Dear Acadia Student Leadership, We know Acadia students started this weekend with the imminent strike on their minds. Our professors have spoken to us in class, content about it is circulating on social media, and the ASU has been keeping […]
Monthly archives: November 2017
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The Soviet Union. The union of marriage. Trade unions, teacher’s unions, student unions, the Nova Scotia Union of Public and Private Employees. Credit unions. The UA Local 56 Piperfitters and Plumbers Union (that one is my dad’s union). The Union […]
With the impending strike just around the corner it is time for students to be as informed as possible. We sat down with the president of AUFA, Dr. Stephen Ahern, to hear the faculty union’s side of the negotiations first […]
The strike is on our doorstep. I had bet that there wouldn’t be a strike however it seems that it will soon become a reality. I have seen and heard some rather distressing things lately that would seem to indicate […]
I wake up in a still half-drunken haze and I look around room, gathering my thoughts and trying to remember what day it is and why I was so hungover. “Oh right.” I thought to myself “The strike.” I clumsily […]
This letter penned by Dr. Todd Smith, Dr. Phil Taylor, and Dr Dave Shutler (all from the Department of Biology) garnered the support of 47 Acadia professors and was passed on to The Athenaeum by an anonymous source. “Dear President […]
Information from the Acadia University Faculty Association (Use to peruse faculty demands and concrete statistics behind their strike vote) http://www.acadiafaculty.ca/blog/acadia http://www.acadiafaculty.ca/blog/strong-strike-mandate-from-acadia-faculty Support the AUFA? Check out their Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/supportaufa/ Sign the petition on their Facebook page if your are […]
The last Days of Judas Iscariot is a hilarious, irreverent, brilliantly insightful examination of faith and the concept of betrayal. The historical Judas is placed on trial in Purgatory, with a motley group of witnesses including the other Apostles, Mother […]
As Acadia students prepare to see the third strike in 5 rounds of contract negotiations I’d like to take the time to remind you that this is for the good of the school. Acadia is so committed to the Maple […]
WOLFVILLE, NS – Facing the prospect of a strike in the following week, Acadia student Chris Featherbottom, a 3rd year Kinesiology major paying roughly $16 000 a year for university, hopes that the faculty and hiring board reach a speedy […]
It happened pretty quickly, I would say. I fell hard, heard a snap, and looked at my hand. My finger did not look how it was supposed to. It was at a ninety degree angle. Looking at my finger in […]
“Yeah you’re seeing kids who still have braces looking like Mick Jagger at these parties. It’s fucked, they’re definitely getting exposed at a younger and younger age. It’s definitely a problem at Acadia.” Disclaimer: This article, as an investigative piece, […]
Acadia Gets Checked is first and foremost a sexual health initiative. Despite widespread educational efforts, it seems that “getting checked” is something that still attracts a negative stigma. Although our own on-campus clinic offers these simple tests, more focus is […]
Although the commercialization of Christmas and the very early TV Ads and store displays get on my everloving nerves, I still find immense joy in the holiday season. Once Remembrance Day has passed and we dip into mid/late November, I […]
Running is a sport that challenges and tests individuals, but rewards with immense gratification and pride. There’s nothing quite like the euphoric feeling of a successful run. The “runner’s high” is an exhilarated sensation of joy and accomplishment, free of […]