Opinions

A short guide to the preservation of baby seals

Monday, February 8, 2010 ·

This short document outlines the procedures and guidelines that one must follow when attempting to prevent the death of a baby seal in numerical order. Failure to abide by these simple conventions will result in one’s spending eternity in the...

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Science

Deep sea mapping advances understanding of coral

Monday, February 8, 2010 ·

Researchers are using sound to map the ocean floor, says Craig Brown. Brown, a marine ecosystems researcher, and professor Sue Gass presented a lecture on seafloor mapping technologies that aid in studying cold-water coral (Lophelia) habitats at MUN on Jan....

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Women and climate change

Monday, February 8, 2010 ·

Knowledge of climate change’s irrevocable damage is becoming more common and widely shared. In spite of this many of us are still stuck perceiving climate change as an environmental issue, distancing ourselves from the fact that we are completely dependent...

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Sports and Health

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Player Profile: Sasha Wilkins

Monday, February 8, 2010 ·

An injury may have kept Sasha Wilkins from taking to the floor last weekend in New Brunswick as Memorial’s v-ballers took on St. Mary’s University in a two-game series, but the #12 Power was as much a presence as ever...

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Player Profile: Sasha Wilkins

Monday, February 8, 2010 ·

An injury may have kept Sasha Wilkins from taking to the floor last weekend in New Brunswick as Memorial’s v-ballers took on St. Mary’s University in a two-game series, but the #12 Power was as much a presence as ever...

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Bridging the disability gap

Thursday, February 4, 2010 ·

Carrie-Ann Bugden would rather spend her time going over the things she has in common with other university students rather than delve into the condition that has required her to use a wheelchair most of her life. Bugden, who represents...

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Editorials

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Osama to Obama

Monday, February 8, 2010 ·

Osama bin Laden doesn’t seem to be dead, as former president, George W. Bush had so eagerly hoped he was, with the drone attacks that had been and are still being religiously carried out by the U.S. in the tribal...

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Opinions

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Requiting the unrequited

Monday, February 8, 2010 ·

Few things are capable of producing more sublime joy or more exquisite grief than the prospect of taking friendship to the next level. It’s a familiar scenario: Two people have been friends for years, get along amazingly, and genuinely enjoy...

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Arts

Madam Internet’s YouTube Picks of the Week

Monday, February 8, 2010 ·

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Sports and Health

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Get your ‘Ommm’ on

Monday, February 8, 2010 ·

Let’s face it: The days are painfully long, classes are increasingly yawn-worthy, and there is hardly enough time in the day to chug a Strawberry Sunshine with a Go-Girl Booster, let alone find time to unwind. Well, for all you...

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Movie reviews

The Coen brothers' dark comic take on the Book of Job

By Mildred Pierce

You don’t have to be Jewish to appreciate the Coen Brothers’ latest masterpiece, and Mildred really...

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Third-hand smoke, first-rate nonsense

By Andrew Button

According to Dr. Jonathan Winickoff, a Harvard researcher, “third-hand smoke” poses a real threat to children....

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