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The Plant
The Plant is the student newspaper of Dawson College.
- Institution
- Dawson College
- Region
- Montréal
- Language
- English
- Official website
- https://theplantnews.com/
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Latest articles
Latest article: November 5, 2026 at 02:29 p.m.
- Why We Dream: A Search for the Elusive
Considering the impact of our dreams on our psyche, it is surprising that this topic remains one of the biggest mysteries within the field of neuroscience. Over the years, numerous attempts have been made to provide an answer to the question of why we dream. Read more →
- Math, now, … A Klein Bottle in St. Michel
You might have figured from last month’s math column that I am a big fan of the higher dimensions. The Klein bottle is just my cup of tea. In fact, this weird, loopy, twisty thing is the 3D shadow of a shape that exists in four dimensions. Read more →
- Beyond the Body: The Sexualization of Women in Sports
Sydney Sweeney is no stranger to the spotlight. As one of Hollywood’s most recognizable young actresses, she has built a career around roles that have made her both critically acclaimed and widely discussed. But when Sweeney became the face of a sports-betting advertisement, the criticism surrounding the ad brought attention to a larger question: how are women represented in the sports world? … Read more →
- Creative Writing October 2026
With the start of the next semester, our very fitting theme for the submissions this issue was renewal. I feel like renewal has a very binary connotation: transitioning from a flawed past to an improved present. However, I feel that it’s much more nuanced than that. Our lives are not memoir, we don’t have one defining incident that separates our life into a distinct before and after. … Read more →
- Femme, et c’est tout
En septembre 2026, une histoire de viol collectif qui aurait eu lieu sur le campus de l’Université américaine Cornell en 2024 a fait surface. La plaignante et ancienne étudiante de l’institution Jane Doe (nom d’emprunt) a intenté une poursuite au civil contre entre autres l’université, la fraternité Chi Phi et sept de ses membres. Read more →
- How Generation Z is Quietly Leading a Revolution
Generation Z is often labelled lazy, spoiled, and constantly complaining about the circumstances of the world we live in. We are told to simply accept an economy that does not provide for the working majority, yet we are blamed for being unable to afford a house or let alone the basic necessities needed to live comfortably. Instead we are told that we … Read more →
- On Resonance
See, before this class, I held the common conviction that electrons lie on atoms. They might shift from one atom to another, or even from one compound (multiple atoms together) to another, but at any stable moment in time, electrons are positioned on a single atom of their choice. Read more →
- The Existential Horror of AI
October— while being a time of laughter, candy and silly costumes— can also be a time that makes us reflect on our fears. A fear is never just a fear, it’s always rooted in something deeper. The older I grow, the less afraid I am of the things that go bump in the night. The supernatural creatures of the world don’t keep me up anymore, the world we live in does. … Read more →
- On Mental Health’s Legalities and Limits: Analysing P-38
In the past decade, researchers have become increasingly fascinated by the intersectionality that strings mental health with the criminal justice system. And, namely affecting students, this issue raises a question that has become more and more necessary to divulge: why does seeking psychiatric care so often become a matter for the police? Read more →
- Kill John Lennon: The Dark Side of The Catcher in the Rye
The moment remains, to this day, immortalized in an almost banal photograph: Lennon bent over the record with Chapman standing behind him, seemingly looking through him. Nothing in that particular snapshot would suggest that the two men would meet again, let alone that one of them would, soon enough, be dead. Read more →