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The Rise of Dark Academia Voices 

The Rise of Dark Academia

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HELLO LGBTQ COMMUNITY. If you have decided to read this article, you are probably either not straight or not cisgender. For those of you are who are straight and cisgender, lmao loser (jk…or am I?).  If you happen to be active on TikTok, Tumblr, or Instagram within the last few months, you may have seen the term “Dark Academia” floating around. Dark Academia is centred around higher education, writing, the arts, and classic Greek and Gothic architecture. If this sounds interesting to you, this may be the aesthetic for you….

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This Is Not a Manifesto (VCSA Elections) Voices 

This Is Not a Manifesto (VCSA Elections)

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Democracy has been very good at selling itself as the ideal form of government, in which the control over the rules in society is brought back to the people. It has been able to present itself as a system that is based on the romantic conceptions of free speech, transparency, equality, representation, etc. In a way, at least epistemologically, it accomplishes the goal of giving the power to the people. Unlike Autocracy, where the autos (self or individual) is in charge of the Kratos (rule), hinting that a single individual…

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“That’s not 2 meters” Arts 

“That’s not 2 meters”

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In Memoriam of the 2-to-3-year-old female humpback whale, who was first seen in the Saint-Lawrence river on May 30th, and who died due to a collision with a boat on the night of June 9th.   In early October, Montreal artist Geraldine Laurendeau built a monument with the help of other local artists near the water in Bellerive Park (in the city’s east-end) to keep the memory of this creature alive.   “They’re quite fascinating animals but behind that, there are a lot of things we can learn from them,”…

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Halloween, Education and Charity Features 

Halloween, Education and Charity

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If you were to describe Halloween in one word, which word would come to your mind? To many in the West, words such as “trick-or-treat” and “best costumes” may pop up. To local people in Germany, they would think of “Reformation” and “Martin Luther”, for the 31st of October is, for them, a day to commemorate Martin Luther and the “Reformation” of the Christian Church. However, would it ever occur to you that words such as “education” and “charity” could be connected to Halloween? For some, for example, in Montreal,…

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VCSA partial financial statement 2019 – 2020  Campus 

VCSA partial financial statement 2019 – 2020 

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Below is an excerpt of the VCSA’s financial statement from 2019 to 2020. Click here to have access to the full budget.  The Insider: 2020:$8,397   2019: $9,068   Clubs:  2020:$4,040 2019: $5,181   VCSA Parties: 2020:$18,074  2019: $27,333   Breakfast / VCSA Meetings: 2020:$16,999  2019: $13,128   Welcome Week: 2020: $27,802 2019: $31,128   Office Expenses: 2020:$17,524  2019: $13,148   Fashion Show: 2020: N/A  2019: $6,798   First Aid Team: 2020:$195 2019: $2,749   Emergency Covid Aid: 2020: $30,000 2019: N/A   Vanier Vibrant: 2020:$0 2019: $2,849   Robotics: 2020:$4,700  2019: $8,137   Scholarships and Honorariums: 2020: $21,896 2019: $12,620   Sports…

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Suburbia Uncategorized 

Suburbia

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Should you go walking out at night, you may find yourself at a crossroads. Though the streetlamp may shine above, it will do nothing to help illuminate your decision. Should you go left, you’ve already made a mistake. Walking down the open maw of an unfamiliar street, you’ll find houses lined perfectly like rows of teeth. All of them, as clean and polished as the next one. They are identical, of course. Trying to find something that sets them apart would be like distinguishing two drops of water. In short,…

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Soul cleanse Uncategorized 

Soul cleanse

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Lies twist your mouth, contort your face, and stain your soul. “Thou shalt not bear false witness”, I kept repeating like a mantra. Lies sully, defile, and taint the person that is fooled by your treachery. Tears stained my cheeks as I continued: “Thou shalt not bear false witness!”  Lies should burn a mark on your forehead for the world to see, branding you to remind the world of your deception. But they don’t. Not in this world. Lies are nothing but a mere inconvenience. Everyone seems to get away…

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What’s Wrong With the RCMP? Features 

What’s Wrong With the RCMP?

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Did you know that John A. MacDonald got the idea to found a Royal Mounted Police Force from the Royal Irish Constabulary, a paramilitary British police force created to police and subdue the Irish? Except, this body would not only police and subdue the First Nations, but it would also kidnap, torture and murder their children in the name of Christian assimilation.   The RCMP used to be known as the North-West Mounted Police and was founded in 1873 with the colonial purpose of uniting the Northwest to the rest…

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Why 2020’s Live-Action Mulan is getting so much backlash  Features 

Why 2020’s Live-Action Mulan is getting so much backlash 

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After a long-awaited release of the remake of the Disney animated film Mulan, the movie premiered on Disney+ for rent a few weeks ago. However, after seeing the movie, it left fans and viewers alike confused and angered for several reasons.    Firstly, (the biggest reason of all), in the credits scene, Disney thanks government entities in Xinjiang, China, including four propaganda departments. The Xinjiang region is the location of the reeducation camp of Uyghur Muslims and Turkish Muslims.    There is a massive genocide going on over there that…

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