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TABLE OF CONTENTS

COLONIZATION OF CANADA

Canadian colonization is continuous and we are all a part of it

6 INTERNET PRIVACY

AS AN MIT STUDENT

Internet privacy is like, really hard

7-9 10-11 HARVEY WEINSTEIN “HOME” TIMELINE

The Patriarchy sucks and there are probably Harvey Weinsteins everywhere

12-13 IS UNIVERSITY

REALLY MAKING US MORE OPEN-MINDED?

Just in time for the holidays

14 ALLYSHIP DUPED Sometimes your allies are not your allies

No. No it isn’t

15 YELLING INTO SHEET CAKE

How problematic is it to rely on SNL for news?

16-17 THE CURIOUS INCIDENT

OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME: A BEAUTIFUL MARRIAGE OF THE EYES, THE EARS, AND THE HEART

A review of the play

18-19 THE MINDY

20 NEW FIMS COURSE

Mindy Lahiri is a racist feminist, if that’s possible

YEAR

ADDITIONS FOR THE 2017PROJECT: “MINDY LAHIRI IS A RACIST?” 2018 ACADEMIC SCHOOL

21 UKRAINIAN

CHRISTMAS RECIPE

Taste a different tradition

Switch out of History of the VHS and try one of these fresh courses

22-23 ZINE & GIFT TAGS A collection of headlines from across the nation

EDITOR’S NOTE

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“Home” is a collaborative article that the Openwide team worked on for this issue. We described our versions of “home” which ranged from actual places to moments in time. I only chose to include one of my “homes” but in truth, I think home exists in so many spheres. Home is the commtech room in my high school – but only in grade 11, not in grade 12.

Home is the gym, but only when it’s a friendly and productive day. Home is my room when my pink lights are turned on.

Home is conditional and ephemeral and I don’t think it can ever be permanent because our experiences change with every thought we have.

One of my study “homes” is the Law Library because it smells like wisdom and statutes and stress but the green lights still shine comfort on textbook pages. I love romanticizing this library because it’s so easy, especially after watching Legally Blonde. But I know when the stress gets to you, the last thing you want to think about is the library and the first thing you think about is the ceiling. Common advice is to “go for a walk” or “eat a healthy snack” but what good is this advice if you’re unable to get out of the study - caffeinate - nap cycle? If you’re unable to even get out of bed and brush your teeth? If you’re unable to “prioritize” – prioritize according to who? According to your own values or according to what you think you should be doing?

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Don’t forget to take care of yourself while getting ready for finals.

It’s easy to disregard your health when you’re so immersed in trying to do your best – next thing you know your body just shuts down and it becomes impossible to do simple tasks. Take it one task at a time and one day at a time. The twinkling rainbow lights at the end of the tunnel will be there to welcome you when you’re done!

All the best and good luck, -Ksenia

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KSENIA KOLODKA EDITOR IN CHIEF

VERONICA CHEUNG MANAGING EDITOR

KIA ANDERSEN WORLD EDITOR

BRIENNA FRENCH ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR

ALEX PRONG WESTERN LIFE EDITOR

ANMOL CHANDLA & ALEXANDRA BURZA GRAPHICS

HANNAH ALBERGA CREATIVE EDITOR MELISSA HOFFMAN, SARA MURPHY & BRIELLE GOULART PROMOTIONS

TALA AL-RAMAHI WEB EDITOR

JEYASRI PAKEERATHAN PHOTOGRAPHY

LIVing in Someone Else’s Home: A Story of Colonial Complicity //ARIANA MAGLIOCCO It was my first day in Contemporary First Nations Issues that I was posed with a question I will never forget; “Who here thinks that Indigenous Peoples are Canadian?” I instinctively and quite passively put up my hand without second thought. Of course they were Canadian, they lived in Canada. I remember looking around the room and having a sinking feeling in my stomach. I was one of three people with their hands up. I could feel from the energy in the room that there was something I was missing.

That question, and the conversation which followed, was the first time I ever questioned my own legitimacy as a citizen of the land I call home.

I have never had to think about my status as a citizen in Canada; I have always thought to rightfully be one.

While I may have learned as a child that Indigenous Peoples occupied this land long before my ancestors, I never thought twice about my place in this country. I was born here, and therefore, I belonged here.

And in many ways, I do believe this. But the problem with ‘belonging’ is the

disproportionate degree to which my belonging grants me privileges which are out of reach to those who have belonged here for centuries before my family immigrated here.

What now does it mean to be a citizen of a country that has no legal right to be deemed a sovereign nation, unless one accepts white supremacy as valid legal justification? Am I an illegal immigrant, and if so, what does that

BUT THE PROBLEM WITH ‘BELONGING’ IS THE DISPROPORTIONATE DEGREE TO WHICH MY BELONGING GRANTS ME PRIVILEGES WHICH ARE OUT OF REACH TO THOSE WHO HAVE BELONGED HERE FOR CENTURIES BEFORE MY FAMILY IMMIGRATED HERE. mean? At 19 years old, this was the first time I ever asked these questions.

It had never occurred to me that my active citizenship and proud national identification as the archetypal “kind Canadian” was part of the process which kept colonial realities distant from conversations about what it means to be Canadian.

Both my mother and father’s parents were born in Italy and immigrated here in the late 50’s and early 60’s.

So while I am Canadian, I have always identified primarily as Italian.

Reflecting on conversations about white privilege with my family often leaves me defeated. Take my father

for example, who finds the concept difficult to unravel; he was raised by Italian immigrants in the 60’s and argues that because of this, he did not benefit from ‘Canadian whiteness.”

Because my father witnessed his parents experience racial prejudices (which I would argue was largely immigrant prejudice) and financial struggles, the notion that his skin colour acted as a privilege seems preposterous. But the difference is, he could pass as an ‘authentic’ Canadian because of his whiteness and thus benefit from colonial systems that were designed specifically for him, as a heteronormative white European man.

My father’s whiteness, and my own, have allowed us to excel in academic and professional environments, all of which were founded on Eurocentric systems of oppression. This is to say that; I am a descendant of European ancestors living in a country that was stolen from Indigenous Peoples for Europeans.

But this is not about my father. It is so much bigger than just him, or me.

