Brianna Smrke Silhouette Staff In 1971, a group of Stanford science students tied balloons to their heads and interpreted protein synthesis through dance to a remixed version of “Jabberwocky”. In 1991, dancers in sumo suits, in collaboration with a University of Minnesota biomedical engineer David Odde, repeatedly collided in an abandoned gym to represent the […]
Violetta Nikolskaya & Sumeet Khanna Co-Presidents, McMaster Debating Society Q: Occupy Wall Street is quickly spreading as a movement. Is protesting an effective method of combating injustice, or do the drawbacks distort the message? VN: Right now, we find ourselves witnessing perhaps the closest example of what Marx foresaw when he wrote that the proletariat […]
Mozafer Rajabali The Silhouette Prisoner swaps have been at the center of many political ploys – none more exaggerated than the one between Israel and Palestine. Late Friday evening, the political group of Hamas, which currently runs the Gaza strip, will release a number of Palestinians in what is dubbed “phase one” of two phases […]
Shashanth Shetty The Silhouette It was a raucous day in Toronto today. Legions of the disaffected stoically rallied against the corporations that are so fundamental to the ruin that perpetuates their lives. Yes, this historic and noteworthy event, known as “Occupy Toronto”, drew not only the bored and the apathetic, but also the mildly annoyed, […]
Josh Parsons Music Editor I’m usually the last person you’d find bawling about the inevitable end of another celebrity marriage. The obsession with such a banal phenomenon often sickens me; I guess that’s the price you pay for living in a society where people are persuaded to care more about a royal wedding than […]
The Thing Starring: Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Joel Edgerton Directed by: Matthijs van Heijningen Jr. 2.5/5 Stars Sean Hardy It’s hard to imagine what films today would be like had flicks like those of the Saw and Hostel franchises never seen the light of day. Given our generation’s clear preference for excess over nuance in […]
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Myles Herod Entertainment Editor They’re the definition of chill, the harbingers of boom-bap drums and low-end groove. There is nothing quite like the music of A Tribe Called Quest. From their New York emergence in the early ‘90s, innovation, intelligence and unparalleled chemistry forever set them apart. MCs Q-Tip and Phife Dawg’s skill erupted […]
Randal De Souza The Silhouette If you were walking through the Student Centre on the afternoon of Oct. 19, you might have caught a glimpse of a three-minute flash mob. Standing frozen from 12:25 to 12:28 p.m., the participants were there to support OPIRG working group Just $top. The group’s mission is to raise public […]
Sonya Khanna Business Editor The recent popularity of the online video messaging service Skype has led many firms to implement the usage of this quirky technology as an innovative form of interviewing, acting as a budget friendly, hassle free alternative to the traditional method of interviewing. According to a report on Skyping for Interviews by […]
