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  • Canada may get medals, but doesn't get sportsmanship

    Canada may get medals, but doesn't get sportsmanship The Vancouver Olympic Games have been an unmitigated disaster. The endless laundry list of blunders on the part of Vancouver Organizing Committee (VANOC) and the underachievement of many favoured Canadian athletes have disappointed hearts domestically, and dominated headlines internationally. What exactly has gone wrong? 1. Before the Games opened, Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili was killed…




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  • Black History Month: two writers explore the grey area

    Black History Month: two writers explore the grey area Pro: Tejas Parasher The charge usually brought against Black History Month is that it's divisiveness. For many, bombarding students with tales of Rosa Parks and the Million Man March in February—and only in February—seems to imply that Black History is somehow separate from American (or Canadian) History. Critics constantly harp on how, at least in…




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  • iPad, therefore I need it?

    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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Rossi rocks the vote

Rossi rocks the vote

04 March 2010

Rocco Rossi is now one of the two most important figures in Toronto’s mayoral bid. With Adam Giambrone's surprise withdrawal from the race on February 10, only George Smitherman and Rossi remain as serious contenders.

And on the third day, he wrote a novel

And on the third day, he wrote a novel

04 March 2010

It's Labour Day Weekend. While most people are savouring the last days of summer, you're holed up in a country house with four friends, feverishly hammering away at a 60,000 word novel that you must complete in 72 hours. There are many words to describe this ambitious feat: brutal, crazy, masochistic. Mark Sedore, winner of the 32nd annual 3-Day Novel Contest, might use a different word: fruitful.

Dolphins gots a sweets tooths

Dolphins gots a sweets tooths

04 March 2010

Most people don’t realize it, but diabetes is the fourth major killer worldwide. In Canada alone, there are more than three million individuals battling this metabolic disorder. Sadly though, with the current obesity epidemic, diabetes will only grow more popular.

the news

  • Charity rules the runway

    Woodsworth College will bring an added touch of glamour to the Royal Ontario Museum on February 27 with Rock the Runway, their third annual charity fashion show. The event has been wildly successful in the past, raising over $10,000 for War Child Canada. This year is proving to be no exception. The event was conceptualized…





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  • You can go home again

    Scholars from Canada, the U.S., and Hong Kong discussed return migration at “Home Sweet Home: Return Migration to Hong Kong and its Implications,” a conference held on February 17 at the Canada Hong Kong Library and organized by the Asian Institute at U of T. The conference attracted a crowd of professionals and students with…





    Written on Thursday, 04 March 2010 18:20

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the inside

  • And on the third day, he wrote a novel

    And on the third day, he wrote a novel It's Labour Day Weekend. While most people are savouring the last days of summer, you're holed up in a country house with four friends, feverishly hammering away at a 60,000 word novel that you must complete in 72 hours. There are many words to describe this ambitious feat: brutal, crazy, masochistic. Mark Sedore, winner of the 32nd annual 3-Day Novel Contest, might use a different…





    Written on Thursday, 04 March 2010 18:06

  • Yalla provides friendly forum for Israel-Palestine debate

    Reflecting, Najat Abdel Hadi calls her 17-year-old self a right-wing extremist and a member of the “righteous, infallible team” in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict. Now a recent graduate of the University of Toronto’s Peace and Conflict Studies Program, Hadi is an active board member of Yalla, a forum providing space to individuals with interest in the Conflict to engage in meaningful dialogue. Yalla, formed in 2003…





    Written on Thursday, 04 March 2010 18:03

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the arts

  • It's getting hot in here, so take off all your Freedom clothes

    It's getting hot in here, so take off all your Freedom clothes Today I was rummaging through a heap of papers on my floor in a flurry of lateness when I found a subway token. Clouds parted, the sun came out and my faith in the day was revitalized. This is precisely the same type of refreshment that gusts through the doors of Freedom Clothing Collective at…





    Written on Thursday, 04 March 2010 18:00

  • Kevin Smith cops out on A Couple of Dicks

    Kevin Smith cops out on A Couple of Dicks “What do you want to talk about?” asked Kevin Smith at the beginning of a recent roundtable. “We can talk about the making of it, we can talk about me selling out.” Smith is referring to his switch to a major Hollywood studio (Warner Bros.) for his new film Cop Out. “I had a huge…





    Written on Thursday, 04 March 2010 17:55

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the science

  • Dolphins gots a sweets tooths

    Dolphins gots a sweets tooths Most people don’t realize it, but diabetes is the fourth major killer worldwide. In Canada alone, there are more than three million individuals battling this metabolic disorder. Sadly though, with the current obesity epidemic, diabetes will only grow more popular.





    Written on Thursday, 04 March 2010 17:50

  • Molecular lovin'

    Molecular lovin' A number of issues ago, I described the primal effects of the colour red, on men. To reiterate, seeing a rouge-clad female makes men more amorous towards them. Considering the impending lovers' holiday, I thought I would revisit the topic of physical attraction - from a scientific perspective, of course. Attraction has frequently been characterized…





    Written on Thursday, 11 February 2010 18:13

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the sports

  • Full speed ahead for U of T alumni bob-sledder

    Full speed ahead for U of T alumni bob-sledder “I am the strongest I’ve ever been,” said a confident Heather Moyse, Olympian bobsledder and U of T alumna, on the cusp of the Vancouver Olympics. In fact, her second attempt at the Olympics is filled with a mix of determination, pressure, and excitement.





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  • SHOCKER! China beats Canada 7-2 in hockey match

    SHOCKER! China beats Canada 7-2 in hockey match In an international exhibition match last Wednesday, the U of T Varsity Blues Women's Hockey Team fell 7-2 against China's Olympic Women's Hockey Team. The team was in town to play a few exhibition games in preparation for the Winter Olympics. This marked the second time the teams had faced off against each other this season. Both teams played at fiercely competitive levels. “U of…





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  • the campus

    Thanks to a $25,000 donation from Isaac Jr. Olowolafe, a 26-year-old real estate entrepreneur and UTM graduate, the African Studies program at New College will now offer a new annual student award.





  • the local

    Last Friday, a Toronto woman was accused of trying to push a mother and her baby onto the subway tracks at Bay station. Anne Carruthers, 49, has been charged with two counts of mischief endangering life. The mother and her child managed to escape unharmed.





  • the world

    Malawian police have arrested a man for allegedly putting up posters in support of homosexuality, which is illegal in the southern African nation. “Homosexuality is illegal in Malawi and is punishable by prison time and hard labour” police spokesperson Davie Chingwalu told CNN.





  • the wierd

    A traditional Emirati restaurant in Dubai has added a new item to its menu for customers seeking healthier options: the Camel Burger. It's a quarter pound of camel meat loaded with cheese and smothered in burger sauce. According to Ali Esmail, the restaurant's assistant restaurant manager, the burger patties are fat and cholesterol free.





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