The Liberals are finally talking about delivering on one of their key campaign promises, legalizing marijuana. I don’t think I’ve ever seen stoners so excited in my life. Don’t get me wrong, the idea of legal pot is alright by […]
Yearly archives: 2017
243 posts
The school year is coming to an end and for many of us the thought of summer just around the corner is getting us through the final assignments, tests and all-nighters. I’m sure many Acadia students are excited to get […]
Nolan: Hello Alex, thank you for joining me today. Would you mind telling us a little about yourself? Alex: Thank you for taking the time to talk to me. I am a third-year sociology honours student, and I am a […]
The Chinese space station, “Tiangong-1”, is headed towards Earth. Chinese officials have also revealed that they currently have no clue where the space station is going to crash, but have predicted that it is to occur sometime in 2017. The […]
A 2014 graduate from Acadia’s biology department, Marc Hetu now works in Acadia professor Dr. Sherri McFarland’s chemistry lab. He really enjoys his work there which focuses on the exciting field of light activated anti-cancer drugs. The field, called photodynamic […]
Acadia University has a new President and Vice Chancellor: Dr. Peter Ricketts. He was voted by the Board of Governors to serve as Acadia’s sixteenth president and vice chancellor upon recommendation of the Presidential Search Committee, that had been tasked […]
Don’t freak out, but exam season is just around the corner. This is undoubtedly the most stressful time of year for students, with the last few classes feeling twice as long and the tantalizing promise of summer fun just out […]
On a cold winter’s night at the end of February, four grad students from different faculties sat in a restaurant enjoying drinks and snacks, discussing everything from climate change to emotional labour theory. These conversations became the inspiration for the […]
Fortunately for us, there is an apparent multiplicity to life that frames the human condition. Unfortunately for us: it has a whole lot of relentless sorrow, and melancholy. There are times when things just don’t work out the way you’d […]
There is a weird expectation of comedy nowadays—to be dumbed down and made palatable for short bursts of attention. It’s a rarity to find a sitcom that explores new territories (that is not to say that a sitcom has to […]
Stop Making Sense – Talking Heads To start this list, let us begin in 1983 with Talking Heads and their movie/live album Stop Making Sense. In my opinion, this is one of the best performances and live albums […]
Two years ago on his birthday, my father suffered a heart attack. He thankfully survived and began his recovery journey with confidence and determination. Part of this recovery included a complete change in diet, and to show my support I […]
Long hours at the library and countless lectures pay off when you can produce a piece of work that’s exciting. Sometimes it can be helpful to learn about what other students are working on in order to not only understand […]
Acadia was the host of the 12th Annual Robot Programming Competitions on March 4th, 2017. The Robotics Championship includes students from all grades, and is a great way to increase awareness of Computer Science and the Acadia facilities. Groups must […]
Hidden in the long list of fees that appear on every Acadia student’s account statement, it is easy to overlook the one dollar a year that goes towards WUSC. WUSC stands for the World University Service of Canada and is […]