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News Briefs

By Torey Ellis, Copy Editor • March 2, 2012

News Briefs

Co-curricular record
There’s a new addition to the official papers Dalhousie students take with them when they graduate: the co-curricular record (CCR). The CCR keeps …

Copyright act up in the air

By Steven Ryan, Contributor • March 2, 2012

Copyright act up in the air

On Feb. 16 a parliamentary committee in Ottawa began hearings into Bill C-11, also called the Copyright Modernization Act. Dalhousie’s copyright officer Ian Colford …

Supporting students without spending money

By Katrina Pyne, Editor-in-Chief • February 17, 2012

ANSSA, Adele Van Wyk

In the wake of the provincial government’s announcement to allow tuition to increase by three per cent, student groups are developing new ways to …

Cursing in Cantonese

By Steven Ryan, Contributor • February 3, 2012

Swearport by Sam Grant Media

Want to know how to curse somebody’s mother in Cantonese? Thanks to the efforts of two Dalhousie alumni, there’s now a smartphone app that …

Teachers torn over Day of Action

By Alesia Hebb, Staff Contributor • January 30, 2012

Teachers torn over Day of Action

Students across Canada will hit the streets Feb. 1 for the second annual Student Day of Action. The protest counters rising tuition fees, education …

Satellite campuses a trend of the future?

By Daniel Boltinsky, News Editor • January 27, 2012

Control room by Dan Boltinsky

Isaac Miao communicates with most of his class at the push of a button. He and his classmates are the first group of medical …

The not-so-level playing field

By Katrina Pyne, Editor-in-Chief • January 27, 2012

Lindie Colp-Rutley

As she checks off the “disabled” box on yet another job application, Stephanie Berry wonders what her honesty will cost her.
After four months of …

Students turn their back on Kyoto walkout

By Andrew Mills, Arts Editor • December 22, 2011

Nova Scotians Matthew Chisholm, left, James Hutt, third from left, and Sonia Grant, fourth from left, stand up. Photo by Malkolm Boothroyd, courtesy the CYD.

Standing in silent protest, six young activists defied Environmental Minister Peter Kent’s speech at the UN Climate talks in Durban, South Africa Dec. 7.
“We …

By JoVE, I think I’ve got it!

By Hillary Windsor, News Contributor • December 2, 2011

Alexandra McGrath, a second-year pharmacy student at Dal, can’t wait to try JoVE.

YouTube for scientists is ready to go
 
If you consider yourself a visual learner, as opposed to reading chapters from a textbook, you will be …

In Photos: OccupyNS eviction

By Dalhousie Gazette Staff • November 11, 2011

Occupy NS – 42

Photos by Rob Sangster-Poole and Ian Froese
Check out the Gazette‘s full report here and video clips here.