Calculus Or Attack On Titan? (Or What Da Vinci Taught Me)
Zeynep Keles Cannon Writer When I first got into engineering, I had the chance to meet a lot of different people and see a lot of their differences. Of course, Continue Reading
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Don’t Look Up the Statistics: Capitalist Interest at Odds with Human Life
Amanda Plotnik Senior Editor Spoilers for Don’t Look Up (2021) Don’t Look Up is a 2021 satire-ish (more on that later) film distributed by Netflix and starring a barrage of Continue Reading
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Why We Learn How to Code
Rafiq Omair & Shreya Garg Cannon Writers You may recall taking APS106 (or for some, APS105), a first year engineering coding course. Given that coding doesn’t directly relate to many Continue Reading
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A Plastic Fan’s View on the Rise of Canadian Soccer
Ruknoon Dinder Cannon Writer Top of the FIFA World Cup (WC) qualification table, unbeaten in 8 matches, only 5 goals conceded and wins against the 9th and 13th ranked teams Continue Reading
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What is a Credit Worth?
Jeremy Sharapov Editor-In-Chief On December 15th, 2021 the University of Toronto announced that all remaining in-person exams for the Fall 2021 semester would be canceled due to outbreaks of the Continue Reading
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Freedom
Ruknoon Dinder Cannon Writer IT IS A FINE DAY in the Libertarian Oceania. Archibald Elbert Winchell rose from his bed bleary eyed, but well rested and focused on the coming Continue Reading
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Why You Shouldn’t Vex Anti-Vaxxers
Joaquin Lim Cannon Writer Canada has one of the highest Covid-19 vaccination rates in the world, including 86.8% of the eligible (12+) population in Toronto having received at least a Continue Reading
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The “Inverted Classroom” and Why I Hate It
Tudor Sigmund Podcast Lead After having finished a whole year of online learning, it seems to me that the one buzzword that professors cannot stop talking about is the “Inverted Continue Reading
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Why the ANA Collapsed: My Thoughts After Following the Afghan Conflict for 11 Years
Ruknoon Dinder Cannon Writer The speed of the Taliban’s advance since the American withdrawal has surprised both the media and internet alike. Journalists are rushing to explain their success, usually Continue Reading
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It’s Fun to Run Errands!
Nafilah Khan Senior Editor “How was your day off?” “It was great; I enjoyed running errands!” “Enjoyed?” This conversation happens more often than you might imagine amongst my classmates and Continue Reading
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Who We Are After COVID
Amanda Plotnik Senior Editor Bo Burnham Released Inside and I Haven’t Stopped Screaming Since CW: Mentions of suicide. Spoilers for Inside if that’s a thing that’s really possible. Comedian Bo Continue Reading
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It’s Our Year… Right?
Tudor Sigmund Podcast Lead It’s our year… right? If you really take the time to stop and think about it, professional sports are quite odd. In terms of physical ability, Continue Reading
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The Importance of Open Access
Anonymous Disclaimer: The Cannon does not endorse the usage of illegal academic websites or databases. SciHub, Library Genesis, and Internet Archive are all websites that host academic content for free. Continue Reading
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In-Person Learning Needs to Evolve
Alyson Allen Cannon Layout When it was announced that in-person learning was to resume in Fall 2021, I was not overjoyed. While we wait for the final decision to be Continue Reading
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Youtube’s Most Annoying Ads Ranking, Finally Revealed
Ruknoon Dinder Cannon Editor I know, I know, I’m back with another clickbait title, and I apologise for it. Nothing’s revealed, I just ran out of ideas for an article. Continue Reading
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The landing of NASA’s Perseverance Rover: An engineering student’s perspective
Joel Majano Cannon Writer Mars: a world so far and foreign, but when you look at it closer, you can imagine how the Earth looked before it got to its Continue Reading
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The SpaceX Journey – Part One: The Beginning
Joel Majano Cannon Writer Space Exploration Technologies Corp. or SpaceX for short, is a name that you may or may not have heard recently as they accelerate their launch cadence, Continue Reading
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QAnon is the game our parents warned us not to play
Ruknoon Dinder Cannon Editor Content warning: the following article contains strong references to violence, death, sexual assault, human trafficking, terrorism and misinformation A few months ago, I was finishing Continue Reading
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iCar?