While doing research for this article I learned that the first Italian to visit Canada was Giovanni Caboto, who explored the coast of Newfoundland and claimed it for England in 1497.

My cousins attended John Cabot High School and I had on many occasions visited their school never once thinking about the man whose name appeared on the front of the building.

Even if I did, I’m sure I would have seen Caboto as a valiant hero who helped established the country I now live in. I would only understand him in the context of ‘exploration’ and ‘discovery.’ I anticipate the Indigenous displacement that was a necessary consequence of his ‘exploration’ would not have even been part of the conversation. How many other colonial figures did I interact with on a daily basis that I never once had to think critically about? I assume the number is too overwhelming to count.

To think that I ever thought I was not part of the process of colonization is now startling. Especially when reflecting on the countless Thanksgiving celebrations I mindlessly partook in, eating turkey and mashed potatoes with an ease I could not have mustered had I been critical or even aware of what I was celebrating.

My understanding of my colonial identity is a story of ignorance. As a white, upper class cis-gendered European woman, the colonial power dynamic which informs my everyday life is often systematically made invisible to me. Where it is not invisible it is normalized. I by no means intend for that to be an excuse for my ignorance, but instead just wish to acknowledge it as fact; privilege does not look like privilege to those who know nothing else. Only in the past few years as I have begun to unpack my own identity and the histories form it, have come to see the startling ways in which I actively participate in and benefit from colonial practices. My ignorance of this fact for so long is at the heart of how modern day colonization continues. It is no longer aggressive military action where people are systematically displaced from their land (although this certainly happens), but instead shows itself in the patriarchal structures which still give the government agency over

my body, or through the economic system of capitalism which continues to exploit marginalized peoples and the environment for profit and power.

Colonialism has been marketed and rebranded and widely accepted because it brings with it the promise of a fulfilling life that can be purchased at your local mall.

Colonization has made sure that I grew up in a community where I was surrounded by almost exclusively white people. I need not look any further than the demographics of my university classrooms here at Western to prove this. Whiteness is my default.

I never had to think of the people who were not in my community (or classroom or government building etc.). Prior to coming to university I never once interacted with an Indigenous person. I never had to think about what was missing. It was not until a google search this year that I learned the land I now live on was once occupied by the Anishinabek Nation.

Colonization has made sure that global capitalism is an omnipresent system that influences every aspect of my life by nature of its expansive reach.

Exploitation of land is maintained through my submission in the capitalist system. As a privileged upper class person with purchasing power in the global market, I actively employ slaves in various industries, and support the devastation of our planet by simply eating the food I eat and wearing the clothes I wear.

It is my wealth that ensures others remain in poverty. I feel guilty, but I know that feeling is a luxury.

The irony of this all is that I have come

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to understand my problematic place as a settler in Canada through a colonial institution; Western University.

Don’t kid yourself into thinking that

MY UNDERSTANDING OF MY COLONIAL IDENTITY IS A STORY OF IGNORANCE. AS A WHITE, UPPER CLASS CIS-GENDERED EUROPEAN WOMAN THE COLONIAL POWER DYNAMIC WHICH INFORMS MY EVERYDAY LIFE IS OFTEN SYSTEMATICALLY MADE INVISIBLE TO ME. our Canadian universities are not complicant in the colonial agenda.

After all, they were built by settlers on Indigenous land and funded by colonial governments. Education has always been a primary colonial tool.

How then do I proceed? As Audre Lorde said, one cannot dismantle the master’s house with the master’s tools. But what does one do when the only tools I know are those created by the master. Political engagement, the avenue with which I once saw to be a place of resistance and change, is but another colonial institution that can and never will be decolonized.

Capitalism has made sure that should I want to live in a home with running water and food to eat, I will have to buy into the very system I wish to dismantle.

How do you decolonize yourself when the world you live in seems impossible to decolonize by nature of its very existence?

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I find myself constantly questioning my privacy when it comes to the internet. As an MIT student, I know that social media sites like Facebook and Twitter help themselves to my content and personal information, that they are the ones who own what I post. Yet, like a lot of other users my age, I can't stop using these sites.

In first year I watched a very eye-opening documentary, Terms and Conditions May Apply, and I felt appalled that the sites I love are essentially exploiting users for profit - for about two days. Then I think I did what most people do – I started making compromises with myself in order to convince myself that what's happening isn't all that bad. "I don't have anything personal on Facebook" "That Instagram picture is just of a building" "I don't post my own tweets – only retweet others." This is the loop that I find myself in constantly, and I struggle with today.

I think these feelings stem from a place of indifference, laziness and wanting to fit in. Sure I can delete all my social media, but how will I stay connected with my friends and the world? I find this thought process super troubling, especially when it comes to government access to your data. I'm not sure what the case is in Canada, but it's terrifying to think that the NSA is reading and storing every tweet/email/text that a person makes while in the States. While what you're saying may be innocent, I have to constantly remind myself that it's about the concept of data collection.

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indifferent – if we were all in an outrage about it they couldn't actually carry through with the spying. I have to be aware that it's happening, but I don't know what else to do about it. And that's just me being lazy. It also worries me that if people like myself, critical thinking media studies students, are lazy and indifferent about these types of injustices and invasions of privacy – who will be the one to tackle these issues and bring them to light? Who is going to push for legislative change that says governments can't spy on their own citizens? This is where I'm thankful to people like Edward Snowden who have the guts to reveal these secrets, and don't act complicity.

However, I wrestle with this too. Maybe, if we give them the benefit of the doubt, the government spying on us really is for our protection! We can't know how many people they've stopped from doing horrendous things.

I think there are definitely some positive aspects to this type of surveillance, but I can't shake the feeling that every time I use my phone or go on the internet that there may as well be some creepy guy just following me around and taking pictures of me for the government.

I don't know. I hate that my data is collected and sold and that I'm probably spied on by CSIS. But I also don't know if I can bring myself to alter my usage habits at this point. It's definitely something that I want to work on and make sure that those around me are also aware of these sorts of things. Information hygiene is hard, but it's worth practicing.

//ELLEN MCGRAN

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1990:

1984: FIRST ALLEGATION He asks a 20 year old college student named Tomi-Ann Roberts and aspiring actress to strip when she arrives in his home for an audition. When she arrived at New York Hotel Room he was nude in the bathtub.

