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Hot for Sauce

Hot for Sauce

Hot sauce. Liquid fire. Dynamite. Call it what you want but it doesn’t change what this nefarious condiment can do to the uninitiated. It has the power to reduce even the burliest men into sniveling children. It can elicit everything from hacking coughs to watery eyes and yet we all can’t help but splash the precious liquid gold on pretty much everything.


Build your own board.

Build your own board.

Skimboarding is the perfect summer answer for those wanting to try a board sport around Vancouver’s beaches.


Rudd thankful for “good-hearted” fans

Rudd thankful for “good-hearted” fans

Despite having a new album out and a new band to tour with, Xavier Rudd is doing more of what he’s good at: playing music.


Festival fever: Sasquatch in review

Festival fever: Sasquatch in review

The Runner headed down to Washington to catch Sasquatch! the season’s first attempt at combining music, art and throngs of people. Here’s our take and a few of the artists’ look at what it means to be part of the festival culture.


Abby’s Thyme Burger

Abby’s Thyme Burger

Abby makes a good burger


Bowling from the Waste

Bowling from the Waste

As you may have heard, Music Waste was during the first week of June. You might have also heard that it’s been 16 years since the first event titled “Music Waste” took place; the name was an anti-corporate play off the music industry showcase New Music West.


DJ story

DJ story

Only 18-years-old, producer Kthx has already cut his teeth in the music biz, having been featured on a k-os album. However, the young producer is still modest about his success.


The Autograph Man takes names to break records

The Autograph Man takes names to break records

ShareBy Chris Yee [Student Affairs Bureau Chief] One weekend in March, just before the Paralympics were set to wrap up, I finally got out of the house and went to see the 2010 Winter Games medals before they left town forever. Obviously, it seemed nearly everybody in town had that thought, for there were still [...]


To fill your festival duffel bag

To fill your festival duffel bag

Your festival survival guide. To help you survive. Duh.


Slideshow: 2010 Kwantlen Fashion Show

Slideshow: 2010 Kwantlen Fashion Show

Share Photos by Jessica Pambid [Contributor] , slideshow put together by Melissa Fraser [Culture Editor]


Changing space of the local scene

Changing space of the local scene

This is Kristi Alexandra. She loves music. She’s also a ginger. And she does have a soul. And she likes music with soul, too. This week she talks about local music haunts.


Groat in the sack: 4:20 for pleasure

Groat in the sack: 4:20 for pleasure

This is Jeff Groat. He’s the Runner’s sex columnist. He has only one qualification for the job: his last name sounds like a dirty word. This week he talks about doing it under the influence of pot.


Fashion School: End of an era

Fashion School: End of an era

Fashion student Cayla Vilches reflects on her years spent in Kwantlen’s fashion program.


Spring Fashion

Spring Fashion

The temperatures are rising, the flowers are blooming and the days are getting longer.
While some may despair the change of seasons, others see it as a chance to strut their stuff and sport the latest spring fashions. Photographer/stylist Jessica Pambid rummaged around PLEN+Y to find this season’s best.


Top ten rarest/edible endangered animals

Top ten rarest/edible endangered animals

Cole Griffin takes us through the top ten rarest and edible endangered animals around.


Shifting Ice: The Skies of Uixynki

Shifting Ice: The Skies of Uixynki

The twelfth installment in Jared Vaillancourt’s sci-fi series, ‘Shifting Ice’.


Kwantlen: Is there an app for that?

Kwantlen: Is there an app for that?

Share By Denny Hollick [Coordinating Editor] When you’re going to university, there are two things that go together harmoniously: the student and their cell phone. The iPhone has been so popular amongst students that many universities have taken the time to develop mobile applications. Currently, universities such as Ryerson and University of Saskatchewan (USask) have [...]


Taking (birth) control of the situation

Taking (birth) control of the situation

This is Jeff Groat. He’s the Runner’s sex columnist. He has only one qualification for the job: his last name sounds like a dirty word. This week he talks about birth control.


This century’s hottest fashion trends

This century’s hottest fashion trends

A look at hottest fashion trends of the last 100 years. Tweed? Studded leather? We’ve got your covered (get it?).


Lack of energy in your sexual relationships? Try this…

Lack of energy in your sexual relationships? Try this…

Hey! Guess what! You can lose weight and you don’t even have to exercise! The Dr. Bernstein diet advertises medically safe weight loss with no need to exercise. This is the perfect solution for those people out there who struggle with their image, but stubbornly refuse to get up and exercise.


Shifting Ice: Many Dark Secrets

Shifting Ice: Many Dark Secrets

The eleventh installment of Jared Vaillancourt’s ‘Shifting Ice’ series. Sci-fi goodness awaits!


The King Khan and BBQ Show: King-sized jerks

The King Khan and BBQ Show: King-sized jerks

Being a longtime fan of The King Khan and BBQ Show, I was more than thrilled when Arish Khan (better known as King Khan) and Mark Sultan (BBQ) invited me into their modest hotel room above the Biltmore Cabaret for an interview with The Runner. Then I had the interview.


Drugs + festivals = no good

Drugs + festivals = no good

This is Kristi Jut. She loves music. She’s also a ginger. And she does have a soul. And she likes music with soul, too. This week she talks about the relationship between music festivals and drugs.


Groat in the sack: Interracial couplings

Groat in the sack: Interracial couplings

This is Jeff Groat. He’s the Runner’s sex columnist. He has only one qualification for the job: his last name sounds like a dirty word. That’s good enough for us. This week he talks about interracial relationships.