Kathryn LaurinMount Saint Vincent University Leading a university draws on the same skills as conducting a classical orchestra, according to the recently installed president of Mount Saint Vincent University. “Conductors are great communicators, verbally and non-verbally,” explains Kathryn Laurin, when asked to identify the top quality a conductor at the podium and a president in […]
Education
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The big easy
There sometimes comes a point on the road of higher learning when, because your brain needs a break—or you’re just a slack ass—you may want to throw all pretense of actually furthering your education to the wind for a while, and sign up for something, shall we say, easy. In my case, I carefully weighed […]
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The origin of the species
Nova Scotia’s green fields, deciduous climate and historical brewing operations have long made this Canadian province a thriving habitat for one of nature’s most beloved and befuddled creatures, the university student (genus Studentus). Nowhere is there to be found a denser population than in the provincial capital and environs. Drawn by the city’s abundant watering […]
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School shuffle
Changes are afoot in the world of high and higher education in the SuperCity. At the end of May, the Nova Scotia Community College will close down its Bell Road campus for good, and send the wrecking ball in to flatten the 55-year-old school. The NSCC is spending the next two years and about $50 […]
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Taking you to school
Atlantic School of Theology Primarily a grad school, AST— which is “committed to excellence in graduate level theological education and research and in formation for Christian ministries, lay and ordained, in church and society, primarily in Atlantic Canada”—also has degree programs for people without a full undergrad degree (though you need five credits or at […]
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Neighbourhood Watch
1. Clayton park Miles and miles of houses. And a few plazas.by Matt Charlton The area known by many of the downtown folk as “Clayton Park” is actually a name for a larger group of subdivisions that also includes Rockingham, Wedgewood, Cresthaven and Fairview. Clayton Park is, for the most part, houses. Like a giant […]
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Baby don’t forget my number
Ice safety recording: 490-3577ALC winning lotto numbers: 468-1072Bargain Hunter voice personals: 422-3337Happy Harry’s used building materials: 468-2319Environment Canada Weather: 426-9090Marine forecast line: 426-9600 Animal control: 468-9219Pest control: 468-9430 Seized vehicle inquiries: 490-5109Non-emergency police line: 490-5020HRM Emergency Measures: 490-5400Marriage licences: 490-4000 Crime Stoppers: 422-8477Lost and found: 490-5152School crossing guard unit: 490-5168Misleading advertising: 1-800-348-5358Copyrights/patents: 1-800-668-1010Canadian Security Intelligence […]
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Copy rights
For the entire school year, Krissy Arbuckle and Chantal Brushett have been on a mission to pull the plug on turnitin.com. Arbuckle and Brushett, two student union leaders at Mount Saint Vincent University, got on the website’s case in September after a student told them it was on a professor’s syllabus. On March 6, they […]
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Flip the scripture
It couldn’t be any more clear. Homosexuality—male homosexuality, at least—is an abomination. It says so in Leviticus, the third book of the Old Testament, chapter 20, verse 13: “If a man lies with a male as with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination.” Both of them, it continues, should be put to […]
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Unoriginal sin
Lynn Taylor knows she’s fighting an uphill battle when offers of free pizza and pop still can’t fill the room. About 20 engineering students fidget anxiously in a large classroom at Dalhousie University’s Sexton campus. This is the biggest group to turn out for any session during Dalhousie’s Academic Integrity Week, which was held February […]
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Alone together
Solitary thinking, self-reflection, alone time: whatever you call it, you probably try to find it; moments where you can to take time for the big questions in life. Presented by Dalhousie University’s School of Public Administration, a new lecture series provides an opportunity for everyone to partake in mass self-reflection—communal alone time, if you will. […]
