CASS DA RE
<Editor-in-Chief>
Some of you might be too young (or too old) to remember the 2003 angsty-pop single by Michelle Branch, titled “Are you happy now?”
The Happiness Project: Are you happy now?
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Understanding the spirit of ‘Gambatte’ with former Ontario Cabinet Minister David Tsubouchi
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XI CHEN <Contributor> On Monday September 30, the Distinguished Speakers Series (DSSOC) and the Asian Law Students of Osgoode (ALSO) invited Mr. David Tsubouchi, a former Ontario cabinet minister and Osgoode alumnus, to the school to speak about his fascinating life experiences and his recently published memoir. Over the course of two hours, Mr. Tsubouchi shared stories from both his...
Why Theory Matters in Law School
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SARA HANSON
<Contributor>
You’ve probably heard the debate by now, or maybe you have participated in it.
Slipping on Silk Road
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SAM MICHAELS <Staff Writer> This week, the FBI took down the site once thought to be the internet’s Forbidden City. The infallible Silk Road is gone, replaced with a United States Government warning, signaling the potential for sweeping changes in how the internet and society interact. If you don’t know what the Silk Road is, well, the secret is out, so a quick Google search will fill you...
New Jurassic Park to be released, with Chris Bosh headlining as brachiosaurus
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EVAN IVKOVIC <Staff Writer> For Chris Bosh, his dream of headlining a major motion picture is finally coming true. Bosh, harnessing his knack for looking like a dinosaur, is headlining the new Jurassic Park movie as a brachiosaurus. Bosh informed reporters: It was either this or a movie where I play an ostrich that learns to love his owner. There was also a promising role as a giraffe...
Bench Material
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CITLALLY MACIEL <News Editor> On September 23, 2013, an email was sent to the Osgoode community reporting that its Assistant Dean Stribopoulos had been appointed a Justice of the Ontario Court of Justice in Brampton. Justice Stribopoulos will join a number of other Osgoode alumni who have been appointed a magistrate position. Currently, one member of the Supreme Court of Canada is an...
A Little Sheep Told Me: How to Avoid Top Life Regrets
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ANGIE SHEEP
<Arts & Culture Editor>
This week’s article may be a little morbid to read as I am writing about the top regrets of the dying.
Looking Past the Puppies: Mental Health Awareness Week 2013
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TOBY SAMSON <Contributor> On Monday, October 28th, Osgoode will kick off its second annual Mental Health Awareness Week. The Mental Health Law Society and Legal and Lit’s Equity Officer, Ebony Rose, have been working hard with the support of Melanie Banka Goela, Osgoode’s Student Success and Wellness Counsellor, to plan a diverse set of events. This year, MHAW aims to strike a balance...
Editorial: An Ode to all things analog
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It’s no secret that trudging through the more stressful and overwhelming times in our lives can encourage escapism, day-dreaming and basically anything other than attending to the things that need to be attended to. Case in point: readings, no; falling down the rabbit hole of endlessly Googling corgi pictures, yes. It is in this spirit that we feel particularly inclined to regale you with musings...
Casting the First Pineapple
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GEOFF GOODSON <Staff Writer> The enthusiasm has waned and the dinner-party has returned home, back to our cozy social circles and comfortable silences. Yet, there is still fruit left on the table, which tends to ripen and rot when left uneaten. I direct my article towards this degradation while, undeniably, admitting my own complicit role in its dissipating rot. For, in a corner, just...
Jurisfoodence: Kinton Ramen
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DAN MOWAT-ROSE & LUKE JOHNSTON
<Contributors>
This new column will document two 3L students’ explorations in the Toronto food scene, with an eye to student budget concerns, good eating, and a exposure to a broad range of culinary experiences.
Dear Jessica White
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KYLIE THOMAS
<Contributor>
I intend to be as polite as possible in responding to your incredibly discourteous email you felt the need to forward to the entire class.
Nuit Blanche 2013 Will Spice Up Your October
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KAROLINA WISNIEWSKI
<Editor-in-Chief>
It’s that time again, Ozzies. The initial start-of-the-new-academic-year enthusiasm is slowly but unmistakably ebbing.
Puck Prognistications
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ANDREW CYR
<Sports Editor>
Canadian hockey fans had more to cheer about than usual in the lockout-shortened 2012-13 NHL season, as four Canadian teams made the playoffs for the first time in seven years.
Exit Sandman
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DANIEL STYLER
<Staff Writer>
In 1996, following a loss to the New York Yankees, the long-time manager of the middling Minnesota Twins, Tom Kelly, said this about Yankees’ reliever Mariano Rivera: “We don’t need to face him anymore.
Comprehending the Incomprehensible Charte des Valeurs Quebecoises
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TRAVIS WEAGANT
<Editor-in-Chief>
Last year, I wrote an editorial after Québec’s provincial election
Canadians Briefly Outraged by Discriminatory Russian Law before Changing Channel to Breaking Bad
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EVAN IVKOVIC
<Staff Writer>
Canadians worldwide reacted in disbelief upon hearing news of Russia’s new policy regarding tolerance of homosexuals, sexual minority groups, and allegedly non-traditional sexual propaganda.
A Little Sheep Told Me: A Case against Peer Sabotage
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ANGIE SHEEP
<Arts & Culture Editor>
In this issue I have decided to deviate from my usual fashion focus and speak to something that had concerned me all last year
CAN WE STILL TRUST THE POLICE?
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CITLALLY MACIEL
<News Editor>
On Thursday, September 12, Constable Babak Andalib-Goortani was found guilty of assault. The victim was Adam Nobody, a protester during the G20.
The Happiness Project: Why Snack Gate Makes Me Sad
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CASS DA RE
<Editor-in-Chief>
“Have you seen that email?” said every other law student to every other law student, late last week.
Law as a House
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SAM MICHAELS
<Contributor>
With only two weeks of law school behind me, and the recoil of this seemingly monumental career leap still reverberating, I thought now would be a good time to take a stab at the question which has so clearly dominated my time at Osgoode so far.
Ditch the Trash, Keep the Ashbin
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DAN AKINBOSEDE
<Contributor>
By now, most of you reading this are shall I say “au courant” with the incident involving a member of the Osgoode community writing an open letter of complaint to other class members regarding an issue of classroom etiquette.
Collateral Damage: The Syrian Refugee Crisis
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BRITT GUNN
<Contributor>
Since the August 21 sarin gas attack outside Damascus, international headlines on the civil war that has been raging in Syria for two and a half years have been dominated by the deal brokered by the United States and Russia to dismantle the Syrian regime’s stock of chemical weapons.
Homeless and Drunk in Law School
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GEOFF GOODSON <Contributor> Law school starts in three days. There are prostitutes around me– I give them some cigarettes and ask if I can sit in their corner, which is strewn with clothing, garbage and discarded needles. They fidget and banter, fidget and banter. I hug my knees drunkenly against the barrier, watching them crush up crack and inject it into their feet. I don’t know...
OCI and Interview Prep: How to Make a Great First Impression
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The importance of making a great first impression is one of those truths about the job interview that is so renowned, it has become a cliché. There is a significant amount of pressure placed on those first critical seconds of a new encounter or interview that supposedly define your relationship going forward.