THE UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN’S MAIN CAMPUS IS SITUATED ON TREATY 6 TERRITORY AND THE HOMELAND OF THE MÉTIS.
By Tomas Borsa September 30, 2010
By combining the technical ferocity of death metal with the gloomy undertones of melodic metal, local quintet Requiem of Existence (formerly known as Uninvited Burial) have raised the bar for home-grown metal acts.
By Tomas Borsa September 27, 2010
American Apparel lawyer Peter Schey responds to last week’s piece by the Sheaf’s Opinions Editor, “American Apparel: Fat chicks need not apply.”
By Tomas Borsa September 22, 2010
Ah, corporate responsibility. If only all businesses had the kind of moral standards and respect for their employees which American Apparel does. But for all the good American Apparel has done in setting the precedent for ethical manufacturing and fair treatment of its employees, a bit of digging will reveal a hiring practice where prospective employees are evaluated on their appearance, their resumé only a distant afterthought when it comes to hiring and firing decisions.
By Tomas Borsa September 9, 2010
This summer started with a bang when the BP oil spill spat 4.9 million barrels of oil into the gulf coast. Not ideal surfing conditions but most people, like me, assumed that surely after the largest oil spill in history, things could only get better. Oh, but the bad luck just kept pouring in.
By Tomas Borsa July 30, 2010
In conjunction with The New York Times, The Guardian, and German weekly magazine Der Spiegel, the online organization Wikileaks has released over 91,000 classified American military incident reports from the war in Afghanistan that shed new light on the conflict.
By Tomas Borsa June 25, 2010
Allow me to construct as honest (and jaded) an image of treeplanting as I can: 10 hours of marching through brush with a 50 pound, lopsided bag uphill, downhill, through carrion piles and wasp nests, shoulder deep in botany with no ostensible purpose apart from maiming, tripping and generally aggravating you to the point of mental breakdown.
By Tomas Borsa April 8, 2010
Students of the University of Ottawa, I am deeply disappointed in you. Ann Coulter is the victim of a ferocious hate crime. And you are co-conspirators.
By Tomas Borsa April 1, 2010
As part of the Government of Saskatchewan’s newly unveiled 2010-11 budget, $2.4 million has been pulled from the television channel SCN, ending its 20 year reign as Saskatchewan’s home-grown source for local media.