One of the things people often say is that if you just change the way people think, what they do will fall into place. Some research in the environmental psychology field have been discovering ‘feedback loops.’ They’ve found that it’s actually the other way around, but also a continuous cycle. What I mean is, when [...]
Ashley Charlton – The Aquinian – A Nova Scotia town makes the Top 5 in CBC Kraft Hockeyville In the heart of the Annapolis Valley there is a tiny town with a population of about 690 people. There is an elementary school, a church, a post office and a pharmacy, the exhibition grounds and the [...]
Mitchell Messom & Greg Rodger – The Aquinian – Like many terms that are often bantered about both in academia and common usage, the word equality is poorly defined, misunderstood, and horribly abused in its practice. In Canada equality, whether understood or not, appears to be a buzzword of our society. Whether it is used [...]
Zaren White -The Muse- ST. JOHN’S, N.L. (CUP) — Knowledge of climate change’s irrevocable damage is becoming more common and widely shared. In spite of this, many of us are still stuck perceiving climate change as a purely environmental issue, distancing ourselves from the fact that we are completely dependent on the environment. Just like [...]
Mitch Messom and Greg Rodger – The Aquinian So the STUSU election is upon us all and there are some nice issues to choose from, including the ever-present buzz word “accountability.” Many of the candidates would like us to believe that accountability means openness, responsibility and fairness. For the most part the STUSU meets all [...]
Corben McLean – The Aquinian Ever since the spring 2007 STUSU general election, the question has hung in the air: what is “campaigning?” What does it include? What does it exclude? Where does discretion come into the mix? Or plain old common sense? In 2007, then-chief electoral officer Caitlin Mahoney kicked a presidential candidate out [...]
This column was intended to be a series of discussions on how to be a poor student with as low an environmental impact as possible. With the upcoming referendum, this kind of discussion seems to have exploded on campus. Being sustainable is not all about giving things up, or dedicating your life to activism. It’s [...]
Chelsey Nicholson – The Aquinian One year ago, January 27, a fourth-year university student was found dead in his car. He had shot himself. He was “the guy,” everyone’s friend, and wherever he was is where everyone else wanted to be. He was a son and a brother, and was very close to his family. [...]
Mitchell Messom & Greg Rodger - The Aquinian Unless your brain has been sealed in a vat for the last couple of weeks, you are now aware that the NB Liberal Government tends to sell of NB Power to Hydro-Quebec. Our intention is not to talk about the deal directly in its specifics, but rather how [...]
These letters are in reference to the article, ‘An open letter to Halloween Skanks:‘ Dear Bailey, We’ve been friends for a long time. So I was pretty surprised by some of the things you said last week in your letter to “skanks,” as you call them. How is it, Bailey, that you can tell women to [...]
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