Posts by John Hillman
Decade in review
This week’s Gazette is the final issue of the 2015-2016 school year. This is the time of the year when outgoing editors are supposed to reflect on their tenure…
Read MoreFrom the Archives: Mesdames Presidents
On March 16, Kathleen Reid was elected president of the Dalhousie Student Union. Her victory was a rarer event than you might think—while women account for roughly 55% of the…
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Tuesday March 8th is International Women’s Day. While the tumultuous past year has exposed many of the ongoing challenges facing women on campus, would-be optimists might take heart in…
Read MoreCheap(er) eats
The Coast released its Cheap Eats issue this past week. As a big fan of eating and a longtime impoverished student, I’m always keen to learn about new ways…
Read MoreAbolishing the debt-sentence
This week’s issue was put together during reading week. Unsurprisingly, most of my regular contributors did not have material to send in. No problem. One of the hot-button issues on…
Read MoreTen simple tips for finding “The One”
Valentine’s Day is upon us! From what I gather talking to some of the sadder, less blessed members of the Gazette staff, not everyone is as excited for this joyous…
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University campuses have long been characterized as hotbeds of sexual progress and promiscuity. While it is true that campus life has often pushed the boundaries of sexual propriety over the…
Read MoreYear in “Review”: 2015
This is the last Gazette issue of 2015. It’s the perfect time to reflect back on some of the major news stories of the past year. Things have been a…
Read MoreFrom the Archives: Fifteen Decades of Student Fashion
The 9th season of Atlantic Fashion Week will be taking place Nov. 19-21. In honour of this exciting tradition (that I first learned about while Googling excuses to include the…
Read MoreFrom the archives: Free Lunch
“Free food”—is there any more beloved phrase in the student vocabulary? From law students scamming local businesses into handing out free food and booze in the mid 1800s, to the…
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