Muskrat Falls presentation lacking

Locke’s lecture missed a number of points

By Fred Winsor

The article covered the presentation given by Memorial University economics professor Wade Locke regarding the cost efficiency of Muskrat Falls, which Professor Locke touted as the best cost-efficient option for Newfoundland and Labrador's energy needs.

What is the logic behind banning men?

The Works’ new female-only slots policy is fundamentally sexist

By Steve

In response to the Muse volume 62 issue 13 article The Works introduces female-only weight room slots, what is the logic behind banning men?

Why not share the space we have?

By Nicholas Belanger

Paul Hussey wrote (the Muse volume 62, issue 13, page 2) that Zach Morse and his friends are “outraged” by a decision made by Craig Neil, the general manager of The Works, to introduce female-only gym hours.

This rape culture


By Elizabeth Whitten



You know what I'm offended by? Articles like Graham Templeton's What Rape
Culture?, which appeared in Volume 62 Issue 2 of the Muse.

Giving credit where it's due

I am writing in response to the article “End-of-year review: Sea-Hawks report card” written by Tristan Woodworth-Lynas. I am a former MUN student and Sea-Hawk, and it came as a great disappointment when I noticed that two teams that have produced impressive results were excluded from the review—cross country running and swimming. Not only that, but instead of including the...

Images of a veil

When discussion about the Burka erupted around the globe it made me think of the female status before Islam. Females had the lowest social ranking. They were something you could buy and sell, like pieces of furniture. They had no freedom, were forbidden from having a share in their inheritance, and were not allowed any independent finance. Sometimes female babies...

Life isn’t easy when you can’t take the bus

In 2008, Newfoundland and Labrador became a “have” province for the first time in Canadian history and ended its receipt of equalization payments from Ottawa, which began in 1949. The social benefits of this development were tremendous. “For too long, we’ve been perceived as second-rate citizens, or Canada’s poor cousin,” said Finance Minister Jerome Kennedy, “That day is no longer—at...

Sustainability on thin ice

This letter is in response to Adam Peddle’s article “In Cod We Trust” in the Muse, March 24, 2011, (Volume 61, Issue 22). While the article provided some discussion on the history of the Newfoundland and Labrador cod fishery and its relevance to the recent Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), it did not explain the reasons for the fishery’s collapse over...

What not to wear

I was reading the most recent edition of the Muse when I came across an article by Mr. Woodworth-Lynas summarizing the “burka/niqab debate” in Canada, (Volume 61, Issue 20). For those of you just joining us, a burka is a Muslim garment covering the entirety of a woman’s body, and a niqab is a veil covering a woman’s face. Some...

Fraternities are good for our university

I’m finishing up my first year at MUN, and I thought I had an amazing student union that could take care of all my needs as a student. Sure they are doing their best in keeping tuition costs low, but they aren’t really thinking about the students as much as we’d like them to. A fraternity is about brotherhood, loyalty,...

When you assume…

I would like to voice my opinion on the recent article about MUNSU not recognizing the STP fraternity (Volume 61, Issue 18). Assuming the Sigma Theta Pi society is sexist is completely invalid. The society description states that members may be of either sex, and contributions from females are welcome. However, the issues discussed will be those relative to male...

Get over it

Stop rehashing old news

I opened up the recent issue of the Muse (Vol. 61, Issue 19) hoping to read some thoughts regarding the upcoming MUNSU election. On the first page I find an article about the recently released financials from the past year. “Great,” I think. Guess how surprised I was when only three paragraphs in I read all about the failed Snoop...

What is the point of a MUNSU society?

After recently reading an article in the Muse entitled “MUNSU ignores St. John’s frat house: Sigma Theta Pi welcomes women, only admits men” I was, to put it mildly, annoyed. The article’s argument and, as far as I can understand, MUNSU’s standpoint is that MUN should be a campus that has no sexist segregation at all. Do I smell some...

No homes for the echo boom

Today's students are even less likely to buy their own homes any time soon. Unlike our parents and grandparents, who were buying new homes in their 20s, the typical student is unable to buy a house while juggling an average post-university debt of over $20,000. The first priority of our nouveau poor is not focused on mortgages. Canada's Federal Finance...

Let’s be clear about gender

I recently read Emma Ornholt's thought-provoking meditation on gender and sexuality, and can only respond with disgust and disbelief. Not only was the piece poorly written and researched—not a surprise, as the author admitted she was "too lazy" to give the topic any significant time or thought—but her use of the word "hermaphrodite" was singularly infuriating. The proper term for...