By: Maddy Johnston In 1828, the Englishman William Corder was one of the last people to be publicly executed by hanging in Britain. He was given the death sentence for shooting his lover. So, why was he so […]
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Me Too: Two Years On Two years ago, nineteen-year-old me hoped to escape the fall chill by stopping in at Just Us Café. The date was October 5, 2019. I was thinking about assignments, getting enough sleep, and I was […]
ACADIA’S GREATEST PRODUCTION – March 15th @7pm Ever felt like you have no idea what you’re doing? Do you know [about] a person who you think has everything good going for themselves? Ever wondered how they did it? I bet […]
The Acadia International Society is hosting its 2nd Annual Food Explosion with dishes, desserts and beverages from countries around the world. We encourage all Acadia Students to come out to experience a taste of the diversity that Acadia’s campus has […]
Coffee House and Open Mic – March 14th @ 7pm-9pm: Michener’s Lounge Theme: Express yourself From your struggles to the things that make you smile in life. From one line to a whole song. Come on Thursday to listen and […]
We often hear the term intersectionality in sociology, women and gender studies, and sometimes politics. The word was coined by Kimberlé Crenshaw and is used to describe how social categorizations such as race, gender, and class are interrelated, and how […]
Warren Sutton (’63) was 21 in 1960 when he came to Canada for the first time, traveling in a car with legendary Acadia basketball coach Stu Aberdeen to suit up for the Axemen. A star player, Sutton had started his […]
Decolonizing Desirers is a zine created by Al Cusack and River Pictou. The zine, a small, self-published book, was created as a project for Al’s Sociology of Health class at St. Thomas University. Although the class is what prompted the […]
Abortion is a reality that some young women unfortunately have to face. Circumstances regarding the future of a newly conceived fetus are different for everybody and deciding to abort is a brave choice that women may end up coming to. […]
Once Upon A Time, There was a little girl with thoughts she could not control (obsessions). They were loud and intrusive, they told her mommy and daddy were going to die, if she didn’t flick the light switch on and […]
The Students’ Representative Council (SRC) 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 which is located off of the […]
For our fourth-year project, the Environmental and Sustainability Studies department is hosting a clothing swap. In a recent study, it was found that a family in the western world throws away an average of 30 kg of clothing each year. […]
“Greed, for a lack of a better word, is good.” Those famous words spoken by Gordon Gekko, a successful corporate raider and stock trader in the 1987 movie Wall Street, make up one of the most famous quotes in film […]
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 […]
Most of our time is spent in school, and we have yet to make any real choices in life. During my second year at Acadia I began to doubt what it was that I wanted to get out of my […]