Posts by Anastasia Payne
Uber Eats hits Halifax streets
Put your sweatpants on and settle in for a relaxing evening of Netflix and chill because Uber Eats is here and you may never have to leave the house for food again. Launched on Aug. 23, Halifax is the first city in the Maritimes to offer the Uber Eats service. Simon Brown, general manager of…
Read More“A perfect first year”
Both Dalhousie University’s men’s and women’s track and field teams brought home championship banners again this year. For the women’s team, this was the 29th consecutive season of winning the Atlantic University Sport Championships. Among their star athletes was rookie Savanna Jordan. Jordan has had an outstanding first year, considering that she spent her track…
Read MoreTraining for a pentathlon
Lorena Heubach is one of Dalhousie University’s most unique track and field athletes. She’s the only athlete on the team that participates in the pentathlon: an event that includes high jump, long jump, shot put, hurdling and an 800 metre race. The athletes compete in these events over the course of a day. Heubach’s currently…
Read MoreDalhousie engineering student organizes self-defence class for women
Women of all majors filed into the Studley Gymnasium on the evening of Jan. 11. They came to study something in an unfamiliar field: Krav Maga. They were there for a women’s specific self-defence class, organized by Eliran Penkar. Lobke Rotteveel has some martial arts training in her background but attended the event with the…
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