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How are all these people getting together? ... When sex is no longer intimate One morning last September, I was on my way to this guy’s apartment. We were six months deep in a casual, non-exclusive entanglement — one of those undefinable situationships. It eventually ended afte...

One morning last September, I was on my way to this guy’s apartment. We were six months deep in a casual, non-exclusive entanglement — one of those undefinable situationships.
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Dalhousie athletes run sports program for people with autism Tigers PLAY, formerly known as Special Tigers, is holding weekly sports and activity sessions for autistic people at the Dalplex this fall.

Tigers PLAY, formerly known as Special Tigers, is holding weekly sports and activity sessions for autistic people at the Dalplex this fall.
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U Sports opening transfer doors for athletes Beginning in the 2026-27 season, U Sports will allow varsity student athletes to transfer schools and be eligible to compete for their new university immediately. The NCAA implemented a similar rule i...

A major shift is coming to Canadian university athletics.

Beginning in the 2026-27 season, U Sports will allow varsity student athletes to transfer schools and be eligible to compete for their new university immediately. The NCAA implemented a similar rule in 2024.
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‘It’s the hope that kills you’ Lori Dithurbide will teach a new Ted Lasso-inspired kinesiology course at Dalhousie University starting in the winter semester.

This winter semester, Dalhousie University is offering a new kinesiology course, KINE 4240, Coaching and Life: Lessons from Ted Lasso, bringing the fictional soccer coach’s lessons of sports psychology and sociology to a university classroom.
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Mentor meets his mentee After winning the U Sports men’s basketball championship and coach of the year award in his first season as head coach at the University of Victoria, Murphy Burnatowski returned to the Dalplex victori...

After winning the U Sports men’s basketball championship and coach of the year award in his first season as head coach at the University of Victoria, Murphy Burnatowski returned to the Dalplex victorious, leading his team to a decisive 95-64 win over the Tigers.
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Halifax Tides’ Saorla Miller shines against Montreal Nova Scotian Saorla Miller scored twice for Halifax Tides FC in a 2-2 draw against Montreal Roses FC on Oct. 2.

Nova Scotian Saorla Miller scored twice for Halifax Tides FC in a 2-2 draw against Montreal Roses FC on Oct. 2 in Northern Super League action.
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Students flock to Citadel Hill for Magnetic World Music Festival Magnetic World, a three-day music festival chock full of EDM, rap and hip-hop performances, returned to the Garrison Grounds in Halifax at the end of September. Headliners included Dom Dolla, 21 Savag...

Magnetic World, a three-day music festival chock full of EDM, rap and hip-hop performances, returned to the Garrison Grounds in Halifax at the end of September.
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DJ Atlas: campus quad God Anyone walking near Dalhousie University's quad at night last September could hear the unmistakable pulse of Calvin Harris, Rihanna and 2010s club anthems echoing through campus. Follow the beat to a ...

Anyone walking near Dalhousie University’s quad at night last September could hear the unmistakable pulse of Calvin Harris, Rihanna and 2010s club anthems echoing through campus.
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Buffering in real life Gen Z is taking an extra second to think through social interactions, according to experts and Dalhousie University students — a pause that’s giving rise to a generation-defining feature — the Gen Z s...

Gen Z is taking an extra second to think through social interactions, according to experts and Dalhousie University students — a pause that’s giving rise to a generation-defining feature — the Gen Z stare.
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Review: America is ripe for resistance in One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson's latest movie, One Battle After Another (2025), declares that the current American moment, in all its despair, is ripe for reinvention and resistance.

Paul Thomas Anderson’s latest movie, One Battle After Another (2025), declares that the current American moment, in all its despair, is ripe for reinvention and resistance.
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The Prismatic Arts Festival returns to Halifax Since 2008, the Prismatic Arts Festival has showcased theatre, dance, music, film, visual arts, media arts and spoken word from local and national BIPOC artists. This year’s festival, which ran from S...

When you don’t see space for yourself, you make it. That’s the guiding ethos for Halifax’s multidisciplinary arts festival that highlights professional work by Indigenous artists and artists of colour from across Canada.
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A day in the life of a Hoco house I wake up to the sound of clanging pots and pans as my roommates start their day. It’s barely 10 a.m. Usually, I’d try and fall back asleep (last night was Friday after all), but today is Hoco.

I wake up to the sound of clanging pots and pans as my roommates start their day. It’s barely 10 a.m.
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Sabrina Carpenter and the rise of “woke slut-shaming” When pop sensation Sabrina Carpenter revealed the cover for her album Man’s Best Friend this summer, it sparked outrage, but not from conservatives clutching pearls. Backlash came instead from self-pr...

When pop sensation Sabrina Carpenter revealed the cover for her album Man’s Best Friend this summer, it sparked outrage, but not from conservatives clutching pearls. Backlash came instead from self-proclaimed progressives accusing her of being “anti-feminist.”
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Is sharing actually caring? Forget friendship bracelets — nothing says “besties” like a shared bank account. That’s right, Gen Z is taking their relationships to the bank. Several TikTokers have gone viral for sharing their expe...

Forget friendship bracelets — nothing says “besties” like a shared bank account.
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Canada won’t even pretend to do the right thing More than 100 diplomats from over 50 countries walked out at the UN General Assembly as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took the podium. Yet Canada’s ambassador to the United Nations, Bob Ra...

More than 100 diplomats from over 50 countries walked out at the UN General Assembly as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took the podium. Yet Canada’s ambassador to the United Nations, Bob Rae, remained firmly in his chair.
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Mayor Fillmore is trying to hide our homelessness problem, not fix it The Halifax Regional Municipality’s recent move to clear remaining residents from the homeless encampment in Cogswell Park proves the government isn’t worried about helping unhoused people, but they a...

