Category: Opinions
April 07, 2016
Opinions
Access to a Waiting List is Not Access to Healthcare
In a 2005 ruling of the Canadian Supreme Court, Chief Justice Beverly McLachlin wrote the above title against existing bans…

March 03, 2016
Opinions
Confinement is Not Conservation
When I was young, my dad took my sister and I to the circus. Acrobats, clowns, and animal trainers alike…

March 03, 2016
Opinions
“Why is This so Damn Expensive?”
Momentarily awakened from my post-lunch reverie amidst the antiseptic odor of the general practitioner’s office, I sharply turned in the…

March 03, 2016
Opinions
#Adventure: The Need to Restore Relationship with God
Social media is strewn with the catchphrase, #Adventure, which is meant to embody an outdoorsy and daring spirit. Yet, the…

March 03, 2016
Opinions, Letter to the Editor, Opinions
Letter to the Editor: Dean Jordan
Dear Editor, Nothing is as tiresome as professors crowding in on a student forum–the Star is (among other things) a…
February 19, 2016
Opinions
Don’t Judge a Politician by Da Cover
We are often reminded that inequality persists in today’s society, yet, it’s humbling to stop for a moment and notice…
February 19, 2016
Opinions
The Church and ‘The Good Testimony’
When I was 18 I got baptized. It was the right thing to do after growing up in a Christian…
February 19, 2016
Opinions
Syrians Are Not the Only Refugees
While I stand in a circle with other students at Dean Jordan’s daily communion, we launch into the portion that…
February 16, 2016
Opinions
When Christianese Doesn’t Cut It
Comfort. There are many times in a person’s life when they find that they must try to console someone else.…
February 16, 2016
Opinions
Why “Trudeaumania?”… Because It’s 2016
An echo of the “Trudeaumania” that swept Canadian culture in the late 1960s has reignited in Canadian hearts from the…