The Canada Border Services Agency (Canada Customs) arrested an American citizen in June after searching and finding lolita manga, Japanese comics illustrating children in erotic situations, on his laptop. In accordance with Canadian customs statutes, any sexual images of characters that appear to be underage can be treated as child pornography. The man, in his mid-twenties, faces a year in Canadian prison and registration as a sex offender. “I don’t think he should have been arrested if it was just… Read more

What better way to describe the purpose of Food Day than what was voiced by its sponsors, “we want Americans to cook real foods for their families again”. Over the last thirty years, the American diet has transformed from one that involved the preparation of fresh applesauce by our grandmothers to one that is ordered from fast-food restaurants, highly processed and nutritionally empty. Convenience, instead of wholesomeness, has become our priority in foods. The American diet, high in calories and… Read more

One month out of the year, our attentions and retail options are focused on breast cancer in the hope that the more people who are made aware of the issue and the more money raised, the quicker this form of cancer will be eradicated. In case you thought you were at a never-ending baby shower, this is that month, and the pink ribbons are the symbol for breast cancer awareness. The problem is not with the use of pink ribbons… Read more

      I get into cars with strangers. Sometimes I organize these rides online, sometimes I’m offered rides when waiting at the bus stop. I also stay on strangers’ couches and beds when I’m traveling. I’ve probably done all those things 25 times, and I am still alive. Strangers are a lot nicer than you’d think. You’re a stranger to almost everyone, and every single person you’ve ever met was a stranger. You’ll probably walk past dozens of strangers… Read more

I have been to four freshman convocations. Yes, FOUR! One as a first time freshman when I was forced to go and three others as a student leader in Housing when I had to force others to go. I can practically run the whole evening down to you right now. In University 100 classrooms across campus professors will coax students into going with threats of fails or incentives of extra credit. While Housing RAs with plastered smiles do the same… Read more

Working its way through the lower intestines of our legislative system is a new bill that will force the highest earners in America to pay higher taxes. Many are calling this new plan “the buffet plan,” as President Barack Obama has joined forces with billionaire Warren Buffet in an attempt to make light of the fact that the super rich are enjoying tax breaks while working-class citizens are fighting to make ends meet. Obama has found the change he promised… Read more