Think of someone you know that you regard as successful. The qualities that make someone “successful” are difficult to illustrate but a common quality that all people who reach success have is confidence. Confidence is often regarded as something that […]
Monthly archives: October 2018
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With midterm season approaching I find myself grumpy, tired, and wondering why what I am doing matters. Every year it’s the same: doubt fills your mind and you’re wondering why you joined X team or signed up for X club. […]
Remember when your parents urged you to eat breakfast before leaving the house, because it’d help you focus and finally get better grades? Turns out they were right all along! In fact, after an overnight fast, starting the day with […]
When I look at an athlete, all I see is an individual who strives for greatness. Someone who pushes their body to perform exceptional tasks, and ultimately accomplishes a triumphant goal. As a young kid, I assumed that was generally […]
A light goes beyond a doorway But is stopped by the other The monster that wraps around it Choking it to snuff the light out. A shadow is content from where it is Until the other intrudes upon it […]
Arriving as an exchange student at Acadia was a bit like landing in a place with an entirely new language. Gone was the knowledge I thought I had gained from the campus maps; directions were given in code, places and […]
Oh! “Anime is the beautiful pastime that helps us get through it” is what I would say, but for some reason the industry has been churning out lower and lower quality products. For the most part, anime has managed to […]
We moved to Wolfville last November, so this is the first time my wife and I have attended Deep Roots Music Festival. We both love music and had seen some of the entertainers before, so as soon as we heard […]
The bar tops have yet to come in. For the moment, a palatial chocolate brown couch rests in the back of the taproom. The walls are colourful, with the newest coats of paint adding bright splashes of blue and orange. […]
Photo Photo by Jess Abtu found through Vecteezy.com As I write this, Canada is 12 days away from Bill C-45 (also known as the Cannabis Act) coming into force, nearly 3 years to the day after the Trudeau Liberals […]
There are greens in the blues, browns in the frowns of everyone around and thats okay Lines are blurred From errors occurred By the universe’s strategic Mind that keeps us combined. All these fine lines. All these fine […]
The Hatchet News, Acadia’s satire news site, has launched at Acadia University. The project comes into existence under the watchful eye of Axe Radio Co-Coordinators Brandon de Aguiar and Coleman Merry, who noted the peculiar existence of the site. “I […]
We all know the feeling of falling asleep at our desks, but what’s it like being the person in front of the chalkboard? How do professors feel about their students, how do they interact with their colleagues, what is their […]
The Students’ Representative Council (SRC) is a group of our elected peers tasked with the job of acting in the interests of all students. This year, the council has decided to hold bi-weekly meetings as opposed to weekly ones. In […]
Our university has always been a residential one. If you come to Acadia you live in residence. That was part of the deal at least for the first year or two. Living in residence is one of the quintessential tenants […]