The programming director for CKDU, Halifax‘s only campus-community FM radio station, is passionate about getting more diverse hosts telling their stories on the airwaves.
Through the front doors of the Dalhousie Student Union Building, up the elevator to the fourth floor, past the crowded cork boards and penny-candy machines, time slows down. Here, inside the CKDU studios, a minute is measured by the patient revolutions of a 12-inch vinyl record.
Canadian universities are becoming fertile breeding grounds for neo-fascists.
The first time Calista Hills encountered a white supremacist was on her university campus. It was during the spring, says the Dalhousie Arts and Social Sciences Society president.
15 cheap, delicious foodstuffs any student worth their salt should have stocked at all times.
And like that, summer is over and everyone is back to the grind. Just like winter, it happens every year but always seems to bushwhack even the most prepared.
Broke but looking for something to do? There are plenty of musical, artistic and exciting events happening all over the city that won't put you (further) in debt.
No matter if you’re new in town or just trying to venture beyond the campus bubble, seeing the sights on a student’s budget can be a strain.
They say the world has six degrees of separation, but this city has only one.
It happens to all of us sooner or later: After a few years of living in HRM, you realize everyone knows everyone and this city of 400,000 starts to feel awfully small. (Small-town-Halifax syndrome extends to journalism as well, so this is the requisite disclaimer that I’m previously acquainted with some of the following interview subjects.)
Wet your whistle with this guide to the city’s campus watering holes.
The Grawood Beer Bar & Eatery
Dalhousie University Student Union Building, 6136 University Avenue
This student-union-run beer bar pours up 16 draught taps, featuring local faves and domestics, and also is a fully functioning restaurant, serving lunch daily and hosting Wednesday night burger nights and Thursday wing nights.
Contact info to help students stay healthy, if not wealthy.
If you’re a post-secondary student living away from home and far from your family doctor, or studying relatively close to the old homestead but don’t have a general practitioner, take heart.
Last year’s riotous event—which saw 22 people arrested—was a one-time anomaly, says the university.
Last year’s Dalhousie University homecoming event had an unusually large amount of attendees: 2,500 partygoers on the streets of Halifax’s south end. The Saturday morning gathering saw 22 people arrested for public intoxication and open-alcohol law violations during homecoming weekend.
Want to bypass university but still get a doctorate? Here's a behind-the-scenes look at how local post-secondary institutions choose who's given an honorary degree.
Bestowing an honourary degree may only take a few moments during convocation, but the selection process isn’t as easy.
Universities are turning to Twitter, Facebook and Instagram to stay connected with very-online students.
Nowadays, students may look at hashtagged keywords or 280 characters to learn about a school event, versus checking bulletin boards or even email, causing universities to re-evaluate communication methods.
Many Haligonians probably don’t realize there are three universities and two colleges all within their city’s postage stamp perimeter. Halifax, the capital of Nova Scotia, is a bustling but somehow still intimate port city, so it can be pretty tough to believe that there’s this multitude of post-secondary opportunity squashed into this beautiful, historic city.
The Dalhousie University student and outspoken political activist wants to better her hometown of Halifax. Just try and stop her.
Over the last year, Masuma Khan has led thousands of students into the streets to protest high tuition fees, spoke at the local Women’s March on Washington and organized a public vigil after the deadly Quebec City mosque shooting.
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