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Hooking up on campus
Whether or not we actually do hook up on campus, we experience it indirectly through magazines and TV shows that star unrealistically good looking 30-year-old actors. We even learn about it in our classes. Angela Weaver is a psychology professor at StFX who focuses on “friends with benefits” relationships. One of the texts Weaver uses in her human sexuality course...
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Good vibrations
The insulting but hilarious story of the invention of the vibrator seems to be popping up everywhere. Let’s face it: if anything warrants a retelling and celebration of its invention, it’s the vibrator. Rachel P. Maines’ 1999 novel The Technology of Orgasming discusses the invention of the vibrator. In Victorian England, women who complained of headaches, stomachaches, being tired, or...
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Sew Dramatic
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Now that Halloween’s over, let’s think Christmas
Charity is always a topic that comes up as we approach Christmas and the holiday season. For some reason, what has become the most materialistic part of the year is still also, paradoxically, a time when people try to reconnect with that impulse to extend the proverbial helping hand to the people around them. This year the idea of charity...
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The internet is crucial in an age of protest
The Internet is a “series of tubes” said then U.S. senator Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) in 2006. This hopelessly out of touch statement perhaps indicates the disparity between old politicians and the savvy youth of today. Need further proof? Look at the Arab Spring and the “American Fall,” as it has been dubbed by some. As you avid readers of the...
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Segregation isn’t the answer
In an effort to curb homophobic bullying, the Triangle Program, a high school classroom meant exclusively for LGBT students, was established in Toronto more than 15 years ago. This school creates a safe environment for LGBT students that regular schools cannot provide. The Triangle Program was originally created in 1995 and has undergone some changes to expand its student and...
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Devil's weed or wonder drug?
Marijuana is a substance many students are familiar with—some having just tried it and others being chronic smokers. Public opinion of the drug varies widely; some people liken marijuana to anything from the devil’s weed to a wonder drug. I spoke with StFX biology professor John McKenna—who does cannabinoid research—to set the record straight. McKenna’s personal research alone suggests some...
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Occupy Wall Street: Post-political protesting or waste of time?
On July 13th, 2011, Adbusters, a Canada-based foundation that opposes the encroachment of commercial forces into culture and the environment, released a call to Occupy Wall Street. Its call to action read: “Are you ready for a Tahrir moment? On September 17th, 2011, flood into lower Manhattan, set up tents, kitchens, peaceful barricades and occupy Wall Street.” From there, things...
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Sleepless students, risky behaviour
The study remains elusive, but if you ask anyone on campus if hours of sleep and proximity of mid-terms have an inverse relationship, you’ll find they do. “But it’s just sleep right? Who cares? You can just catch up.” Loss of sleep has been shown in recent years to have a much more significant effect on our brains than previously...
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Life, liberty and the pursuit of the American Dream
Wednesday night, 11:30 (10:30 Central). I have a bottle of beer and my roommates have all turned in for the night. The television is on in the corner. I find it best to watch television at night and alone. Then there are no distractions, no glare from the picture window that takes up most of the wall in my living...
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Thank you for the music
For music artists trying to get their start online, it is a crowded, competitive world out there. With each new hit song released, there are hundreds of aspiring singers with a video camera attempting to cover it in the slim chance they will get noticed. So to help you find some of the diamonds in the rough, here are some...
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