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10/08/2024

🚨 Attention contributors! 🚨

Join us for our Contributor Meeting this Wednesday, October 9th at 6:00 PM! 🤩

📍 Location: Room 342, Society Hub/Conference, DSU Building

Your contributions drive our success. Whether you’re new or experienced, we value your input – and yes, you’ll be paid for it! Don’t miss the chance to collaborate and create.

See you there! 😍

04/24/2023

The Dal Gazette team is hiring!

We are looking to hire a new Editor-In-Chief for our publication and the deadline to apply is 5:00pm on April 28th.

If you are looking for more in depth details on the position, check out the link in our story and read briefly about what we are looking for in our post here.

04/21/2023

ARTS & CULTURE | Walking into the Emera IDEA Building at Dalhousie University’s Sexton Campus on March 10 — through the twists and turns to get to Auditorium G109 — you find yourself amidst the crowd gathering for the Dalhousie Outdoors Society’s Film Festival.

Once you get over the irony that a film festival dedicated to celebrating Nova Scotia’s beautiful outdoors is being held in the Irving Oil Auditorium, you realize everyone knows each other. It’s not hard to recognize the excitement — along with thousands of inside jokes — brewing in the crowd as everyone awaits the program. It’s almost like a movie night with friends. The submissions prove this — out of the 10 submissions, nine belonged to society members.

To read the full story on the film reviews, click the link in our bio or see our story now.

04/18/2023

NEWS | Content warning: This article contains discussion of sexual assault:

On March 15, University of King’s College President William Lahey apologized for the university’s role in shielding former professor Wayne Hankey against multiple sexual assault accusations. The apology followed a long-anticipated independent review conducted by lawyer Janice Rubin.

The partially redacted review was made public during an event at King’s College’s Alumni Hall. It concluded the school knew of the late Hankey’s inappropriate behaviour and covered it up on multiple instances.

Lahey addressed the crowd of about 75 people with several apologies.

“On behalf of the University of King’s College, I unreservedly and unequivocally accept Janice Rubin’s findings and her five recommendations,” he said. “This includes her recommendation that King’s has a responsibility for what happened to those who have come forward.

To read the full article, click the link in our bio or see our story.

04/14/2023

Do you want to attend our 2023 AGM coming up?

If so, check out our post for more details on why you should care, what it will involve, and how you can contribute!

It will be taking place online this year over Microsoft Teams on April 27th at 6:00pm.

If you would like to attend the meeting, join our Board, or have any questions, please reach out to us at [email protected]

04/11/2023

SPORTS | The Dalhousie University Tigers swimming teams competed in Victoria, B.C. for the 2023 U SPORTS Swimming Championships from Feb. 23-25 and found success.

Allison McCloy achieved three top-five finishes over the weekend, including a fourth-place finish in the 400m individual medley, missing out on a national bronze medal by less than a second. It was the fifth year’s final race at the university level. She had not only her Dal teammates cheering her on but her former University of Calgary teammates too.

“It was sad, especially at the end, but it was nice to have all my teammates around me,” said McCloy. She achieved three top-five finishes over the weekend.

Although Dal is not considered a major player in U SPORTS swimming in most years, the women’s team ranks fifth in the nation.

“It just shows we have really good swimmers even if we’re not necessarily the biggest team and we can surprise you,” said McCloy.

To read the full story, click the link in our bio.

04/07/2023

SPORTS | The Dalhousie University Tigers track and field team achieved five different top-10 results at the U SPORTS Track and Field Championships in Saskatoon, Sask. from March 9-11.

Aidan Goslett achieved a silver medal in the 1000-metre race. He had a long road to his nationals success, fully recovering from a torn hamstring in September 2022.

At the nationals competition the year before, Goslett did not achieve what he wanted. About a month before the competition, he tore his hamstring.

“I was really bummed about it.”

Goslett said he began to lose confidence due to his injury instead of being nervous about competing.

To read more, click the link in our bio or see our story now.

04/06/2023

NEWS | The Dalhousie Outdoors Society (DOS) had requested to be part of the levy increase referendum for students during the Jan. 31 DSU meeting, which passed with all but one “no” vote.

