Let’s face it: the United States of America is now dominated by Confederate Republican politicians.

It’s not that the things council are discusses are not important, it's just that sometimes the ways in which they actually talk about them is simply more interesting.

Arthur attended the Trent Central Student Association's Meet the Candidates event for the Association's Spring General Election on March 12th, where candidates debated parking, food security, and the possibility of alternate venues for the upcoming convocation ceremony.

In a meeting the bulk of whose agenda was approved on consent, Otonabee Ward councilor Lesley Parnell singled out Heritage Register listings as an item of interest, moving to remove three properties from a list of 56 presented to council for heritage designation out of fear that designation might impede potential development interests.

Student Piper Etheridge wrote to Arthur on February 4th, 2025 submitting their platform for change at Trent.

Community contributor J.A. Forrester takes a deep dive into the family history, oligarchy, and tactics of the current American president to ask the question, "Who created Donald Trump?"

After months of promises, Friends of Bonnerworth Park again failed to deliver clarity to concerned residents at their first meeting March 7th. Despite retooling themselves after a failure to file an injunction in November of last year, the incorporation presented a new logistical direction and convoluted financials.

Traill Cabinet representatives criticized the TCSA's promotion of an on-campus polling station from which Traill students were later barred from voting on February 27th as making Trail, Annex, and off-campus students feel like "an afterthought" to the Association. Graphic by Louanne Morin.

The Department of Horoscopes, Occult and the Extranatural (HOE) returns to scry the clovers and read your fortuens for the month of March.

Mikaela Lewis asks: "What is a coming of age story?"

In the first installment of Arthur's multi-part election night coverage, Ian Elliott Vansegbrook covers Dave Smith's triumphant election night rally, and also gets slightly in trouble. Read all about a night filled with small sandwiches, seniors, and socializing, mixed in with long bouts of standing around.

"America First" is the present refrain of the dogmatic American right wing, but from where exactly did this mantra arise? James Forrester details a history of U.S. exceptionalism which has seen the country further its own agenda while making the rest of the world pay.

Peterborough-Kawartha MP Michelle Ferreri says that, if elected, a Conservative government would force Canada’s homeless population and “woke sympathizers” to build the newly announced Alto high-speed electric rail project—for free.

Many Trent University students residing on campus were left unsure where they could vote after posts from the Peterborough YNDP alleged some would be ineligible for an on-campus polling station promoted by the university and the TCSA. Further investigation by Arthur revealed widespread misinformation about student voter eligibility, which was proliferated by Trent, the TCSA, and YNDP.

Journalist Ciara Richardson's thoughts and analysis on the impact and inspiration of civil rights activist Audre Lorde.

With Spring Elections on the horizon, we want YOU to run for editor of Arthur. It's a good job, we promise.

Peterborough City Council pushes forth the construction of the Chemong Road Brock Mission affordable housing complex, despite protests from Councillors and neighbors.

The TCSA's February 12th Semi-Annual General Meeting saw the presentation of the 2024-2025 Financial Statements, including high profits everywhere but the General Fund, and the announcement of two new positions.

Arthur Book Club returns with a vengeance, and a newfound purpose for the last three months of Abbigale and Evan's co-tenure.

On February 18th, the Peterborough Public Library opened its new branch in the Miskin Law Community Centre (MLCC). With 10,000 new books, the MLCC branch boasts a youth-oriented focus, and a bright new space for those in the City's South-end.

After spending hours in a private closed session, councilors used Tuesday's general committee meeting to talk housing development, the pending incorporation of the Peterborough water utility, and to take shots at President Donald Trump and MPP Dave Smith.

Having found a crystal ball somewhere in the receses of the Arthur office, resident star scrutineers Ciara Richardson and Ian Vansegbrook seize the opportunity to peer into your love life.

Provincial candidates for Peterborough-Kawartha discussed housing, homelessness, and the current economic crisis during an all-candidates debate February 12th, but left attendees conflicted and unclear on provincial party positions.

A simple question: Is the United States a global empire in the colonial tradition?

Lindsay Blake attends Trent University's Durham campus Black History Month celebration and details some of the Black History Month Committee's planned programming.

Just a week after her re-acclamation, Arthur caught up with New Democratic Party candidate for Peterborough-Kawartha, Jen Deck, and her team of enthusiastic supporters at a First Friday mixer.

Ciara Richardson examines the World Climate Clock initiative and its efforts to raise awareness about anthropogenic climate change before it's too late, specifically the project's investment in Indigenous Land Sovereignty as a means to combating the climate crisis.

