Monday, October 6

Tragedy of a Teenage Track and Field Star

Trisha Cull

We weren’t really high or as bad-ass as we wanted to be and we always made honour roll anyway »»

Featured | School

The Polar Bear at the Museum

Anna Leventhal

We hide out until it’s time to change back into our plaid-and-corduroy uniforms and throw our big brains around. »»

 

Opinion

Bologna Erases Canada

Stephen Henighan

The Bologna Process will have a highly negative impact on Canada’s already sinking international profile. »»

 

Dispatches

Goin’ to MUN

Marjorie Doyle

A convent escapee reflects on her university days and how Catholic guilt kept her from truly understanding Bob Dylan. »»

 

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Arts & Books

Sartre for Beginners

By
Donald Palmer

Reviewed by Leah Rae

If the idea of tackling such a daunting issue as Jean Paul Sartre’s existentialism incites dry-heaves, then Sartre for Beginners may be the right approach. »»

School Shmool

By
Zoe Trope

Reviewed by Lara Jenny

The chapbook Please Don’t Kill the Freshman by Zoe Trope sparkles with articulate joy and despair and beautifully conjures a teenage subculture that adults can’t even imagine. »»

Half Nelson

By
Ryan Fleck

Reviewed by Carra Noelle Simpson

Ryan Gosling plays Dan Dune, a substance-addicted teacher at a New York inner-city school in Half Nelson, a film filled with subtle and not-so-subtle ironies. »»