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 […]
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NSCAD: where art and music converge
The Khyber ICA is steaming hot, packed with bands and fans for the Totally Wicked Music Festival, a one-night music event where bands come together for one night and play one song each. The first Totally Wicked Music Festival happened 10 years prior—an idea born on the NSCAD campus after an Anna Leonowens exhibition opening, […]
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Be a cult movie conoisseur
We’ve all heard about Lebowski Fest, the annual pilgrimage for fans of The Big Lebowski, and heard tales of midnight showings of The Rocky Horror Picture Show and, more recently, the phenomenon of Tommy Wiseau’s The Room and the detailed forms of audience participation it requires. The world of cult films has always placed certain […]
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A world of hurt: Hangover cures from around the planet
Prairie oyster This North American cure is made of tomato juice, Worcester sauce, black pepper and Tabasco sauce, topped with a raw egg yolk. As with real oysters, just swallow—don’t look or chew. Tripe soup A common cure in Romania, Turkey and Mexico, tripe (AKA cow’s stomach) soup is made by boiling the edible offal […]
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How to not get stuck in Halifax
Ah, newbies. Welcome to the city. I was like you once. A born-and-bred Toronto girl, I moved to Halifax to take an eight-month post-graduate degree at the University of King’s College. “No worries!” I told my big city friends. “I’ll check out what’s happening out east, and I’ll be back in no time!” Four years […]
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Local poetry: For letter or for verse
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 […]
