Incite Magazine

January Editorial: Make It So

Sam — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 03:29:35 +0000

Sam Colbert and Anna Kulikov One of the first things you’ll learn about 18th-century thinker Immanuel Kant in an introductory philosophy course is that, in his nearly eighty years of life, he never once traveled more than ten miles outside of his hometown. And yet, despite his lack of foreign exploration, he’s been credited as …

Happiness is Playing Bingo?

Sam — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 03:21:51 +0000

Leanna Katz and Jane van Koeverden Thursday night: it’s club night and we’re looking fly. Waiting at the bus stop, there’s a group of girls in miniskirts and stilettos. We’re wearing our boyfriends’ oversized t-shirts and faculty swag. Cars honk at us as they pass by. Okay. Maybe not at us. The girls might look …

Livin’ on a Praire

Sam — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 03:15:53 +0000

Andrew Prine A former Incite editor-in-chief lives on a prairie, mounts mountains, and crosses the dateline in search of adventure. Here’s a short piece about the first leg of his round-the-world trip: On the morning of my 22nd birthday, I woke up shivering, stiff, and glad to be alive. It was the 14th of September, …

November Editorial: Here and Now

Sam — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 21:16:34 +0000

Sam Colbert and Anna Kulikov In Woody Allen’s recent film, Midnight in Paris, Ernest Hemingway shares his thoughts with an aspiring author, played by Owen Wilson, on what it means to truly live in the moment. “Death no longer lingers in the mind,” he says. “Fear no longer clouds your heart. Only passion for living, …

Column – Brief New World: Get Real

Sam — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 21:16:25 +0000

Shawn Fazel A thick cloud of incense smoke fills the room as we enter and take off our shoes. While we relax and prepare our bodies and minds for the next session, ambient music fills my mind and I let go. These yoga studios are not your traditional gyms, there is a spiritual element here …

Next to Normal

Sam — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 21:16:14 +0000

Lily Hastings This story is not about hope. This story is about the time I lost my sanity and my freedom. For years I had teetered on the edge of mental stability until, in my first year at McMaster, I fell into a deep depression. At first I just felt miserable. I didn’t sleep much, …

October Editorial: The Whole Truth

Shawn — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 03:27:26 +0000

Sam Colbert and Anna Kulikov Sure, everybody lies. But, for that matter, every path has its puddle, every rose has its thorn, and every day is just one closer to death. An untruth, I think, is not necessarily evil; it’s just a blemish on the complex and creative ways in which we relate to each …

Column – Brief New World: Leviathan

Sam — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 03:26:08 +0000

Shawn Fazel Columnist Thomas Hobbes wrote in Chapter XIII of Leviathan: “Force and fraud are in war the two cardinal virtues.” Withforce as physical dominance and fraud as mental dominance, the use of the word “cardinal” was especially ambiguous, considering Leviathan’s aim was to discredit the Church’s stronghold on education and information. The final book, …

Media Misinformation

Sam — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 03:20:04 +0000

Stephen Clare Contributor Everyone remembers the nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi in Japan a few months ago. How could we not? The story was plastered over every newspaper and blared from every TV for weeks. However, the media went over the top, devolving into mass-hysteria. According to them, not only were the reactors overheating, …

Anatomically Incorrect

Shawn — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 01:23:55 +0000

By Sam Godfrey. Published in the October 2011 issue. Reading this issue of Incite may be enough to make a perfectly content individual such as yourself into a surly dried fruit of cynicism. “I can’t trust anyone except myself!” you may grumble as you eat your prunes while watching Wheel Of Fortune. Never fear: I’m …