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Ask Amy: Stuffed Animals

Ask Amy: Stuffed Animals

Dear Amy, You probably have a plush toy or stuffed animal somewhere. What’s your favorite one, or one that you always wish you had? Sincerely, Stuffed Dear Stuffed, Funny thing is that I still have many of my stuffed toys from my childhood. All 100 or so of the beanie babies that were gifts, the [...]

February 14, 2012
Ask Amy: Daycare funding

Ask Amy: Daycare funding

I’m an 18-year old student. I do not have children. Why should I care about the referendum asking us to increase our fees to support on campus childcare?

January 30, 2012
Ask Amy: How did taste buds come about?

Ask Amy: How did taste buds come about?

How did taste buds come about?

January 24, 2012
Ask Amy: Questionable depth

Ask Amy: Questionable depth

Why do you attend to such dull topics, which most people know? Are no questions inserted into your box with any depth?

January 10, 2012
Ask Amy: How did the Grinch steal Christmas?

Ask Amy: How did the Grinch steal Christmas?

How did the Grinch steal Christmas?

November 28, 2011

Ask Amy: Persian Monkeys

Would you ever wish to own 95 white Persian monkeys, and if you did, would you charge viewers a fee?

November 21, 2011
Ask Amy: The Study

Ask Amy: The Study

I was at The Study today and was wondering what you would get.

November 14, 2011
Ask Amy: Good music

Ask Amy: Good music

Dearest Amy, What makes good music good? Yours, — Pensive in Praetoria   Dear Pensive in Praetoria, I have to admit that I was apprehensive about answering this question. It seems silly, I know, because your question seems straightforward. However, it is the modifier “good” that has me in a pickle. What “good music” means [...]

November 7, 2011
Ask Amy: Last-minute Halloween ideas

Ask Amy: Last-minute Halloween ideas

I’m definitely a last minute Halloweener. Most of my friends went out Halloween weekend, but I am working and am going to a costume kegger this Monday. I need to have a costume but don’t know what to be! Can you help me?

October 31, 2011
Ask Amy: Questioning dreams

Ask Amy: Questioning dreams

What is your dream “Ask Amy” question, and for God-sakes- WHY?!

October 24, 2011
Ask Amy: Living

Ask Amy: Living

What is the meaning of living?

October 17, 2011
Ask Amy: The student union

Ask Amy: The student union

What can your student union do for you?

October 4, 2011
Ask Amy: Cavern Stalker

Ask Amy: Cavern Stalker

Ye find thyself in a dimly lit cavern. Stalagtites poke out of the darkness above, and a thin mist surrounds.

September 26, 2011
Ask Amy: Falling in love with an octopus

Ask Amy: Falling in love with an octopus

If I fell in love with an octopus, what do I do?

September 19, 2011
Ask Amy: Space travel

Ask Amy: Space travel

Welcome back to another exciting year here at Lakehead, which will hopefully be filled with lots of rainbows and butterflies! However, given that we live in the great frozen wasteland that is Thunder Bay I can’t see there being too many butterflies and rainbows in the winter (do rainbows occur in winter?).

September 12, 2011

Ask Amy: Year-end wrap-up

Dear Readers, I would like to thank you for a great year of inquisitive questions and hope I provided insightful, if unexpected, answers. I know that some of you are thanking God that the year is over, and that you don’t have to listen to my senseless ramblings for a whole four months while you [...]

April 4, 2011

Dasti’s Blast ‘n’ Cast: Red Rock Ice Fishin Tournament

Ian Dasti F’Reals If you’re new to fishing (or trying something new), it is very important you give it a fair shake. Whether you are learning to fly fish or trying to win a tournament for the first time, it is too easy to let one bad experience prevent you from something you would have [...]

April 4, 2011

Dasti’s Blast ‘n Cast: Ice Fishing Tournament

If you’re new to fishing (or trying something new in fishing), it is very important you give it a fair shake. Whether you are learning to fly fish or trying to win a tournament for the first time, it is too easy to let one bad experience prevent you from doing something you would have otherwise enjoyed.

March 28, 2011
Ask Amy: Easter Bunny

Ask Amy: Easter Bunny

The exact origins of the Easter bunny are unknown, although it has been suggested that the Easter bunny originated somewhere in Germany. Others think the celebration of the Easter bunny originated long ago with the conversion of Pagan peoples to Christianity.

March 28, 2011

Potato Soup for the Masses

Eating Local with Mama Ludwig Ayla Ludwig Argus The greatest and most genuine review of a winter festival can only come from a seven-year-old, proclaiming, “This was the best day of my life!” Those who shovelled paths through snow four feet deep, dug quinzees, packed boxes full of snow to create blocks for carving, and [...]

March 14, 2011