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When people ask Bridget Coll how she knew she was a lesbian, her answer is simple: “Well,” she tells them, “I fell in love with a woman.” That was nearly 40 years ago. Now in her 70s, she sits across from me, her petite feet dangling from the couch, barely touching the floor of her [...]
Year in Review
A summery summary of the semester’s more scandalous stories
March 23, 2009 -- THE NEVERENDING U-PASS SAGA
The U-Pass was a headache to implement for nearly everyone involved, but it finally came to fruition this January. As soon as it was implemented, however, troubles started again.
While TransLink was still working out the demand for buses from Phibbs Exchange, there were students stranded for up to an hour [...]
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Fine Arts grad shows
Welcome to the real world (see “Summertime Blues”)
March 23, 2009 -- Ever wonder what our fellow fine art students are up to? Now is your time to find out! Grad shows are coming up for second and third year students in the upcoming months. The end of the semester is a stressful time for all, but perhaps even more for this year’s graduates. After two to [...]
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Columns
- High Politics. In most western liberal democracies, we perceive things such as a belief in magic to be childish and relegated to the realm of Disney and Harry Potter. However, not only are these beliefs deeply entrenched in the culture and history of certain parts of the world, they persist today at a systemic level in several [...] # by Aaron Bolus
- Broadway Monologues. A few weeks ago I was walking down Commercial Drive and a beautiful watercolour poster caught my eye. Words in black ink spread across a fiery mix of colour with a crow sitting on a jar made me feel I was looking at a piece of art I’d probably buy and hang in my house [...] # by Torie Beram
- Visual Intentions. The 2010 Winter Olympics are now less than a year away, and the Vancouver Organizing Committee (VANOC) and national and international sponsors seem to be pulling out all the stops in endless marketing campaigns. The Olympics signal a time when our entire country will be under close scrutiny from international media, and the need to [...] # by Claudia Pedrero
- Word Nerd. Confessions of a Shopaholic was a flop. The Oscars are suddenly hip to M.I.A., the economy is in the crapper, and apparently that means Marxism is back in style and—sorry, Sex and the City fans—unadulterated materialism is out. It’s not just pop culture that’s being reshaped, but our very language. Two years ago, a “stimulus [...] # by Derek A. Jang
Welcome to The Capilano Courier
The Capilano Courier is an autonomous, democratically-run student newspaper organized out of Capilano College in North Vancouver, BC.
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From the Editor...
- So long, and thanks for all the fun…. Recently, writing a cover letter for an internship application (that’s right… I’m going from working for next to nothing to slave labour), I was forced to consider all I’d learned working at the Courier. Given, I’ve learned a lot of things: That news can be interesting; that the CSU will never forget their history with [...] # by Christine McLaren
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