My trip to BC was filled with a lot of firsts. It was my first time flying by myself, my first time visiting Western Canada, my first real conference and my first time being “voluntarily” quarantined to a hotel room.
Full story »The flurry of interest regarding the new U.S. legislation that aims to decrease online piracy and copyright infringement has been impossible to avoid, as the war waged against them has been blanketing the online world in the past week. Easily recognizable by its acronym, the acts in question are affectionately known as SOPA , short for the Stop Online Piracy Act. After an intense public and corporate outcry regarding the SOPA bill, it was finally pulled from consideration, with the U.S. government promising to revisit the issue and come up with another approach to combat online piracy. Amongst those who value intellectual freedom everywhere, the defeat of SOPA could be seen as a timely online victory. Full story »
The Axewomen volleyball team got back on track on January 22 with a 3-0 sweep of the UNB Varsity Reds. Improving to 3-7 and tied with Moncton for sixth place in the AUS standings and the last playoff spot, Acadia delivered a solid first set, blasting off to an early 10-1 lead.
Despite a heavy list of injuries, the CIS #6 ranked Acadia Axemen pulled out a 4-3 win against StFX last Friday, taking a 2-1 lead in the season series against the X-Men. With another win under their belt, Acadia has extended their winning streak to three and improved to a record of 14-6-1 in the AUS standings. The X-Men have now slipped to 6-11-3 in games and are only one point ahead of Dalhousie in sixth place.
What began as an exciting seven-day cruise off of Italy ended in horror on January 13 when the cruise ship Costa Concordia ran aground, damaging the ship and ultimately causing it to topple into the …
The Axemen basketball team improve to 6-4 with two dominating wins over the weekend against the Memorial Sea-Hawks. The Hawks, who find themselves in last place with a 1-11 record, were outscored 176-125 in two games against the third place Axemen.
Canadian mega–group Nickelback has managed to become one of the most commercially successful Canadian bands of all time, rack up 12 Juno Awards, sell over 50 million albums worldwide, and earlier this month announced a 39-city North American tour. But their success is not without controversy.
As the winter rolls around, many people find themselves in bad moods, feel less energetic, or just feel depressed in general. There is no coincidence that it happens as the weather gets colder and the days shorter. This type of depression is called “Seasonal Affective Disorder”, or SAD for short, and generally affects those over the age of 20.
You knew it had to happen.
Well, the Liberal Party may not think you should keep much of your paycheque, they may not think you should be able to freely run your business, but hey, if you want to destroy your body recreationally with drugs and end up sucking from either of the taxpayers’ teats (EI and healthcare) for the rest of your life, why should anyone be able to stop you?
The Students’ Representative Council (SRC) meeting on January 18 saw the emergence of a new debate surrounding the requirements to run for the SRC and Executive Council. Currently, students must hold a sessional GPA of at least 2.0 in order to be eligible to run for any student representative position. Debate arose as some people, like Councillor Jocelyn Graham, felt that such a requirement “restricts some students who want to run for the SRC.”
It is January, and that means that the Consumer Electronics Show has just wrapped up in Las Vegas, Nevada. CES is the biggest trade show of the year and often gives an impression of what is to come in terms of gadgets. This year’s CES also marked a big change as it would be Microsoft’s final appearance at the show after holding the keynote address for the past fifteen years. CEO Steve Ballmer took the stage alongside Ryan Seacrest and proceeded to demo the latest version of Windows Phone software as well as show off some new features in Windows 8, which is still tentatively scheduled to ship this fall.
The StFX X-Men dropped their 11th one-goal game of the season, losing 1-0 to the AUS league leading and CIS No. 6 Acadia Axemen Sunday afternoon in Antigonish, N.S. Goaltender Evan Mosher played a solid 60 minutes for the Axemen, making 23 saves en route to the shutout victory and taking the honours as the Subway Player of the Game.
