Comic: Students complaining about tuition
A: I want lower tuition because it’s trendy to fight the Man!
B: Don’t you realize that the university’s already poor and any tuition freezes will come out of taxpayers’ pockets (and you in turn) as well as screw over the next group of students?
A: Shut up, you rich conservative. I’m [...]

North side tree to be cut down?
Chris Chu
For many years, the lone elm tree in the North side courtyard has been a welcome sight for students heading to meal hall, and a source of shade during the summertime for studying or relaxing students. Sitting in front of Windsor Hall, the monumental symbol has withstood wind, [...]

Aramark’s changes to Jennings
Chris Chu
Last spring, Philadelphia-based Aramark successfully won a contract over previous supplier Sodexho to manage food services. The parent company is internationally renowned in Fortune magazine as America’s Most Admired Company in Diversified Outsourcing in 2006, but how has it performed since arriving at Mount Allison?
For students with nutrition concerns, Peter Schneider, [...]

A Tribute to Mario: 25 Years and Still Not Getting Any
Chris Chu
Before I discovered girls, sex, and fast cars, there was Mario. As a child growing up in a household with a strict ban on video games, my first encounter with Mario was a forbidden affair. The neighbour’s kid had a Super Nintendo system, and [...]

Freedom isn’t free
Chris Chu
Recently, I read an article in the Halifax Chronicle Herald about the rat problem in some of Halifax’s restaurants. What was surprising to me was not the issue of rodents at diners, but the fact that when the newspaper tried to extract the health inspection results from the government of Nova Scotia, [...]