The Halifax Regional Municipality’s recent move to clear remaining residents from the homeless encampment in Cogswell Park proves the government isn’t worried about helping unhoused people, but they are worried about seeing them.
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My hypocritical reaction to Swift released her 12th studio album earlier this month, and the irony of the release being on the date notoriously known as Mean Girls Day is not lost on me. That’s who I was when I first heard the a...

Things I claim to be:

A feminist
Capable of interpreting the deeper meaning of poetry and prose
A Taylor Swift fan
Things I realized I am on Oct. 3, 2025:

A hypocrite
Blind to the message right in front of my eyes
Still a Taylor Swift fan
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Canada’s banning of rap group Kneecap shows political censorship isn’t only American During a November 2024 performance at the O2 Forum Kentish Town in London, U.K., a member of the Irish rap band Kneecap picked up a crumpled flag that had been thrown onto the stage. Now the whole gro...

During a November 2024 performance at the O2 Forum Kentish Town in London, U.K., a member of the Irish rap band Kneecap picked up a crumpled flag that had been thrown onto the stage.
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Magnetic World was not worth my $300 ticket I’ve been to Magnetic World twice now, and both times I left frustrated. Almost everything about Magnetic World feels held together with popsicle sticks and glue. It’s exciting to see bigger artists p...

I’ve been to Magnetic World twice now, and both times I left frustrated.

Almost everything about Magnetic World feels held together with popsicle sticks and glue.
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Dalhousie cadaver lab fails inspection, shuts down Dalhousie University’s cadaver lab has shut down indefinitely due to formaldehyde levels exceeding provincial safety standards, according to an Oct. 6 release from the university’s faculty of medicine...

Dalhousie University’s cadaver lab has shut down indefinitely due to formaldehyde levels exceeding provincial safety standards, according to an Oct. 6 release from the university’s faculty of medicine.
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Mi’kmaq leader concerned acknowledgment of Orange Shirt Day is declining The Mi’kmaq Native Friendship Centre hosted an open house for Indigenous youth on Sept. 30 to mark Canada’s fifth National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, but one reconciliation project leader worri...

The Mi’kmaq Native Friendship Centre hosted an open house for Indigenous youth on Sept. 30 to mark Canada’s fifth National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, but one reconciliation project leader worries the day of commemoration is “dying.”
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How are professors adapting to Dalhousie’s shortened class schedule? Doucette and other members of the Dalhousie Faculty Association returned to work on Sept. 18, following nearly a month off the job after Dalhousie locked out almost 1,000 faculty on Aug. 20. Suspended...

By 6 a.m. on his first day back to work, Alan Doucette, a chemistry professor at Dalhousie University, had already sent a few dozen emails.
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Dalhousie quietly cuts note taker program without telling students Dalhousie University quietly removed its note-taker program without alerting its students. The program, which was run through the Dalhousie accessibility office, paid student volunteers $75 per course...

Dalhousie University quietly removed its note-taker program without alerting its students.
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Affordable student housing for less than the cost of lunch The Dalhousie Student Union plans to launch a housing campaign that will include an open letter urging the provincial government to take action on the student housing crisis, according to a Sept. 30 r...

The Dalhousie Student Union plans to launch a campaign to make housing $100 to $400 cheaper for students.

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Editorial opinion: Dal should’ve ditched reading week Dal should’ve ditched reading week to get us out sooner. The way it’s looking, we’ll all just be doing school work over fall break anyway.

Dal should’ve ditched reading week to get us out sooner. The way it’s looking, we’ll all just be doing school work over fall break anyway.
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Customer Service loves a slumber party Before hitting the stage at Sommo Festival in Cavendish, P.E.I., on Sept. 14, Customer Service was best known to Halifax university students for late-night house shows and sweaty nights spent dancing ...

Before hitting the stage at Sommo Festival in Cavendish, P.E.I., on Sept. 14, Customer Service was best known to Halifax university students for late-night house shows and sweaty nights spent dancing in local dive bars.
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What happened to casual posting? Social media is no longer casual, according to experts and Dalhousie University students. The age of the digital footprint turned platforms created to share pictures with friends into places to carefu...

Social media is no longer casual, according to experts and Dalhousie University students. The age of the digital footprint turned platforms created to share pictures with friends into places to carefully curate a personal brand.
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Reviewing the Atlantic International Film Festival 2025 Each fall, the Atlantic International Film Festival transforms the Cineplex Cinemas Park Lane in downtown Halifax into a hub for international arts and culture. This year’s festival returned to the ci...

Each fall, the Atlantic International Film Festival transforms the Cineplex Cinemas Park Lane in downtown Halifax into a hub for international arts and culture.
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Local business owner Eddy Yang celebrates one year of Listen Halifax coffee and record shop Listen marked its first anniversary in September, celebrating one year of bringing a Japanese-inspired mix of music and coffee to Barrington Street.

Halifax coffee and record shop Listen marked its first anniversary in September, celebrating one year of bringing a Japanese-inspired mix of music and coffee to Barrington Street.
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We can’t forget about COVID-19 Congrats, everyone. We can finally say we made it through a global pandemic — and with only a few respiratory issues and flashbacks when buying toilet paper to prove it. The same way my dad swears his...

Congrats, everyone. We can finally say we made it through a global pandemic — and with only a few respiratory issues and flashbacks when buying toilet paper to prove it.
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