That vote was Meredith Brison-Brown’s, who is the disabled students’ community representative. She said that DOS “is yet to consult with or implement any of the suggestions for the needs and the inclusion of the disabled students’ community into the work and services they provide.”

DOS is one of more than 250 societies at Dalhousie but is one of the few levied societies. It gets a direct payment from each student towards their budget — full-time students pay $0.50 a year while part-time students pay $0.25.

DOS was hoping to double these levy payment costs for the next school year, but the referendum vote failed earlier in March.

To read the full story, click the link in our bio or pick up a hard copy of the latest Gazette issue out now.

04/04/2023

NEWS | After a week of campaigning and two days of voting, unofficial results from the Dalhousie Student Union election are in.

Along with next year’s representatives being determined, the election also saw six candidates and societies get fined or disqualified from running. One candidate and one society were disqualified for “attempted interference with the voting process.” Another was disqualified for “campaigning during the voting period.”

To view the full results from the election and more, click the link in our bio or see our story.

04/03/2023

OPINIONS | Words by Joe van Wonderen

“What does it mean to perform femininity? I thought it was pretty self-evident, but I’ve recently discovered it’s a bit more complicated.

There are a variety of ways that girls and women act to meet certain expectations around femininity. A good friend of mine opened my eyes to this after buzz-cutting her hair. She had always had such long beautiful hair. She dyed it all sorts of colours and did it up in fun ways. When she cut it, I was curious why.

She explained that while she had loved her hair, it had turned into a consumptive love. If she didn’t do her hair before class, she couldn’t focus because she was self-conscious.

But doing her hair meant spending far too much time trying to look good for a morning class where she really should have been trying to pay attention. She felt damned if she did and damned if she didn’t.”

To read the full piece, click the link in our bio or pick up a hard copy of the latest gazette issue out now.

03/30/2023

SPORTS | The Dalhousie University Tigers men’s and women’s curling teams were both victorious in the Atlantic University Sport (AUS) Championship, both winning gold on Mar. 5.

The women’s team defeated the University of Prince Edward Island Panthers in the final 5-4. It was a rematch of an earlier meeting in the tournament, where Dal lost to UPEI 5-4.

“It was a tight game but I think we always felt like we had control. We trusted Marin [Callaghan] that she would make that last shot for the win and she did,” said Lindsey Burgess, Dal’s skip.

Being a tight game against the team which had previously beaten them, the Tigers set the tone in the final.

To read the full story, click the link in our bio or pick up a hard copy of the latest Gazette issue out now.

03/29/2023

ARTS & CULTURE | In 2020, the social media app BeReal was launched. Although the uptake was fairly slow, by mid-2022 it had become a hit.

The app, which describes itself as “a new and unique way to discover who your friends really are in their daily life,” notifies users once per day that it’s “time to BeReal.” Everyone gets the notification at the same time — given a two-minute window to capture a “BeReal” photo of their surroundings at that given moment. The app captures a photo from both the front and back cameras of the user’s device.

Though only two minutes are given to post a BeReal on time, people are able to take a “late” BeReal until the next notification the next day.

To read the full story, click the link in our bio or pick up a hard copy of the newest Gazette issue out now.

03/28/2023

NEWS | With many students concerned about climate change and their role to play in helping the planet, some may be drawn to the idea of living off-grid. Off-gridding is a lifestyle where one doesn’t have septic or power supplied to their home from a grid, such as those run by a company or government.

When the Gazette met with some off-gridders they all had meaningful reasons as to why they live off the grid. Among them was Adam Zinzan on North Mountain in the Annapolis Valley. Also, Dominic and Drew (they wouldn’t provide their last names — part of the privacy they strive for with living off the grid) live in Bear River, near Digby.

Dominic said living off-grid gives them “autonomy” and a way to fight climate change on a small scale.

To read the full story, click the link in our bio or pick up a hard copy of the new Gazette issue out now.

03/24/2023

NEWS | Haligonians are having trouble accessing books from Halifax Public Libraries.

If users want to read a popular book, they must go online to the library’s virtual catalogue and place a hold. But, because only a few copies of each book are available in the library system, they can take a while to make it down the hold list — even for ebooks.

Frequent library user Natalie Murray is no stranger to waiting for books she wants to read to become available.