1988: Lisa Rose is a 22 year old assistant in Miramax’s London office. She is sent to work with Weinstein alone in a Savoy hotel room. He asked for a back massage and told her that other women complied.

1 Weinstein settles with an assistant at Miramax, Laura Madden, she said he made anyone who objected feel like an outlier. “It was so manipulative,” she recalled two decades later. “You constantly question yourself — am I the one who is the problem?”

2 Actress Rosanna Arquette goes to the Beverly Hills Hotel to pick up a movie script from Weinstein who asks her for a massage when she arrives.

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1990:

3 17 year old actress Kate Beckinsdale meets with Weinstein at the Savoy hotel, reception tells her to go to his room. He is in a bathrobe and offers her alcohol. She tells him that she has school in the morning and leaves. Years later, Weinstein asked her if he had made advances on her before, unable to remember.

4 Louise Godbold was seeking an industry internship, during a tour Weinstein leads her to an empty room, pleads for a massage putting his hands on her shoulders to stop her from leaving.

2008:

1 During the Sundance film Festival in Utah, actress and screenwriter Louisette Geiss pitches her script to Weinstein at a hotel.

Weinstein changes into a bathrobe and gets into a hot tub. He asks Griess to watch him masturbate.

2 Aspiring actress, writer and comedian, Sarah Ann Masse went to Weinstein’s house for a nanny interview for his three children. Weinstein meets her in his underwear. At the end of the interview he hugs her for a long time and tells her he loves her. She is not hired because he says she is an “actress.”

2010: Actress Emma de Caunes meets Weinstein at the Ritz in Paris to pick up a script for a movie, he leaves his bathroom naked with an erection and asks her to lie on his bed. She quickly leaves.

1993: Actress Katherine Kendall goes to Weinstein’s apartment for a business meeting and he is in a bathrobe, eventually becoming nude. He chases her around the demanding to see her breasts. She refused as he blocked the door.

1995:

1 Liza Campbell arrives for a meeting in the Savoy hotel in London. He asks her to join him for a bath.

1994: Gwyneth Paltrow is summoned to Weinstein’s suite at the Peninsula Beverly Hills Hotel for a meeting where he proceeds to ask for a massage.

2005: Weinstein tries to kiss actress Lea Seydoux in her 20s in his hotel room. She was able to fend him off.

2007: 28 year old Lauren Sivan, a television anchor, meets Weinstein and others at a restaurant, then driving to a Cuban-themed Club “Socialista”. During a kitchen tour, Weinstein tells two staff members to leave and then tries to kiss Sivan. Blocking the exit, he then exposes himself and masturbates in a potted plant.

2004:

2 Aspiring actress and college student Lucia Stroller (now Lucia Evans) is approached by Weinstein at the Cipriani Upstairs Club in New York. She is invited to meet with a female Miramac casting executive, but is instead brought to an office alone with Weinstein. He then forces her to perform oral sex on him. He later calls her at night.

Due to the trauma, she experienced problems at work and school and developed an eating disorder. She also says that the sexual assault ruined her relationships. Her roommates often feared she would commit suicide.

2 Actress and model Cara Delevingne, gets a call from Weinstein. He asks her if she has slept with the woman she 1 Actress Jessica was seen in the media with. He said that her sexual orientation Barth goes to the Beverly Hills hotel would limit her career prospects. A year later, Weinstein says he slept with Delevigne, and asks her to kiss another woman. for a business meeting. Weinstein When she attempts to leave he tries to kiss Delevigne. She said demands a naked she regrets accepting a part in a Weinstein produced movie. massage in bed 2014: after telling her to A temporary employee, Emily Nestor, meets with meet him in his Weinstein at at the Beverly Hills hotel. He promises to help room. She leaves her career if she has sex with him. She told her co-workers immediately. and Weinstein Company executives about the incident.

2011:

1995:

2 Mira Sorvino meets with Weinstein in a hotel room where he massages her shoulders and chases her. He later shows up at her New York apartment at night and only leaves when she convinces him that her boyfriend is coming over even though no one was.

3 Rosanna Arquette refused to give Weinstein a massage, to which he told her that “she was making a big mistake” because she rejected him.

Arquette attributes job loss and career hurdles because she said no. She said “He made things very difficult for me for years.”

1996: Weinstein corners Judith Godrèche, a 24 year old French star in his hotel room, trying to pull off her sweater and pressing against her. She again says no and is able to leave the suite.

EARLY 2000s: Weinstein tells actress Heather Graham that he and his wife have an agreement that he can sleep with anyone. He was supposed to be discussing movie scripts with her.

2004:

1 18 year old British actress Romola Garai meets Weinstein in a hotel room where she expects a job interview was going to take place. She was auditioning for Dirty Dancing Havana Nights. He is waiting in the room in only a dressing gown.

1997:

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2 Settlement with actress Rose McGowan for another hotel room harassment. In 2007 she said that she was raped 3 Weinstein assaulted by an unnamed Italian actress Asia studio head and Argento, forcibly recently she performing oral sex at a tweeted “HW hotel in France. raped me.”

1 Ashley Judd is asked

by Weinstein during a meeting in his hotel room if she would like to receive a massage or watch him shower.

1998:

2003: Aspiring actress Dawn Dunning meets Weinstein in his hotel, he waited with three movie contracts for his next movies in the room while he was only in a bathrobe.

He said she could have all three parts if she agreed to three-way sex with him. She laughed, assuming it was a joke. Getting angry he told her that “You’ll never make it in this business,” “This is how the business works.”

1 Angelina Jolie rejected advances in a hotel room. She said “I had a bad experience with Harvey Weinstein in my youth, and as a result, chose never to work with him again and warn others when they did.”

2 Tara Subkoff, an actress in her mid-20s, attends a premiere after-party. During the party Weinstein grabs her to sit on his lap.

She felt his erection. After she stood up he made lewd comments about further things he wanted to do. She left the party.

3 A company assistant in London confronts Weinstein and threatens to go public if his behaviour towards women didn’t stop, a lawyer is called to negotiate a settlement.

