Send in the clowns

Vancouver playwright Bill Marchant gazes down at the city from his office on the fifth floor of the Vancouver Film School. The lights illuminate his face as he absorbs every passing figure, car and gl...

News

Nathaniel Christopher / 8 December 2005 / 1 Comment

Queer in care

I hear a voice calling me from upstairs. “Nathaniel, we’d like to talk to you.” I have been dreading this moment. I make my way through the cluttered front hallway and creep up the s...

Culture and Politics

Nathaniel Christopher / 15 November 2005

Happy birthday, Frida!

Today marks the sixtieth birthday of one of the most recognized voices on Earth. Anni-Frid (Frida) Lyngstad is a passionate humanitarian, environmentalist and singer who is best known as the brunette ...

Reflections and Opinions

Nathaniel Christopher / 21 September 2005

Greyhound lost/stole/hid my shit

Item: Giant Rubbermaid tub purchased from the Burnaby Wal-Mart in 2001 Weight: 65 lbs. Contents: Sony Stereo, forty very rare disco cds, pink Woodward’s wool blanket, plaid coat, cd stereo rack, clean...

Nathaniel Christopher / 8 August 2005

Hands Øff Hans Island!

A diplomatic spat over the fate of a tiny island in the high arctic has put a slight grimace on the friendly face of Canadian-Danish relations. The two northern nations are anxious to consolidate thei...

Nathaniel Christopher / 2 August 2005

Spice Girls wannabe a trio?

Slam the facts down and wind them all around and you’ll come smack bang in the face of wild media speculation surrounding the prospective reunion of the Spice Girls. Nobody seems quite sure what is go...

Nathaniel Christopher / 25 July 2005

Mad Violet

“I’m sorry we’re late,” says Brenley MacEachern of the musical duo Mad Violet. “We were just on the phone with our producer in London, talking about our next album.” Lisa MacIsaac arrived just in time...

Nathaniel Christopher / 25 July 2005

Trent’s $3500 degree error

Does paper carry weight? That is the question being pondered by the hundreds of recent Trent graduates who found themselves in possession of two Trent University degrees after the Office of the Regist...

Nathaniel Christopher / 25 July 2005

Toilet paper impresses dozens

“It’s like wiping your ass with a cloud,” beams Tim Walker, Sadleir House Restoration Assistant, on the merits of the new toilet paper at the downtown student facility. The toilet paper, which is soft...

Nathaniel Christopher / 11 July 2005

Examining racism in Peterborough

Racism is an insidious disease that afflicts individuals, communities and societies. Untreated it can flair up and manifest in the form of physical, verbal, psychological, and sexual attacks against m...