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The deep sea contains valuable minerals. Should we mine them?

Karina Hesselbo Contributor Photo via Wikimedia Commons With crushing pressure and no light, it’s easy to…
An Eulogy to Traxide: a Flawed Experiment With a Hopeful Future

Ezra Bucur Creative Writing Editor Image via Le Canal Auditif As long as the alternative scene…
How the History of Pride Reveals Why the Montréal Queer Community is Trying to Return to its Radical Roots

Mirren Bodanis Editor-in-Chief Photo by Alex (@the_purple_line) The Wikipedia entry for “Pinkwashing” describes it as “the…
An Interview with the Dawson Student Union (DSU)

Abigail Oyewole Staff Writer There are many services offered by the DSU. The student health and…
Can You Eat the Rich with a Fork and a Knife?

Emma Caspi Voices Editor Photo via Medium Discovering ways to control the public by analysing efficient…
Capitalism and Anti-Intellectualism: Redefining the Intellectual in the Technological Age

Julia Azzouz Copy Editor Photo via The New York Times When you think of an “intellectual,”…
“Tara Yummy is a Mindset”: The Rise of the Trashy Girl Aesthetic

Megan Sheel Contributor Photo via @tarayummyy The aesthetic’s start in the 2000s with Ke$ha, its resurgence…
Pimple Patches: More than just a trend?

Winie Coulanges Managing Editor Photo via Teen Vogue Reminiscent of the sleepwear as outerwear trend of…
Discophobia: The Product of Racism and Homophobia in the 70s

Charlotte Renaud Arts & Culture Editor Photo via PBS On the summer evening of July 12th…
Unresolved Tragedy at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital

Sarah Bensetiti Secretary **Disclaimer:** This article contains graphic content related to sexual assault, workplace violence, and…