THE UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN’S MAIN CAMPUS IS SITUATED ON TREATY 6 TERRITORY AND THE HOMELAND OF THE MÉTIS.

THE UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN’S MAIN CAMPUS IS SITUATED ON TREATY 6 TERRITORY AND THE HOMELAND OF THE MÉTIS.

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  • By September 14, 2011

    Imagine going to the drug store, buying some pills, taking them and suddenly becoming a better person. As you read this, scientists are busy trying to make this a reality. They hope that someday people will be able to enhance their morals by popping a few pills.

  • From 9/11 to the Arab Spring

    By September 12, 2011

    Al Qaeda’s operating environment today is vastly different from the one in which it launched its most notorious operation, the 9/11 terror attacks. Osama bin Laden was killed by United States Navy Seals in Pakistan in May. Three brutal Middle East dictatorships were removed this year. Has militant jihadism failed, placing Al Qaeda’s survival in doubt?

  • A decade later: a personal reflection on 9/11

    By September 10, 2011

    Ten years after the terrorist attacks that destroyed them, it’s still strange to see the New York skyline without the twin towers of the World Trade Center.

  • The Sheaf asks: why are we here?

    By September 9, 2011

    As yet another academic year begins at the University of Saskatchewan, the Sheaf has put together three unique perspectives on the fundamental question that many individuals on campus may be asking themselves: why are we here?

  • Lost and found, in body and spirit

    By September 9, 2011

    We all get lost sometimes ”” you’re not alone. Being lost is no fun. But staying lost is deadlier.

  • Feminists: it’s time to acknowledge the flaws in all of us, including yourselves

    By September 8, 2011

    Feminism has gone through many incarnations, and has enjoyed various levels of popularity. As women have drawn closer and closer to achieving equality, from a shrinking pay gap to a far more open and pervasive discussion of women’s role in media, it has become something of a fad for girls and women to spurn the label as rigid and unpleasant.

    I am one of those girls.

  • ’90s-era Simpsons was so smrt — er, smart

    By September 8, 2011

    Before The Simpsons became a cheap Family Guy clone, it was perhaps the most significant show on television. During the 1990s, The Simpsons was not the gag-reel that it is today. Instead, the show was a scathing review of American society.

  • A year after Digg’s demise, Reddit is thriving

    By September 7, 2011

    About a year ago, the world’s one-time premier social news site, Digg.com, buried itself under an avalanche of crippling mistakes. Following a calamitous and ill-conceived redesign, the site’s downfall caused quite a stir online. Roughly 12 months later, the digital dust has almost settled. If you look back, though, there’s much to be learned.