The Library Problem

The DSU should focus on library budget cuts next year. (Photo by Asrar Ul Haq)

I felt really uncomfortable when I read the proposed budget cuts to the library acquisitions budget for the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS). It was kind of like […]

OPINION: DSU execs dropped the ball

Will these bleachers be filled the next time around? (Photo by Kit Moran)

It’s that time of year again: candidates running in this year’s Dalhousie Student Union (DSU) elections will flock to classrooms and social media in an attempt to convince students they […]

Active on campus

Should the DSU be focusing on homegrown advocacy? (Photo by Yi Nuo)

If you’ve been through the Student Union Building, you’ve heard the news: on Feb. 26, the Dalhousie Student Union (DSU) voted to pull their membership from the Canadian Alliance of […]

You’re too apathetic to read this

Sorry to be the one to have to tell you this, but I have it on good authority that you are too ignorant and apathetic to trust with anything. Don’t […]

Can we consent on consent?

We need to reframe consent campaigns to understand that only yes means yes. (Photo by Jasspreet Sahib)

After being inspired by NSCAD’s similar campaign last year, the University of King’s College held it’s first-ever ‘consent week’ from Feb. 10 to 14 this year. This was likely not […]

It’s OK to be SAD

Heavy workloads and long winters can leave students susceptible to depression. (Photo by Asrar Ul Haq)

  In recent years, mental health awareness and reported forms of mental instability have increased. The Mental Health Commission of Canada states that one in five Canadians experience mental health […]

Changing faces

The DSU has voted to leave both CASA and SNS. (Photo by Bryn Karcha)

Tired of hearing that students are apathetic and generally uninterested in politics? Here’s a quick comeback for the next time it comes up: Dalhousie students actively pay into federal and […]

OPINION: NekNominations are dangerous and immature

Know your limit. Photo by Abram Gutscher

People realize that future employers check a candidate’s Facebook before hiring them, right? This, among many other things, is something students at Dalhousie and around the world have simply forgotten […]