Open Space: Need for men’s spaces questionableThe idea of safe space for men comes up on campus, especially in conversations about the campus women’s centres. Some students believe that if women have safe spaces on campus where they can hang out and drink tea for free, so should men. But should they, really? Of course men should be able to enjoy […] Continue Reading |
Open Space: Men need to embrace feminismIn 1984, Gloria Watkins (pen name: bell hooks), influential feminist author and activist, famously stated that “feminism is a movement to end sexism, sexist exploitation, and oppression.” In her book, Feminism Is for Everybody, published 16 years later, Watkins wrote, “I like this definition [of sexism feminism] because it did not imply that men were […] Continue Reading |
Open Space: Occupy movement lacks unityWhen Egyptians and Libyans began protesting to topple their corrupt governments, the world had yet to see what the singular focus of hundreds of thousands of people could accomplish. It was something new that the world hadn’t seen before: a nonviolent revolution. The growing Occupy movement currently seeks to use this new power of nonviolent […] Continue Reading |
Open Space: Occupy movement debunks American dreamThe Occupy Wall Street movement was created and suggested by Adbusters back in July. On September 17, over 1,000 people initiated the peaceful sit-in at the heart of New York’s financial district. Citizens from all over the country have made their way to New York City to participate in the protest as it continues, and […] Continue Reading |
Open Space: Unthankful ThanksgivingAs Thanksgiving weekend quickly approaches, many students are looking forward to having a day off and eating pumpkin pie. But, 54 years after the creation of the holiday, is anyone still taking it as a day to be thankful? The first recorded times of giving thanks were in the late 1700s, when people in eastern […] Continue Reading |
Steve Jobs: celebrating a mind that thought differentGoogle’s senior vice-president of engineering Vic Gundotra responded to Steve Jobs’ retirement in August of 2011 by posting a short story on his Google+ profile of an interaction with the Apple founder. On a Sunday morning in 2008, Gundotra was attending religious services when his cell phone vibrated. After discreetly checking the phone and finding […] Continue Reading |
Open Space: Cultural garbage our own faultA recent study details how children who watch Spongebob Squarepants actually damage their ability to learn and focus. Watching a television cartoon that essentially has ADHD itself is actually giving children ADHD-like symptoms. This has come as a shock to many people, but that’s a cop out, because although the empirical evidence may be new, it’s […] Continue Reading |
Open Space: Take a breath, relaxThe fall semester has only just begun and some students are already getting stressed out. Is it because they’re planning out the next eight months of their life? Is it because course registration was such a frightening process? No. It’s because students procrastinate. Instead of digging in and getting things like course registration and buying […] Continue Reading |