Liam Andrews wades deep into a local production of "Twelfth Night," despite his unfamiliarity with one of the bard's most famous comedies, and chats with the people responsible for Electric City Players' staging.

Twelve Anishinaabe First Nations north of Lake Superior will seek an honourable court- imposed resolution after rejecting a $3.6 billion offer from the Crown as compensation for their failure to uphold treaty promises.

Trent’s ASTC ventures to Camp Half-Blood and beyond in their winter production of “The Lightning Thief: A Percy Jackson Musical”.

Monday, February 3rd’s meeting of Peterborough City Council dragged past midnight as council debated a Notice of Motion submitted by Alex Bierk and Keith Riel to create an emergency shelter to address Peterborough’s ongoing homelessness crisis.

Ian Vansegbrook continues his ongoing and faithful coverage of Trent's Volleyball teams, and delivering the exciting news that he and the team have been waiting for years to come to pass.

Peterborough proclaims February Black History Month at a vibrant celebration of Black, queer artistry hosted by the Community Race Relations Committee, BLM Nogojiwanong, and the Centre for Gender and Social Justice.

Kiki Paterson reviews Red Fever, the follow-up to Niel Diamond and Catherine Bainbridge’s award-winning film Reel Injun. The film asks the question “why do they love us so much?” and informs viewers of willful lies about Indigenous People still present today and throughout history.

Ian Vansegbrook eulogizes the deeply fucked up video games that defined his teenage years, in the wake of his recent Steam purge. It's a trip featuring nostalgia, regret, and growing as a person (hopefully).

Community Contributor J.A. Forrester reflects on the second term of United States President Donald Trump and the striking similarities to former President William McKinley and his war-like policies.

Multidisplinary artist and author Vivek Shraya delivered the 29th Annual Margaret Laurence Lecture at Trent's Student Centre on January 22nd. With feminism at the core of her work, Shraya invited attendees to reimagine and reclaim femininity through a lens other than their own.

A deep dive into the out of this world life and career of Canada's very own Chris Hadfield, whose work and legacy are inspirational to the nation’s future astronauts and earthbound Canadians alike.

The Trent Central Student Association's Board of Directors discusses short-term renewals of bus routes from Selwyn, Spring 2025 election schedule, wage increases for its staff.

The Peterborough-Kawartha NDP provincial nomination meeting held on January 25th was a hopeful one. Alongside provincial candidate nominee Jen Deck, special guests Laura Walton, President of the Ontario Federation of Labour, and Marit Stiles, the Leader of the Ontario NDP, spoke to supporters about their vision for Ontario's future.

It feels impossible to talk about No Other Land in any way which doesn’t short-change the thing that it actually is—a technically exquisite film that documents the sobering reality of the Israeli-occupied West Bank and the systemic displacement and violent repression of the Palestinians who live there.

Are you coquette? Do you know girl math? Do you subscribe to the philosophy of care ethics? From social media to academia, Louanne Morin details the ongoing antifeminist retrenchment.

Ciara Richardson and Ian Vansegbrook tag-team the star charts to tell you how you'll fare in this new year.

Come May 1st, I will be unemployed. To that, I offer a warning and slice of advice for anyone wishing to take on this mighty rag once Volume 59 comes to its natural conclusion.

David King reviews Regina - Queen of the Ring in the upcoming 2025 ReFrame Film Festival. This documentary, follows female wrestler Regina Rosendahl as she pushes to earn the 2023 FCF Finnish Heavyweight Championship title in a fascinating outsider’s perspective on wrestling promotions outside of North America and Japan.

Under the cadre of Reframe Film Festival, Louanne Morin reviews Seat 31: Zooey Zephyr, a short documentary detailing the struggles of Montana House Representative Zooey Zephyr, in the face of massive transphobic repression.

The Canadian Dream is an intimate look at a flawed system. Ian Vansegbrook reviews the 2024 documentary about Canada's Temporary Foreign Worker Program and reflects on his own personal experience growing up on a farm less than an hour from where the events of the documentary take place.

Summer Qamp is a heartwarming film that gives viewers a glimpse into the queer joy, community, and love fostered at Southern Alberta's Camp Fyrefly.

The Night Visitors is a film about moths. Through breathy narration, interview clips, and onscreen text the film provides a wide array of perspectives on how the moth fits into our world, from a brief stint as a silk-spinning cash cow, to an omen of death in Edgar Allen Poe's "The Sphinx," to a swarming nuisance and terror of clothing wardrobes everywhere. 

The Mayor's New Year's Levee rings in 2025, with Peterborough City Council and Senior Management Staff at the City made informally accessible to the public at a drop-in event at the Canadian Canoe Museum. While democracy prevailed, chaos ensued.

