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In the midst of a hot June 29 afternoon, students from U of T, Ryerson and York University marched on Queen's Park to demand better quality of life for First Nations peoples. The rally was part of the First Nations National Day of Action, in which protests and demonstrations took place at locations across the nation, including Parliament Hill in Ottawa.

Hold on to your buns-Toronto's street food menu is soon to expand far beyond sausages and wieners. Last Friday, Nathan Philips Square hosted a showcase of what Toronto's street food could be. The foodcart fair had Andrew Eade and Tara Sachs-two up-and-coming local chefs-salivating at the news.

Cheryl Misak has been named U of T's new deputy provost, replacing the outgoing David Farrar. Misak, a professor of philosophy, comes to St. George campus from UTM, where she was Dean of Students and, recently, Acting Vice-Principal of the campus. Awaiting Dr.

The Association of Part-time Undergraduate Students was relocated for a second time this year, as Governing Council voted unanimously to vacate their office in the Woodsworth Annex on 100 Devonshire Place, across from the new Varsity Centre, to make room for the construction of the proposed Student Commons and the Centre for High Performance Sport.

Before we all had computers and Gmail, people doing any serious amount of writing used an almost extinct breed of machines whose heyday lasted more than 100 years. Now, some of these dinosaurs have made their way into a special exhibit at the ROM. The ancient, sometimes bizarre machines are all housed in a small gallery, strangely appropriate for once ubiquitous fixtures now relegated to the modern mind's musty corners.

Over 2,000 years ago in southern China, Qu Yuan drowned himself to protest against a corrupt government. Villagers took to the water in whatever craft they could and threw rice to prevent fish from eating his body, or so legend has it. Now, the desperate paddle has evolved into a sport athletes train for yearround.

Since the 1997 release of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Pottermania has only gained momentum. Fans both young and old will be lining up in droves at cinemas and bookstores the world over in the coming weeks to get a peek at the latest installments of the Harry Potter franchise.

Since the initial testing in June, the new LED lights at the CN Tower have drawn much criticism, with claims that the new flashy look takes away from the tower's 'class and elegance.' Such an argument is incongruous; the CN Tower is a fairly absurd building to begin with.

Stem cells raise hell From the roots of life stem many controversies: the history, hype, and hope surrounding a potential real-life fountain of youth Dan Rios The cells and their function Stem cells are remarkable for the fact that they can both renew themselves and give rise to a huge range of cell types.

Into the Fringe! We get inside Canada's quirkiest theatre festival Like any nineteen-year-old, this year's Fringe was a bit sassy, a little clumsy, affecting a touch of shyness with a bit of swagger thrown in. There was a dearth of shows to pick from, with the 141 selections spanning more than twentyfive venues across the city.

Remember "I Believe I Can Fly," the song you clutched your 7th grade crush to, playing over the closing credits of Space Jam? Well, if you anticipated that 2007's most seminal album would be recorded by a nowpedophilic corn-rowed rapper with a mug that looks like it might have been smashed one too many times with the back end of a shovel-congratulations, you're a pop culture Nostradamus.

Is indie rock dead? It's a question I ask myself-admittedly neurotically-at least every day. Okay, okay, so indie rock still technically exists, in the sense that independent labels still pump out the preferred jams of radio-eschewing music geeks and anybody cool.

While most of the headlines around the NHL in July focused on free agents who switched teams, perhaps the most significant signing of the summer has one star player staying right where he is. Sidney Crosby the young phenom with the Pittsburgh Penguins will forego restricted free agency after next season by signing a 5-year contract extension worth $43.

Wedding season is officially in full swing, and with so many couples considering this year's 7/7/07 date especially lucky for nuptials, U of T expects their latest partnership to be a mutually beneficial one. In keep with tradition the Varsity Blues have chosen to go with something old, new and borrowed - in announcing Ed Drakich as the new athletic instructor and coach of the men's volleyball program.