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First choice Is not something I have never been When team captains were selected And they started to pick people, I was never their first choice Nor their second Third and fourth Not even their fifth or six I was […]

Creative

First Choice

by Isabel Drouin
Published November 8, 2021

On Wednesday, October 27th, billionaire Bill Gates celebrated his 66th birthday on a multi-million-dollar yacht in a closed bay in Turkey alongside 50 other guests, including founder and former CEO of Amazon, Jeff Bezos.     Gates and Bezos claim to […]

News Opinions

“Environmentalist” Billionaires and What They Want You To Think

by Karis Johnson
Published November 8, 2021

  Something lives in the corn, and the scarecrows are our last defense.  Whatever they might have told you, whatever stories you remember from grade school about scarecrows – they’re all wrong. Scarecrows aren’t for crows – have you ever seen […]

Creative

Scarecrow

by Fauna Nelmes
Published November 7, 2021

While the mid-term reading week usually arrives as a welcome reprieve for most students, it can be difficult to get back into the swing of things after a week off – even if you spent that week studying and catching […]

Sports & Wellness

How To Find Motivation After Reading Week: Heading Into Exam Season With Confidence

by Maddie Murray
Published November 7, 2021

Over the years, labels fitting under the title of being a “designer brand” have changed, but there have been a few constants. Among these, the brand Coach, founded in 1941, has remained in the spotlight, idolized by the masses.    […]

News

“Fake It Til You Make It”- Coach and Its Facade Of Sustainability

by Karis Johnson
Published November 1, 2021

     The thing about midnight shifts is that you get used to seeing weird things. Half-ghosts with yellowed fingernails scuttling in and out of the candy aisles, fading in and out of existence with every flicker of the overhead […]

Creative Online

The Graveyard Shift

by Fauna Nelmes
Published October 31, 2021

With reading week beginning this week, students have the opportunity to recharge over a week-long break. While reading week isn’t called “reading” week for nothing, there are lots of ways to achieve a balanced week besides spending it exclusively studying. […]

Online

How To Make The Most Of Your Reading Week

by Maddie Murray
Published October 24, 2021

“Our slogan is: The truth will come out.” Mae Buenaventura, human rights and anti-poverty activist On October 3rd, 2021, Nearly 12 million documents detailing the off-shore banking and secret financial goings-on of hundreds of high profile figures around the world […]

News

The Pandora Papers From a Students Perspective

by Karis Johnson
Published October 17, 2021

Q: Someone I hooked up with a few weeks ago just told me that they found out they have Chlamydia. We used a condom during penetrative sex, but not during oral sex. I haven’t noticed any symptoms, so do I […]

SHRC

Sex Q & A with the SHRC

by Sexual Health Resource Centre (SHRC)
Published October 17, 2021

Aries: This is your moment to shine! Don’t wait around for someone else to fight back against the Zombies – grab your weapon and lead the resistance! But- just remember to wait a few moments before opening the bunker door, […]

Creative Online

A Zombie Apocalypse Horoscope

by Fauna Nelmes
Published October 17, 2021

The 2021-2022 academic year marks a first for Acadia Swimming recruiting in the form of three sibling pairs. Three of this season’s new rookies have joined an older veteran sibling on the team. Annie Ingo of Sydenham, Ontario joins brother […]

Online

The Sibling Duos of Acadia Swimming

by Maddie Murray
Published October 16, 2021

To our first years, welcome! To our returners, welcome back! I hope everyone on campus is adjusting well to life back on campus, specifically those of you living in residences. After almost two years of being cooped up in our […]

Editorials

This is Our House

by Axel Eschholz
Published October 14, 2021

Oedipus did wretched things sorry clever sphinx this man his own undoing   He cannot place the blame here in Delphi’s breast a fool well-warned of fate   The blind prophet sees much more than a king’s hubris  pity men […]

Creative

Observations on Oedipus

by Fauna Nelmes
Published October 11, 2021

The Acadia Students’ Union and the Wolfville Good Neighbours Association are excited to announce that a Wolfville town clean up event has been planned for Homecoming weekend. A student-town initiative, the event will take place on Sunday, October 17th at […]

News

Acadia Homecoming Town Cleanup Event

by Maddie Murray
Published October 11, 2021

Ryan Mack is a 27 year-old independent singer-songwriter and Youtuber from Ireland that I discovered in the midst of the pandemic. You may not recognize his name but if you watch TikTok, his sound might be familiar.  Ryan Mack writes […]

Arts & Culture

Overwhelmed – A Ryan Mack Remix

by atharts
Published October 4, 2021

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