Blake is a first year business student living in Barrax house. Blake has perfected his now world-renowned dancing skills. In his free time, Blake enjoys performing his DJ skills, playing hockey and rocking his cowboy boots through the beautiful streets […]
Rylie Moscato
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Chantal Peng is a Bachelor of Music student majoring in Piano Performance who will not only listen to ideas and concerns, but also will voice and address any of your needs to ASU, the local community, and abroad. Having served […]
My name is Kristi Stewart, I am a first-year student majoring in Political Science, born and raised in Prince Edward Island. Growing up in such a small province with a population of 146,000 people, I am very familiar with the […]
Every week, your elected student government meets on a Tuesday night to talk about issues concerning the ASU. Agenda items can seem long, mysterious and confusing without the proper background, making it difficult to see how these issues affect students. […]
Women in Science and Engineering (WISE) has won the inaugural 2018 Propylaeum Cup debate tournament and the accompanying $200 cash prize. Alex Brown and Amy Prescott represented WISE in the interdepartmental debate tournament, progressing through three rounds of debates. […]
The ASU is meeting today on Tuesday, March 27th at 5:00pm in the Beveridge Forum (off of the Michener Lounge in the SUB) to discuss plans for an upcoming by-law revision. The ASU, by way of the Student Funding Committee, […]
Although the term Two Spirit is relatively new to the LGBTQ+ acronym, having been introduced in 1990, the concept is not new to Indigenous cultures. Indeed, the term Two Spirit is simply an umbrella term that encompasses a multitude of […]
Fifty Shades of Grey is a frustrating film franchise for me, personally, because in my mind it’s emblematic of a much larger issue. For a moment, put aside the controversies that come along with Fifty Shades of Grey, issues that […]
Pariah (2011) Art and drama meet in this film written and directed by Dee Rees, open lesbian and certified bad-ass. Claiming the film to be semi-autobiographical, Pariah follows Alike through her slow but tremendous process of coming to terms with […]
On January 31, 2018, Halifax removed the statue of its controversial founder and Nova Scotia Governor Edward Cornwallis. The Halifax Regional Council had voted the day before to immediately remove the statue and place it in storage until the Council […]
Mona Awad’s 13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl, the 2017/2018 Acadia Reads pick, gives readers a glimpse into the struggles, mind, body, and soul of protagonist Elizabeth. The ways that Elizabeth views food and her body is abysmal. […]
The Honest Truth Behind the 2018 ASU General Election We live in a world where election corruption and lying are a way of life in politics. But who would have ever thought that this same lying and the corruption would […]
Every February, members of the Acadia Students’ Union elect their new representatives on the Students’ Representative Council (SRC). There are 23 members of SRC, five designated as Executives. The five Executives- President, Vice President Academic & External (VPAE), Vice President […]
Excellence. Engagement. Enlightenment. These three words will be at the centre of Acadia’s newest strategic plan. Tentatively titled Acadia 2025, President Ricketts presented the framework of the plan on March 14th in Huggins Science Hall. The goal of the plan […]
Sitting in the corner of the Acadia Room in the KC Irving Environmental Science Centre, I looked up. As the dying rays of light cut through the room something shimmered on the wall opposite. My interest piqued, I stood up […]