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Meet the Queens Carving Out Queer Space in PeterboroughMeet the Queens Carving Out Queer Space in Peterborough
Meet the Queens Carving Out Queer Space in Peterborough
In this Pride feature, Nick Taylor interviews three of Peterborough's most beloved drag queens: Betty Baker, Just Janis, and Sahira Q. We take you to the front row of one of their shows, discuss what it means to be part of a drag family, and ask what it's like to be a drag queen in Peterborough.
By
Nick Taylor
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September 24, 2021
Where to Vote if You Live on CampusWhere to Vote if You Live on Campus
Where to Vote if You Live on Campus
Are you a residence student wondering how to vote? Look no further! We have laid out some of the details of your journey to the polls on Monday, September 20th, 2021.
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Arthur Newspaper
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September 17, 2021
Recap: End-times environmental debateRecap: End-times environmental debate
Recap: End-times environmental debate
As the election inches ever-nearer, residents of the Peterborough-Kawartha riding are increasingly bombarded with debates, canvases, political ads on the interweb, radio and TV. Read on for coverage of last week’s all candidates environmental debate.
By
Brazil Gaffney-Knox
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September 16, 2021
Everything You Need To Know About the Return to CampusEverything You Need To Know About the Return to Campus
Everything You Need To Know About the Return to Campus
In this article, Nick Taylor attempts to answer all of your COVID campus questions! Get the latest info on the vaccine mandate, mask requirements, where to get COVID tests, changes to ventilation, and cases on campus!
By
Nick Taylor
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September 8, 2021
The Results Are In: City Council Ignored UsThe Results Are In: City Council Ignored Us
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The Results Are In: City Council Ignored Us
Robert Gibson explores Council’s decision to ignore looking at survey results prior to making a decision and city hall practices that may silence and further oppress individuals and groups who are most impacted by council’s decisions.
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Robert Gibson
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July 2, 2021
Growing Pains
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Nick Taylor
Brazil Gaffney-Knox
Nick Taylor
In this episode, we unpack Cleantech Commons, and how it opens our campus to commerce. We enlist the help of Prof. Andrew Wernick, to explain what it means for a university to have a brand. We also sit down with Martin Yuill from Cleantech, and try to get to the bottom of who will profit off this project.
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Opinion
With Your Heart and Your Head: A More Strategic Vote
In this op-ed, Danny Taro breaks down his strategy of voting for the NDP and encourages those aligned with the party to stay true to their political identity.
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Danny Taro
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September 16, 2021
With Your Heart and Your Head: A More Strategic VoteWith Your Heart and Your Head: A More Strategic Vote
Top Five Internet and/or Operating System Simulation Videogames
Taking a break from literary criticism, Dante Pettapiece decides to sit behind a gamer's keyboard instead. While reviewing five recent videogames, Pettapiece charts out how each one replicates and comments on the past of technology and internet culture, occasionally pointing out where reality and technology might be better off separate than together.
By
Dante Pettapiece
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September 16, 2021
Top Five Internet and/or Operating System Simulation VideogamesTop Five Internet and/or Operating System Simulation Videogames
A Climate Emergency with a Side of Medium Transit
Robert Gibson unpacks the decision making process at Peterborough’s city council surrounding transit. Tensions have been running high as city councilors work towards an agreement on how to move forward with a decision on the future of transit in this city.
By
Robert Gibson
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September 3, 2021
A Climate Emergency with a Side of Medium TransitA Climate Emergency with a Side of Medium Transit
I Don't Give A Damn About Our Reputation
Evan Robins directs her attention to the upcoming school year and the reputation Trent tends to garner amongst incoming students, compiling a counter-narrative to the university’s polished façade. You came to Trent for a reason, you ought to know the truth behind it.
