissa Fuller — Published October 26, 2010 | Comments

    My boyfriend is on the small side and I’ve always believed in safe sex but it’s hard when even slim condoms fall off or get stuck in me. How can we be safe? Also, is there any way to make sex more pleasurable in light of this problem?

  • Editorial

    A Safe Place for Everyone

    Alex Manley — Published October 26, 2010 | Comments

    Imagine being unable to use public washrooms because of who you were or how you looked. Having to always get your bodily functions in order before you left the house, because there was no real chance of relieving yourself at any public facilities.

  • Nah’msayin?

    Keep Facebook Gossip Inside Facebook

    Ashley Opheim — Published October 26, 2010 | Comments

    There’s nothing quite worse than being on a crowded bus during rush hour. That is, until you have someone yakking Facebook gossip on their cell phone beside you.

  • Much More Than You Wanted To Know About Sex

    Christopher Olson — Published October 19, 2010 | Comments

    The next time someone stigmatizes a transgendered person, or someone whose sexual orientation is different than theirs, tell them to take a moment to consider the incredible sexual diversity of life on Earth.

  • Is it healthy for a non-asexual couple to have sex infrequently?

    Melissa Fuller — Published October 19, 2010 | Comments

    Dear Melissa,
    Is it healthy for a non-asexual couple to have sex infrequently?
    —sincerely,
    Infrequent Fucker

  • Closed Session

    CUTV Uninvited to Film CSU Meeting

    Ethan Cox — Published October 19, 2010 | Comments

    Concordia Student Union council meetings tend to be either mind-numbingly boring or appallingly outrageous. In the last couple of years, they’ve trended more towards boring than outrageous, which is a good thing.

  • Nah’msayin?

    The Rant of Pants

    Christopher Curtis — Published October 19, 2010 | Comments

    I am by no means a fashionable person, but can we institute some kind of informal moratorium on people wearing jogging pants in non-jogging situations?