When it comes to poetry, Halifax slams. And poetry is cool. Really. Don’t think so? Got the structured verse of a long dead white guy rattling your cranium? Been rejected by a now out-of-print literary journal? Whatever might have scared you off poetry, you’re in Halifax now. Halifax is one poetic town. Poetry rings through […]
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Irony vs sincerity: say what you mean
Laptops, DVRs, iPhones, digital cameras, Facebook, Twitter, Google, iTunes: they’ve come to define us, and they’ve come to ruin us. For all of the technology, the constant dick-swinging of newer/faster/cooler and the sheer amount of tools we have to communicate, communication itself has devolved into the worst misinterpretation of carpe diem: all of this now […]
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Become a Haligonian picture puzzle
View Halifax Scavenger map in a larger map Hints Map: Get ye to the highlighted patches of blue; therein will be pointing to a clue for you! 1.This is the start of something, but it’s long gone. 2. If you ask at night, the caged mariner will lead you to Peter Kelly. 3. After six […]
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Meeting people is easy
The student population in this city is more than half the size of the entire population on the peninsula, making casual run-ins a way of life. So whether you’re crushing on that cute boy in your Dinosaurs and Their World class or swooning over the server at a nearby cafe, the following hotspots will help […]
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Where the eastern goths are
A strange scene is unfolding in a small dark room adjacent to a downtown Chinese buffet: Fortune tellers, clowns, scantily clad zombie girls, mimes and the devil himself dance happily together and swig cheap beer. Fluorescent lights reflect off skin wrapped in tight latex and leather, while eardrums absorb trance, EBM, goth-rock and industrial music. […]
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The Hangover Guide
One sunny November morning in fourth year I woke up and I could see. For the first time since elementary school I could make out details on the far walls of my room. Before I could begin to understand or enjoy this newfound gift of sight, my brain was clamped in a hot vice and […]
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I love this karaoke town
Like everything else in life, a good bar crowd has several sub-categories. You have the determined drunks, the social smokers, the bored-as-shit designated-driver significant others, the pickup artists and the large dudes who speak exclusively in outdoor voices. There is a special subsection of this party category that is often overlooked, however: the karaoke singers. […]
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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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NSCAD fashions a couture vert
In late April, as the wind blew cold rain in swirls and angular patterns across Granville Mall, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design professor Gary Markle playfully stalked the runway at NSCAD’s Wearable Art Show. He wore nothing but boxers, mukluks and a mask (complete with bunny ears) made out of old shoes, an […]
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What you missed this summer
DARRELL DEXTER On June 9 the NDP won its first majority in Nova Scotia ever and RodMac was sent packing. While we’ve considered this to be good news, a Deloitte consultants’ report is suggesting that the province will be in the hole to the tune of $1.3 billion in three years. What to do, what […]
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Pimp my dorm room
Pictured above is a typical Dalhousie Howe Hall single dorm room. Empty, it’s perfect for minimalist psychopaths. But you deserve a room with personality that won’t scare the neighbours. So how and where do you start? We asked Suzanne Saul, co-owner of Attica Furnishings (1566 Barrington Street, 423-2557), to give us a few design guidelines, […]
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How to keep Summer going a little longer
Your summer spirit is not always what makes you shotgun that extra Wildcat, or stay out an hour later when you’re working at 7am (though they are related). Your summer spirit is really the fire in you, the guts of that beast that loves fun more than food and sun more than sleep. Considering Haligonians […]