“It usually takes at least a few months for the ones I’ve ordered to come in.”

Kate Morrison, another Haligonian, has been waiting a long time for a book about Josephine Baker, a famous French dancer.

To read the full story, click the link in our bio or pick up a hard copy of the latest Gazette issue out now.

03/22/2023

OPINIONS | Words by Veena Erasmus -

“Lots of millennials and gen-Zs grew up with Roald Dahl books read to them by their parents. Like a lot of popular classic literature, it hasn’t evolved to fit within what we consider inclusive by today’s standards.

So, should the books be changed? Puffin Books thought so, but others disagree.

The BFG, George’s Marvellous Medicine, The Twits, James and the Giant Peach, Matilda and Charlie and The Chocolate Factory are just a few titles in the long list of children’s stories written by Dahl. The ones in this list are also a few of my personal favourites.

I remember reading The BFG and James and the Giant Peach over and over again as a kid. Not to mention my mother reading them to me. Her favourite was always Fantastic Mr. Fox until she read my younger brother George’s Marvellous Medicine and became utterly entranced.”

To read the full Opinions piece, click the link in our bio or pick up a hard copy of the new Gazette issue out now!

03/21/2023

Looking to make some different dinner plans before exam season with friends? Annual fundraiser for the “Halifax Burger Bash” is kicking off this week on March 23rd and runs until April 1st!

The Halifax Burger Bash features all of your favourite local Hali restaurants from all around the city that will all have their own unique burger available for you to order between the dates above, with all restaurants making donations from each burger sold towards Feed Nova Scotia.

Last year nearly $85k was raised during the initiative and over 125k meals were provided for Nova Scotians in need.

03/21/2023

ARTS & CULTURE | Mount Pearl, Newfoundland and Labrador-based singer-songwriter Jenny Mallard has always loved performing. She describes it as her first love.

When she was five years old, she gave her first-ever performance: singing Christmas songs for her kindergarten class. Fast-forward to now. She has performed hundreds of gigs, won an East Coast Music Award for her song “I Want You” and in 2022, released her first album, Into the Deep.

Mallard, a country folk-pop artist, describes her career as escalating quickly after she graduated from university, where she studied business.

“The itch to do what you really want to do typically doesn’t go away. I always knew that my passion was music,” says Mallard. “The little voice in your head saying that you should do it just gets louder. I think listening to that voice is always rewarding.”

To read the full story click the link in our bio and read under are Arts & Culture section!

03/20/2023

NEWS | Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau defended higher tuition rates for international students on Feb. 23, during a discussion about health care with Halifax university students at Dalhousie University.

“There is something fundamentally different about international students,” Trudeau said at the town hall at the Collaborative Health Education Building, attended by more than 50 students and others. He said international students are an incredibly important part of the Canadian system.

“However, the first priority of Canadian institutions and Canadian systems is to make sure that we’re getting the best possible education to Canadians,” he said.

The comments were in response to a question from Dalhousie Student Union President Aparna Mohan. She asked what the federal government was going to do about the tuition gap between international and Canadian university students.

To read the full story, click the link in our bio our check out our story now.

03/14/2023

The DSU profiles are now live on the Gazette website under our News section. Slide to find out who is running for the DSU this year and go to our website for further details on each individual and for the interviews our News writers did with each candidate this week.

03/14/2023

Join us this evening at 6:15pm for our LAST contributor meeting of the semester! It’s wrapping up quicker than we all expected, and tonight is your last chance to join us and talk next issue!

Tonight Pizza will be provided as well! So come out to the third floor of the SUB outside of the Gazette office if you are interested in writing for us or even to talk next year. See you tonight!

03/13/2023

SPORTS | The Dalhousie University Tigers swimming teams saw great success at the 2023 Atlantic University Sport (AUS) Swimming Championships on Feb. 10-12, winning both men’s and women’s titles.

Noah Mascoll-Gomes of the men’s team led Dal to its 23rd title in 24 seasons and took home plenty of hardware. The AUS men’s swimmer of the year over the past two seasons (one with Dal, the other with the Mount Allison University Mounties), he won four gold and three silver medals.

