When I was the Arts & Culture Editor last year, I wrote a couple “My Music” pieces. I always enjoyed working on these articles the most. I truly adore music of all kinds, and these pieces were a way for me to share the songs that were carrying me through the semester. In my last year of high school, one of my best friends was fortunate enough to buy himself a car. The day he first...
Each year of law school is so vastly different from the one that precedes it. I would even go as far as to say that each semester takes on a life of its own. Amidst the chaos, it is easy to wonder whether your particular experience is the common one; you may wonder if everyone found 1L as difficult as you did, or you may be curious to know if you’re the only 3L who still hasn’t ordered their...
This short editorial is for the 2Ls. Specifically, the 2Ls that have very likely been bending over backwards to secure interviews and positions in the 2L recruit.
>Life slowly returns to Osgoode Hall Law School. Photo credit: Rachel Weitz
I’ll admit that after two years of attending almost-exclusively online zoom lectures, I did not have the greatest things to say about Osgoode Hall Law School. I was angry. I yearned to meet my fellow Section A classmates but had almost no opportunity to do so...
On Sunday, the Los Angeles Rams defeated the Cincinnati Bengals 23-20 in Super Bowl LVI, my favourite sports event of the year. Why is it my favourite, you ask? Because of everything unrelated to the game itself that comes with it. First of all, Odell Beckham Jr. (OBJ) caught the first touchdown of the game at betting odds of +800, so Drake cashed his $600,000 bet. The rumour is that he...
Hello there, fellow Osgoode students. I look forward to maybe meeting some of you this upcoming week. I am now about to finish my second semester of 2L, and I am yet to touch the actual physical grounds of Osgoode Hall Law School. Has online school had its downfalls? Well, certainly—but there have been positive aspects as well (not many)! As a result of school being online, I had much more time...
Personally, I’m “pushin 🅿️” On 7 January 2023, music fans all over the world were blessed with two new and highly anticipated albums: Gunna’s DS4, and The Weeknd’s Dawn FM. The two albums differ quite significantly in their compositions, the way they sound, the chosen features, and their respective thematic choices. I am a big fan of both Gunna and The Weeknd, so January 7 was a real special day...
*SPOILERS INCOMING* I have been a fan of Spider-Man for about as long as I can remember. The first birthday gift that I ever received was a Spider-Man comic book. I read the book multiple times until the pages started to wear down. Not long after, I dressed up as Spider-Man for Halloween for the first time (I say first because it happened more than once). I have vivid memories of my mother...
Welcome back to my personal blog (the Arts & Culture section of Obiter Dicta). It’s officially November, which means that hot weather is officially gone. We are swiftly transitioning from the sunny, fifteen-degree days of early autumn, to the gloomy five degree days that I believe are solely responsible for seasonal depression. I feel like Napoleon marching into Russia—it doesn’t seem that...
Fall has been a busy time for new music (and midterms), and I am certainly not complaining (about the new music). Adele is back. Young Thug is back with a punk album. Don Tolliver recently gave us his second full-length feature project, and the new Coldplay album has an EDM-style song. There is an abundance to listen to if you are looking to pass the time while the leaves begin to change colour...
With The Many Saints of Newark being released in theatres this past weekend, it is only fitting that we discuss one of the greatest shows to ever touch television More than anything, the positive reviews of The Many Saints of Newark allowed me to finally exhale. It appears that at the bare minimum, Many Saints is a good movie. Critics have liked it so far, and user reviews have been...
Rappers are always talking about the cars they buy, the houses, the jewelry, or other luxuries. Dave has no interest in putting on the façade; he speaks in facts. Want to know how truly successful Dave actually is? Go ask his financial advisor. However, the reason that this version and not the original makes the list is because of the added final verse. Specifically, if you are a fan of English...
The late actor left an indelible impact on everyone who saw his work Last year I wrote an article on The Wire, one of my favorite television shows of all time. In that article I highlighted one of the characters in the show that stood out to me – Omar – portrayed by the late Michael K. Williams, who tragically passed away on September 6.. This article is simply an ode to the late Mr. Williams. He...
The Chicago native is back with a bang with his latest On 29 August 2021, Kanye West dropped his tenth studio album, Donda and it was not without controversy. The album, named after his late mother, came to fruition through three separate listening events in two of the largest venues in the United States. The events were also being live-streamed to millions all over the world. At one point in the...
I recently re-read the Pulitzer-prize winning Evicted by Matthew Desmond for my property class. Desmond truly does an incredible job providing a lens into the lives of the renters that he details, specifically in the way he traces the cyclical nature of eviction faced by many Americans today. I would recommend Evicted to anyone regardless, but Desmond leaves a lot on the table when it comes to...
I have known my friend Mike (real name withheld) for about ten years. We grew up together attending the same summer camp, and then we spent four more years in Montreal completing our undergraduate degrees. For as long as I have known him, Mike has bought, sold, and traded sports cards. And for as long as he has been collecting, I have been telling him to stop wasting his money. Of course...
I woke up this morning groggy as usual. I showered, brushed my teeth, threw on a pair of sweatpants and a hoodie, and begrudgingly walked downstairs to start working. Eight hours later I returned upstairs, watched a few hours of mindless television, then surrendered back to my bedroom, feeling thankful, but resentful, that I made it through another day that felt like it was filled with absolutely...
The Wire is a cop drama. The Wire is a study of the systemic and institutional racism that remains incredibly relevant in North America today. The Wire is a character study of some of the most common yet elusive American people—those who you don’t learn about in history textbooks, but those who are inherent in every society. There are many different ways to describe The Wire but none of these...