For a lot of us it’s too early to think about summer. Classes are nearing their end and things are winding down. But for Grade 12 students across the world the time has come to get ready for university. For nearly a thousand […]
Yearly archives: 2017
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I met my girlfriend a year ago in a coffee shop back home. Ever since laying eyes on her, I haven’t been able to take them off of her. She’s perfect from head to toe. It’s funny how you can […]
This article is for us peasants that are only able to afford to avail the services of Google Play. Sure, it’s no Spotify with its sleek UI and massive catalogue, or Apple Music with its exclusive artist releases. Google Play […]
when a cotton white shirt sits down when it’s new, but about 23 wears in when you smell it before you see it when you think about putting your knit brow […]
Some of us grew up in semi-liberal or liberal households. Some of us grew up in conservative households. At one point or another, our parents would openly discuss the harms of drug and substance abuse, the negative consequences of consuming […]
In an article published in The Athenaeum last month, Christopher Vanderburgh launched a sweeping attack on shari’a, or Islamic law, linking it to everything from “backwards thinking” and sexism to beatings, rape, and beheadings. It’s a provocative piece. Unfortunately, it […]
I promised myself a few years ago that I would write this article before I left Acadia, and now I’m finally in my last semester ever (hopefully!), so here it goes. Dear student body of friends and strangers, I present […]
There once was a boy who was told that everyone that should be nice to everyone and that if they were not kind, they were bad people. He then grew up to find that’s not how the world works. As […]
It was the evening of Friday, November 13th, 2015 and I was walking home with some friends from a movie. We were excited because we were on the way home to book our first trip together to Paris! We would […]
A close friend of mine was worried that she had picked up an STI recently, but was too scared to get tested because she didn’t know what to expect. So I volunteered to be the guinea pig for her and […]
After reading headlines such as “Links in Mental Health and Hooking Up” and “Is Casual Sex Hazardous to Your Mental Health?” I have concluded that, based on the popular idea that women with poor self-esteem partake in casual sex more […]
I have a hard time wrapping my head around why so many people almost go into shock when they hear me, a heterosexual female, openly talk about sex. Whether it be talking about having sex or things I enjoy during […]
When I was in grade seven, I specifically remember thinking something was wrong with me. All my friends had crushes and drooled over whichever celebrity was popular at the time. I was at a friend’s house listening to her drone […]
Did you know that there was a study published in the US National Library of Medicine which suggests that men who play sports professionally show a higher percentage of depression? What the article concluded was that “the high ratings of […]