He finished first in the 50, 100, 200 and 400-metre freestyle races as the star swimmer continues to add to his resume.

“It was a very humbling experience. I was very proud to be a part of such a historic win and also grateful for my teammates and the organization because we faced a lot of adversity this season,” said Mascoll-Gomes.

To read the full story, click the link in our bio or pick up a hard copy of the latest Gazette issue out now.

03/10/2023

NEWS | The potential levy increases were presented at the Jan. 31 Dalhousie Student Union council meeting. Each motion brought to the council was discussed to decide whether to make the levy increase a referenda question, to be voted on by students in the upcoming DSU election.

The requests to host referenda for the levy increases were approved.

Every semester, Dalhousie University and University of King’s College students pay levy fees to support the operations of certain societies and initiatives around campus. According to the motions presented at council, full-time students paid $4.50 of tuition money to CKDU, $4.50 to the Loaded Ladle and $0.50 to the DOS in the 2022-2023 academic year. Part-time students paid $1.00 to CKDU, $2.50 to the Loaded Ladle and $0.25 to the DOS.

To read more up on the levy increases, click the link in our bio or check out our story now.

03/08/2023

SPORTS | Months after Alexander Jessup’s passing, his coaches and fellow players with the Dalhousie University Tigers Football Club continue to reflect on the life of their teammate and friend. Jessup passed away in his Dalhousie residence on Nov. 27, 2022, following complications with his diabetes.

Throughout the 2022 season, Jessup dealt with a torn ACL and was in the hospital with a pair of burnt hands. But Freddy Diab, Dal’s defensive line coach, said that wouldn’t stop him from being with his team.

“Even through all that, he’s out of the hospital and he’s back at practice. He was a tough kid,” he said.

With a torn ACL, Jessup still participated in practice. Offensive lineman Lucas Ferracuti said even though Jessup could not hit as hard as he wanted, he still ran in practice as hard as he could and pushed himself. Every Wednesday, the player who has the best practice in the eyes of the team receives a WWE belt, which the team labels the “hype night belt.”

To read the full story, click the link in our bio or pick up a hard copy of the new Gazette issue out now.

03/06/2023

OPINIONS | Words by Anna Rak -

“The five love languages are meant to help people understand how they feel love and how they give love, but isn’t human emotion more complicated than that?

Although I relate to some of the love languages, I think love is hard to fit into one of five boxes.

Gary Chapman, author of “The Five Love Languages”, defined five ways people express and receive love: physical touch, acts of service, quality time, gift-giving and words of affirmation.

Back in 2019, the Dalhousie Gazette interviewed Chapman and he admitted that there is no scientific research to back the love languages. However, millions of people responded positively to his book online when it was first released.”

To read the full story, click the link in our bio or check out our story now!

03/04/2023

NEWS | Last October, the Nova Scotia Health Authority found an increase in newly diagnosed cases of HIV in the province. Since then, students at Dalhousie University and the University of King’s College may have noticed posters around campus warning of these findings.

The NSHA expects 15-20 new cases of HIV per year in Nova Scotia. By August 2022, they had already seen 20-25 new cases.

In a news release from Oct. 3, Public Health said they use contact tracing to inform of potential exposures, but many who test positive wish to remain anonymous. The ultimate motive for the release? Get tested, regularly.

The posters popped up earlier this year, reading “HIV is on the rise. Do you know your status?”

To read the full story, click the link in our bio or check our story now!

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Editor-in-chief: Tarini Fernando

Tarini Fernando is a writer, editor and student attending Dalhousie University. Her writing has appeared in the Dalhousie Gazette and in various Dalhousie undergraduate journals. Tarini started writing for the Gazette in 2017. She took on the Editor-in-chief position after serving as the Gazette’s Arts & Lifestyle Editor for a year.

Tarini is in her last year of a combined honours degree in English and creative writing with a certificate in art history. When she’s not anxiously trying to figure out what to do with her life, Tarini enjoys practicing yoga and listening to true crime podcasts.

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Ankit Bajaj is a master’s of electronic commerce candidate at Dalhousie University. Born and raised in the city of lakes, Bhopal, India, Ankit moved to Halifax in 2019.

