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Angry Brides: these birds mean business

Indian matrimonial company Shaadi.com recently developed an Angry Birds spin-off to raise awareness about dowry abuse and violence.

January 24, 2012

Captain blamed for cruise ship sinking

Twenty-three passengers remain unaccounted for following the sinking of Italian cruise ship Costa Concordia. Divers had been looking for survivors in the wreck until last week when the vessel shifted closer to a steep drop in the Tuscan sea. At present all eyes are turned towards the captain, who is facing grave allegations regarding his role in the incident.

January 24, 2012

Royal Canadian Navy officer charged with espionage

Canadian authorities placed sub-lieutenant Jeffery Paul Delisle under arrest last week for passing official military secrets to foreign interests. Delisle is the first person to be charged under the Security of Information Act, which superseded the Official Secrets Act shortly after 9/11.

January 24, 2012

Students find teaching opportunities, despite competitive market

Lakehead University held its annual Education Fair on Jan. 20. Students graduating from teachers college, the concurrent education program, or graduate school were lining up to apply for jobs and to meet potential future employers.

January 24, 2012

Meet Your Profs: Dr. Alla Reznik

The research endeavours of Canada Research Chair and Lakehead professor Dr. Alla Reznik are representative of science in the service of humanity.

January 24, 2012

The Arts

In depth with Mendelssohn

To some, it’s a difficult concept to grasp: a song without words. What does that mean? When you hear the word “song,” often thoughts of pop artists come into your head. You imagine words that speak to you, or perhaps lyrics that have no meaning, or lines that tell a story about that musician’s life experiences.

January 24, 2012

Cruise leaves Holmes to hunt for a mission

Your mission, if you choose to accept it, is to watch Mission Impossible 4: Ghost Protoco with the knowledge that characters could be one dimensional, plot holes may be gaping, and that none of that really matters. By the way, this article will self destruct when you finish reading it.

January 24, 2012

Little fish making it in a great big world

My earliest memories of Brunswick sardines go back 17 years. My grandmother always had the best lunches when we went to visit her, and it was at her table that I first tried avocado, herring, pierogi, and yes, sardines.

January 24, 2012

Lakehead students bravely step up on stage

Despite sitting through a painful late start and a scramble to find judges and the missing MC, “Lakehead Has Talent,” LUSU’s Winter Carnival talent show, turned out to be a great hit. The show consisted of nineteen acts, including dancing, singing, magic, comedy, and live visual/interpretive art, and was judged by Andy Eyevancic, Emma McDonald, and Derek Wall.

January 24, 2012

Growing Season Juice Collective

The Growing Season Juice Collective is kind of like Luke Skywalker: it emerges as a new hope for local food against the evil industrialized food empire.

January 10, 2012

Sports

Lakehead shut out at home

The Thunderwolves may have hit a wall last weekend as they met the Western Mustangs in a double header at home. The ‘Wolves lost 1-0 on Friday night and managed an identical score during Saturday’s game.

January 24, 2012

Men’s basketball team ranked second in the country

The LU men’s basketball team showed why they are ranked number two in the country by defeating the McMaster Marauders 83-76 on Friday and 91-71 on Saturday. The wins were enough to give Lakehead the top spot in the OUA West division.

January 24, 2012

Marauders claim victory against LU

The Women’s Basketball team lost 74-57 on Friday and 73-44 on Saturday against the McMaster Marauders, but the game also had a second focus: the women sported pink jerseys to support the Think Pink campaign to fight breast cancer.

January 24, 2012

You’re a Winner!

For the second time in four months, a Dominican-born Major League Baseball pitcher has been arrested for using a false identity.

January 24, 2012

Bringing it back

Jan. 6 and 7 gave indications of the work that the women’s basketball team has done since holidays began. The ‘Wolves earned a 74-58 victory in game one against the Western Mustangs. Game two was a nail biter, as LU closely defeated the Mustangs 64-63.

January 10, 2012

Editorials

Want 30 per cent of your tuition fees back? Sorry, probably not

By now everyone has heard of the Ontario government’s plan to reduce the burden on students by giving a grant equal to about 30 per cent of tuition fees. Committing more than $430 million, the government’s actions have been hailed as a long-welcome change to the rising fees that all university students have had to face.

January 10, 2012

Tweeting on tax dollars

With the perceived “importance” of social media continually rising, the Thunder Bay Public Library has followed the trend set by other libraries around the globe and began offering training sessions for both Facebook and Twitter in an effort to increase awareness of each among those with limited computer skills.

January 10, 2012

Christmas time is here again

I am aware that some people don’t like the holiday season, Christmas, or anything to do with this time of year.

November 28, 2011

Philosophy doesn’t make money so it shouldn’t be a major

China’s Ministry of Education announced last week that it’s planning on phasing out majors at its universities that produce unemployable graduates. Unemployable, in the Ministry’s definition, is any major in which less than 60 per cent of graduates find work in two years.

November 28, 2011