If you finished listening to Perverts and suddenly thought this, don’t worry—I’ve got you covered. The world of slowcore is a scary place, but as an (allegedly) transgender woman myself, I assure you there is no better authority to navigate it for you.

Perverts is a slap in the face in the best kind of way.

In Ianterviews' inaugural voyage, we sat down with Alyssa & Murphy, online celebrities and fellow Trent students. The pair blew up in popularity in May of 2024 dancing to Jack Johnson’s "Upside Down" reaching over 32 Million views on TikTok. We talk about everything from the Beatles to school life, music to celebrity status, and of course, puppets.

The Shocking Truth About Digital Advertising Revealed in Must-Watch Documentary!

Peterborough’s City Hall returned from the holiday break on the evening of January 6th to convene for General Committee. Hot on the agenda was the approval of up to 16 additional modular housing units located at 210 Wolfe Street following the recent December 13th announcement of two new funding programs from Ontario’s Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing (MMAH) aiming to support municipal housing initiatives. 

Ciara Richardson reviews the short documentary Toy Hospital, part of the slate of documentaries at the 2025 ReFrame Film Festival.

Ciara Richardson gets down with the sickness, reviewing a feature-length film that examines the social dimensions of epidemics and disease.

Contributor and historian James Cullingham ruminates on the ongoing development of Bonnerworth Park and the ways in which Peterborough's prioritizing of pickleball parallels matters of provincial policy.

Can a Trans Woman Ever Just Be a Human Being?

To kick off Arthur's slate of programming for the 2025 ReFrame Film Festival, Louanne Morin reviews the Autism Plays Itself, a short documentary which contrasts testimonials from autistic adults with archival footage of autistic children at London's Maudsley Hospital.

Resident gamer Ciara Richardson sinks her teeth into indie horror smash-hit "Mouthwashing," deconstructing the game's eerie narrative, and the surrealist storytelling techniques which make it so uniquely affecting.

The annual gauntlet of retail-inflicted festivity prompts Liam Andrews to ask the pressing question "What does your favourite Christmas song say about you"; and, more to the point, "What even is 'Christmas music' anyway?"

David King is back on his pulpit with an extremely specific gripe about being a vehicle guy and his disgusting reliance on his gay little car.

Anti-advice columnist David King tackles his biggest foe to date: Children and the art of child-rearing.

With the Professional Women's Hockey League in its heyday, Ian Kennedy's Ice in Their Veins details a vivid, rich history of struggle for the recognition of professional women's hockey in North America.

Powerful viral video shows Māori MP Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke protesting New Zealand’s new Treaty Principles Bill. A bill that could entirely reinterpret and erase the rights outlined in the founding Treaty of Waitangi signed in 1840.

BREAKING: Local woman realizes that running a newspaper costs money.

Financial Reports to the Board of Governors predicted an operating deficit of $1.4 million, following tuition losses from the federal cap on international student visas.

How do we pass by the names of murdered children inscribed on Faryon bridge every day with such ease? Louanne Morin grapples with what it means not to grieve the dead that surround us.

Council re-litigated their September 23rd decision to approve heritage designation for the property at 1400 Monaghan road at a Monday night General Committee meeting after hearing delegations from property developers about proposed changes to development charges.

If you frequent certain spaces on social media, you're likely to have seen some form of poetry. Ciara Richardson, however, takes ombrage with a specific type of poetry she calls "Instagram Poetry" - short, highly aestheticized, and largely bereft of substance.

Ciara Richardson and Ian Vansegbrook take a peek under the tree to scry the needles for your fortune this Yuletide.

Community contributor Jhafet Barahona reflects on the complex yet rewarding process of learning languages and the lessons it can impart.

All of the poems submitted as part of Lilith 2024, Arthur's feminist insert.

Community contributor Lindsay Blake examines the ways in which the feminist movement has historically privileged the positions of White women, and marginalized women of colour in this Lilith 2024 contribution.

Are you a clean girl? What about a green juice girl? Or maybe a messy girl? A downtown girl? Georgia Dunning explores the proliferation of micro-aesthetics targeting young women in her Lilith 2024 essay.

Trent University celebrating its 60th birthday brings a time to look into the past to remember where our university started, and everyone who had a hand in making it what it is today. While reflecting on those who we remember, we should also remember the women of the Trent community who made many contributions throughout the university’s history. From principals to community advocates, there has always been a strong female spirit in Trent’s life.

