Opinion pitches nov 13

READING WEEK PITCHES!

November 13, 2018

Happy Reading Week, all!

Since there's no meeting today, I'll be pitching out a ton of stuff today for you guys to write on. As always, please let me know if you want to take a pitch, and when you do so, please include a brief outline of the angle you want to take; just a few sentences about your core argument and where you want to take the piece. If you want to pitch something to me, please do the same, including a detailed outline of some sort explaining the pitch and your angle!I also highly encourage you to experiment with Burlap Sacks and Marble Pedestals if you haven't already, cause they're super fun to write and can be a little more tongue-in-cheek than a column. As always, please send me your first drafts by Friday at 5pm!

Monopoly for Millenials is sure a thing...

The difference between

and vanilla Monopoly is that you don't get to own property; you get to "have experiences" instead. People at Hasbro found that the idea of ever owning property is an alien concept to us millennials and gen-Zers, so they made a game they thought would appeal to us more.

If anything, this just makes me really sad about my future property prospects.

Think tank calls for more private school enrollment in Alberta

The think tank argues that there should be

in these schools in order to break what they see as a "monopoly" by teachers' associations on children's education in Alberta.

There may be indeed a kind of "monopoly" on curriculum in public schools, but is this monopoly really so bad for students?

UCP member compares swastika to pride flag

The gentleman in question later apologized for

, stating that it was an unintentional comparison and only wanted to highlight how certain political movements have held hostility towards individual freedoms (which I'm not sure really makes his comparison any more accurate).

Premier Notely is calling on Jason Kenney to act in response to this; Kenney has yet to make any official move.

Notley says 2 NDP MLAs have been accused of "inappropriate behaviour"

This has come to rise while Premier Notely was answering questions about recently kicked-out NDP caucus member Robyn Luff, who levelled various criticisms about party discipline and her treatment as an MLA in the party.

The

were reported by individuals outside the party; they didn't occur in the workplace, according to Notely.

JUUL stops flavoured juice sales in US

The

at JUUL for making tasty e-juice pods that encourage teens to buy JUULs. As of now, you cannot buy fruity juices in stores, but you can buy them online after submitting to an age verification check.

This is also supposed to be a time where JUUL finds out a strategy around not encouraging teens to e-smoke.

New "Alberta Advantage Party" gets official party status in AB

The

leader, Marilyn Burns, was one of the founding members of the Wildrose Party. Some of their party's platform points include having control over immigration (similar to Quebec), scrapping GSA legislation, and improving police training in order to respond to rural crime.

McGill students vote to change “Redmen” sports team name

While the name change isn't implemented, the Students' Society of McGill held a referendum, where students voted overwhelmingly to change the name. The name has an interesting

, but took on a particularly salient and offensive connotation and interpretation in the 1950s.