By Oliver Whitehead
The Harper government’s latest move to deny support to film and television programming that it deems offensive is an assault on the values of civilization.
As such, of course, it is nothing new; the Harper Conservatives have merely taken their modest place in a long but dismal line of authority figures whose fear and suspicion of the power of creativity has stifled the expression of original ideas for centuries.
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The ‘Spoof’ - Labia Majora Carnage
April 12, 2007
Labia Majora Carnage [Printed in the "Spoof" edition which came out on the 30th of March]
by “Xavier”
Gazette Staff
Last night, local women hit the streets for the first ever Take Back the Nightie march.
The march was led by members of Western’s Women’s Issues Network, who, for the first time all year, left their circle in the University Community Centre, where witnesses claim they perform tribal dances and yell alienating slurs about pussies and cunts.
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Western’s response to Gazette “spoof”
April 12, 2007
Apr 11th, 2007
Gazette ’spoof’ angers readers
By Bob Klanac
The student Gazette’s annual April Fool’s Day parody issue has drawn widespread anger for comments about women and other groups, and the condemnation of University of Western Ontario President Paul Davenport.
In a statement released Wednesday, Davenport said he was offended by material in the issue and he will be looking for ways to ensure the Gazette and University Students’ Council, owner of the paper, prevent such articles from appearing in the future.
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Islam & the West
December 20, 2006
Can Muslims be true to their faith and loyal citizens in a Western country such as Canada?
Tariq Ramadan says yes. This public intellectual’s struggle to integrate Muslim thought with modern life has made him one of the most controversial and influential Islamic scholars in Europe.
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