Will You Taste Our Blood Mar 5-Mar 7 The Pit, University of King’s College, 6350 Coburg Road 8-10pm $5/$10 Katie Clarke was trying to create a way to exist in her body—to quell the undertow of her anxiety and the skin-picking that came with it—when Euripides found her. “I kept having this feeing of wanting […]
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Subscribing to Women’s Issues
Women’s Issues Sep 5-7, 8pm The Pit, University of King’s College, 6350 Coburg Road $8/$5 The certain election of a certain president puzzled writer/director Katie Clarke on both a logical and emotional level: “I go to King’s, and there’s so much conversation there about identity and taking up space. I started researching women who voted […]
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Inside Canada’s foreclosure playground
Up on the third floor of The Law Courts building in Halifax, down a long corridor from the elevator, is Room 314. It’s an unremarkable space, across the hall from one of the courtrooms. There are a couple of cheap office desks, a few mismatched chairs and an old green filing cabinet in the corner. […]
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NS government to give loan forgiveness to university students who stay in province
S tarting August 1, Nova Scotians undergraduate students attending universities within the province will not have to pay back provincial student loans. The Nova Scotia Loan Forgiveness program promises Nova Scotian students graduating from Nova Scotia universities can have 100 percent of their provincial student loans forgiven. According to the Department of Labour and Advanced […]
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Coat of arms, wide open
DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY Current arms: Based on the coat of arms of the Ramsay family of Scotland (because Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia George Ramsay founded Dal back in 1818), this seal swaps the Ramsays’ griffon and greyhound for two dragons, which flank a majestic eagle. And a unicorn! The university’s board of governors changed the […]
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Precarious labour is exploiting university educators
University campuses across Nova Scotia are continuing to benefit from contract faculty who face high workloads, low job security and lower wages than tenured professors, leaving a mental health drain on this province’s educators. The common assumption is that contract professors, who Dalhousie Faculty Association president Darren Abramson calls “precarious academic staff,” are mostly graduate […]
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Welcome to Harbourdale
Earlier this year, the television landscape felt bleak, rudderless without a good teen drama to act as guilty-pleasure viewing while we awaited the return of Serious Dramas like Twin Peaks and Game of Thrones. What a treat, then, when Riverdale landed on the scene—and wasn’t only a guilty pleasure, but a full-on feast in its […]
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Sport stars for the win
Sven StammbergerDalhousie University, BasketballFifth year, Masters of business administration With three captains from last year’s AUS championship Dalhousie Tigers graduating, it’s Sven Stammberger’s time to lead the quest for a fourth-straight title. The fifth-year small forward was in a leadership role last year but now, as a captain, he’ll have more responsibilities. “I’ve noticed a […]
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Five nerdy university perks to geek out about
Being a student has its perks—from newfound freedoms and friendships to self-discovery and maybe even learning to do your own laundry. Something not to overlook in that list, though? Embracing your inner geek. In my first week of classes as an undergrad, a professor made an impassioned speech to my classmates and I that we […]
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Falling through the cracks
Few people know Nova Scotia’s mental health system as well as Truro’s Twyla Wilband. “It’s been a long road to say the least,” Wilband said, who was first diagnosed with anxiety and depression at the age of 14. Living in New Brunswick, Wilband received some counselling at school but the illness became increasingly severe, leading […]
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The Laundry Room Gallery tides you over
The Laundry Room Gallery is a breath of dryer-fresh air—a small previously unused space, thoughtfully curated, is transformed into a community gathering hub. Featuring a three-day gallery pop up in the new space, located beside the Cochran Bay laundry room at King’s College (6350 Coburg Road), and a closing reception April 8 hosted by Emily […]
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What the fuck does Jesse Brown know about Atlantic Canada?
Jesse Brown, founder and host of CANADALAND, is an award-winning journalist and outspoken media critic. Parker Donham, publisher at Contrarian.ca, is also an award-winning journalist and fiercely opinionated about local media. In advance of Brown visiting Halifax this weekend for a live podcast recording with University of King’s College journalism professor Terra Tailleur and Halifax […]