Thompson's letters
Tim Durkin

One might think that reading another person’s letters would be incredibly interesting, particularly if that person has lead a very public life. Some of Hunter S. Thompson’s letters, collected here in The Proud Highway: Saga of a Southern Gentleman, are well worth reading, some you don’t want to but need to. Then some are tedious and, well, loathsome. It is these last types of letters that makes The Proud Highway unworthy of reading for the general public. Sadly, it seems, this could have been avoided with more editing work by Brinkley. more...

Bands a battlin'
Ryan Lindsay

The packed house at Wilf’s on Friday witnessed WLU’s first ever Campus Music Search Battle of the Bands. Eight bands participated in the six hour music marathon, but it was Wax Elvis that came out on top at the end of the evening. more...

Wide Mouth Mason’s prophylactics
Rachel Reid

The ‘Iron Sheik’ is less dependable than it ought to be.

As the pet name given to Wide Moth Mason’s tour bus, Iron Sheik is fittingly descriptive. Drummer Safwan Javed conducts the phone interview en route to Peterborough after being held up by the broken-down bus. more...

War-time French plays
Kevin Ramzi Nasir

This past weekend the students of a French drama class staged a refreshing and contemplative piece on women in the Second World War.

Set in July and August of 1942, Du Poil Aux Pattes Commes Les CWACs depicts the war-time journey of four women who enlist in the Canadian Women Army Corps, (CWACs). more...

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