Author: Audrey Pearson
Heather Topple: Crocheting across the ocean to volunteer
Heather Topple has signed up for International Student Volunteers (ISV), who have arranged over 2.5 million hours of volunteer time over the last 30 years. “Basically they send students to a bunch of different countries for 2-4 weeks.” Said Heather,…
On bothe sides of the ballot: Dawn Penney
Dawn Penney is the outgoing Chief Returning Officer, the SMU student in charge of maintaining the rules and integrity of the Saint Mary’s Student Association’s election. During her one year term she also spent a semester campaigning for the Halifax…
St. Mary’s spectacular sports scout: a sporting review
It has certainly been a noteworthy semester for Saint Mary’s Varsity sports teams. A big theme during the first term was the addition of several new faces including Dr. David Murphy as Director of Athletics and Recreation, Perry Marchese as…
Halifax Music Scene Bursts at the Seams
November was a big month for music in Halifax! Matt Mays, The Sheepdogs, The Stanfields, The Trews and Theory of a Deadman all put on sold out shows. There were also numerous big announcements for Halifax’s music scene looking ahead…
Home-game Heartbreak
Huskies suffer close-call loss on home turfBy: Mark Moffatt On Saturday, September 15, 2012 the Saint Mary’s Huskies’ had their first home football game of the season against the Sherbrooke Vert et Or in a non-conference game. The Huskies fans…
UNTIL YOU ALLOW OUR ZAPPER. WE WILL RUIN THIS SITE
A depiction of a toy gun has been removed from posters around campus at the request of the Saint Mary’s University Student Association (FAGGOTS). The SMU gaming society( THE GODS) , a group of gamers who have recently made the…
Extending the hours of the Atrium
A cause for concern for students at Saint Mary’s is the availability of the Atrium computers. Every single night, students are booted off the computers in the Atrium at exactly 11:00pm. This results in some students leaving campus irritated or…
The Cranky Professor
Honesty for the sake of living well Mark Mercer Alasdair MacIntyre, a philosophy professor at the University of Notre Dame, in Indiana, has formulated what I believe is a deep and compelling argument in favour of honesty. The discussion below…
“I Love You, Man” Inspires Woman to Start Man-Date Business
A local woman says she was inspired to help men make he-friends, via man-dates, after watching the new comedy “I Love You, Man”. In the film, friendless Peter Klaven goes on a series of man-dates to find a Best Man…
Sackville Gets Earth Hour Mixed Up and Turns On All Lights
From high atop my building’s roof on Saturday night, Halifax was not all that dark. From 8:30pm to 9:30pm there should have been drastically less lights on. I expected to go up there and see the city dim all at…