The closest most of us get to being an Olympic athlete is the exercise of channel surfing between events. In the interests of all things athletic, here’s a look at the wide (and occasionally weird) world of sports. Olympic Games This list includes some truly hilarious remarks made by Olympic commentators and other sports-watchers, like… Read more »

At Home: Canadian war vet cut off from visitors by border crackdown An 85-year-old New Brunswick man has had access to his home cut off after a crackdown by U.S. border services. Nikolaj Pedersen’s farm is in New Brunswick, but the road that carries friends, family, mail, and the newspaper to his door lies in… Read more »

When it comes to finding places to buy essays, there isn’t much confusion. Essay-writing services do a booming business, and they’re not shy about selling themselves. ?Let professionals take care of your papers,? boasts one. Term papers, lab reports, admission essays, theses?name your deadline, they’ll name their price. Other sites offer advice?and standard text?so students… Read more »

Mic Boyd: Writing to the Beat Mic Boyd is a rap artist based in Enfield, Nova Scotia. He is the brother of famed rap artist Classified, who produced Mic’s recently released CD, Lost in the Woods, and he often contributes to his brother’s recordings. Mic wrote or co-wrote the lyrics for every track on this… Read more »

Plantar Fasciitis is an inflammation caused by excessive stretching of the plantar fascia. The plantar fascia is a broad band of fibrous tissue which runs along the bottom surface of the foot . . . When the plantar fascia is excessively stretched, this can cause plantar fasciitis – www.foot.com Plantar fasciitis is the most common… Read more »

History is rife with losers that gave everything they had to their art which, though it immortalized them in the end, never gave anything back during their lifetimes. Among this list rank sad sacks like Pablo Picasso, George Washington Carver, Joseph Mohr, and William Percival Josquin Walcarn Shakespeare III, Esq. There is a similar stigma… Read more »

One of the most interesting things in the news this week is an article about the hit Canadian television show Corner Gas. Yes, I know. Protests on the Olympic torch relay are wreaking havoc; the price of oil keeps climbing; the RCMP deputy commissioner, Barbara George, has been found in contempt of Parliament; and we’re… Read more »

STUDENT: Karl Low The Athabasca University Students’ Union has just elected its new council! The next series of profiles will highlight the new and returning councillors of the AUSU Student Council. This week’s profile focuses on Karl Low, who is returning to the AUSU Student Council for a second term. Karl, an English major, feels… Read more »

Is there a person alive who hasn’t said or done something stupid they regret, if not immediately then at some future date? Most of us will admit this sad fact in the privacy of our own thoughts, if we do at all. MP Tom Lukiwski is not most people. When public figures get caught making… Read more »

WINDSOR (CUP) — Quebec Senator Yoine Goldstein reintroduced Bill S-205 last October, hoping to ease the burden of graduates who can’t pay back their student loans. Post-secondary groups from across the country have since lent their support to the bill, which was discussed in Parliament on April 3. The bill would amend the Bankruptcy and… Read more »