You can dwell Twisted in the dark, sinuous vines Of disappointment. It is easy To let them hold such Power over you. And it is hard To gain power over yourself. It is even harder To realize you always hold […]
When Brazil was awarded the Summer Olympics in 2009, there was little reason for cynicism. The South American nation was growing at an annualized rate of 5%, and The Economist called Brazil a “vast and bountiful land”. Winning the 2016 […]
Standing in the men’s locker room in the Acadia Athletic Complex, I found myself squeezed in between two fully nude men striking Captain Morgan poses without a shred of shame. I was wondering exactly what they were doing at the […]
Harvard Computer Science graduate Chris White has recently applied data mining tools to make huge leaps in eradicating sex trafficking. In September 2010, Dr. White travelled to Afghanistan to bust an online financial system and confront al-Qaida. While at Harvard, […]
It’s safe to assume that many of us enjoy drinking beer. However, what we may not know is that beer and science go hand in hand. Humans have been brewing beer for millennia, shaping society as we know today. Believe […]
Oliver Jacobs Hey! I’m Oliver Jacob and I am a first year student from Arnprior, Ontario studying a Bachelor of Arts with Double Major in Political Science and French. I have been heavily involved in student leadership and volunteer work within […]
“Major Key” is DJ Khaled’s ninth studio album, and the first DJ Khaled album that I haven’t rolled my eyes and turned off within the initial period of listening. There’s a lot of interesting things happening in this album…. […]
The art of failure is not like most other mediums. Those who have talent for it find it accidentally. They decide to write for the Ath and end up face planting on their keyboard, and still try to […]
One of the terms you familiarize yourself with when you begin to decorate your own house is ‘aesthetic’. I have yet to make out a coherent idea of what it means for a living space to be aesthetic. Scouring […]
I do not want to be so hollow, with a gaping hole between my lungs; I want to be the sun. I want to be the depths of the ocean, with the light of the sky shimmering through a rippling […]
Though campus turns into a ghost town all summer, haunted by the few students with the tenacity to stick out another couple classes, Acadia still remains. Indeed, all sorts of exciting things have gone on over the last four months. […]
Hot topics in today’s society, perhaps the hottest topics, are feminism and rape culture. Traces of these subjects can be found almost anywhere we look. From controversy over frosh week chants, to alleged double standards in the Trump vs. Clinton […]
An undeniable food trend that has had a massive global impact in the last decade is veganism: the efforts by individuals to avoid the consumption of any meat, dairy, or egg products. Changing the face of food as we have […]
Get off your arse and vote. Yes you. Wolfville is having a municipal election on October 15, 2016 and you should vote. You may be under the false pretense that this election does not pertain to you but I am […]
It takes feet to land But a person to fall. 2 hands to hold on, None to let go. You want a person to catch you So you don’t have to care, But in the end You do. Because it’s […]