By
Evan Robins
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September 2, 2021
I Don't Give A Damn About Our ReputationI Don't Give A Damn About Our Reputation
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News
DisOrientation Week 2021DisOrientation Week 2021
DisOrientation Week 2021
By
Simone Zhu
and
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September 7, 2021
OPIRG Peterborough's Special Events Coordinator, Simone Zhu outlines their annual DisOrientation Week! Learn more about the exciting roster of events they have planned for Trent, Nogo, + beyond!
Respectability, Harassment, and the Fight to be Trans Online with Autogyniphiles_Anonymous
By
Evan Robins
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July 22, 2021
Following a trying targeted harassment campaign and a number of changes to algorithms used by Instagram and Facebook causing accounts run by trans creators to suddenly face deletion, Evan Robins sits down with Autogyniphiles_Anonymous' Arendt Admin to talk content moderation, respectability, and how to stop queer spaces online from becoming the targets of hate groups and corporate policing.
Following a trying targeted harassment campaign and a number of changes to algorithms used by Instagram and Facebook causing accounts run by trans creators to suddenly face deletion, Evan Robins sits down with Autogyniphiles_Anonymous' Arendt Admin to talk content moderation, respectability, and how to stop queer spaces online from becoming the targets of hate groups and corporate policing.
A Case For Louis Riel College
By
Cheyenne Wood
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July 20, 2021
In this article, Cheyenne Wood revisits the conversation around the renaming of Champlain College, and for the first time, offers an alternative: Louis Riel. Wood details the contradictions involved in Champlain's name remaining on campus, and builds an argument for replacing it with that of the Métis revolutionary, Louis Riel.
In this article, Cheyenne Wood revisits the conversation around the renaming of Champlain College, and for the first time, offers an alternative: Louis Riel. Wood details the contradictions involved in Champlain's name remaining on campus, and builds an argument for replacing it with that of the Métis revolutionary, Louis Riel.
Podcasts
Growing Pains
Growing PainsEpisode 2: Bleeding Green
Produced by
Brazil Gaffney-Knox
 &
Nick Taylor
In this episode, we unpack Cleantech Commons, and how it opens our campus to commerce. We enlist the help of Prof. Andrew Wernick, to explain what it means for a university to have a brand. We also sit down with Martin Yuill from Cleantech, and try to get to the bottom of who will profit off this project.
Opinion
A Climate Emergency with a Side of Medium TransitA Climate Emergency with a Side of Medium Transit
A Climate Emergency with a Side of Medium Transit
By
Robert Gibson
and
Robert Gibson unpacks the decision making process at Peterborough’s city council surrounding transit. Tensions have been running high as city councilors work towards an agreement on how to move forward with a decision on the future of transit in this city.
I Don't Give A Damn About Our ReputationI Don't Give A Damn About Our Reputation
I Don't Give A Damn About Our Reputation
By
Evan Robins
and
Evan Robins directs her attention to the upcoming school year and the reputation Trent tends to garner amongst incoming students, compiling a counter-narrative to the university’s polished façade. You came to Trent for a reason, you ought to know the truth behind it.
A Case For Louis Riel CollegeA Case For Louis Riel College
A Case For Louis Riel College
By
Cheyenne Wood
and
In this article, Cheyenne Wood revisits the conversation around the renaming of Champlain College, and for the first time, offers an alternative: Louis Riel. Wood details the contradictions involved in Champlain's name remaining on campus, and builds an argument for replacing it with that of the Métis revolutionary, Louis Riel.
Love and Chainsaws: Why you should read the Chainsaw Man manga (if you haven’t already)Love and Chainsaws: Why you should read the Chainsaw Man manga (if you haven’t already)
Love and Chainsaws: Why you should read the Chainsaw Man manga (if you haven’t already)
By
Evan Robins
and
Arthur’s resident enthusiast for all things horrifying, dark, and gory is back, with her sights set on the final frontier: manga & anime. This time she’s jumping into Tatsuki Fujimoto’s critically acclaimed Chainsaw Man, an over-the-top thrill ride filled with demons, public servants, and – of course – chainsaws.
