Opinions

Don’t @ Me: Loud and Proud (Keyboards, That Is)

Listen, Unless You Buy Me a Typewriter, This Is the Closest I Can Get to a Dream

Olivier Cadotte — Published April 2, 2019 | Comments

When I as a kid, I always imagined being a writer as sitting in a low light office, hunched over a typewriter while writing out masterpiece after masterpiece.
Don’t @ Me: Nice and Quiet Is How I Like It (Keyboards, That Is)

Loud Keyboards Are Horrible and Using Them Makes You a Bad Person

Elias Grigoriadis — Published April 2, 2019 | Comments

On the other side of this pointless debate are the monsters who like having their keyboards make noise.
Editorial: Why We’re Endorsing RiZe

Last Year Our Endorsement Was Contested, But Endorsements Are a General Practice

The Link — Published April 2, 2019 | Comments

We stand by our right as a publication to make endorsements when our team reaches a consensus.
Editorial: The Importance of Recognizing and Compensating All Forms of Labour

The Link — Published April 2, 2019 | Comments

When considering labour, it’s important to look at its ramifications.
Quebec’s Student Movements: A History

A People’s History of Canada Column

Erika Morris — Published April 2, 2019 | Comments

Protesters were met with strong police retaliation, and even tourists and children were effected by the pepper sprayed while exiting restaurants on Ste. Catherine. St.
Don’t @ Me: I’m Sick of Seeing ‘The Office’ Quotes in Dating Apps

“‘You Miss 100% of The Shots You Don’t Take. —Wayne Gretzky’ —Michael Scott’’ —Everyone on Tinder

Maggie Morris — Published April 2, 2019 | Comments

I saw so many references to The Office on guys’ profiles that I started to wonder if it was some kind of unwritten rule that they must mention it.
Editorial: The Provincial Budget Is Silent on Unpaid Internships

Letdowns and Promises in Education Funding

The Link — Published March 26, 2019 | Comments

The lack of a provision for compensating interns in the budget is a huge let down for students across the province, and not just those who have been accelerating strike tactics for over a year
The Systemic Mishandling of Sexual Violence Claims Violates Our Right to Education

We Should Not Have to Go Through Hell Just to go to School

Natalie Paruzel — Published March 22, 2019 | Comments

This failure is systemic and requires a new, more inclusive, and respectful approach to the concept of education.
The Myth About Life’s Milestones

Why Life Should Not be Treated Like a Checklist

Jessica Barile — Published March 21, 2019 | Comments

We are a society that is consumed with social norms that we enforce to validate each other.
Notice of Retraction: “Chez Doris to Foresee Almost 40,000 Women by March 2019”

Article Removed Amid a Number of Factual Errors

The Link — Published March 21, 2019 | Comments

On March 17, The Link published an article titled “Chez Doris to Foresee Almost 40,000 Women by March 2019.” The article has since been retracted amid a number of factual errors.