Education

You are in charge of what happens this school year. There are social dangers, academic choices, illicit adventures and financial consequences. You must use all of your incredible smarts and style and student loan money to succeed. The wrong decision could result in failing exams, severe hangovers and ramen noodles. The adventure starts here.

If you want to know how prevalent cocaine is in Halifax, just ask a friend. Chances are they’ve heard about where to get it or someone who’s used it. Cocaine, once known as the champagne of drugs, has become a $100 can of Red Bull. “It’s become, by far, way more prevalent,” says JP Crowell, […]

Bryan Maycock, chair of NSCAD University’s foundation program, strides down the wide, open corridor on the second floor of the university’s new port campus. He goes right into tour mode—his enthusiasm and anticipation for kicking off the inaugural year in the south end waterfront location is evident. The 200 to 240 foundation students will bypass […]

“For many of you, this is a crucial time in your life. Some of you will continue studies at university; some will go into business while others will join the industrial life of our country… Whatever path you may follow, you have an important role to play.” —Dr. Helen Creighton, address to the graduates, Queen […]

Outgoing Queen Elizabeth High School student council president Brooke Stephen apologizes in advance for the state of the student council room—not that the partially tiled floor and the Swiss cheese drywall of the back entrance hallway forecasts luxury. “I hope there isn’t a mouse in there,” Stephen says, turning to her friend Kara Grandy. “There […]

Since opening in 1975, The Grad House on University Avenue has stood in contrast to its neighbour, the four-storey box that is Dalhousie’s Student Union Building. Where the SUB is practical, institutional and unfeeling, the olive-green Grad House is like a friend’s place—a friend with well-worn furniture and a fully stocked bar. Now, the friend […]

Chris Helland never expected to get famous just for rolling up his sleeves—but there he is, his arms folded across this chest and his forearms bared, gazing out from billboards and bus shelters across the city. Curling down from under his rolled shirtsleeves, the tattoos are hard to miss. Dense and elaborate, they wind around […]

If traditional images of frosh week—excessive drinking, ridiculous rituals, young co-ed herds in identical t-shirts—make you cringe, NSPIRG insists you’re not alone. This year the student-based Nova Scotia Public Interest Research Group, a social and environmental justice organization, is holding its own Alternative Orientation for first-year students at Halifax universities. Billed as “a radically different […]

Ah, fall. The beginning of another year at university in Halifax. Freshly sharpened pencils and lofty goals of daily study sessions abound. If you can get down to business during the day or early evening, you have your pick of campus buildings, libraries and local coffee shops. But with part-time jobs, busy class schedules and […]