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The chill of the night rolls over me Baptizing me in the weight of my world At night time I see the wounds resurface As if summoned by the pressure that surround me Accomplices along with my captor You are […]

Creative

Reflections

by Alphië Sweeting
Published September 17, 2019

It was Friday, Aug. 30, and we went to work as expected and left with enough time to prepare for what we’d been warned about. Though I live in Nassau, the capital of the Bahamas, which was not in hurricane Dorian’s direct trajectory, […]

Features

Dorian was a climate catastrophe waiting to happen

by Shelby McPhee
Published September 16, 2019

I have always been a very active individual, loving athletics, trying almost all sports in grade school and high school, and being a part of the Cross-Country team at Acadia during my undergraduate career. I attended a private girl’s school […]

Arts & Culture

Being Bisexual…what’s new?

by Jennah Lay
Published September 11, 2019

Hey, past lover. I think We were two sets of eyes watching same sets of clouds. Do you like the sound of that? Makes it sound pretty. Makes it sound real. Hey, past lover. I think I miss watching these […]

Creative

The Living Sky

by athcreative
Published September 10, 2019

Two things happened to me this past May: I turned 22, and the class I matriculated with graduated without me. Of course, people take an extra year to finish of their degree all the time. Personally, I’m taking a fifth […]

Arts & Culture

Three Cheers to Fifth Year

by Laura Porter-Muntz
Published September 10, 2019
Photo by Paweł Czerwiński on Unsplash

To Whom It May Concern You are forgiven; but please don’t do it ever again. I went through the garbage you left piled against our farm gate access and found out a lot about you. You got several large boxes […]

Online

Garbage Drop and Run:

by Laurie Levy
Published June 19, 2019

There exists an emptiness between who you were and who you wanted to be. Trying to hold this gaze across an abyss of liquid gray is like looking into the eyes of an old friend; something so familiar, twisted and […]

Creative

Past Tense

by athcreative
Published June 13, 2019

Constantly given tailwind is the notion that the liberal arts are breeding a generation of radical college students. It is an idea that has old roots, taking its modern form when Bill Buckley wrote God and Man at Yale in […]

Opinions

The Value of the Liberal Arts

by Aodhan Murphy
Published May 6, 2019

The focus of this creative policy recommendation is to highlight only one aspect within the broader policy recommendation entitled, A Policy Brief Ensuring Continued Canadian Sovereignty Over the Arctic Region. This focus has chosen to observe the voyage of Captain […]

Features

The Intrepid Canadian

by Hayden Mckee-Godry
Published April 16, 2019

I’ve been fortunate enough, privileged enough to have only observed poverty from a distance rather than experiencing it first hand. I volunteered at a charitable food provider in the Annapolis Valley with that in mind (and to be honest, to […]

Features

Chartwells, Where Hungry Employees Gather

by Sean A. Schofield, Max S. Abu-Laban
Published April 16, 2019

The Students’ Representative Council (SRC) is a council composed of a body of students elected by their peers, who are in charge of running the Acadia Students’ Union. The Council meets bi-weekly on Tuesdays at 5:15 PM in the Beveridge […]

News

SRC Decoded: What You Missed April 2nd

by Rylie Moscato
Published April 9, 2019

Today, 20 years ago, Nunavut was created as a territory in Canada. The triumphant moment came 6 years after the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement received royal assent. It was important moment for Inuit peoples in the North of Canada because […]

News

Happy Birthday, Nunavut!

by Shelby McPhee
Published April 1, 2019

My predecessor’s last message was to learn our history My first message to you as the new Editor-in- Chief is to know people around you as we continue to make history. By people I mean the greater campus populace. Know […]

Editorials

Editor-in-Chief: My First Request

by Rylie Moscato
Published April 1, 2019

Since the beginning of 2019, our Acadia researchers have been attending conferences in their respective areas of research, presenting their projects through posters and oral presentations. Exceptional presenters are eligible for awards, which included some Acadia students! As of now, […]

Science

Science Atlantic Award Winners 2019

by Laura Porter-Muntz
Published April 1, 2019

The Acadia Finance Society has won the second annual Propylaeum Cup debate tournament and $300 cash prize. Alexandria Knowles and Faaithe Seymour represented the Acadia Finance Society, progressing through four rounds of debates. The introductory rounds, quarterfinals, and semifinals were […]

News

Finance Society wins Propylaeum Cup

by Colin Mitchell
Published March 29, 2019

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