The first water bottle was installed in London, England, in 1859. A political and technical accomplishment, it introduced clean, free, and accessible drinking water to the public. Bottled water was considered low-class because it was only used by workers in […]
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On February 3rd 2017, members of the Acadia Physics Society departed Wolfville, Nova Scotia, to attend the Atlantic Universities Physics & Astronomy Conference (AUPAC). Every year AUPAC is hosted by a different Atlantic university, this year the conference took place […]
On Thursday, March 2rd, Acadia Pride hosted it’s biweekly “Ace Space” meeting for anyone that identifies on the asexual or aromantic spectrum. An asexual person is someone that doesn’t experience sexual attraction or associations, but may have an interest in […]
A shocking decision arose at an Idaho court in early February in the sentencing of a 19-year-old man with the rape of a 14-year-old girl. After pleading guilty to charges of statutory rape, Cody Duane Scott Herrera has been sentenced to celibacy until […]
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 […]
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 […]