Education

“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 […]

Yo, stupid! Yeah, I’m talking to you, Mister and Miss smart university student. Heh, or rather, Mister and Miss allegedly smart university student. Gee golly, you’ve mastered—aced!—the lowest-common-denominator high school graduation exams and got yourself accepted into the big ivy-covered university. Whoop-dee-frickin-doo. What does that prove? You’re annoying enough to get socially promoted out from […]

Pick an outfit, then scroll down for instructions.illustrations David Howlett, programming Dean GallantDownload an old fashioned paper version of this game here This issue is different from other Coast issuesYou 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 […]

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.

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 […]