2015: 1 Italian model and actress, Ambra Battilana Gutierrez, meets Weinstein at his New York office for a “career meeting”. She calls the police shortly after, saying he grabbed her breasts and put his hands up her skirt. The next day she wears a wire at the request of the New York Police and meets Weinstein at a bar. The district attorney did not prosecute.

This timeline is repetitive. But it is important. Harvey Weinstein abused his power while people around him helped and covered it up. Now developing is a New Yorker article that details the terrorism Weinstein inflicted on his accusers lives. He hired a third party company to collect information on women trying to come forward. Spies followed the women, calling them, gaining their trust, hoarding any details that could be used to discredit them. One even pretended to be a part of a women’s rights group to gain Rose McGowan’s trust.

2 Literary scout, Lauren O’Connor is harassed

by Weinstein while he is naked. A memo is sent to executives of the Weinstein Co.

I hope that positive change will come from these revelations. There seems to be momentum surrounding these stories. Changing ingrained narratives is hard and requires constant semiotic analysis of the discourse surrounding sexual assault to change perceptions.

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“ ” // Openwide TEAM “Home” does not necessarily mean the building you grew up in – it can be a moment, a natural landscape, a beloved pet, or a place that does not exist anymore. The Openwide editorial team reflects what “home” means to them.

KSENIA

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Home isn’t a single place for me. I find peace whenever I’m near a large body of water – one where I can just stare at the hypnotizing waves and look off into the horizon and forget everything. Lake Ontario and the Atlantic Ocean in Nova Scotia are two of my favourite “homes”. These homes are permanent fixtures of the planet (at least for now…) so I’m glad I can always go back to them when I need to.

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VERONICA

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It took me a while to really understand what “home” meant. If you were to ask first year me, I would’ve pointed to the house I grew up in where I can find my room and bed, my parents and my brother. But the more I thought about what a “home” was, the more complex it became than just a roof over my head. “Home” can be anywhere. Whether if it’s the quiet UCC during late hours, a coffee shop you and your long time friends always meet up at, or a country far away, “home” is more of a feeling than an actual thing. For me, I have “homes” all over the world, and to this day the places I can consider “home” are growing the more I learn and explore the world. Even though there are times where my family and friends are far away, the sense of “home” will always travel with me wherever I go.

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ALEX

Whenever I visit home I take absolute advantage of the complete silence. All I need in life is enough silence to hear Koo Koo (picture to the right) purring, a good book (Station Eleven is incredible; I can’t recommend it enough), and a tea (preferably in my mom’s favorite Tim Horton’s mug but any holder of liquid will do).

TALA

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Home, to me, is being comfortable. Not necessarily being in a physical state of comfort, but an emotional state of comfort. Home is being in a place where you can be yourself completely. It’s being surrounded by people that accept you without judgement. It’s also being able to say whatever’s on your mind (or say nothing at all, if that’s your preference). The wonderful thing about this is that home isn’t confined to any physical quarters. Given the right support and the right amount of time, I can feel at home anywhere. Home travels with me.

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BRIENNA

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Home means a lot of things to me, but I think I feel moments of “homeness”. Pouring a glass of red wine and cooking a dinner with my mom is a snapshot of home. We always share the most laughs and funny stories while making dinner together. In these moments she is somehow able to seamlessly give me crass dating advice while passing on traditional Danish recipes. We could be cooking in Australia or Antarctica and it would probably still feel like home.

In thinking of what makes me comfortable, as that is what makes home home, I think I am privileged to say there are many things I consider home. One of these homes is spring.

Spring has me filled with all sorts of mushy feelings just from looking out my bedroom window or walking to the bus stop, but also brings my absolute favourite day- leaf day. For those who are unfamiliar, which I’m assuming is most, as this is a term my Aunt Em coined, leaf day is the day you realize the trees are budding leaves. This isn’t the day you notice a few buds, but the day you walk outside and everything collectively looks green. The indescribable energetic and serene feelings this day brings makes me feel most comfortable; most at home.

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“Interesting.” “Oh.” “So, what do you plan to do with that?” These are some of the common responses I get when I tell people that I study Media & the Public Interest (forget about my second major SASAH, I’ve given up on explaining that). I can almost feel a cold current running through my body whenever someone asks me about my program, fearing the subtle, or sometimes apparent, expression of belittlement that is likely to follow. There are even moments when I start to question my own belief and ambition, wondering if they are idealistic and non-practical. Some of my friends in English Literature and Creative Writing also express similar feelings, due to the common perception that the Arts are of lesser importance than STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) and Business.

This inequality largely results from a flawed educational system. Our universities aren’t that different from factories; they are designed to “produce” human capital that fulfill specific functions in the capitalist society. However, a huge part that is missing is the aspect of interdisciplinary education. At Western, although it is mandatory for students to fulfill the breadth requirement, most students are still bound within their own fields of study. For some programs, the required courses take up so much space that it is impossible for students to fit in their desired electives, even if they are interested in courses offered through other programs. In my opinion, it is crucial for students to acquire interdisciplinary knowledge because it ultimately improves our society. For example, many of the MIT courses discuss the unethical and dangerous aspects that persist in today’s business world.

These are important information for business students to think and talk about, in order to enhance our corporate practices in the future.

However, the majority of business students may never have the chance to take these courses, since they are occupied with courses about financial analysis and marketing strategies.

Angela He, a third-year Ivey student, has experienced a drastic transition since she started her first year HBA. Having spent her first two years studying MIT, she has been adjusting to a

completely different class structure and feeling a sense of disconnection from main campus.

“Our program is so particular and special, it’s hard to explain it and relate to people who’ve never experienced it… Ivey is business focused, so everything comes back to money and jobs, and those are things my previous program, MIT, criticized a lot. But I definitely miss thinking philosophically.”

Being in Ivey, third year is all mandatory business courses without any electives; students mainly participate in the program’s own business clubs in terms of extracurriculars.

Angela, however, is still trying to pursue some of her passions outside Ivey.

“I attend French conversation every week; things like these help me to still stay grounded… I definitely think there is an importance in maintaining that variety.”

