Opinion

By Amanda Almeida, OCADSU Director of Academic and University Affairs Brief: OCAD INCREASES TUTION AND APPROVES COMPULSORY PRODUCTION MATERIAL FEES ACROSS CAMPUS Sadly it’s official: the Finance Committee of OCAD’s Board of Governors approved a motion to implement “Production Material Fees” for the majority of undergraduate studio classes on campus. This controversial new fee structure will be draining...
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By Eric Hatch There I was again, standing in an aisle of a grocery store looking like an idiot – seems to happen often for me. Fourth grocery store in a day and still shit-out of luck. It was a long shot, but I thought I would take a chance. “Do you carry juniper berries?” I...
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By Jimmy Brannen #18 Share Ideas Sharing is a beautiful thing, and as a terrible student, you should embrace it fully. Fundamentally, sharing is the act of exchanging information. However, there are no rules about when or where you contribute your portion of the exchange. What this means is that you are allowed to share information with...
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By Merrill Liu Bug theme…hey why not? The ‘It’s a trap!’ The Portia spider is probably the biggest bitch of a spider you’ll ever hear of. Eating insects? Hell no! This bitch got taste. It eats other spiders. Methods range from strumming webs to trick spiders into thinking they got a bite and attacking them from...
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Right now. No, not in the morning after a nice sleep to give you a fresh start. Right now, you want change, well change ain’t waiting, you gotta do it now. Sorry for being demanding, but look, you gotta get up. It all starts now, you want it, I want it, we all want...
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#21 Get In Your Kicks Before The Year Is Over By Jimmy Brannen Now that the school is almost at it’s close, students are faced with a plethora of deadlines. For students who are living in residence, this is a very important time, as there are a number of things one must do to ensure that...
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By Merrill Liu I want to start off by saying IN YOUR FACE URBAN MYTHOLOGY! I beat the Freshman 15, didn’t gain a single pound and I have a work out regime of a three-toed sloth! My amazing body aside, now that the year is winding to an end, I’m gonna review OCAD. The bathroom...
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By Dave Kleiser Artists seem to deal with things that to them are paramount, but to everyone else (including other artists) seem small and withdrawn. We artists live in private/ esoteric worlds, which to the “average” viewer is perceived as somthing very small within their own reality. An artist can build the most magnificent of worlds...
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By Adam Zinzan Art imitating Life? Life imitating Art? – how about Life will be Art. This is the emerging creative frontier in which new ways of living are being artfully designed. We are beginning to develop a selective disregard for tradition in favour of what makes sense. To abandon the dysfunction and monotony of...
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Pisces Characteristics: Generous, sympathetic, responsive, kind, sensitive, adaptable, a natural healer, with shrewd mentality, strong will power, determination, and good common sense. Tendencies: To be full of self-pity, unable to make a decision, moody, lazy to avoid responsibility, a procrastinator, and a worrier. Famous Pisces: Johnny Cash, Frederic Chopin, Copernicus, Victor Hugo, Vaslav Nijinsky, Elizabeth Taylor. Element: Water Lucky...
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