Month: December 2012
Mo’ Bros and Sistas’ Successful!
As of last Friday, Movember officially ended and the Movember Committee, along with a number of students, celebrated the end at the Gorsebrook with Best of Open Mic. During the month, it’s very encouraging to walk around campus and see…
Catching the Entrepreneurial Bug
4 months of toiling, writing reports and running my own business finally came to a head last Thursday, at the Mini-Venture trade show for Professor Ellen Farrell’s Structuring the Start-Up course. Around the room numerous students (many entrepreneurship majors but…
Book Value versus Market Value – The High Cost of University Textbooks
With the exams ending students across Canada are desperately trying to resell their used textbooks. Fulltime students are expected to budget around $1000 a year just for assigned reading, but will be extremely lucky to recoup even half that value….
SMUSA Event Funding for Vagina Monologues up in the air
The Women’s Centre has stopped receiving special event funding from SMUSA, and the news has put into question the viability of their annual Vagina Monologues production. “We were given $500 last year for Consent Fest.” Said Women’s Centre employee Amanda…
Engineering Competition at the Discovery Centre an example of hands-on learning
The engineering students had a mechanical showdown on Mars just before finals. “This is pretty much where it’s at for engineering students at SMU.” Said Prasanna Balakrishnan, one of the students who built a mock Mars rover. Prasanna was one…
Heather Topple: Crocheting across the ocean to volunteer
Heather Topple has signed up for International Student Volunteers (ISV), who have arranged over 2.5 million hours of volunteer time over the last 30 years. “Basically they send students to a bunch of different countries for 2-4 weeks.” Said Heather,…
On bothe sides of the ballot: Dawn Penney
Dawn Penney is the outgoing Chief Returning Officer, the SMU student in charge of maintaining the rules and integrity of the Saint Mary’s Student Association’s election. During her one year term she also spent a semester campaigning for the Halifax…
St. Mary’s spectacular sports scout: a sporting review
It has certainly been a noteworthy semester for Saint Mary’s Varsity sports teams. A big theme during the first term was the addition of several new faces including Dr. David Murphy as Director of Athletics and Recreation, Perry Marchese as…
Halifax Music Scene Bursts at the Seams
November was a big month for music in Halifax! Matt Mays, The Sheepdogs, The Stanfields, The Trews and Theory of a Deadman all put on sold out shows. There were also numerous big announcements for Halifax’s music scene looking ahead…