She also noticed the stereotypes and misconceptions held against certain programs, including the tendency to think liberal arts are easy: “It’s unfortunate, people are too quick to judge. Ask people in the program and you’ll know how hard it is.” She also encourages Ivey students to stay connected through participating in extracurricular activities: “It’s really good to take a break from business and just be yourself… The first step is to recognize that you don’t know everything and there are multiple perspectives, after you open up your mind you will be able to take courses that will expand your thinking”.

openWIDE// WESTERN LIFE “It’s very easy to settle into a comfortable place with all your friends in courses, and we aren’t really pushed to join extracurriculars outside of maybe the pre-med or pre-dental societies”, says Haley.

However, in the ‘post-truth’ era where political debate and scientific research intertwine - the former often involves denialism on issues like climate change - it is important to equip science students with skills outside of their academic professions.

Hayley believes that “the communication, analysis, and critical thinking skills that arts courses imbue into their students are vital for any scientist to be successful in terms of grant applications, outreach of their results, and being able to contextualize and explain the importance of their findings to an over-saturated, often uncaring public”.

It is rare for students to combine a science degree with the arts; however, Hayley cannot be more happy about this decision. Finding ways to make her degree more interdisciplinary has significantly improved her university experience: “the amazing professors, TAs, and students I’ve met through the arts and humanities, music, and science faculties have shaped me into the more open-minded and motivated student that I am today.”

I know it is difficult, if not impossible, to expect a quick change in our current postsecondary system; however, what we can do is be more OUR UNIVERSITIES open-minded about For Science students, first other disciplines.

AREN’T THAT DIFFERENT and second years are Talk to friends FROM FACTORIES; filled by core courses from different THEY ARE DESIGNED like calculus, bio-chem, programs and ask TO “PRODUCE” HUMAN and genetics, leaving about their classes, go CAPITAL THAT FULFILL little room for electives. see a student exhibition at the SPECIFIC FUNCTIONS Cassandra Hayley, a Visual Art Building or a jazz IN THE CAPITALIST third year student band concert at Talbot College, SOCIETY. HOWEVER, double-majoring in subscribe to a science journal, A HUGE PART THAT IS Biology and Arts and go take a course from another MISSING IS THE ASPECT & Humanities, has discipline - not just to fulfill breadth OF INTERDISCIPLINARY noticed that students often hesitate requirements but for your interest! to take electives outside of the faculty We are all passionate about different EDUCATION. “because these [core] courses are so things and there is nothing wrong with universal across the faculty”. taking pride in what we study, but no one should sneeze at others’ choices about their Many students are used to sharing their work education. Remember, always learn from and thus tend to choose the courses each other; it is the only way to make our their friends are taking. world better.

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When the former Ally Western coordinator ‘pledged his allegiance’ as a Trump supporter on Facebook, what started out as a simple question of ‘Calling In’ turned into one of the most emotionally entrenching conversations that I have had this year. A simplistic yet very abnormal Trump endorsement by an individual I not only looked up to, but also considered a dear friend, had me questioning Allyship. More troubling, the endorsement was a video made by the extremely problematic and frankly bigoted Milo Yiannopoulos who has come to be known as the “pretty face of the Alt-Right Movement.” If it’s not clear already, I despise Donald Trump and everything he stands for. He is the literal embodiment of white privilege and the patriarchy, which I have made a personal life goal to help smash.

As a First-Generation African-Caribbean-Canadian woman, Donald Trump couldn’t give a shit whether I, or anyone who looks like me or shares the same “Liberal” views as me, lives or dies.

Immediately, people who don’t share any of the oppressions I have will be thinking: “Well we live in Canada, so why do you even care?” Wrong! Donald Trump and his spineless buddies in Washington have the ability to make decisions that affect us here in Canada. Whether it’s through trade, immigration or the fact that since he’s been elected, racists, bigots, white supremacists or whatever you want to call them have come out of the woodwork. I digress, because this isn’t entirely about Donald Trump. It’s about how Allyship was duped to an entire population of individuals including myself.

I became aware of this individual’s new-found support for Trump this past summer, but didn’t take it seriously. In my eyes, he was the embodiment of Allyship on campus; I couldn’t believe he could support someone who was the exact opposite of what Allyship represents.

Allyship is about using your power and privilege to uplift, support and ensure equal rights and opportunities for those who are oppressed. It’s about

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acknowledgment; it’s about education, and it’s about change! With this at the forefront, I was confused as to how someone who literally created and presented an entire program about Allyship to hundreds of students on campus could be a Trump supporter.

As comments started to come in, it became clear that people were waiting for someone to be the first ask ‘umm why?... have you been hacked?

I was the one who took the bait.

What genuinely started out as calling in, turned into many reactions: “free-speech” advocates, people calling the individual “brave” for openly sharing his views without any acknowledgment of his hypocrisy, and those wanting us all to just stop fighting and sing kumbaya. Needless to say the conversation just died.

Looking back, I don’t regret it because I, along with the rest of the individuals who observed and/or participated in the conversation got to really see this individual’s true colours.

While I was sincerely touched to receive messages of praise, I didn’t do it for the praise. This is my life. As a Black woman in a white patriarchal society I have to call people in when I question their views essentially for my own safety and mental health, which I believe was under attack by individuals both inside and outside of the Western community. So if you, like myself, questioned Allyship I ask that you please don’t give up, keep educating yourself and strive for equality in any way that you can!

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YELLING INTO

// ALEX PRONG

SHEET CAKE

Here’s the thing about the news: it’s sensational, violent, intense, and ultimately hard to read. Which is probably why a lot of people prefer to get their news – especially political news – from satire shows such as Saturday Night Live. SNL is the sugar that some people need in order to digest even a spoonful of news. Don’t get me wrong: I love sugar. I’m addicted to sugar. But if we don’t look at the effect this kind of satire news has on us as democratic citizens, I think we’re doing ourselves a huge injustice.

The skit was funny and relatable, and obviously resonated with many viewers, evidenced in the many fan Halloween costumes shown on the SNL Instagram that imitated Fey in her guest appearance (any reason to carry cake around is a good one IMO). But can we take a hot minute to talk about her advice – whether joking or not – in the face of something as horrifying and outrageous as white supremacist riots?

She says, “I know a lot of us are feeling anxious and asking ourselves, ‘What can I do? I would urge people this Saturday instead of participating in screaming matches and potential violence, find a local business you support. Maybe a Jewish bakery or an AfricanAmerican run bakery? Order a cake with the American flag on it and… just eat it.”

