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the editorial
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iPad, therefore I need it?
On January 27, Apple unveiled its latest gadget, the iPad, a tablet computer. The company touts the device as "the best way to experience the web, email, photos, and video. Hands down." Two of our writers butt heads over its virtues and drawbacks.
Andrew Gyorkos - Contra-iPad
For too long, Apple has been using…
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We don't need no... more students in university
Everyone likes to feel good. Most people also like to feel they are doing some good in the world; however, even the best of intentions don’t always lead to the best outcomes. Subsidizing ethanol production comes to mind. So does bringing democracy to Iraq. In the same vein, the righteous urge that many people feel…
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Obama's first year in office
January 20 marked the anniversary of American President Barack Obama's inauguration. As the Obama presidency teeters between hopeful and hopeless, the newspaper asks two writers to face off over whether his first year has been a success or a failure.
Contra - Joseph Uranowski
According to the standards President Barack Obama set for himself in…
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UTSU asked: where's the money?
07 February 2010A new student budget report has its coauthors and UTSU embroiled in a finger-pointing battle, as it contains allegations that $200,000 in levies from the Health and Dental Plan budget were misallocated.
U of T looks both ways for pedestrians
07 February 2010The recent spate of deaths on Toronto streets has people thinking about the ways that our car-centric culture interacts with pedestrians and cyclists.
Genesis Illustrated, and Crumb saw that it was Good
07 February 2010Someone should have told Robert Crumb that it’s okay to use poetic license when adapting a text from one medium to another.
His release of The Book of Genesis Illustrated by R. Crumb late last year is the result of an aborted attempt to satirize the Bible and turns out to be, as he claims, a ‘literal interpretation’ and ‘straight illustration job’ of all 50 chapters, word for word, found in the Book of Genesis.
the news
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Eva shelter fills age gap
The statistics are appalling, however one looks at them. Toronto has Canada’s largest homeless population, and over 10,000 of them are under the age of 24. Faced with chronic unemployment, physical abuse, and a suicide rate almost 100 times the national average, they are one of Canada’s most at-risk—and least cared-for—demographics. But just a short…
Written on Sunday, 07 February 2010 15:34
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Harper gone rogue
There was a telling crescendo in the voices of the crowd gathered at Dundas Square as they sang out “we stand on guard for thee” during the national anthem. An estimated 7,000 people came out on January 23 as part of a cross-country rally, organized through Facebook by Canadians Against Proroguing Parliament (CAPP), to protest…
Written on Friday, 29 January 2010 21:03
the inside
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Laramie Project relives hate crime
Simple props, simple costumes, and powerful words tell the tragic story of the 1998 murder of Matthew Shepard--a 21-year-old student tortured to death near Laramie, Wyoming, because he was gay.
“I feel that Cat’s Eye is an appropriate place to do this because it provides an intimate relationship between the storyteller and the audience," says director Tom Osborne, a graduate of U of T’s Drama…
Written on Sunday, 07 February 2010 15:16
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Canadian Landscape Architecture exposed!
Along with the rapid urbanization of regions around the world, landscape architecture is becoming an increasingly important and growing field. On February 6, the John H. Daniels Faculty of Landscape, Architecture and Design will be holding a symposium that explores the work of up-and-coming and seasoned Canadian landscape architects. It will feature keynote speaker Charles Waldheim, Department of Landscape Architecture Chair at the Harvard Graduate…
Written on Sunday, 07 February 2010 15:12
the arts
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Smells like pure spirit
On February 8, singer/songwriter Laura Barrett will join forces with Indie Pop group, The Magnetic Fields, at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre. In 2005, the classically trained pianist bought an african thumb piano--also known as a kalimba--on a whim and has subsequently made a striking imprint on Toronto Indie music.
Since then, she has released a…
Written on Sunday, 07 February 2010 15:03
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Pranksters for a cause
You may have been ecstatic to hear that Dow will be compensating Bhopa 12 billion dollars for their 1984 chemical catastrophe.
Or that HUD would reopen public housing facilities that had been closed since Hurricane Katrina.
Written on Friday, 29 January 2010 20:53
the science
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Sea slugs mystify
Introducing Elysia chlorotica, a pilfering sea slug identified as the first animal to make chlorophyll. That’s right, the green pigment found in plants and algae and vital for photosynthesis (the process by which carbon dioxide is converted to oxygen and glucose, using energy from sunlight).
Ironically shaped like a leaf itself, this particular slug slits…
Written on Sunday, 07 February 2010 14:59
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It's getting easier to be green at U of T
Over the past number of years, U of T has increased progress towards the long-term goal of institutional sustainability. With the introduction of the Sustainability Board in 2007, and Sustainability Offices at the St. George and UTSC campuses overseeing sustainability initiatives at all campuses, the foundation has been laid for the improved co-ordination and execution…
Written on Thursday, 28 January 2010 21:29
the sports
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Victory just out of reach
The Varsity Blues men's hockey team jumped at the chance but could not get the jump on Brock at last Saturday's game. The Blues put up a good fight, but were always just a little bit behind the play and ultimately lost 2-1.
Written on Monday, 30 November 2009 19:33
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Blues pitcher hits personal home run
On October 15th, Varsity Blues’ baseball player Tyler Wilson was named Ontario University Athletics’ (OUA) Most Valuable Pitcher for the 2009 season. Wilson, a 3rd year PhD student in Mathematics, racked up an impressive 1.86 ERA while throwing 53 innings, good enough for 2nd in all of Ontario. The distinction comes after a solid season for the Blues, finishing 4th place and reaching the OUA…
Written on Thursday, 12 November 2009 23:31