The search of the Prairie Green Landfill will finally begin on December 2nd. After years of outcry from the families and community of the victims who remains are believed to still be in the landfill has made headway with the Province of Manitoba and Winnipeg Police

The City of Peterborough’s 2025 Draft Budget proposesd a cut to city contribution towards the Art Gallery of Peterborough. Debby Keating, the President of the AGP’s Board, details the impacts of these funding cuts.

Guest contributor Steve French bowls over coverage of a new cornerstone which was unveiled by Trent University administrators on November 15th.

Community contributor James Cullingham comes to bear on Canadians despairing the re-election of one Donald J. Trump, arguing that the popular response is revelatory of one of our worst tendencies as a nation.

Arthur's AGM is just around the corner and we want YOU to be there! Grab your friends, lovers, loved ones, and nemeses and drag them all down to Sadleir House for 5:00 PM on Wednesday, November 20th, for a rolicking night of policy and vegetarian catering. See you there!

David King's anti-advice antics return with the year's first Dear David. This month our quizzical columnist responds to an anxious inquirer looking for advice on ethical bush trimming.

David King explores his thoughts on medical transition and his persistent anxieties around his impending double mastectomy.

I want more men to be made aware of the velocity of privilege they hold in our society. I want them to feel a sliver of what it feels like to constantly be hyper-aware of your surroundings, and then put on their feminist cardigan and see if it’s all really so aesthetic now. 

A November 12th Special Meeting of Peterborough City Council saw 37 delegates registered to speak to councilors. Chief among their concerns were a series of items including arts and social services funding identified in Appendix B of the Draft Budget Report which could be subject to cuts in council's bid for a 5% tax rate.

Arthur journalist and literary fanatic, Ciara Richardson, reviews The Best Canadian Poetry 2025.

Students and alumini attend the annual Fall Shakespeare Pub Night for an evening of performances, comedy, and community.

A look at the career of influential sports photographer, Walter Iooss Jr., through his work with Sports Illustrated and collaborations with Michael Jordan.

The 2024 Fall By-Election saga comes to an end as Electoral results are ratified and further details about this year's cheating scandal are revealed.

Despite Council's August directive to plan a budget at a 5% tax rate, the Draft Budget presented by Richard Freymond at Monday night's meeting sported a 7.8% tax rate inflated by unexpected operating costs and increased Police budget asks.

Ian Vansegbrook returns to his exhaustive coverage of Trent's Varsity Volleyball team's first games of the year, and interviews with the coaches and players.

Silent Hill 2, one of the most popular horror games of all time, has just had a high-budget remake released. Ciara Richardson takes this as an opportunity to talk about the game's enduring popularity, and the renewed interest in horror games from an earlier era.

Trent University's Alternative Arts Collective is a young organization working with local artists. Learn what they've got planned for this year, and how they've grown since their inception.

It's time to talk about the most overlooked students at Trent : those suffering from demonic possession. Louanne Morin explores the day-to-day intricacies of being a Business student and the vessel of the Cursed One.

Peterborough Police Chief, Stu Betts, reported to council during a General Committee Meeting that the Community F.I.R.S.T. Response Team actually does respond to 100% of the calls made. How come people aren't seeing officers arrive at the scene? Well, maybe they just aren't looking hard enough.

Humorist Stephen Leacock would find no shortage of fodder in the City of Peterborough's devotion to Pickleball, writes community member James Cullingham.

This Halloween, settle down for a campfire story about the most bone-chilling topic of all: the state of Peterborough studen housing

After multiple TCSA Elections candidates' platforms flagged for the use of Generative AI, Journalist Louanne Morin is compelled to ask: what guidelines determine the fair and transparent use of Generative AI in the university setting, and how does Trent plan to employ this emerging technology?

Whose death gets to be important in the scales of culture?

Arthur revels in the history of it all at the Peterborough Theatre Guild's production of Mary's Wedding.

David King's anti-advice antics return with the year's first Dear David. This month our quizzical columnist responds to an anxious inquirer seeking help with a spiritual sickness—and pursues an entrepeurnerial new venture.

The October 20th TCSA Board of Directors meeting unveils the reason behind the latest TCSA Election's cancellation: a cheating attempt by the ex-interim TCSA President, Riya Jaykar.

Eating chicken and learning it's okay to be a bitch, sometimes.

As the year before, the Trent Central Student Association's Semi-Annual General Meeting struggled to reach quorum on October 17th

Personally, after watching Todd Phillips' much-anticipated Joker sequal, all I could ask myself was the simple question: Why? Why is this movie so hated?

Kiki sits down with Douglas Sanderson, co-author of The Valley of the Birdtail and this year’s keynote speaker for the Craddock Lecture series, asking “What does it mean to right historical wrongs?”

