The truth as I found it
Hilary Beaumont
Copy Editor
Truth isn’t good or bad. Truth doesn’t rely on conflict.
News is good or bad. News relies on conflict.
This contradiction is one reason Daniel Paul, the Aboriginal author and historian quoted in the feature “White Paper” doesn’t see himself reflected in Halifax’s newspapers. Those pervasive ‘good’ and ‘bad’ lenses combined with a lack of [...]
DSU: A Year in review
Achievements, promises and anticipations
Lucy Scholey, News Editor | Laura Parlee, Assistant News Editor
President
Shannon Zimmerman
What she promised:
• An improved DSU website
• A strategic five-year plan
• More DSU visibility across all Dalhousie University campuses
What she did:
• Started working with full-time staff to develop a strategic plan
• Listened to student response during Brains for Change
• Developed more concrete [...]
First Nations students optimistic about future despite funding cuts
‘Nothing positive’ about permanent end of federal funding says student rep
Ashley Gaboury
CUP Central Bureau Chief
WINNIPEG (CUP) — Despite provincial and federal funding cuts of $12 million and counting, students at the First Nations University of Canada are optimistic about the institution’s future, said student Cadmus Delorme.
“Number one, we will not let our institution close. What [...]
Olympic protests draw first-time activists
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Not all protesters can be painted with the same brush says ORN spokesperson
Andrew Bates
CUP Western Bureau Chief
KELOWNA, B.C. (CUP) — “There’s nothing I can possibly do as one person to stop the Olympics from happening,” said Kim Larson, a UBC Okanagan student who protested the torch relay in Kelowna a month ago.
“I wanted the people [...]
Student employment numbers slowly crawling back
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January marks first significant employment increase since fall 2008
Emma Godmere
CUP Ottawa Bureau Chief and
OTTAWA (CUP) — Richard Mah would guess he sent out about 300 resumés last summer and didn’t get a job.
He was on the wrong side of an unfortunate statistic. In July 2009, Statistics Canada recorded its highest youth unemployment rate ever, as [...]
Megan Leslie says you count
Scott Beed
Staff Contributor
New Democrat MP Megan Leslie is using her time off from the House of Commons to re-connect with her riding this week. On Feb. 9, Leslie talked to a group of 30 students and community members about youth involvement in politics. The Dalhousie Political Science Society hosted the event.
According to a Statistics Canada [...]
