ALAMIR
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Alamir you can't study the past without understanding the present.
I'm a student at UBC and the Opinions editor for the CapCourier newspaper.
I'm also part of the UBC Debating Society and other similarly geeky clubs.
I founded WordArc with my brother. It was partly to help remedy my sporadic highs of hypergraphia but mostly because I wanted a place where writers could share their best works. I also do podcasts of WordArc Weekly to help bring more focus and analysis to all the talented writers on here.
Biography In Six Words:Man. Obsessed with six words. Forever.
 LATEST STATISTICS ON A FEDERAL VOTE POLL2010-04-15 12:56:05This is a graphical representation of Canada's left-wingers vs. right-wingers. Canadians answered a recent poll which asked: "If a federal elect... |
 HATING ON HATIANS2010-02-13 21:09:11After the devastating earthquake that hit the city of Bam, an Iranian city whose architecture is as vulnerable as Port-au-Prince, the world unified... |
 HEADS I WIN, TAILS YOU LOSE2009-12-05 04:21:17“Less Tuition = More Beer Money” is the mocking syllogism crayoned onto a sign gripped by a man amidst a student protest for lower tuition fees... |
 WHERE THE WILD THINGS MATURED AND CHILDREN CRY AT THEATRE2009-10-10 18:28:42Within minutes of the movie, three children beside me were escorted by their parents out of the theatre. Max, the main character, was abusing a cat... |
 ORGANIC CARS2009-09-19 05:36:49It’s the yummiest car out there, because it’s a racing car that runs on chocolate and wine. Pre-2009 it only existed in the wildest fantasies o... |
 SHOULD WE USE AESTHETICS AND NOT SCIENCE TO SAVE ANIMALS?2009-08-15 15:10:21When treating animals ethically, society tends to rely on scientific data to justify it's basis. For example, the news has reported of a few cases... |
 THE BAND MGMT NEED TO READ MORE BOOKS2009-06-13 04:02:11At the beginning of the MGMT video for the song "Kids" the viewer is met with a quote by Mark Twain:
"Battle not with monsters lest ye become a... |
 ONE MORE REASON TO NOT VOTE FOR A LIBERAL2009-04-24 23:32:58B.C's Top Law Enforcer Suspended from Driving 41 km/h Over Speed Limit.
John van Dongen, who is running for re-election as a Liberal in Abbots... |
 RADIOHEAD MEETS VAMPIRE WEEKEND AND THE RESULTS ARE GOOD2009-04-05 03:49:10After a few recommendations to listen to Vampire Weekend I can say that I'm not impressed by most of their work and I never found their music reall... |
 OBAMA WOULD BE ABLE TO TURN OFF THE INTERNET?2009-04-03 20:54:36The Cybersecurity Act of 2009 introduced in the Senate would allow Presidents to shut down private Internet networks whenever deemed appropriate!Th... |
ALAMIR'S TOP ARTICLES
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When I was a young web-designer earning my stripes I got into a website "war" with a few other rival websites. My site was competition and the othe... |
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The idea of love is no longer something to strive for with someone else. Instead, people who get in relationships barely call it a relationship at... |
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There are a few clichés that make me cringe when I read them in newspapers. To show how common these clichés are, most of my references are from... |
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Scientists have discovered that there are music and phrases that you come into contact with all the time that don't actually exist. The reason is d... |
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I thought I’d put together a list of a few scientific myths that I’ve overheard, then researched and found out to be completely false. For the... |
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Come this Friday, there's one good reason for me to view the "Watchmen" movie. Because it's one movie by Zack Snyder that I won't have to worry abo... |
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Many innocent users are getting tagged on Facebook with notes entitled "25 Random Things About Me." When they read the list, they only find that th... |
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Perverted animals are doing things that are freakier, nastier and arguably more painful than any man has ever performed with their penis. In fact,... |
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“Every night my grandmother prays to God thanking George Bush for coming into Iraq.”
For six years these words have been in the back of min... |
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Within minutes of the movie, three children beside me were escorted by their parents out of the theatre. Max, the main character, was abusing a cat... |