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News and Culture Five

News Round-Up Jan. 27: Respecting Differences, Active Indoor Recess and Hipster Disney Princesses

What we’re reading today:

1. Gay-straight alliances were seen as too political for Catholic schools, but they’ve given the OK to “Respecting Differences” clubs. If it gets the job done, we’re on board.  That said, we can’t even imagine how tough it must be for a teenager to come out, so to not even acknowledge their gay identity when they’ve have the guts to do so seems pretty crummy. Make it better, Catholic board!

2. Colder temps and scary weather sometimes force kids to stay inside for recess; how can we make indoor recess more active?

3. Shame as punishment: does it work? Does it cross the line?

4. Hipster Disney Princesses. What do you think? Accurate? Ariel looks like the kind of hipster we avoid at all costs, but Belle looks like she’d work in our building. Actually, we think Hipster Mulan does work in our building.

The Bunchbrary

Favourite Movie Pranks for April Fools

Our prank-loving Bunchbrary

If anyone seems overly eager to help you on Friday, tries to get you to sign a petition to save the lion finch, or tries convincing you to book a vacation to San Serriffe Island, remember that it’s April Fools’ Day. Just to keep you on your toes, so you know what sort of schemes people are capable of, we’ve rounded up some of our favourite movie pranks.

1. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986)

 

So many pranks in this movie! There’s the faking sick, the deleting of the sick days, the stealing of Abe Froman’s lunch reservation and that most fun-loving prank, hijacking a Von Steuben Day parade float and lip-synching to the Beatles. If someone is a master prankster or righteous dude, like Ferris, you really don’t want to side against them on April Fools’ Day. You don’t want to be the Edward Rooney.