Your valentines and anti-valentines

From the inane to the bizarre, we have all the love and hate notes you guys submitted.

Sam Sexmyth takes some V-Day questions

For one issue only, famed sex and love advice guru Sam Sexsmyth returns to answer questions and berate students.

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A surprising first date

What happens when you ask out someone you don’t know. A short story by Rory MacLean

Got 99 problems

Valentine’s Day: it is a controversial holiday. But what about those of us — seemingly a minority, although maybe we just don’t care enough to speak up — who couldn’t care less about the day?

Worst Valentine’s Day movies ever

Nothing makes a more romantic Valentine’s Day than turning down the lights and snuggling up with that special someone to watch a movie. Just be careful you don’t ruin it by renting one of these mood killers.

Love ballads set the mood

This is a list of songs for Valentine’s Day from the heyday of pop-rock love ballads (the 1960s and ’70s) — way back when pop singers voiced sentiments about holding hands and long before Lady Gaga’s poetic plea to “take a ride on your disco stick” violated our ears.

Counting popularity by valentines

In elementary school Valentine’s Day was the ultimate gauge for how popular you were. Or at least at my elementary school it was. You bought your Barbie or Toy Story valentines and made them out to all of your good friends, the people you liked and the people that were considered “popular.”

The synchrotron and all its functions explained

Among the hatches, twisted pipes and over six kilometres of aluminum foil that lies within the synchrotron at the U of S, researchers are harnessing the power of light to make highly detailed images of everything from live animals to diseases.

Dr. Steven Novella, host of the podcast The Skeptics’ Guide to the Universe says the notion that the term “skeptic” applies to someone who doesn’t believe in anything is “a marketing problem,” and that it’s important to understand the difference between scientific and philosophical skepticism.

Wilson Centre fuels new student innovation

Established in 2007, the Wilson Centre was made possible through University of Saskatchewan graduate W. Brett Wilson, who is also an investor on the CBC reality show Dragons’ Den.

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