The Canadian electro-funk duo’s fourth album has everything you’d expect: plenty of ass-shakin’ grooves, swagger, humour and songs about women and relationships. The group’s sound is a throwback to the dance and funk music of the late 1970s and early 1980s, but sounds ahead of its time. Compared to previous albums, this one features way […]
Richard Woodbury
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Off-campus living: A Primer
LANDLORDS AND RENTAL ISSUES One of the joys of university can be living on your own, but if you sign a lease without asking questions, it might be a very long year. “You need to read that lease,” says Lori Errington, a spokesperson for Service Nova Scotia. SNS is the provincial department under which the Residential […]
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Devo
It’s been 30 years since Devo gave the world “Whip It.” The spuds are back with their first album in 20 years and it’s worth the wait. Devo never was a mainstream band and Something for Everybody tries to be just that. The album’s tracks were in part determined by an online song study, factoring […]
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Summer Sports Guide
Choose a month: [ June | July | August ] June 19-20 Johnny Miles Marathon Was there really a Johnny Miles? The name sounds too good to be true for a runner. Well, there was. The Nova Scotian won both the 1926 and 1929 Boston Marathons, so his legacy is honoured by way of the […]
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Buy Nothing Season in Halifax
If all of the gift-giving at Christmastime gets to be too much, you might want to consider having a Buy Nothing Christmas. Buy Nothing is a movement started by a group of Mennonites in Western Canada in 2001 as a way of saying no “to the patterns of over-consumption of middle-class North Americans,” says its […]
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Food for thinking
With an absurd amount of places to dine out in Halifax, the best spot of all to eat is actually right in your kitchen. But with assignments, social life and dating, it’s all too easy to get fast or processed foods instead. It isn’t easy balancing a student’s hectic lifestyle with their body’s needs and […]
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Fitness fundamentals
Amongst the many mandatory fees students pay at university, athletic fees are but one. And most students don’t even use the facilities. Yet this perk should be a big part of every student’s life. If the idea of improving your self-confidence, getting stronger, increasing endurance, looking more toned or getting ripped sounds appealing, then you […]
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How to enroll in a summer course
Academic, my dear Watson Are you too busy to take a course? Well, why not take a course in Time Management through the Nova Scotia Community College. Hurry, the one-day workshop is happening on June 20 and will teach students things such as how to save up to one hour per day of time, overcome […]