Arthur journalist, Ian Vansegbrook, decides to throw his hat into the movie reviewing ring to dissect the modern cult classic horror comedy: Vicious Fun.

From Star Trek’s Data and Tim Burton’s Edward Scissorhands to Marvel’s Vision, science fiction on the big screen has a history of using the struggles of robotic characters as an analogue for autism, often through a Pinocchio-esque desire to be “more human”. In this article, Arthur journalist Liam Andrews discusses such depictions of Andy the Android in Alien: Romulus

Doctors are warning that medieval diseases are on the rise as Canadians scramble to address food insecurity, and resort to unconventional dietary changes to mitigate budgetary restraints.

Willow Latella questions her own biases about Good Art™ while considering how to nurture a literary environment that speaks for everyone.

Head of the Trent correspondent and professional masochist Evan Robins brings you the REAL journalism you've been desperately craving: listening to what drunk people had to say this weekend.

In a new daring piece of journalism, Louanne Morin tackles what truly sets her apart from her fellow Trent students.

In the midst of an overdose crisis, Premier Doug Ford has decided to force the closure of 10 of Ontario's safe use centres, leaving hundreds in even greater danger of overdosing.

In the third installment of his series on Neurodivergent Professors, Ian speaks with Trent instructor Emily Bruusgaard about her experiences not in academia, but in life.

Evan Robins plays the hits in another bid to score an award nomination for writing a piece of autofellatio about Head of the Trent weekend.

Calvin Bakelaar, the man behind the musical alias VANCAMP, speaks to Allen Barnier about his musical background, accolades, and his band's debut album, Diner Coffee

Arthur caught up with local author and acclaimed sportswriter Andrew Forbes at the launch event for his latest speculative fiction novel, and second release of this year, The Diapause.

The TCSA return to business at their first fall board meeting of the academic year, and the executive seem keen to make money moves. Chief among them is the creation of a new $20,000 parking pass—a sum almost double the amount they chose to allot to food security at the very same meeting.

Since their Instagram soft-launch in early July, Peterborough "slut punks" My Fair Lady have consistently posted glitzy, attention-grabbing, and provocative graphics depicting their various members in fishnets, glam makeup, and high heels. Now, Evan Robins sits down with the band's architect, Liam Parker, to talk about the group's conception and the relevance of punk to Peterborough's queer community.

Over the years, I have been more than willing to share my opinion of Donald J. Trump, who I had hoped would just fade from the US political scene. That was a strategy suggested at the very beginning eight years ago: “Just ignore him and he’ll go away.” A narcissist’s worst nightmare. However, that strategy failed badly.

Peterborough Action for Tiny Homes (PATH) board member, Marion Burton, spoke out in an interview with Arthur following the results of the August 26th General Committee meeting where councillors voted down PATH’S temporary zoning application that would allow them to build 24 sleeping cabins at 385 Lansdowne Street East for up to three years. 

Trent University's favourite #satire game is #back.

Want to get arrested for indecent exposure but don't know where to do the deed? Arthur's got you covered! Our 100% scientific Astrology column will tell YOU conclusively which campus hookup spot most resonates with you based on your zodiac sign. It's like phrenology for cis women!

After an unjustifiably long absence, the film column beloved by chasers and lesbians the world over returns to talk about the woke horror movies of the summer!

Arthur's Co-Editors-in-Chief give you the guided tour of Trent's eccentricities and all the ins (and outs) of this wonderful rag.

Are English Literature seminars the most horrid place on Earth? As an English major herself, Abbigale is inclined to think so.

September is recognized internationally as PCOS awareness month. From my story, it should be easy to understand the significance of adequate representation regarding any social/medical/political issues. Without the hormonal health anecdotes from a reality television star, I wouldn’t have felt the confidence at 16, 17, or 18 years-old to advocate so strongly for myself in front of numerous physicians who attempted to convince me that I was too young or naive to understand my health and what I was experiencing. 

I’ve been seeking out the perfect Internet since I could remember. The primordial ooze from whence I came is an era of burgeoning online fandom. From 2009 to 2016, I used a grand total of three websites: DeviantArt (DA), an American art community platform; Tumblr, a blogging platform for Anglophiles, and Twitter, which needs no introduction. At this time, I was a young, weird kid with exactly two friends. Once I was introduced to a roleplaying forum by another weird kids on my bus route, I was off to the races. 

Ian Vansegbrook accompanies Trent University instructor and disability activist, Derek Newman-Stille, on a tour of the Symons campus to assess the campus' accessibility.

If you spend a lot of time on social media, particularly in the spaces interested in media consumption, you have probably come across someone reposting a screenshot of someone’s terrible take on the latest book, movie or TV show with the caption “media literacy is dead.” As someone who spends too much time thinking about and analyzing media, I find this difficult to believe, so let us analyze this claim. 