Top Five Internet and/or Operating System Simulation VideogamesTop Five Internet and/or Operating System Simulation Videogames
Top Five Internet and/or Operating System Simulation Videogames
By
Dante Pettapiece
and
·
September 16, 2021
Taking a break from literary criticism, Dante Pettapiece decides to sit behind a gamer's keyboard instead. While reviewing five recent videogames, Pettapiece charts out how each one replicates and comments on the past of technology and internet culture, occasionally pointing out where reality and technology might be better off separate than together.
Satire
A Review of a Service Canada phone callA Review of a Service Canada phone call
A Review of a Service Canada phone call
By
Robert Gibson
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February 11, 2021
Robert Gibson reviews a Service Canada phone call in this timely piece of comedy as more people are using Service Canada over the phone. While his experience was a hellscape, he hopes you have a better time.
Sports
Top Five Internet and/or Operating System Simulation VideogamesTop Five Internet and/or Operating System Simulation Videogames
Top Five Internet and/or Operating System Simulation Videogames
By
Dante Pettapiece
and
·
September 16, 2021
Taking a break from literary criticism, Dante Pettapiece decides to sit behind a gamer's keyboard instead. While reviewing five recent videogames, Pettapiece charts out how each one replicates and comments on the past of technology and internet culture, occasionally pointing out where reality and technology might be better off separate than together.
Culture
Meet the Queens Carving Out Queer Space in PeterboroughMeet the Queens Carving Out Queer Space in Peterborough
Meet the Queens Carving Out Queer Space in Peterborough
By
Nick Taylor
and
·
September 24, 2021
In this Pride feature, Nick Taylor interviews three of Peterborough's most beloved drag queens: Betty Baker, Just Janis, and Sahira Q. We take you to the front row of one of their shows, discuss what it means to be part of a drag family, and ask what it's like to be a drag queen in Peterborough.
DisOrientation Week 2021DisOrientation Week 2021
DisOrientation Week 2021
By
Simone Zhu
and
·
September 7, 2021
OPIRG Peterborough's Special Events Coordinator, Simone Zhu outlines their annual DisOrientation Week! Learn more about the exciting roster of events they have planned for Trent, Nogo, + beyond!
Respectability, Harassment, and the Fight to be Trans Online with Autogyniphiles_AnonymousRespectability, Harassment, and the Fight to be Trans Online with Autogyniphiles_Anonymous
Respectability, Harassment, and the Fight to be Trans Online with Autogyniphiles_Anonymous
By
Evan Robins
and
·
July 22, 2021
Following a trying targeted harassment campaign and a number of changes to algorithms used by Instagram and Facebook causing accounts run by trans creators to suddenly face deletion, Evan Robins sits down with Autogyniphiles_Anonymous' Arendt Admin to talk content moderation, respectability, and how to stop queer spaces online from becoming the targets of hate groups and corporate policing.
Love and Chainsaws: Why you should read the Chainsaw Man manga (if you haven’t already)Love and Chainsaws: Why you should read the Chainsaw Man manga (if you haven’t already)
Love and Chainsaws: Why you should read the Chainsaw Man manga (if you haven’t already)
By
Evan Robins
and
·
July 19, 2021
Arthur’s resident enthusiast for all things horrifying, dark, and gory is back, with her sights set on the final frontier: manga & anime. This time she’s jumping into Tatsuki Fujimoto’s critically acclaimed Chainsaw Man, an over-the-top thrill ride filled with demons, public servants, and – of course – chainsaws.
Blood Quantum is the Indigenous-led Horror Movie You Have Never SeenBlood Quantum is the Indigenous-led Horror Movie You Have Never Seen
Blood Quantum is the Indigenous-led Horror Movie You Have Never Seen
By
Evan Robins
and
·
June 21, 2021
In this article, Evan Robins reviews Jeff Barnaby's 2019 horror film, Blood Quantum, about a zombie plague that Indigenous people are immune to. Robins takes stock of every component of this film -- its plot, its cinematography, its gore, and ultimately, she recommends it!
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