Humour lowers our defenses. Sometimes news stories can be complicated with huge histories behind them -jumping into discussions on these contextually situated pieces can be difficult. But SNL gives us context: hilarity.

Anchors Michael Che and Colin Jost could tell me that we are on the brink of nuclear war and still make me feel safe; never do I feel more comfortable than when I am not taking this literally. I know it’s a joke. But someone can make me laugh. people aren’t reading real news anymore and part of me can’t forget the political economy of it all: that SNL is But if we are no longer reading the news, and journalists run on NBC and that the CEO of NBC is a white guy. are supposed to (ideally) be the people speaking truth Maybe I’m abstracting but I don’t think it’s too much to to power, then have the comedians taken over this role? ask that these satirical actors pack a bit more of a punch.

And if so, is comfort the emotion we want these people Whether they asked for it or not, their role has become to make us feel? one of informing a democratic public, and I need for them to tell me to scream at something other than my An example might help here, and, y’know, I’m going to favourite food. take any excuse I can get to talk about Tina Fey. She recently came on Weekend Update (the news segment of I’m not saying we should stop watching SNL – I’m just SNL) as a guest after the Charlottesville riots, suggesting saying we should remember that laughter shouldn’t be that a good coping mechanism for watching the news is conflated with protest. I’m just saying it’s easier to laugh to yell into a sheet cake. And I’m not going to lie to you: at our problems than to solve them, and we need to as usual, watching Fey had me crying tears of laughter. make an effort to be aware of this.

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OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME A BEAUTIFUL MARRIAGE OF THE EYES, THE EARS, AND THE HEART Seeing the play The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time production is to risk sensory and emotional overload.

This extraordinary alliance is based on the marriage of thrilling audio and visual elements that evoke raw emotions.

The Mirvish production begins with a deafening shriek as protagonist Christopher Boone (Joshua Jenkins) nestles a dog stabbed with a pitchfork. The audience is practically thrust backwards and urged to plug their eardrums to protect them from the thunderous sound waves escaping the stage.

This five-time Tony Award and seven-time Oliver Award winning production of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time is based on Mark Haddon’s 2003 bestselling mystery novel.

Christopher, a mathematically brilliant fifteen-yearold boy who shows signs of Asperger’s and autism, is determined to solve the mystery of who killed his neighbour’s dog.

The production is minimalistic and primarily uses lights and projections to create imagined environments.

The stage’s walls are made up of small transparent cubes aligned in a grid. The backdrop acts as a projection of Christopher’s mathematically driven mind and gives the audience insight into his thoughts.

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At one point, a diagram of constellations is projected and Christopher is launching into the air, imaginatively achieving his dream of becoming an astronaut. At first Christopher’s high attaining hopes seem dreamlike, but as the play progresses and Christopher overcomes some of his greatest fears – touching people, the colour yellow, and travelling alone – the audience learns to appreciate his determination to achieve his dreams and roots him on as he inches closer.

The play has a powerful advantage over the book in its ability to visually display Christopher’s thoughts.

When he explains a complex math problem, a diagram of Pythagoras’s theorem is projected. For those of you, like myself, who ditched math in high school, this was incredibly helpful.

While reading the novel, it is tempting to skip over the chapters with math problems, since they seem irrelevant to the plot. But seeing Christopher in the play, animated and enthused about Pythagoras’s theorem, makes his appreciation for math tremendously meaningful. By the end of the production, there is an understanding of Christopher’s view of the world – math is reliable and logical, whereas metaphors and sarcasm are entangled in connotation and contradiction.

Comic relief is entrenched in almost every scene of the play, although it often highlights Christopher’s absence of social and behavioral awareness. When Christopher’s father (David Michaels) is in a heated

argument, he exclaims, “Christopher has a great deal to deal with without you shitting on him.” Christopher quickly shimmies his hood over his head to avoid the inevitable shit his father is referring to. These scenes are conflicting for an audience member tempted to laugh, while feeling an ache of sympathy for Christopher.

At moments in the play, you might find yourself fighting the impulse to run up on stage, hold Christopher, stroke his head, and tell him everything will be alright . In other scenes, it might take all of your will power to avert from demanding the audience to stop cruelly howling. These revealing emotions are essential in understanding the all-consuming flurry of feelings that you experience with a person with behavioral challenges.

Despite the fact that the show’s blinding light beams are an epileptic’s nightmare, they served an important purpose. When Christopher suffered through an overwhelming situation, the audience suffered along with him through thunderous audio clips and alarming projections. If he was shrieking, cradling his knees, and wetting his pants – the audience was simultaneously stunned by strobe lights and the blaring sound of a radio searching through static.

In the second half of the play, Christopher is on a mission to travel from Swindon to London. The audience experiences Christopher’s sensory overload as he ventures outside of his tiny comfort zone.

“I see everything, all the time,” Christopher explains.

The audience is thrust into Christopher’s perspective.

“No Smoking” and “Mind your Step” signs that are normally part of the subway’s scenery are projected onto a screen, moving at high speed, in different directions.

Eventually the words become indistinguishable, detached, meaningless letters.

Viewing an environment through Christopher’s eyes is vital in understanding the magnitude of sensory overload he experiences in ordinary places. Despite my comfort on public transit, the scene is completely disorienting, anxiety provoking, and left me sucking in short breaths of air. The dull lenses we see the world through, that blur over these environments, are shockingly peeled off.

Surprisingly, instead of turning away from the stage, or covering their ears and eyes, the audience was mesmerized by the fast-paced projections and maximum engagement of their senses. Perhaps, by the end of the play, they were used to the aggressive visual and audio arrangements.

Even though your ears may ring after the show, the risk of sensory overload is an integral part of the adventure in crossing the rickety bridge that leads you to a truly impactful emotional upheaval.

//HANNAH ALBERGA

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// LENA GAHWI

“MINDY LAHIRI IS A RACIST”?

Seeing an empowered, sexually liberated, and professional woman of colour on television is a feminist’s dream come true. The Mindy Project, created by Mindy Kaling, a South Asian comedian most famous for her writing on The Office, began airing on September 25, 2012.

