Moustaches offer men a rare opportunity to literally craft new personalities for themselves.

When I heard that I might have attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, my initial reaction was, “How can I, an adult woman, have something that affects young children?”

My love affair with politics started two years ago in a modest high school class, not at all where I expected passion to stir my heart.

When I awoke the morning of Oct. 22, the day after the controversial George Bush presentation, I was eager to hear what our local media had to say about the issue. Instead of the objective reporting I expected, however, I found the media’s portrayal of the event to be quite unbalanced.

For many conservatives, Alberta once represented an incredible opportunity; they glowingly talked about obliterating debt, balanced budgets, free market reforms and pioneering a spirit to take on the powerful federal government. While many of these opportunities were realized in one form or another, there stands today an overwhelming sense of failure among dissatisfied conservative supporters.

Michael Jackson represented the pinnacle of pop music. I am hard pressed to find any pop star who has had a greater influence on pop music.

With the release of all the zombie material in the past few months the much debated topic has risen once again: fast zombies or slow zombies?

I’m not a health nut, nor am I a saint. I’m just a regular consumer like the rest of us. But there seems something terribly backwards about having a fast food joint literally a few feet away from where I sit in class.

I understand that American Apparel is something of a big deal to the kids these days. Young people think it is extremely correct to buy and then wear their clothes. This is becoming a problem for me.

Whether it is the optimistic Zombieland, where the characters finally find their place in the world after it ends, or the glimpse at what the world could become in The Road, the glut of end-of-the-world films and theories is making me crazy.