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Cryptic legends and nostalgic traditions go hand in hand with the university experience. Greased poles and ham hocks aside, the present incarnation of the University of Saskatchewan has little to offer in this regard. Where have all the monocles gone? What ever happened to Latin, gargoyles and parchment?
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Oscar night: a time when all the best and brightest of Hollywood look up at the stars and wish for the chance to get their hands on that precious statue. So what do the Oscars mean? Every year, all they do is enrage people. Some say that the Academy is out of touch with cinema, some say it is flooded with arthouse sensibilities, and some say it doesn’t have enough arthouse sensibilities.
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When Stanley Weir wrote his patriotic poem in 1908, it started as such: “O Canada! Our home and native land! True patriot love thou dost in us command.” Over the last hundred years, however, there have been numerous tweaks to the language, leaving us with “sons.” It’s time we revert to the original gender-neutral version.
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The Sask Party is proposing a cut of educational assistants by 75 per cent over the course of the next seven years. This position was created in an attempt to integrate children with special needs into the classroom setting while ensuring that both the special needs student and others in the class could be educated in an optimal learning environment.
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In past years, television commercials have reminded us that February is Black History Month. However, with the Olympics occupying so much media attention this year, commercials and shows reminding us about black history have been scarce. Not to blame the Olympics, but it is important for people to remember what, exactly, Black History Month is about.













