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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
By
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: And Action! ReFrame Brings Global Activism to Nogojiwanong
Editorial: And Action! ReFrame Brings Global Activism to Nogojiwanong
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Bethan Bates
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February 22, 2023
Bethan Bates reflects upon the 2023 ReFrame Film Festival and how the festival brings global issues home to remind us how we're all connected.
Editorial: Inconvenient Truths Are Not Disinformation
Editorial: Inconvenient Truths Are Not Disinformation
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Sebastian Johnston-Lindsay
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January 25, 2023
Editorial: The Walkable City and Pedestrian Dignity
Editorial: The Walkable City and Pedestrian Dignity
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Bethan Bates
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December 12, 2022
Arthur Editor-In-Cheif, Bethan Bates, reflects upon the difficulties of getting around Peterborough if you live outside the city centre, depend upon public transit, or walk as a primary means of transportation and explores some solutions to remedy decades of car-centric urban planning.
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: 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.