Category: Opinion

There were Three Estates in Parliament; but, in the Reporters’ Gallery yonder, there sat a Fourth Estate more important far than they all. – Thomas Carlyle; “On Heroes and Hero Worship”; 1787…

10. Green “P” for parking Parking can be a complicated issue for Laurier Brantford students. Getting tickets is common and parking for class can be difficult. Let us be thankful though, that…

On March 12, Israeli media reported that five Israeli settlers were murdered in the West Bank city of Nablus. Israeli authority immediately arrested 20 Palestinians and, as if in revenge, the Israeli…

April 12 marks the end of my undergraduate career. Soon enough, the real world will rear its ugly head at me, complete with office politics and mundane water cooler small talk. I…

Growing up in London, Ontario and working several part-time jobs in the downtown area, I would often see homeless people asking for money on the streets. I would often give them a…

The 83rd Academy Awards were held last Sunday. As usual, it was an evening of glamour, extravagance and good-looking people. Aside from the award show itself, a permanent fixture of water cooler…

Students around the country are beginning to enjoy and embrace the benefits of a multicultural classroom. The student bodies of Canadian universities have become increasingly diverse and, as a result, students are…

The epiphany that smoking is not positive for one’s health has revealed itself to me. This may have occurred as a result of my 14 years of public education, my parents’ warnings…

Books and magazines raised me, or they had a considerable part in my upbringing, at least. For many years, my father had a subscription to Maclean’s, and he tried to read each…

How is it that the women of Laurier Brantford don’t have a voice in the Brantford Campus Council? How can it be that they are almost invisible, despite the fact that females…

The political uprising in Tunisia seems to have triggered a domino affect across the Arab peninsula, from Egypt in the west to Iran in the east. To help you make sense of…

Walking into the Wilkes House gym on Darling Street for the first time in September, a freshman should notice a number of things: welcoming purple and gold signage everywhere, all the makings…

Rape is defined as sexual assault, usually involving intercourse, where consent has not been given by one of the parties involved. Based on this definition, it would mean that, in all instances…

The following is an article written by one member of the editorial board. The opinions expressed in this article represent a consensus formed by The Sputnik’s editorial board. They do not, in…

One January afternoon this year, my roommate found me reading in the living room. She asked, “Are you studying already?” I responded, “No, I’m just reading.” I’ll never forget the quizzical look…

There’s no denying it: WikiLeaks is on a trajectory – one that will place it firmly in the annals of history as the organization that rewrote the rules in policing democracies. Even…

In November of last year, Maclean’s magazine broke the rules with the article “Too Asian: Some frosh don’t want to study at an ‘Asian’ university.” The article discusses the different approaches to…

The National Football League is one of the wealthiest sports leagues in the world. The NFL itself is worth more than $8 billion a year; however, the spin-off revenue from concession sales,…

I know how awful this will sound, and I know how crazy it is for me to be intimidated by men lifting weights, but I think that most girls were programmed to…

On January 29, I had the privilege of attending a rally in Toronto’s Dundas Square to stand in solidarity with the people of Egypt and Tunisia. With a crowd of approximately 1,000…

The whistleblowing organization Wikileaks is once again under fire – it’s no surprise, of course, that the heat’s coming from the US government. Recently, court documents show that the US government subpoenaed…

I’d like to think that society has advanced far enough to the point where no comparisons can be made between Nazis and gays. Unfortunately, this is not the case for the Halton…

The English Defence League (EDL), a controversial far-right group, has joined forces with the Jewish Defence League of Canada (JDL) in its war against “political Islam.” At the time of this writing,…

The US government has engaged in economic warfare in its latest attempt to silence whistleblowing group, Wikileaks and its founder, Julian Assange. Among others, Apple, Mastercard, Visa, PayPal, Moneybookers, Amazon.com, and offshore…

Are you having a bad day? Is that D in Stats looming over you? Do you think your girlfriend is losing interest in your relationship? The antidote to your problems isn’t a…

As of December 18, the discriminatory “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy which prevented openly gay soldiers from serving in the US military was finally overturned. Prior to the DADT legislation, gays were…

Recently, a friend of mine shocked me when she showed little tolerance and open-mindedness for same-sex couples who use the same terminology as heterosexual couples when describing their relationships. Oh, this friend…

It wasn’t too long ago when the Toronto Maple Leafs were considered one of the premier franchises in the National Hockey League. Year after year, the white-and-blue consistently contended with the league’s…

As France and Belgium rally to legislate a full ban on the hijab, the religious headdress worn by Muslim women, Quebec prepares to follow in the footsteps of its European counterparts. Jean…

I was admiring my burqa-clad Barbie at the F-Word Symposium last week when a journalism student cornered me with his notepad. “What is Islamic feminism?” he asked me at point blank. I…