Around the time of her viral Tiny Desk performance in March of 2024, lesbian pop singer Chappell Roan absolutely took off in popularity. Sadly, however, it looks like Chappell Roan summer is coming to an end, giving way to a new semester of schoolwork and readings. But if you’re looking to expand your media consumption for more vibes like those from The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess, look no further: I’ve compiled a list of five books to go with five hit songs from the album to help get you started, spanning the range of genres from Horror to Canlit!

During the August 12th City Council meeting, Councillor and co-chair of Housing and Homelessness Keith Riel proposed a deferral of several pre-committed projects to allocate money for affordable housing in the upcoming budget which caused a divide among council.

Councillors returned from a month-long break on the evening of August 6th to convene for General Committee. On the agenda was the 2025 Draft Budget Impact Survey—a guideline brought forward by staff detailing different estimates of the upcoming budget impacts. This survey comes after the June 11th and 27th meetings, where staff presented budget information from each department, which council voted to revisit in August.

This is why we can’t have nice games.

Evan and Abbigale go back to the 90s for an appropriately summery splat-fest in Gretchen Felker-Martin's gory gesamtkunstwerk, Cuckoo. We might be hyping it up a bit much, which raises the question: will it go over better than the last one?

On the 29th day of July, 2024, God said “Let them play pickleball.”

I can fully admit that my most libshit tendency is that I kind of like the Olympics, actually. 

On Thursday, July 25th, the Kitchener-based Canadian folk band I, the Mountain took to the stage at the Jalynn Bennett Amphitheatre for one of the six musical events part of Catherine Parr Traill College’s Music on the Hill series this summer. Arthur co-editor, Abbigale Kernya had the opportunity to speak to the band before their performance to discuss their musical origin, upcoming releases, and their nostalgic connection to Peterborough.

On Wednesday, July 17th, CUPE Ontario kicked off a series of Province-wide days of action for the "Support Our Care" petition, which aims to combat the Progressive Conservative government's increases privatization of Ontario's healthcare. Co-Editor Evan Robins spoke to members of the Healthcare Workers Co-ordinating Committee about the campaign and the current state of healthcare in the province.

Greetings, devoted Arthurian! As every summer, Arthur is fast approaching the publication of Issue 0, and only YOU can heed the call to provide a diversity of articles such that it's not just whatever screed the editors write. If you are interested in submitting a piece of writing, read on to see why and what to submit, and by when.

On the evening of July 10th, Trent University English literature professor, Aaron Kreuter, presented the Peterborough launch of his newly-released short story collection, Rubble Children.

As if priority registration wasn't bad enough, am I right?

The Arthur editors get literate as they convene to talk about Ocean Vuong's novel, and our (late) June Book Club pick, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous. Abbigale is on the record saying this is her favourite novel of all time, but what of the other two? Will they love it? Hate it? Base their whole personality off it? Join us if you'd like to find out!

Trent University's Board of Governors convened on June 27th to congratulate themselves on another year of enrolment increases, revenue surpluses, capital projects which are definitely soon to break ground soon.

The Peterborough Chamber of Commerce has offered what they are calling a “win-win-win” proposal to build the 16 pickleball courts currently set to be built at Bonnerworth Park on the former Baskin-Robbins property on Aylmer and Simcoe Streets. 

The decision to bring economic development in-house passed during the June 24th meeting of Peterborough City Council by a vote of 8-3 as Council as Councillors expressed concerns about lack of land and Staff's implementation plan.

Fleming College’s June 26th Board of Governors meeting saw three deputations advocate for the reversal of the 29 suspended programs announced in April of this year. The delegates, who are all graduates of recently suspended programs, spoke about the impact the program suspensions will have on the community, and called for more transparency around this decision. 

The boy is back.

Citizens gathered for another rally in protest of the Bonnerworth Redevelopment project before a Peterborough City Council meeting on June 24th. 

Peterborough City Council voted for a final time to call on the federal and provincial governments to increase their support for college boards to prevent cuts to programs on offer. The motion comes as Fleming College’s board has voted to cut 29 programs across its two campuses.

On June 21st, Peterborough City Councillor Alex Bierk published a joint statement, drafted alongside fellow Councillors Joy Lachica and Keith Riel to his personal social media platforms concerning the contentious redevelopment of Bonnerworth Park.

Arthur co-editor Evan Robins curates an all-inclusive trip of Toronto Pride for the discerning Arthurian, and if you're not yet sold she has a stacked itinerary with which to convince you.