The show is currently in its sixth season, and follows Mindy Lahiri, an OB/GYN played by Kaling, revolving around her love life, work, and quirky feminine personality.

The show offers a complex and empowering representation of femininity that is relatable and easily consumed by entertainment media, however, it negates and sometimes demonizes racialized issues.Here, I will be critiquing four episodes of The Mindy Project, one from each completed season, in order to highlight how gender and race are portrayed.

The Mindy Project’s Pilot episode offers a first look at how the show will approach the portrayal of Mindy Lahiri. Lahiri’s South Asian descent, eccentric personality, embrace of her sexuality, and body positivity makes her an essential addition to the romantic comedy genre. The first episode bluntly shows sexism Lahiri faces both in the workplace and her dating life. Her boyfriend breaks up with her for being too old. Her blind

date remarks that he had been cautioned about her, remarking; “Carl warned me that you can be a little bit, not crazy, but dramatic” (The Mindy Project, Pilot 2012), thus showing how her personality is often interpreted by men around her. Even in her workplace she is often referred to as crazy, and her co-worker Danny ridicules her weight, also insinuating that the way she dresses is too provocative.

Nevertheless, Lahiri is unapologetic about her infatuation with love and romance, and continues in her pursuit of finding the ‘perfect man’. Lahiri does not shy away from discussing sex, her body, and stereotypically feminine interests, while also being amazing at her job.

With regards to gender, the show’s criticism is blatant. In season three,

episode eight, “Diary of a Mad Indian Woman,” Lahiri is tasked with instructing interns. This episode has various women working in positions of power, including Jean Fishman, the Chief of OB/GYN, who is a lesbian woman of colour.

Although this character’s race is ignored, her identity as a woman and lesbian is referred to on various occasions and her professional achievements are praised. The character is confident and demanding of her staff, which the show does a great job of celebrating.

This episode emphasizes the importance of having women in positions of power within the medical field, in order to inspire young women to pursue careers in medicine. The Mindy Project’s writers view gender critique as more consumable than a racial one , and therefore include a lot more of it throughout the episodes.

Similarly, in season four, episode five, “Stay at Home MILF,” Lahiri, is expected by her partner to abandon her career to become a stay at home mother. Although she quickly

realizes that she does not want to leave her job, the partners’ dynamic and the expectations of a mother are thoroughly explored in this episode.

Lahiri states her partner believes that, “a child needs his doctor Mom to stay home and clean the floors and make his Dad gourmet food” (The Mindy Project, “Stay at Home MILF”, 2015), however, she rejects this idea completely. At the end of the episode, she tells her infant son that she is good at her job and wishes he could see her performing something well. Lahiri’s resilience and refusal to accept others’ expectations is an inspiring feat that reflects the reality many women face.

However, racism thus arises with the first encounter with other racialized characters. In the Pilot episode, a Muslim woman, wearing a hijab, without any health insurance, begs Lahiri to take her on as a patient. This woman’s representation as a whole

blood’, meaning white. The reality of the matter is that within the show, there are only two recurring characters of colour, Lahiri, and a black nurse named Tamera. Tamera is a stereotypically sassy black woman with an urban accent and an often unprofessional demeanor.

Tamera’s character is specifically used to make Lahiri look better.

Having the only other racialized character behave poorly, serves to de-racialize Lahiri herself, because

is stereotypical and demeaning, as she is shown as lower class, and incapable of assimilating to American culture. However, what is more problematic is Lahiri’s reaction to her patient. After reluctantly agreeing to take this woman on as a patient, she approaches her secretaries and asks; “Do you care about my career and want me to succeed?... Then why are you sending me non-English-speaking pregnant immigrants with no health insurance? With literally like burqas and stuff?” (The Mindy Project, Pilot 2012). Not only is this patient not wearing a burqa, but Lahiri goes on to suggest that she is looking for white patients because they will actually have health insurance.

The choice in writing this scene creates a clear division between Lahiri and immigrants and people of colour. In an article for Al Jazeera America, E. Alex Jung states that; “Kaling, it seems, thinks any serious considerations of race would detract from rather than enrich the rom-

this behaviour is linked to Tamara’s race. Samhita Mukhopadhyay, in an article for Talking Points Memo, discusses Mindy Kaling’s reluctance to discuss her identity, or her character’s identity; “Kaling makes me wonder if the next generation is expected to assimilate completely. There isn’t an incentive to bring up race, but there is a social reward for not being like the ‘other’ people of colour” (Mukhopadhyay 2015). Lahiri is a woman of colour, working in male dominated field, moreover, is the only one among her colleagues who is of colour or a woman. Her identity should have an enormous effect on how she is treated on every level, but the show fails to acknowledge this difference.

com framework she has set up for Lahiri” (Jung 2015). The show takes great strides to make Lahiri as relatable as possible for the greatest number of people, and it does so by de-racializing the character as much as possible.

This pattern continues throughout the rest of the series. For example, in season two, episode nine, ‘Mindy Lahiri is a Racist,’ the episode jokingly approaches racism in the show. At the beginning of this episode, a mother with a whitesupremacist blog writes a post praising the fact that most people working at the practice are ‘pure of

In fact, the show makes the effort to portray Lahiri as ‘different’ from other people of colour.

The Mindy Project is successful in portraying a multi-faceted woman, however fails to engage with race, despite Lahiri’s identity as a racialized woman. Although, even after criticizing the show and its creator, I find it important to question whether or not it is fair to do so. Does every member of a minority group or race have to advocate on behalf of their group, and fully identify with their struggle? Furthermore, can the existence of Mindy Kaling, a successful South Asian woman with a popular television show, be statement enough?

Ukrainian ChristmasRecipe

Ukrainian Christmas Eve dinner has twelve traditional dishes. Kutia (кутя) is the first of these dishes to be served at dinner – it is sweet and filling, and a perfect way to begin the feast.

It is a ritual dish that has deep symbolic meaning and has been a tradition since pre-historic times. Kutia is used to predict if the family will have a bountiful harvest and happiness for the upcoming year. There is a bowl of kutia left at the head of the table to honour the souls of those who have passed away. Here is a recipe so you can try this tasty and unique dish!

