The New Beag Thing
“I’m not an artist,” says 23 year-old fashion design student Leanne Beagan. “Some people look at fashion as an art or a craft. I think of it as a craft.” Leanne first fell in love with her craft in high school when she learned how to sew, and has been sharpening her skills ever since. [...]
Pound for Pound
As I made my way to the head office of Pound magazine, located surprisingly in the basement of a very regular family house in a very regular residential neighbourhood, all my worries about the interview I was about to conduct melted away. My only concern then was the large dog waiting by the front door. [...]
The work of Food Commodity CEO’s Adam and Eve
The history of produce has always been one of much contestation, originating from the first disastrous fruit exchange between Adam and Eve. This set the stage for a history of dissatisfied customers, a constant power struggle between landowners and the seed sowers, and ultimately the haves and the have-nots. Adam wanted an apple; he got [...]
Picking a Fight for the Spotlight
This article primarily concerns one Tanya Janca. That said, the temptation to begin this piece with a self-reflexive anecdote is a little too much … I have, in the past, dabbled with the idea of focusing my life on making music, but I never followed through. Only a couple of times have I played anywhere [...]
Unsung Heroes
In Mahayana Buddhism, there is talk of the Bodhisattvas, individuals who have achieved enlightenment, but help everyone else to figure it out before moving on. Their motto might as well be, “We can ALL be happy, and here, let me help you figure that out.” They’re the ones holding the doors open, tie your shoes [...]
Want to Surf? How to Swim
In creating a business two things are needed – a new idea and funding to make it a reality. Coming up with great dreams, and living them seems like the a far cry from the mundane reality of paper work and responsibility. Being told that your dreams, (which were randomly doodled script in your first [...]
A Look Into A Philosopher’s Mind
On a Friday afternoon, while the rest of the world breaks for the weekend, a small group of scholars and students assemble in the fourth floor of Wilfrid Laurier University’s Art building for a Philosophical Colloquium. The topic the week is Truth; the week before, God. How philosophical. What perhaps sets this gathering aside from [...]
King of the Robots: Double Cohort and the Two Towers
It’s spring. Most of you have probably seen the new Lord of the Rings movie by now, and if you haven’t, then just bear with me. You know that part where all the Orcs are about to storm the castle and all the humans are standing atop the walls, frightened because they’re about to be [...]
Who is the More Credible Villain?
After the Middle East has been labelled as, ‘The Axis of Evil’, Iraq cannot seem to escape their fate through America’s eyes. Here is a look at the various reasons why America wants to wage war with their enemy. As the American invasion of Iraq inches ever closer it is important to know what this [...]
Uncharted Territory: Exploring the Classrooms of Now
My elementary schooling occurred behind the confines of archaic brown bricks – erected by pioneers – within the countryside of southwestern Ontario. The classrooms, to accommodate for the transformation of rural communities into vast sprawling suburbs, were filled with students from differing grade levels. By the time the farmer’s acreage, where we played endless games [...]
Recycled Fashion
We are supposed to be ‘starving students’, just barely scraping by on a diet of Kraft Dinner and Mr. Noodles. Looking around most university campuses there doesn’t seem to be many students that aren’t eating well or spending their money frivolously. Whether or not mommy and daddy are paying your way or you’re surviving on [...]
