This NSCAD student has been interested in fashion for as long as her memory serves. “I started designing the moment I figured out I could cut up something I already owned and manipulate it into something I liked better,” says Samways. Her clean, minimalist look “considers contemporary art and its effect on fashion trends.” This […]
Beth Brown
Beth Brown is a journalism student at
the University of King’s College.
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Thief&Bandit
Amie Cunningham of Thief&Bandit discovered fashion design when she entered a T-shirt art contest. “It was really a bit of a happy accident falling into making and creating this brand,” says Cunningham, who has a masters degree in painting and sculpting. These featured Desert Floral tights would brighten up any rainy day—or that coffee date […]
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Copious cats
Cats don’t hoard well. Earlier this month the SPCA seized 127 cats from a Dartmouth home–now it’s dealing with resulting cost and capacity problems. Coinciding with the upcoming breeding season and an overpopulation of cats provincially, the non-government funded charity needs homes soon for its furry refugees. Special constable Nancy Noel, sergeant field supervisor for […]
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NSCAD budget cuts cause campus cuts
NSCAD’s proposal to sell its Academy Building to balance the university’s incessant deficit has students feeling disoriented. Marilyn Smulders, director of communications for NSCAD says the proposal, presented by president Daniel O’Brien on Monday, was not an official report, but “a musing out loud by the president.” She says, “he wanted to take the opportunity […]
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Skip the V8, hit up BaBa Ghanouj Café
Cheap, healthy and homemade eats are on their way to your must-try restaurant list—and maybe even your list of staple stops. BaBa Ghanouj Café (1335 Barrington Street, the former Mugs Etc.) is hoping to open the first week of May, across the street from Dalhousie’s engineering campus. The Syrian buffet-style restaurant with an open concept […]
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Nursing student told to cover up tattoos
He had only ever worn makeup for Halloween. This changed when Dalhousie nursing student Jeremy Wheeler was asked by his instructor to cover his neck and wrist tattoos for a five-week clinical placement at a nursing home. “I have a screaming face on my neck. I can understand covering it up in the context of […]
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Clown town
Most people wear masks but not every veneer is for hiding behind. Fair of face and red of nose, a clown’s disguise is not to conceal emotion, but to uncover it–disarming our everyday masks. Clowns are surrounded by a stigma of fear and uneasiness. It only takes one unprofessional Santa Claus to instill a deep […]