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Editorials

Editorial: Publish-by-Numbers
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Evan Robins
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December 13, 2024
BREAKING: Local woman realizes that running a newspaper costs money.
Editorial: Start Making Men Uncomfortable
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Abbigale Kernya
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November 14, 2024
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. 
ReFrame: An Antidote to Nihilism
ReFrame: An Antidote to Nihilism
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Nicky Taylor
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February 14, 2022
In this essay, Nick Taylor reviews four films from this year's ReFrame line-up: Kímmapiiyipitssini: The Meaning of Empathy, Writing With Fire, The Cost of Freedom, and The Viewing Booth. Weaving these disparate narratives together, Taylor meditates on the art of story-telling, ultimately identifying it as an antidote to nihilism.
Editorial: Time Moves in Maybe More Than Two Directions
Editorial: Time Moves in Maybe More Than Two Directions
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Nicky Taylor
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November 9, 2021
In this editorial, Nick Taylor weaves together the rich history of student activism at Trent with reflections on time, organizing, and intergenerational struggle. Ultimately, they remind us that students are capable of much when they work collectively.
Editorial: Reclusive Editor Pipes Up
Editorial: Reclusive Editor Pipes Up
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Brazil Gaffney-Knox
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June 17, 2021
In this editorial, Brazil Gaffney-Knox reflects on her first year as Arthur editor. While the year has been painful and chaotic writ large, Arthur has brought her hope and joy.
Editorial: Watching Childhood Die
Editorial: Watching Childhood Die
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Evan Robins
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October 28, 2024
Whose death gets to be important in the scales of culture?
Editorial: The Paper They Don't Want You to Read
Editorial: The Paper They Don't Want You to Read
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Abbigale Kernya
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Evan Robins
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August 27, 2024
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.
We Want YOU to Submit to Arthur Issue Zero
We Want YOU to Submit to Arthur Issue Zero
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Arthur Newspaper
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July 18, 2024
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.
Editorial: A Long Staycation
Editorial: A Long Staycation
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Evan Robins
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June 4, 2024
Every summer implies the frigidity of its ending—just make sure to quote me on that in your Instagram captions.
Editorial: Arthur Newspaper Endorses Every Candidate in TCSA Election
Editorial: Arthur Newspaper Endorses Every Candidate in TCSA Election
By
Sebastian Johnston-Lindsay
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Abbigale Kernya
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March 12, 2024
In the spirit of equity and as part of our mandate to inform our shared membership with the TCSA of their roles in fostering a positive environment for discourse on issues that matter to students both as members of the university community and as citizens of Nogojiwanong/Peterborough; Arthur unequivocally endorses all candidates for the upcoming TCSA elections.
Editorial: We Went to Cleantech Commons So You Don't Have To
Editorial: We Went to Cleantech Commons So You Don't Have To
By
Sebastian Johnston-Lindsay
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Abbigale Kernya
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January 22, 2024
The Arthur Editors ventured to the site of Trent's clean technology park to get a sense of what might one day be only to discover some beautiful City-built-and-paid-for roads, a few benches, and a roundabout amid a snowy, but doubtlessly shovel-ready, field.
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Editorial: Poilievre's Win Is Canada's Loss
Editorial: Poilievre's Win Is Canada's Loss
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Sebastian Johnston-Lindsay
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September 12, 2022
With Poilievre's win in the CPC leadership race, Canadian Conservatives have confirmed their faith in a leader who purports easy answers to complex situations and possesses an uneasy relationship with reality. The similarities between Poilievre and Trudeau, however, are the real issue at hand.
Ice Cream, You Scream, We All Scream for a Better Student Union
Ice Cream, You Scream, We All Scream for a Better Student Union
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Nicky Taylor
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April 12, 2022
In this editorial Nick Taylor throughly delineates structural issues that have long-plagued the TCSA, and created conditions wherein the union struggles to meet quorum in its own elections, attracts self-interested-careerist-candidates, and operates in the service of capital -- rather than in the service of the students it claims to represent.