“Next Valentine’s Day, forget the chocolates, forget the flowers, show up with a We-Vibe, and you will be the best guy.” – Dr. Lauren Streicher, author of Love Sex Again. Orgasms—perhaps especially female ones—have long been a taboo topic. In “Let’s Talk About Female Orgasms,” a frank but funny video from The Atlantic magazine, Dr…. Read more »
Modern communication is almost instant. Sending a text message or dashing off a quick email or social media post are immediate ways to keep in touch with one another, but this also means correspondence is becoming rather impersonal. Writing a handwritten letter or card is a nice thing to do, especially around holidays such as… Read more »
Valentine’s day has become a day of diamonds, roses, and chocolates. The history of Valentine’s day has become lost in the rubble of modern commercialization. So, where did these traditions start? Are they all purely a modern concept? Or, did they, at one-point, stem from tradition and have simply become overblown? Researching the history of… Read more »
That’s right, I’m going to use this editorial to pump the survey one more time. It’ll be open until late Sunday night, then on Monday morning I’ll start putting together a report on the results. After all, one thing the survey has shown me already, we do like to know about ourselves. So go to… Read more »
AUSU’s General Election kicks off February 10 with the call for nominations. Unlike last summer’s By-election, the General Election will see all nine council seats up for grabs. Will you be filling a council seat for the next two-year term? There are many reasons to run for AUSU Council. The most obvious reason is to… Read more »
I remember several years ago, someone had posted on the AU Facebook page that they were only a few courses away from completing their degree. I recall thinking, “wow it is going to be amazing when I can post that one day.” I “liked” the post; I did not know the person who had posted… Read more »
Excuse me if this seems terse this week, there’s currently a chinook coming into Calgary, and, like almost every time there’s a chinook, It’s accompanied by a nasty head-ache. Every year, I try to get out at least one survey so that I have a little guidance as to what you, the students, think of… Read more »