Diversity at Dal 

Diversity is a buzzword often used in educational institutions’ advertisements and recruitment campaigns. Dalhousie University is no exception.   The university’s online presence provides prospective students and staff with images and features of students with […]

The shunning of Matt Damon 

Matt Damon has come under fire by most of the feminist community for comments he made in an interview on ABC News in December when he stated that sexual assault is on a “spectrum.” That, “there’s a difference […]

New Year’s Day resolutions not worth it 

It’s past the most wonderful time of the year. We’ve now moved on to the most depressing time of the year. It’s around this time that most people will have given up on most (if not […]

Congratulations Dalhousie? 

This year is of particular importance for both Dalhousie University and the Dal Gazette. Each institution has hit a milestone.   Dalhousie reaches 200 years and the Gazette 150. Thanks to the Dal Library’s digital archives the 150 years of Gazette publishing is available for anyone to […]

The double standard of discipline 

On Nov. 17 last semester, Dalhousie University, Saint Mary’s University, and Mount St. Vincent University sponsored the forum aptly titled Race in a Glass Nation: Fragility and Dissent in the University and Beyond.  It […]

Letter from the editor

Originally published in Volume 150 Issue 6 of the Dalhousie Gazette on Nov. 24, 2017. Welcome to the End of the Semester. You made it. You did it. You’ve perservered the […]

Letter from the editor

Originally published in Volume 150 Issue 5 of the Dalhousie Gazette on Nov. 3, 2017. The Dalhousie Gazette team works hard. As the Editor-in-chief this year, I couldn’t be more proud […]

Self-care pays off 

Work is never ending on the Dalhousie University campus.   Midterms, papers, jobs, and extracurricular activities just keep piling up. The result is stress, burnout and agitation.  The remedy for this chaos is self-care. Self-care […]

Christmas time as a university student  

Hearing those sleigh bells ring-ting-tingling, just doesn’t have the same feeling  when looking at a sad bank account  as when the presents came from Santa.   Christmas is one of those […]

No more apologizing for mental illnesses 

Mental health is draining.   It’s not only draining on the individual experiencing it in their everyday life, but it’s also draining for the loved ones that surround them.   People with […]