I was digging through some old files and books that I was planning on throwing into my storage area downstairs when I came across my old student register when I had enrolled at Georgetown University. It has been almost five years since I enrolled at Georgetown, and every new student received a register that […]
February 2006
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Four years ago, on the day I turned twenty years old, I spent the entire morning in bed suffering from a minor existential crisis; I had lived for two decades and hadn’t really accomplished much. After all, by the age of twenty, Bill Gates had founded Microsoft, Mary Shelley had written Frankenstein, Aretha Franklin was […]
Slammin’ Night in Toronto
There are those of you who, like me, will be stuck in Toronto for Reading Week (the Canadian equivalent of spring break that happens in mid-February), actually attempting to do some reading instead of gallivanting around Cancun or Punta Cana. It’s not all bad though: there’s always something exciting going on in the city, […]
Bad Judgment versus Freedom of the Press
I haven’t said much about the cartoon controversy because in all honesty, the way it has been approached in general infuriates me.
First of all, as a practicing Muslim, the fact that the cartoons actually depict the Prophet (pbuh) does not offend me in the least. The physical depiction of the Prophet is discouraged within the […]
Hart House [murmur] Project
You know those ghosts that live in Hart House at the University of Toronto? Well, they all have their stories, and now you just may have a chance to hear them.
[murmur], which has brought a new dimension to urban exploration in major Canadian cities, is launching it’s first project at the University of Toronto at […]