Ingredients

1 cup wheat berries (or pearl barley) 3/4 cup poppy seeds 1 cup chopped walnut pieces 3/4 to 1 cup honey 1/4 cup white sugar 1/2 teaspoon salt Optional: 1/2 cup dried apricots, thinly sliced 1/2 cup raisins

Preparation

1.Soak wheat berries overnight in plenty of water (3-4 cups). In the morning, drain the water, rinse the

wheat berries and add 2 cups of fresh water. Cover and bring to a boil, then reduce heat to low and simmer until tender, for about an hour, or bake in oven for 45-60 mins at 345F until tender. Water would be mostly absorbed.

2. Soak apricots and/or raisins overnight in boiled water.

3. Meanwhile, bring small saucepan of water to boil. Stir in poppy seeds, then remove from heat and let stand, covered, 30 minutes. In fine-mesh sieve, drain poppy seeds, then transfer to food processor. Process until finely ground. (Note: you can buy prepared ground poppy seeds in specialty Ukrainian or other EasternEuropean stores) 4. Meanwhile, in small, dry skillet over moderate heat, lightly toast walnuts. Set aside.

5. Drain apricots and/or raisins if using.

6. Transfer wheat berries to large bowl. Stir in sugar, honey, and salt. You might need to add some boiled water if the mixture is too dry. Stir in walnuts, ground poppy seeds, and, if you like, apricots and raisins.

7.Spoon chilled kutia into small bowls, sprinkle with some sugar if desired, and serve.

Smachnoho! Смачного!

-Ksenia Kolodka

NEW FIMS COURSE ADDITIONS FOR THE 2017-2018 ACADEMIC SCHOOL YEAR

//MATTHEW CONACHER

MIT 1032A - TELLING IT LIKE IT IS: AN ANALYSIS OF THIS INSTITUTION

MIT 2167F - DATING VIA LINKEDIN

This new mandatory first-year course provides students with an analysis of the university system as a whole. Students will learn: Demystify the FIMS grading curve, emotional management techniques for when your teaching assistant gives you 67% on an essay you spent five weeks on, as well as a surplus of writing experience which will help in writing letters to your grandparents explaining why you’re paying to watch PowerPoints covered in memes.

MIT 3490A - THE AARDVARK MANIFESTO: MARXIST IDEOLOGIES IN CHILDREN’S PROGRAMMING Have you ever noticed how Muffy Crosswire from TVO Kids’s Arthur is fetishized for both her wealth and sense of style? MIT 3490A analyzes how children’s television program Arthur, on TVO Kids, perpetuates Marxist ideologies while touching on the dangerous effects of media on children. Capitalist themes in the course include: how the Crosswire Motors family in Arthur has seized the means of production – which leaves room for indepth study on this unexplored topic.

Recommended Texts: • Seasons 1-20 of Arthur (available online or American Netflix) • Arthur Goes to Camp by Marc Brown, Hachette Book Group USA, 1982

Who said romance and business shouldn't be synonymous? Learn from celebrity guest lecturer Chris, from ABC’s The Bachelor, and pick up some important tips on how LinkedIn is changing the dating app landscape. Questions answered will include: Is this a coffee chat or a first date? Should I ask my boss out on a date to Appleby’s? Should I be sexting on LinkedIn messenger? And most importantly – Won’t she get an email alerting her that I’m lurking her profile? All of these pondering questions will be answered in 2167F! Required Course Materials: • 1 year subscription to LinkedIn Premium ($75,000)

MIT 9891B - IMESSAGE FOR THE MATURE MIND This PhD course will teach you the fundamental skills needed to decode the average text message sent via mobile application iMessage. If you think LMAO means “leaving my aunts office” then you've got a big storm coming. If any1 in ur life msgs u lik dis then this cours is import 2 kno!!!! Week 4 will focus on the eggplant emoji and week 7 will bring course concepts to life through an in-class screening of the 2017 hit film The Emoji Movie.

Required Course Materials: • iPhone 7 or newer (you’ll be removed from course if it is discovered that you are #TeamAndroid) MIT 3666E - LEAN IN

Sheryl Sandberg who? This course will contextualize lean culture and how this concoction of Sprite, Jolly Ranchers, and prescription drug Promethazine w/Codeine rose to fame. Starting with its roots in Texas, this course will walk you through how it went from backyard mixed drink to the world’s favourite narcotic beverage. A business element is prominent and the class will conclude with a group project involving the designing your own Styrofoam cup and selling lean - lemonade stand style - to the patrons of Western University. v.18.3// 21

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ZINE CANADA

SILENTLY WONDERING, “WHY BOTHER?” SINCE 1906

STARBUCKS MARKETER GETS TIRED OF

HOLIDAY CUP CONTROVERSY

Creates “DO IT YOURSELF” cups this year

4TH YEAR MTP STUDENTS’ GRADUATION

POSTPONED TO 2020

“We weren’t expecting to get hired anytime soon anyway...”

FIMS FACULTY PLACES ACTION

FIGURES AROUND THE BUILDING

Is this a social movement or a treasure hunt?

UWO ENGINEERING MAGAZINE PURPLE ARM OFFENDS STUDENTS due to grammatical errors, poor diction, and weak sentence structure

WESTERN PLANS TO BAN SMOKING

ON CAMPUS

Tims line triples in length

STUDENT ECSTATIC ABOUT HAVING

ONE EXAM THIS SEMESTER

Exam date released: December 21, 7pm

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCES

AN ALARMING TECH SECTOR GENDER GAP. FIMS students beg to differ Student: “Hey! We study technoculture.”

Gov: “What the fuck is technoculture??”

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MIT 2157, “PLANET

GOOGLE,” PLANS A FIELD TRIP TO NEW GOOGLE

NEIGHBOURHOOD

Students found lying on heated sidewalks refusing to get up

ARE YOU

GROWING THAT MUSTACHE FOR MOVEMBER?

Yeah, I just haven’t made a go fund me page yet

FIRST YEAR MIT STUDENTS FEAR

CHRISTMAS BREAK

So… Much…

Consumerism…….

STUDENT SPENDS

10 MINUTES

TRYING TO GET SINK TO WORK IN FNB, GIVES UP.

This is no joke. Pls fix this. It’s flu season.

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