Articles in The Last Word
Steubenville & social media
Social media has done it again. Over the past seven months, both Facebook and Twitter have come close to exploding…
How to stop being an ignorant asshole in six easy steps
Walking around university and college campuses has made me realize that maybe the facts of life (especially those regarding courtesy…
All work and no play makes SAIT a dull school
SAIT would be better with more liveliness in its hallways and more celebration in its atrium.
SAIT’s sense of cohesion…
No vs. Go
Andrew Halipchuk, Sports Writer
On March 14th, the NHL made one of the biggest mistakes in league history when…
Payphones ‘shmayphones’
Tucked away and unnoticed sits the Senator Burns phone room. Its inhabitants include five Telus pay phones covered in a…
An inside look at a cult: belieber edition
CULT (NOUN):
“A system of devotion directed towards a particular figure or object with practices often regarded by society…
Give metal a chance
Throughout the course of metal’s history, it’s been stereotyped, dismissed and condemned.
For as long as I can remember, I…
Color me bad—colour me right—Canadian spelling matters
A recent memo forwarded via email by ACAD chair Richard Brown that lashed out at students who vandalized the…
Why you should be proud to be a millennial
The population at SAIT is overrun by members of Generation Y, also known as the Millennial Generation. Fellows of…
Albertans need to stop drinking the PC Kool-Aid
The 2013 Alberta budget is cutting from our future, to pay off the deficit from their uncontrollable spending habits.
The…
Pope vs. Pope
What do you get when you put the Catholic Pope Emeritus in the same room as the Oakland rapper, Pope…
CRTC’s measures are just the beginning
According to the big three wireless and cell providers in Canada (Bell, Rogers and Telus), protecting customers from incurring ridiculous…
An internet takeover for less body shaming, more body acceptance
The Internet has been great for spawning subcultures—Star Trek geeks, fantasy football fans and progressive rock nerds have their own…
Boycotting the NHL? Bad idea.
When the NHL announced the end of its third lockout in the last two decades, fans vowed to disown the…
Health Canada’s E-Cig restrictions deserve to go up in smoke
Health Canada has currently banned a healthier alternative to smoking, while keeping cigarettes available in every corner store—it’s a move…
“Not every opinion is valid”
Only a couple hours after Carleton University’s Students of Liberty group installed a “free speech” wall on Jan. 21, it…
DJ sets are a terrible trend
The highly anticipated Passion Pit show at the Gateway on Jan. 12 left much to be desired for fans and…
Manti Te’o – who cares?
Manti Te’o’s fake girlfriend scandal was one of the biggest international news items since the hoax came out on Jan.…
How did Ryan Gosling become so cool?
As the fictional model/philosopher Derek Zoolander once declared, “That Hansel; he’s so hot right now.” The same can be said…
Idle No More needs to stop idling
Idle No More hasn’t exactly been a successful movement so far. They’re struggling to get their message out – no,…