A presentation by Efficiency Engineering Inc. to Peterborough City Council on June 17th outlined expected costs should the City decide to embark on retrofitting nine buildings to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 50-80 percent over the next 20 years.

Co-editor Abbigale Kernya sits down with Peterborough poet and founder of the Show and Tell Poetry Series, Justin Million, to talk about the future of the series following the June 2nd announcement that the Series' poetry showcase will end in July after nine years of operation, in tandem with his experience working as an artist in the city.

Council granted preliminary approval of in-house economic development division and endorsed a call on the provincial and federal governments to consider economic impact of Fleming College program cuts.

Trent University Faculty Association (TUFA), the union representing full-time faculty and librarians at Trent University, passed a motion on June 12th which calls for a permanent ceasefire and condemns scholasticide in Gaza and other Occupied Palestinian Territories.

After listening to Leo Groarke compare himself to Wayne Gretzky at her convocation ceremony, Arthur co-editor, Evan Robins, sits down to reflect on the beloved President's legacy of housing shortfalls and imaginary innovation parks.

Another difficult budget is on the horizon for the City of Peterborough, as City Staff informed Councillors during an all day meeting on Tuesday June 11th.

Arthur's resident film fanatic, Evan Robins, speaks to Take Cover Books' Sean and Andrew Fitzpatrick about the store's new (and FREE!) Film Club, and their aspirations to make the space more than just a bookstore.

Concerned residents gathered on the steps of City Hall and the crowd sprawled across the sidewalk and George Street into Confederation Square Monday evening as Council met.

A notice of motion brought forward by Mayor Jeff Leal which would see City staff be directed to initiate an amendment to the City’s Official Plan which would allow for the development of a seven-storey apartment building by Parkview Homes on the corner of Cunningham and Armour Road in Peterborough was ratified during a meeting of Council on June 10th.

On June 5th, some graduating students at Trent University crossed the convocation stage wearing keffiyehs and holding banners to raise awareness of the ongoing genocide and scholasticide in the Palestinian Gaza Strip.

Plans for another rally outside of City Hall on June 10th in advance of that evening’s City Council meeting are underway, according to a press release from the Coalition for Bonnerworth Park.

The former Chair of the Arenas, Parks, and Recreation Citizens Advisory Committee (APRAC), Lynn Self, resigned from the committee earlier this year due to concerns over the process of the Bonnerworth Park redevelopment plan. 

On Wednesday, June 5th, Trent University announced that Provost and Vice-President Academic, Dr. Michael Khan, had been reappointed to the position for a second five-year term.

Every summer implies the frigidity of its ending—just make sure to quote me on that in your Instagram captions.

Following the discovery of Sylvia Plath and Mona Awad that forever changed her life, Arthur co-editor Abbigale Kernya opens up in a vulnerable journey detailing her affinity for weird women in literature and why, against her better judgement, she has decided to re-read the best-selling fantasy series "A Court of Thorns and Roses."

Accessibility, health care, and ease of access to services were top of mind during June 3rd General Committee.

Convocation season is upon us and many students set to graduate across Canada will be doing so as encampments and protests persist on their campuses.

As encampments at universities calling for divestment from Israel continue across Canada, labour unions lend their support.

On the evening of May 24th, Justin Million from Bird, Buried Press presented three authors from Beautiful Outlaw Publishing House at a Show and Tell Poetry Series hosted at Take Cover Books. With regrets from author Phil Hall, authors Chris Turnbull, Mark Goldstein, and Jaclyn Piudik read from their new books—all published through Beautiful Outlaw—in an evening that saw the small room in Take Cover come together in laughter and community. 

S4P Trent writes to Trent University administration to urge them to address Director of its Student Wellness Centre, Stewart Engelberg's decision to film student protesters at a May 15th sit-in and leave anti-Palestinian comments under S4P Trent posts.

As students around the world continue to mobilize and demand accountability from post-secondary institutions, institutional responses vary widely. Some universities have reached agreements with organizers and agreed to demands for disclosure and divestment, while others seek legal actions to dismantle encampments. 

Multiple sources have indicated to Arthur that a man filming protesters on the morning of a May 15th sit-in for Palestine was, in fact, a high-ranking Trent University employee. Director of Trent's Student Wellness Centre, Stewart Engelberg, also left inflammatory comments under the posts of a pro-Palestine campus group.

May 23rd marked the opening night for the long-awaited Electric City Players’ (ECP) adaptation of William Shakespeare’s Macbeth. Hosted at Market Hall Performing Arts Centre in Downtown Peterborough. Co-directed by Trent Professor Andrew Loeb and local theatre legend Jacqueline Barrow, the show is set in a post-climate meltdown Scotland where the ravaged lands set the perfect scene for great kings, fallen foes, and the ultimate betrayal.

