Cherise Seucharan, Howl Staff This past weekend was the Peace and Conflict Studies’ annual student-led conference, Roots and Legacies: Confronting Conflicts in the Postcolony. The conference explored political and social unrest in postcolonial societies, a topic especially relevant in light of last year’s uprisings in the Middle East and other parts of the world.Highlights from … Continue reading
Cherise Seucharan, Howl Staff Word on the street is that Harvest Noon is opening its doors on Monday January 30! No, this isn’t a Neil Young cover band but a new student-run cooperative café which can be found on the second floor of the Graduate Students Union Building, at 16 Bancroft Avenue. Harvest Noon was … Continue reading
Chris Granicolo, Howl Staff Two losses out of the gate was not what Woodsworth’s Men’s division 2 team was expecting prior to the beginning of the winter season. The squad’s 2-1 defeat at the hands of the Architecture Department on Thursday has put the team in a deep hole that will be hard to dig … Continue reading
Alex Lombardi, Contributor Entering the week of the 2012 All Star Game, the Toronto Maple Leafs have made some significant personnel decisions. The Leafs signed veteran puck-moving defenseman John-Michael Liles to a four-year, $15.5-million contract extension. The $3.875-mil per year cap hit runs through the 2015-2016 season. According to capgeek.com, the Leafs have just under … Continue reading
Chris Granicolo, Howl Staff NHL Lacking Star-Power Without Crosby and Ovechkin Rivalry It seems like ages ago when Sidney Crosby engrained himself forever in the hearts and minds of Canadians with his climatic Golden Goal against the Americans in the final of the 2010 Vancouver Olympics. With Crosby on the mend with a severe neck … Continue reading
Be Brave. Be a Quitter.
In case you haven’t seen this week’s paper issue of The Howl, we’ve made it easily accessible to you in the form of pixels, bytes, bits and binary. So here you go, followed by the Letter From The Editor and a pretty slideshow: Downloadable PDF: The Howl – January 24, 2012 Letter From The Editor … Continue reading
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Noofa Hannan, Howl Staff You’ve just bought a brand new iPad 2 from your local Best Buy and can’t wait to show it off. Excited, you open the box, only to discover a slab of modeling clay instead. You’ve just been conned. A growing fraud involving the sale of modeling clay in iPad 2 boxes … Continue reading
Nawwal H, Contributor Richard O’Dwyer, a 23 year old from northern England, has become a hot topic for discussion over a copyright infringement case. The student from Sheffield Hallam University founded a website hosting links to copyrighted films and television shows that could be accessed for free. A crackdown by the US Immigration and Customs … Continue reading
Harrison Dahme, Howl Staff When you got to work or class on Wednesday, you probably noticed that Wikipedia, Reddit, BoingBoing, TheOatmeal, etc, were all “blacked out”. Hopefully by now you’ve heard about SOPA and PIPA. If not, then go look it up on the Internet while it’s still free. Given that Wednesday was “Black Out … Continue reading
Gloria Mak, Howl Staff Have you ever planned a fantastic party and invited all your best friends, but then nobody showed up? That is probably how the organizers of the SOPA Strike feel right now. What’s all the commotion about? Let me fill you in: an internet blackout happening today is in protest against the … Continue reading
Anthony Lopopolo, Contributor There is something about the start of a new season on the ATP circuit that pushes Milos Raonic to play break-out tennis. Last year, his jaunt up the rankings from 152nd to 25th in the world began at the Australian Open, where he became the first qualifier to reach the fourth round … Continue reading
Christopher Granicolo, Howl Staff The first game of second semester for Woodsworth’s intramural men’s hockey team was one to forget, as the team was spanked 9-4 in their Thursday evening tilt against the Law Faculty. With a full bench of players compared to Law’s shortened three-man bench, much hope and optimism was carried forth by … Continue reading
Chris Granicolo, Howl Staff After becoming Men’s Division II Intramural Soccer Championships in first semester, Woodsworth College suffered a slight setback in their aspirations to become repeat champions in their opening match against Grad House, suffering a 3-1 defeat. With Captain and Coach Chad Camacho stuck in Tropical Trinidad, Editor-in-Chief of The Howl, Daniel Mermelstein, … Continue reading
