By: Kassandra Dzikewicz With an estimated 75 million downloads world wide, ‘Pokémon Go’ has become the latest global phenomenon. The other day I had my 13-year-old neighbor explain to me what exactly ‘Pokémon Go’ is, and why everyone was so…
Expression & Culture
This house in San Francisco is home to over 33,000 sheets of LSD
Nestled deep within San Francisco’s Mission district lays a white, two-story house with heavy black curtains shrouding the windows. Unbeknownst to casual passersby, inside this house there are over 33,000 sheets and individual tabs of LSD blotter paper on display. This…
What I learned from my interview with a Wiccan
BY: RHIANN MOORE Despite what major movies might tell us, there is no one more peaceful than a witch. In meeting with Catherine, high priestess of the Toronto-based Coven, Tamarack, and Wiccan chaplain of the University of Toronto Multi-Faith Centre…
How growing up shy and neurotic helped me find myself
We all remember high school. Classmates cheering as that really loud kid who sat at the back of the classroom just cracked a joke about farts while the teacher was talking. It seemed like he was living the high life,…
People are using Pokémon Go to rob unsuspecting players blind
(Source: © Robert Couse-Baker/Flickr/Licence) In a classic Team Rocket move, thieves are using Pokémon Go to steal from its unsuspecting players. On July 10, Missouri police responded to a call that led to four men being charged with first-degree robbery. Authorities…
Our entire political system is completely outdated. This is why it needs to change
Almost everything about our day-to-day lives—from shopping, banking and transportation to media consumption—has drastically changed with the growing prevalence and power of the internet. However, our government, the organism that regulates and affects how our society operates, has not kept…
This former prison is about to be turned into a giant cannabis oil lab
It’s not every day you get to start a drug lab in a former prison. Last week the Coalinga City Council voted 4-1 in favour of selling the Claremont Custody Center for $4.1 million US to Ocean Grown Extracts, a…
New program offers travellers free accommodation in exchange for teaching hosts their language
BY: JESSICA BEUKER With more than 7,000 different languages spoken worldwide, the human population is extremely fragmented. Communication is essential to not only understanding one another, but also to minimize conflict and maximize empathy and kindness among the global population.…
A hundred nude women will protest against Trump at the Republican Convention
BY: MIROSLAV TOMOSKI When New York photographer Spencer Tunick announced his latest project, titled Everything She Says Means Everything, he received an overwhelming response from women who were willing to pose nude in front of the Quicken Loans Center in…
This project is redefining access to knowledge: it’s a tone away
This library is the place for you to visit if you enjoy exploring new, exciting worlds of music and, generally, sounds. People from the British Library Sounds documented, digitalized, and made accessible one of the world’s largest collection of published…
Advertisers are doing anything they can to get your attention with these kinds of ads.
By: Jocelyn Schwalm When deviating outside of social norms, is it possible ad companies have gone too far? Shock advertisers use psychology to their advantage, knowing that the deeper the disturbance they cause, the more likely people are going to…
Here’s how you can retire at 30 without inheriting millions of dollars.
By: Jocelyn Schwalm Retiring at the age of 30 seems like a luxury limited to young heirs who’ve managed to inherit millions of dollars from their wealthy parents. However, for this particular blogger, inheritance wasn’t a necessity for success. In…
Geek culture may be on the verge of a welcomed self-implosion.
BY: Victoria Heath In 2013 the Western world watched in mass confusion as teenagers everywhere wore T-shirts, tank tops and bags sporting the words “GEEK,” “NERD,” or “DORK.” At the time, adults wondered what the hell these kids were smoking.…
This trained eagle and its camera capture incredible aerial views of the Australian coastline
BY: Lauren Ali There has been a growing trend among artists to use drones to capture soaring heights and new perspectives. Salty Wings is no exception to this new trend. They create stunning scenes of Western Australia’s coastline with drones…
Poet turned hip-hop artist shows us what life on the road as a struggling performer looks like
By: Andrew Uyeno Ever wonder what it’s like to be a modern day poet? Poetry is actually incredibly popular these days, except most of us call it rap. That’s maybe why spoken word poet George Watsky found it quite easy…
One man is rowing across the Atlantic in hopes of ending cancer.
By: Andrew Uyeno Currently, a Calgary man is rowing across the Atlantic Ocean from Halifax to France. He is attempting this incredible journey to raise $200,000 for cancer research. The strenuous adventure is nothing new for Laval St.Germain, who scaled…
Hipster “discoveries” are overshadowing historic culture – and locals are pissed
BY: Victoria Heath Jeffrey Almonte is only 19 years old, but he’s already amassed fame on YouTube and Facebook. A native of East Harlem, Almonte has posted plenty of viral witty and humorous videos on his social media pages, but…
An intimate look Inside the suitcases left behind by patients of the Willard Asylum
BY: JESSICA BEUKER All photos by Jon Crispin In 1869, the Willard Asylum opened its doors, designed specifically for people suffering from chronic mental illness. Located on the eastern shore of Seneca Lake in Central New York, it was, at…
Our successes don’t make us happy – the journey to achieving them does
By: Adrian Smith In his philosophical novel Notes From Underground, Fyodor Dostoyevsky says mankind “like a chess player, is interested in the process of attainting his goals, rather than the goal itself.” It’s an interesting idea, and perhaps a bit…
Forget the senior citizen center – grandmas are spending retirement at the casino
BY: Victoria Heath The year I turned 21, my dad took me to the Hollywood Casino & Hotel in St. Louis, Missouri. I had actually been to a casino before during a family vacation to Las Vegas a few years…