Interested in technology, public policy and entrepreneurship, Ankit loves interacting with and helping others. He currently manages business and administrative duties for the Dalhousie Gazette. Previously, Ankit worked with the Dalhousie Student Health & Wellness Centre to raise awareness on alcohol harm reduction. He also worked with the Dalhousie Student Union (DSU) to organize their 2020 elections.

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Alexandra Fox is a master’s student in occupational therapy at Dalhousie University. With an MA in interdisciplinary studies from York University and an undergraduate degree in communications from Ryerson University, she has been working as a freelance graphic designer, videographer and photographer since 2012.

Alexandra has worked for the Dalhousie Gazette since fall 2018. Her work can be found at alexandrafox.ca.

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Opinions editor: Mayowa Oluwasanmi

Mayowa is a fourth-year student pursuing an honours degree in political science with a certificate in computing. She has served as the vice-president (Academic) of the Dalhousie Undergraduate Political Science Society (DUPSS) and as a contributor for the Dalhousie Business Review.

Mayowa has been writing for the Dalhousie Gazette since her second year of university as an opinions intern. As Opinions editor of the Gazette, she believes the written word is an invaluable tool and hopes to give others a chance to harness it. When not writing, Mayowa can be found struggling to push the doors open at the Killam Memorial Library.

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Arts & Lifestyle editor: Elizabeth Foster

Elizabeth Foster is a third-year journalism student at the University of King’s College.

Growing up in Maine, she always knew she wanted to pursue a career in writing, but it wasn’t until her first year at university that she discovered her passion for journalism. Having written frequently for the Dalhousie Gazette in the past, she is excited to continue her work this year as the Arts & Lifestyle editor.

When she’s not doing journalism assignments, Elizabeth can be found at one of Halifax’s many used bookstores, coffee shops or beaches.

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Sports editor: Luke Dyment

Luke’s interest and involvement (and lack of talent) in sports led him to write about them, a lot. He’s done this, without regret, to the point of driving his high school English teachers crazy. He aims to do the same with you.

The University of King’s College journalism student started writing for the Dalhousie Gazette in 2019 before taking on his current role as Sports editor. Besides watching continuous reruns of games during quarantine, Luke spends his downtime listening to music turned up too loud and farming when he’s home in Prince Edward Island.

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News editor: Lane Harrison

Born and raised in Toronto, Lane Harrison couldn’t wait to write for the Dalhousie Gazette when he arrived in Halifax to pursue a journalism degree at the University of King’s College. After working as a news intern during his first year, Lane became an avid contributor to the Gazette’s news section before moving into the editor position.

Now in his third year of university, Lane’s passion for writing is rivaled only by his love of photo and video journalism. When he’s not doing any of that, Lane is usually found watching any movie he can get his hands on.

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Visual editor: Geoffrey Howard

Born and raised in Halifax, Geoffrey is a fourth-year marketing student at Dalhousie University.

Geoffrey loves creating content that brings joy to people through photography and video. Other than the camera, his passions include reading, plant-based food and soccer. He hopes to be backpacking through South America while documenting the journey on camera after he graduates. His proudest achievement was when he raised $1200 for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society of Canada with a photography project in the winter of 2019.

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Copyeditor: Suzanne Hartmann

Suzanne is a Toronto-based editor, writer and self-published children’s book author. Editing her middle school newspaper kick-started her love of print and led to a 30-year career in media.

Suzanne has a bachelor’s degree in radio and television arts and a certificate in magazine publishing from Ryerson University. Her company, Old Sage Hands, provides select clients with editing, consulting and creative services.

Currently enrolled in the University of King’s College MFA in Creative Nonfiction program, the fourth-generation Japanese Canadian (JC) of mixed race is working on a project that explores culture and the arts within the postwar JC community in Toronto.

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Online and Engagement editor: Liv Landon

Liv is a second-year English and gender and women’s studies student at Dalhousie University. She is originally from England and became a Canadian in Calgary before moving to Halifax to attend Dal.

When not working, reading or writing, Liv loves poking about antique and thrift stores in search of peculiar items for her home. Her greatest love is Romantic era poetry and Pre-Raphaelite art. She’s excited to take on the new role of Online and Engagement editor with the Dalhousie Gazette staff.

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