Smile: you’re at a protest
By • October 7, 2011
Why newspapers should take pictures at protests
In the past two weeks, there have been two major protests covered in the media and the Gazette was …
Editorials
From the Editor
Amid government planning for education cuts and tuition hikes, classrooms and lecture halls across London emptied as tens of thousands of university students flooded into chilly city streets.By • November 26, 2010
Amid government planning for education cuts and tuition hikes, classrooms and lecture halls across London emptied as tens of thousands of university students flooded …
Editorial: Contracting away consent
By • November 20, 2010
Did anyone ask you if you wanted your city and campus to change for the benefit of private interest? Taking money out of your …
Editorial: School, Sports & Spirit
Should we care?By • September 17, 2010
Joel Tichinoff, Editor-in-Chief
Winning isn’t everything but does anyone play to lose? Do we ever just play for the sake of playing? We can’t help …
Demand scanner satisfaction
By • January 18, 2010
By Hilary Beaumont, Copy Editor
How do you feel about 3-D “naked” body scanners?
Would you feel violated if you were picked for ‘secondary screening’? Would you …
How far we haven’t come
By • November 21, 2009
By Dalhousie Gazette Staff
Diversity. It’s a bit of a buzzword like “sustainability” or “whazzap”. In the ‘80s and ‘90s, during what one might refer …
Photos can be faked
By • November 13, 2009
By Joshua Boyter, Editor in Chief
Two children play soccer on a field in Africa. But this is no regular game of soccer. Instead of a …
What gives you the right?
By • November 6, 2009
By Dalhousie Gazette Staff
For students, it’s pretty easy to forget about copyright. Copyright isn’t sexy. But like it or not, students and young people …
One lacking program per child
By • October 30, 2009
By Joshua Boyter, Editor in Chief
I imagine that brightly coloured laptops sit in a small closet in rural Africa and slowly collect dust as the …
Halifax’s 19-plus tune is getting old
By • October 16, 2009
By Joshua Boyter, Editor in Chief
It is hard to go downtown in Halifax without hearing live music ooze from every concrete crack. It’s harder still …
