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Photo by Venti Views via Unsplash The Maritime provinces, geologically, rub shoulders with the American Atlantic states. Our close connection can open opportunities to learn from each other. Vermont is just past Maine, and unlike the Maritimes, does not border […]

News

Vermont Could Provide a Strong Example for Nova Scotia’s Future

by Ray Melanson
Published October 30, 2023

Photo by Danielle Dulay ASU has just opened their 2023 Fall By-Election. The ASU provides a wonderful way for students to be involved in the decision-making process at Acadia. The ASU is divided between Executive roles, Senators, and Representatives. The […]

Editorials

The ASU 2023 Fall By-Election Has Started

by Ath Editorial
Published October 30, 2023

I write poems, not pickup lines,  And my love is not for the taking.  When I watched you at the bar, I didn’t see any stars. I only see a human, With an interesting soul.   I write poems, not […]

Poetry

Ace

by Elizabeth Cox
Published October 23, 2023

Photo by Komarov Ego Via Unsplash The ruling government in Poland will fall after last week’s Polish Parliamentary Election. The ruling Law and Justice party lost 41 seats, while their rival, Civic Platform gained 23 seats.  Although Law and Justice […]

News Online

Poland Votes out Ruling Government in Favour for a Moderate Coalition.

by Ray Melanson
Published October 23, 2023

Photo by Mitchell Griest on Unsplash Wake to the sun marching on your skin. Feel your cheeks warm and seal your eyes against its rays. You are alive. The day waits for you in silent heat. But, somewhere across the […]

Creative Online

Another Day

by Angel Percentie
Published October 15, 2023

Photo by Patrick Hendry via Unsplash I awoke after a long winter’s night in the small wholesome house that I’d lived in for as long as I could remember. The air was warm with the smell of the woodstove and […]

Creative

Gone Moose Huntin’

by Georgia Chouinard
Published October 10, 2023

Photo by Liam Pozz via Unsplash Millie’s “idea,”  and my four highschool years worth of coffee shop paychecks Audi, lead to this adventure. Well, in all honesty the idea was mine, after a drunken summer excursion with the old IT […]

Creative

Driving with the Sun

by Isabel Drouin
Published October 10, 2023

Photo by Benjamin Davies via Unsplash My Dear, what has happened to us  The blistering dawn begins without you velvet curtains that held are now torn down My life can finally begin anew  Now your hat from its hook, out […]

Creative

My Dear

by Isabel Drouin
Published October 10, 2023

Photo by Marek Pospisil via Unsplash Receiving news in Canada has gotten considerably harder in the past few months. Meta, the company with ownership in Facebook and Instagram, is blocking Canadians from viewing news stories on their platforms.  The news ban, […]

News

Meta’s Attack on Journalism is Strangling News Creators in Canada

by Ray Melanson
Published October 10, 2023

Photo by Jon Tyson via Unsplash The 2024 presidential election has kicked off to an energetic start. The Biden campaign has taken the past few weeks to court voters ahead of the Democratic primary. On September 20 2023 The Biden […]

News

The Biden Campaign takes new steps to court voters ahead of the Democratic Primary

by Ray Melanson
Published October 1, 2023

Today, September 30th, 2023 marks Canada’s Third National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. The Athenaeum wishes to call attention to Indigenous voices on this day and ask its readers to engage in a process of reflection surrounding reconciliation. The June […]

Editorials

National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

by Ath Editorial
Published September 30, 2023

Photo by Benjamin Disinger vis Unsplash    The hole at the bottom, end of the road, a fiery kilm. Chip near the tail, pilgrimages in tattered UPS boxes. Every US State in a beige rundown van, trying to settle a […]

Poetry

A Little Package from Home

by Isabel Drouin
Published September 25, 2023
comics Creative

Parker V. Parker

by Polaris
Published September 18, 2023

Photo by Daniel St. Louis In July of 2023, Acadia University announced the appointment of its next President: Dr. Jeff Hennessy.   This will begin a six-year term which will see him become Acadia’s 17th President. He will follow Dr. […]

Online

An Interview with Acadia’s President Jeff Hennessy

by Ray Melanson
Published September 18, 2023

Photo by Natalya Letunova via Unsplash I look to the horizon, your face, sweet and lovely, hangs with the willows. Dipping deep, deep into the bank. Ruddy marshes and colorful birds unfurl, reaching for where you rest… Darling, gone with […]

Creative Poetry

Running from the Past

by Isabel Drouin
Published September 18, 2023

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