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The May 2 federal election brought many unforeseen changes — a majority Conservative government, a New Democratic Party official opposition, and the first elected Green party member. Yet, what was less clear was its effect was on Canadian youth.

Hollywood makes thousands of movies each year, but a lot of those aren’t just the action, drama or horror films you see in theatres.

Pornography is in the mix, too.

From fetishes to fantasies, you can find it all by typing a few words into Google. Sometimes porn is homemade, and other times it’s made in a studio in Los Angeles.

The porn industry has flourished since the advent of the Internet, and it is one of the fastest growing industries out there.

After a 73 per cent voter turnout March 28 in the Carleton Academic Student Government (CASG) elections, vice-president internal (elect) Ruba Khan said she fully supports the move to online voting.

Before we began the interview, 36-year-old Carleton student Bryan Minnery wanted to make one thing clear: “There isn’t a specific mature student profile.”

Heather Kitching was sitting in St. Patrick’s building at Carleton University with a few of her classmates when one student asked her how old she was.

To most undergrads, this question wouldn’t faze them.

When Kitching said she was 38, her classmates seemed a little shocked.

“One guy who we were with asked me, ‘You went to Nirvana concerts?’ and I’m like, ‘Yeah, I worked for their record company,’” she said.