Tamim Hasan Cannon Writer Since its inception in 1976, Apple has been a driving force in the realm of technology and has had an increasing impact on our day-to-day Continue Reading
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Facebook’s Cutting-edge Hatred
Minha Khan Cannon Editor Trigger Warning: Strong references to and mention of rape, murder, arson Facebook. What comes to your mind when you hear that 8-letter word? The 700 Continue Reading
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Marquis Wheat: The Crop Built for Canada
Andrew Wuebbolt External Writer: CAFE The year is 1909. During even the best of winters, Canada’s climate is harsh. Agriculture is an important way of life for early settlers, Continue Reading
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Out of the Wild
Natalia Espinosa-Merlano Cannon Writer They used to run. All we mere mortals could do was take out our 720p HD camera, savouring the disappointment we had grown accustomed to, and Continue Reading
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Self-Care 101
Kirtana Devaraj Cannon Writer This semester has been an unprecedented one and has impacted everyone in many ways. While online learning does have its benefits, it is easy to Continue Reading
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270 Days and Counting
Anonymous For those who have lost count, we’ve been in this mess for 270 days. That’s two hundred and seventy days. As the numbers rise, and as the death Continue Reading
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The Stationery Shop
Minha Khan Cannon Editor Look at love How it tangles With the one fallen in love Look at spirit How it fuses with earth Giving it new life -Rumi Continue Reading
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Navigating the News in Today’s Climate
Alyson Allen Cannon Editor-in-Chief I start off my day scrolling through Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and then back to Twitter again. The same stuff pops on my feed; the new COVID Continue Reading
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What Happened to Skype?
Neha Marfani Cannon Writer Ever since quarantine started and we all have been zooming through our classes, online meetings, and other social interactions; you probably have pondered a question at Continue Reading
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Changing Status of Women in Society Over Generations
Vama Dave Cannon Writer From as early as 900 BC, there was the establishment of a strong, patriarchal society in most of the ancient civilizations that existed during that era. Continue Reading
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Our Virtual Future
Tamim Hasan Cannon Writer By now it’s no surprise that the current pandemic we are living through has affected all aspects of our societal and personal lives. Having to shift Continue Reading
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Coffee Shops Hate Me: Read What I Did to Quit my Caffeine Addiction. 100% Successful.
Ruknoon Shadid Dinder Cannon Editor Are you curious to know my secret? Great! But before we get to that (and I promise I have an actual technique that works flawlessly) Continue Reading
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TikTok in America
Margaret Paul Cannon Editor TikTok, the immensely popular short video app originating from Chinese company ByteDance, has long been at the centre of controversy in America concerning its safety and Continue Reading
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The Ideal Online Course
Jeremy Sharapov Cannon Editor As an in-person Winter semester looks bleaker and bleaker, we must come to terms with our online present and future. However, while all our courses this Continue Reading
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The Notorious R.B.G: A Tribute
Ruknoon Shadid Dinder Cannon Editor As you can guess from the title, this article focuses on a very special person. US Supreme Court Justice and feminist icon Ruth Bader Ginsburg Continue Reading
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Shane Dawson, Jenna Marbles, and the Beginning of the End of Old YouTube
Margaret Paul Cannon Editor TW: Child abuse; pedophilia; discussions of racism In recent days, popular old-school YouTubers Shane Dawson and Jenna Mourey (Marbles) have addressed past behaviours for which Continue Reading
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Some Thoughts on Thoughts
Ruknoon Shadid Dinder Cannon Editor Old relationships are so bizarre, don’t you think? And no, I’m not talking about that ex from 3 years ago that you’re still hung Continue Reading
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Out-of-stock: Why is the Nintendo Switch so Hard to Get Your Hands on?
Joel Majano Cannon Writer The Nintendo Switch has been hard to find in stock anywhere for months, and scalpers are one of the primary causes. As the global pandemic began Continue Reading
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A F!rosh’s Guide to the Galaxy: From One Introvert to Another
Natalia Espinosa-Merlano Cannon Writer The exclamation mark in F!rosh should tell you enough – it is, by its very existence, a “hype” event. Which is all well and good… Continue Reading
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Black Lives Matter – Let’s Keep The Conversation Going
Alyson Allen Editor-in-Chief Disclaimer: This article comes from a place of allyship, whiteness, and privilege. Its goal is to educate readers and members of the Skule™ community about the Continue Reading
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Is 18% Turnout Okay? (No)
Rick Liu Cannon Editor-In-Chief On November 10th, The Varsity published an article titled “Participation in student government elections at UofT among lowest in Canada”. While most students know voter turnout Continue Reading
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What is a PEY worth?