On May 21, nearly a month after Fleming College President Maureen Adamson announced the suspension of 29 programs—16 of which operates out of the Frost Campus in Lindsay—the City of Kawartha Lakes passed a resolution urging Provincial and Federal Governments' support in an effort to bring attention to the college program suspensions.

Pickleball wasn’t on the agenda for the May 21st meeting of Peterborough City Council, but that didn’t mean Councillors wouldn’t have to face questions from residents who remain concerned about the Bonnerworth redevelopment project.

A rally held at Bonnerworth Park at the corner of Monaghan and McDonnel organized by retired Priest Father Leo Coughlin attracted a group of over 200 people on Saturday afternoon (May 18th).The rally was meant to “Save Bonnerworth Park” from impending $4.4 million redevelopment, which will include the addition of 16 pickleball courts and up to 80 parking spots, which was officially approved by Peterborough City Council on April 8th. 

The Progressive Conservative MPP has repeatedly made inflammatory statements about Israel's siege of Gaza, going so far as to compare the events of October 7th to those of the Holocaust.

As Trent students, faculty, and community members gathered for a rally on May 15th as part of an all-day sit in in support of Palestinian liberation, questions remain about Trent's response.

At 8:00 AM on the morning of May 15th, Trent University students, faculty, and community members congregated on the West bank of Trent’s Peterborough campus at the corner of Nassau Mills Rd. And Water St. for a sit-in protest in support of the people of Palestine

The Bonnerworth Park redevelopment was once again on the agenda at Peterborough City Council due to a motion brought forward by Town Ward Councillor Joy Lachica which asked once more for Council to be given final approval for the new park which includes a renovated skate park, a pump bike track, and—perhaps most infamously—16 pickleball courts. 

During the May 10th Trent Board of Governors meeting, President Leo Groarke addressed ongoing pro-Palestinian campus protests across Canada and the United States.

Peterborough has a rich and booming population of bookstores, all of which bring something unique and different to this city. None, however, specialize in sex—until now. As a self-proclaimed “smutty bookstore” with nearly a thousand followers online, the Creampie Cafe specializes in sexy, erotic, literature. Though there is no brick and mortar store just yet, the Creampie Cafe have already cemented themselves in Peterborough’s book market with their unique and fast growing online presence. 

Dr. Wenzel completed her PhD in anthropology at Carleton University in 2023 where her research took an economic anthropological approach to Indigenous women’s textiles and art in the sub-Arctic region, specifically in the Mackenzie Valley in the Northwest Territories, and their relationship to the Canadian tourism industry.

Council will debate two Notices of Motion on May 13th with one re-opening the contentious Bonnerworth redevelopment project in the interests of greater transparency and Council oversight.

Co-editor Evan Robins sits down with Tracy and Mark of Peterborough's own Cross Dog to talk music, activism, and living one's beliefs as the band prepares to release their third LP, All Hard Feelings

On May 7th, students from Fleming College’s Frost Campus in Lindsay presented a deputation at the City of Kawartha Lakes Committee Meeting of the Whole to urge council to “look for a resolution to keep these important programs at the college’s Lindsay-based Frost Campus, and for the public to put pressure on the college for a reversal of their decision.”

Staff journalist Ian Vansegbrook presents an introspective look at sex shops, and their role both as facets of sexuality and identity, but also as vendors of sex toys.

Journalist Abbigail Lewis-Maher covers Canadian Drag Queen, Kyne Santos, on their book tour at Take Cover Books on April 8th to talk about the story behind recently released book "Math in Drag".

Gustav Klimt is one of the most widely recognized artists of the art nouveau and Vienna Secession movements and is most well-known for his painting The Kiss. During his life, however, Klimt would face criticism for his choice of subject matter, specifically aspects of female sexuality.

The AGM comes at a time of conflict between Sadleir House and OPIRG Peterborough, which brought forward conversations around a need to improve community consultation outside of the board during the AGM, and bettering relationships within the House.

The grassroots movement Support Our Science is celebrating a win following the announcement of increased funding for graduate and post-doctoral scholarships from the Federal government in Budget 2024. While this is a positive step forward some say that more work needs to be done to support every student at Canadian institutions.

On April 24th, Fleming College announced that 29 programs are suspended, 14 of which are programs offered at the Frost campus. This announcement came after the college sent out acceptance letters in early March. As a result, many students have been left feeling disappointed and uncertain about our futures, as many of us have already made plans to return to Fleming in the fall.