At its core, public policy is supposed to the serve greater good, and no political party or ideology has a monopoly on good or bad ideas. Many politicians are elected and strive to do the best they can, while others […]
Monthly archives: October 2018
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Maxime Bernier’s departure from the Conservative Party of Canada comes as no great surprise. Many Conservatives are worried this means a weaker party overall. I’ve heard numbers as large as ten percent of the Conservative Party base will support Bernier […]
WOLFVILLE, N.S. – For the eighth year in a row, the Axewomen Rugby team will be taking on StFX in the AUS Championship game after Acadia’s 55-0 win over the visiting UPEI Panthers in AUS semi-final action. Subway Player of […]
In the last few weeks, the weather has been fluctuating between warm sunny days and dismal rainy ones. While the brighter days bring a more positive energy, any student would agree that when the sky is full of dark clouds […]
WOLFVILLE, N.S. – The Acadia Axemen (2-3-0) were unable to mount a comeback against the undefeated UNB Reds (5-0-0) on Friday night, as they lost 2-1. Although the teams were evenly matched for most the game, UNB dominated the third […]
STEMfest is a weeklong celebration of the world of science, technology, engineering and mathematics, taking place in Halifax, Nova Scotia from Friday, November 2nd to Friday, November 9th. The festival will involve conferences and events focused on education and innovation […]
There have been too many nights where I can remember thinking how nice it would be to draw my last breath to have my heart slowly fade to a quiet slumber to sit in the rain, look up, and drown […]
At the end of this past summer, I went on a 10-day road trip around Nova Scotia with my boyfriend and our cat. We visited Sydney in Cape Breton, Antigonish, and Lunenburg. How did we end up going on a […]
Donna Strickland, a Canadian laser physicist, has become the first woman in 55 years to receive the Nobel Prize for physics. She is also the first Canadian woman honoured with this prize, and the third woman in history to ever […]
This week the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released a special report regarding the potential impact that a temperature increase of 1.5 °C, caused by global warming, could have on the world as we know it. The goal of […]
The Students’ Representative Council is the body of students who are elected by their peers to run the Acadia Students’ Union. Council meets bi-weekly on Tuesdays at 5:15 PM in the Beveridge Forum located off the Michener Lounge in the […]
On October 18th, Acadia students will #StandWithHer and #StandWithSurvivors. A recent mishandling of a sexual assault case at St. Francis Xavier University has prompted students across multiple Canadian universities to organize this week in solidarity with victim-survivors of sexualized violence. […]
Are you proud of our library? Think about that question. When you walk in through the tired doors and onto the main level, what do you feel? Do you get the sense that you’re in the modern, scholarly centre of […]
Acadia’s $75 million fundraising campaign, titled the ‘Campaign for Acadia’ has launched. Acadia University has been working on the campaign for several years in the ‘quiet phase’, soliciting donations and pledges from around the world. $40 million has already been […]
In August of 2016, I returned to YMCA Camp Chief Hector located in Kananaskis, Alberta for my 9th summer as a camper there. The catch was, that year was significantly different than the many times before. Normally, I attend camp […]