'His character arc starts with him being a shithead and moves to the conclusion that he's maybe learning to not be such a shithead,' says ...

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By: Stranded EditorsYou could win our grand prize!

THIS ish What's ]]> Tue, 7 Feb 2012 1.2769220 STRANDED ish What's Stranded Editors STRANDED http://www.thestrand.ca/stranded/shit-the-people-who-made-that-shit-uoft-says-video-said-1.2769213 Jake Howell and Brandon Martin-Gray
By: Jake Howell & Brandon Martin-Gray

'Guys, we should totally make a and lsquo;Shit UofT Says' video. It'll be such a great idea.' 'Everyone's gonna be like, and lsquo;Man, did you se...

Look out Vickies and - Vic's got a new mascot, and we're not lyin' when we say that it's a roaring success. The Victoria University Historical ...

China, IL takes place in and around the University of China, Illinois (UCI), better known as The Worst School in America for the 112th time in a row. Aside from regular academic ]]> Tue, 7 Feb 2012 1.2769199 FILM & MUSIC 112th time in a row. Aside from regular academic Nathan Watson FILM & MUSIC http://www.thestrand.ca/film-music/albumreviews-1.2769196 Will Pettigrew feat. Nathan Watson
By: Will Pettigrew feat. Nathan WatsonWay to go, Spin

One of the latest ripples in the stale, brackish water of the music blogosphere is from Christopher R. Weingarten of Spin and his post titled 'SPIN Reinvents the Album Review: Introducing ]]> Tue, 7 Feb 2012 1.2769196 FILM & MUSIC Weingarten of Spin and his post titled 'SPIN Reinvents the Album Review: Introducing Will Pettigrew feat. Nathan Watson FILM & MUSIC http://www.thestrand.ca/film-music/great-expectations-1.2769192 Sofia Luu
Can Lana Del Ray live up to her own hype?

The Internet has become the powerful medium it is partially for its ability to instantly pluck someone from obscurity and deposit them in the spotlight. Lana del Rey is someone who can credit YouTube and other social media platforms for her sudden rise...

This may sound crazy to readers, but if a film is not good, the best alternative is an ambitious disaster. You can have interesting discussions about what the director's intent was and how the film could have been better executed. Films like Brian De P...

You know you're in for a treat when a Willy Wonka-esque Innokenty Smoktunovsky]]> Tue, 7 Feb 2012 1.2769184 FILM & MUSIC Wonka-esque Innokenty Smoktunovsky Arash Ghiassi FILM & MUSIC http://www.thestrand.ca/film-music/cine-conomy-the-film-business-in-2011-1.2769166 Daniel Ferguson

Another year is over, and it was a big one for Hollywood. Over 1.2 billion tickets were sold, almost 40 every second. The final Harry Potter movie was the top grossing movie of the year, finally ending a beloved franchise that many students grew up wit...

Dominic Allan's documentary Calvet follows Jean Marc Calvet and -a French artist and reformed criminal, as he seeks redemption for his deepe...

Vic's Sustainable Fashion Show is an odd and evolving event. For this year's incarnation, the styling was ostensibly inspired by the character of 1960s fashion and the cultural changes of that perio...

The release of the pre-fall collections by major fashion designers is meant to serve as a prelude for the items that will be flying off the racks come autumn. These collections will be released this spring in the major global fashion capitals: London, ...

With the arrival of February, preparations for Black History Month are underway in Toronto. Black History Month is meant to celebrate the social, cultural and political accomplishments of members of the African ]]> Sat, 4 Feb 2012 1.2765485 ARTS & CULTURE Ashkan Salehi ARTS & CULTURE http://www.thestrand.ca/arts-culture/spread-the-word-1.2765481 Chelsea Humphries
Is spoken word poetry or music?

Spoken word is often an unnoticed, underrepresented art form; is it poetry? Is it music? It's hard for the uninitiated to tell. As novice spoken word artist Billy Ferguson puts it, spoken word can be most simply defined as 'emotion meets language.' S...

It can get lonely in Stephenson House. We'd like to think that it's not our fault that there are some seriously hard-to-penetrate walls between us and you, dear readers, but let's be honest: it would do us some good to put ourselves out there every onc...

Last week, Prime Minister Stephen Harper met with aboriginal leaders in Ottawa. It was his first such meeting since becoming prime minister in 2006. The prime minister and the chiefs were able to agree on some policy changes, including increasing finan...

In an age where we condemn massacres and genocides around the world, in our lifetimes and before, there are still many that go widely unnoticed and unheard of. Sometimes, in fact, even the natio...

Hate speech laws are nothing new. For a little more than a generation, Western European countries as well as Canada have enacted well-intentioned laws to combat hatred of minority groups by making it illegal to publicly advocate hatred against oppresse...