I don’t have many friends, but the ones I do have are profoundly spiritual. They all embody traits I would love to offer everyone, especially our beloved Jewish students, who are undergoing hardships and persecution due to no fault of their own. No one deserves what this world is putting them through. Everyone deserves love,… Read more »
Making Hong Kong-style egg tarts at home is a delightful culinary adventure that allows you to recreate the flaky crust and creamy custard filling of this beloved pastry. Here’s a DIY recipe to guide you through the process: Ingredients: Crust preparation: 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour 1/2 cup unsalted butter, chilled and cubed 1/4 cup… Read more »
From my early beginnings as a young introvert, the public library has always been a bit of a refuge. Years later, not much has changed, albeit with an additional affinity for endless hours spent scouring second-hand bookstores to add to my ever-growing “to-read” pile. From one bookworm to another, this column will be underscoring and… Read more »
Today, I discovered that 80-year-olds can compete in the Olympics. So, I want to compete in the Olympics for backstroke and crawl when I’m in my 70s or 80s, although I’ve got to look at the chart to see precisely what age ranges compete. And I could get bold and talented enough to try out… Read more »
Technology, that manna from nerd heaven that turns slinky skateboarders into sedentary specimens and geeky weirdos into well-heeled billionaires, in our times has assumed the mantle of a Good Thing. When deployed properly, the wisdom goes, there’s a general consensus that technology can wend us out of many a challenge. This parallels the delicious synchronicity… Read more »
Scholarship name: BigSun Scholarship 2024 Sponsored by: BigSun Organization Deadline: June 19, 2024 Potential payout: $500 Eligibility restriction: Applicants must be student athletes attending a high school or post-secondary institute. What’s required: An email with contact and school info, along with a 500-1000 word essay answering the following questions: “How did your participation in sports… Read more »
Facebook: How to prepare for an exam after procrastinating. A student is seeking advice on how to proceed with the learning process when they are a procrastinator and have exams approaching. One student suggests creating a schedule, while another provides screenshots of a color-coded checklist of subjects, quizzes, assignments, and their respective percentage values and… Read more »
What is it about shared identities that people often find themselves obsessing over, identities that are often meaningless if they are not connected by an underlying set of shared values? Much of it may have historical roots, but, as deep as those roots may stretch, they will get ripped out over the slightest of lines… Read more »
As Alexander Pope once pointed out, to err is human. Mistakes, just like forms of love, are of infinite variety, coming in all shapes and sizes. Error, clanger, boner, blunder, mishap, foible, fuck up, and faux pas; viewed from a certain perspective, my own life has been an impressive litany of them. There are those… Read more »
The Voice Magazine recently had a chance to chat with Megha Shah (she/her), a Bachelor of Science in Applied Mathematics student from Edmonton, Alberta, who also plans to take Finance courses. She stated, “After I graduate, I want to work for a finance company or in another math related field.” On a personal note, Megha… Read more »