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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. 
Editorial: A Beginner's Guide To City Council
Editorial: A Beginner's Guide To City Council
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Abbigale Kernya
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May 29, 2023
I have been fortunate enough to make my grand debut at City Hall alongside Arthur’s Editor-In-Chief and City Hall regular, Sebastian-Johnston Lindsay on May 8th, where I willingly dove head first into a municipal pit of snakes to witness the unfolding of what can only be described as a middle school fight over who gets to kick the ball at recess. 
Editorial: Remember What You Read
Editorial: Remember What You Read
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Sebastian Johnston-Lindsay
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April 19, 2023
A newspaper doesn’t exist to pacify the feelings of a community or those elected to do a certain job. Threatening student jobs and making student journalists feel unsafe on their own campus for doing their job is not equivalent to having an article written about a policy decision you or your friend implemented, protest(s) you failed to execute, or meeting(s) you failed to attend.
Editorial: News Media in the Age of Information
Editorial: News Media in the Age of Information
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Bethan Bates
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March 22, 2023
This is what the free press is all about. The chance for everyone to voice their opinions whether you like it or not. Here at Arthur, we place few limitations on the content our staff and contributors produce because this is the voice of campus and you are the people providing that voice. 
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
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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
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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: How It All Hangs Together
Editorial: How It All Hangs Together
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Nicky Taylor
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June 14, 2021
In this editorial, Nick Taylor reminisces on the year that has been and all that it requires of journalism. They also attempt to weave a few seemingly-unrelated stories together: CAUT's censure on UofT, the bombing of Al Jazeera and Associated Press offices in Gaza, and the felling and beheading of a statue of Egerton Ryerson.
No More Opioid Deaths in Our Backyard
No More Opioid Deaths in Our Backyard
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Nicky Taylor
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February 26, 2021
In this Editorial, Nick Taylor unpacks commentary from local developers and business-owners on the proposed Consumption and Treatment Services (CTS) site at 220 Simcoe Street. Taylor explains how the CTS site -- a long overdue, lifesaving service -- has become a topic of criticism in local headlines and amongst some downtown property owners, despite having widespread support from the community and various levels of government.