Education

You came here for an education, right? Good, because I’m about to school you on Halifax’s favourite subject: beer. From light to dark, hoppy to fruity, it’s time to meet your new classmates. If you drink: Pilsners, lagers and light ales like Heineken, Steamwhistle, Molson 50 and Canadian, Mill St. Organic, or anything that ends […]

When it comes to sex, your body is kind of like a car. A very powerful car that can take you to a lot of amazing places. When you were just old enough to think about driving that car, you were taught the parameters of how it works: this is how the engine works, touching […]

If love is a battlefield, then hooking up can be a minefield. When it comes to dating, there are social cues and rules to follow. Drinks, dinners—or at least coffee—are to be bought. All of this work is for possible— not proven—outcomes of companionship, friendship and ultimately, sex. Sometimes, you just want to forget the hubbub […]

So it begins It doesn’t matter how it happened: personal emergency, your dog consumed your carefully prepared but not backed-up thesis or maybe you just spent the last three weeks every night levelling up in Diablo 3. Whatever, we all have our own special brand of procrastination (see page 24). Here we are now in […]

OK, I’ll admit it. I went to grad school on a bit of a whim. Sure, getting an MA was always on the “this might be an interesting thing to do some day” list, but it wasn’t necessarily at the top of it. But when the economy tanked, my live-in boyfriend confessed he “didn’t see […]

You spent your childhood with Mr. Dressup and high school with a Mr. D of your very own. Well, now it’s time for you to get acquainted with a new salty Canadian friend: Mr. Noodles. As a country we slurped down over 210 million packages of instant noodles last year. With over a million students […]

In the summer, students forget that frugality exists. Tuition becomes a distant memory. Sunshine and spirits numb the pain. In September, the shit hits the fan. But living on a tight budget doesn’t have to mean becoming an anti-social miser. Saving money works best if you approach it as a game. Are you able to […]

This story may be triggering for people who have experienced sexual assault. If you need support, call the Avalon Sexual Assault Centre at 422-4240 from 8:30am to 4:30pm to make an appointment. The after hours phone line is 425-0122, but is only for sexual assaults that have happened within the last 72 hours. Jenna never […]

International students undoubtedly add a lot to Halifax life, but what does our foggy city have to offer them in return? Surely many of the city’s students who “come from away” wind up cursing the fact that “freezing drizzle” is an actual weather term here, our food is seriously lacking in heat and we have […]

As I whiz down Agricola Street on my bike, going to work at a screenprinting collective, I find a certain comfort in knowing that my hijab is safely tucked in under my blue helmet. Those few minutes on my bike give me a certain amount of anonymity that walking doesn’t. My hijab has become like […]