Prerna Anand Cannon Contributor The Engineering Career Centre is potentially planning to change their PEY services starting with the 2T4 class. The new PEY program starts from First Year which Continue Reading
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Why I Took 5 Years to Buy a Jacket
Rick Liu Cannon Editor-In-Chief When I first told my friends that I was going to buy a UofT engineering jacket, they asked a lot of pointed questions. One of them Continue Reading
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Joy of Little Things
Najah Hassan Cannon Contributor It is a cloudy and gloomy morning. I am walking to the bus stop, lost in my own thoughts. I am thinking about the midterm I Continue Reading
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A+ Education Group
Smriti Mehrotra Cannon Contributor The A+ Education group is “an educational institute” that offers tutoring services for first year core eight engineering and Rotman Commerce students. Throughout this semester, you’ve Continue Reading
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The Story of the ECE Common Room
Jerry Sharp Cannon Contributor Ah, the ECE Common Room. The spot where me and a few of my buddies would spend hours just chilling between classes during our first year. Continue Reading
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Consumerism on a Normal Day
Rick Liu Cannon Editor-in-Chief In recent developments of the global economy, there is one driving factor that stands out: consumerism. This concept has not only established a death grip on Continue Reading
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Changes in our Student Body
Smriti Mehrotra Cannon Contributor A “generation gap” is a term used to describe the difference in characteristics of one generation of people from another generation. A generation is estimated to Continue Reading
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A Rundown on the 2019 Federal Election
Ruknoon Shadid Dinder Cannon Contributor I feel like I’m making a poor attempt at a joke by mentioning Russia at the very beginning of an article about another big Western Continue Reading
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The struggle of embracing creativity within engineering
Neetha Parameswaran Cannon Contributor I am an introvert by nature, most comfortable spending my time lurking in corners and observing people from afar. I enjoyed writing throughout my life. I Continue Reading
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Why Engineering?
Andrew Zhao Cannon Contributor At one point or another, many of us have questioned our choice of post-secondary education. For those who choose a program in engineering, during the long Continue Reading
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The Engineering Failures of the Boeing 737 MAX
Rick Liu Cannon Editor-in-Chief In 2011, American Airlines signed a massive $38 billion order for the next generation A320neo with Airbus. Having lost a longtime customer, Boeing had a major Continue Reading
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How to Stop Comparing Yourself to Others
Alyson Allen Cannon Contributor Receiving midterms back can string up nervousness or even excitement inside of you. Group chats and conversations start up saying how marks have been returned Continue Reading
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Students on UTSG not Closing
Anonymous Cannon Contributor I am a 2nd year student in the Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering. I am writing to you today to express my anger and protest at Continue Reading
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From Rural Ontario to the Toronto Pride Parade
Anonymous Cannon Contributor In my small town in rural Ontario, I grew up thinking that the feelings I had made me an abomination. I learned from a young age to Continue Reading
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The Villain of Politics: Emotions
Andrew Zhao Cannon Contributor On October 2nd, US President Trump’s ambassador to NATO, Kay Bailey Hutchison, set off international alarm bells when she proclaimed that, “Washington remained committed to a Continue Reading
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Is Amazon’s Marketplace Fair?
Samuel Penner Cannon Senior Editor Amazon is a household name connecting people from around the world with nearly every kind of consumer product. Is the convenience of having low cost Continue Reading
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To Live Forever
Nikoo Givehchian Cannon Contributor Living forever is a scary idea. In many forms have people considered this notion, but for the most part, these are speculative artistic pieces which have Continue Reading
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What Grinds my Gears: Travelling with a peanut allergy?
Dale Gottlieb Cannon Editor-in-Chief In December, my sister and I planned a trip to Asia to visit a friend in Hong Kong and tour Cambodia. Both of us have severe Continue Reading
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Why Should You Care About the 450M Da Vinci Painting?
Marguerite Tuer-Sipos Cannon Senior EditorUnless this paper really is your sole source of news, it is more than likely you have already heard of the recent sale of a Leonardo Continue Reading
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A Streetcar Named Desire
Rick Liu Cannon Design and Layout Toronto used to be an oddity in North American cities. Streetcars were supposed to be dead, but in Toronto, they continued to rocket Continue Reading
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