The growing concerns of living off the land
Despite calls for food security and eating local, farmers, back-to-the-landers face huge obstacles in New Brunswick Molly, a dog resembling a small German shepherd with a curly tail, slips out the bottom of the green canvas tent. I watch her with one eye through the mesh door of my tent as she trots around a [...]
With the biggest advertising day of the year behind us, the AQ’s Laura Brown asks why young people are so obsessed with certain brands As people across North America wind down after one of the most anticipated sporting events in the world, some advertisers are tickled pink. After all, the ads they [...]
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When Khairunnisa Intiar was 15, her family moved to Sanaa, the capital city of Yemen. Her father was working as a diplomat in the Indonesian Embassy. They stayed in the country until Intiar was almost 18. She experienced Yemen before the revolution and protests, known as the Arab Spring movement, began just over a year [...]
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I won’t sugar coat it, I spend a disgusting amount of time in classrooms. I’m trying to finish four majors, spanning two degrees at the same time. In order to pull this off I spend a lot of time dashing up and down the hill between both the University of New Brunswick and St. Thomas. [...]
Continue reading …With the Penn State football scandal hanging over the world of elite sports, many are decrying the prominence put on athletics. At numerous institutions sport is raised high above the level playing field most mortals must be content with. Athletes are given special privileges on campuses and so, it seems, are coaches. This, however, is [...]
Continue reading …Check for smoke ALARMS It seems like a no-brainer, but sometimes when you’re actually looking at a place, you don’t always remember safety. Make sure the smoke alarms are strategically placed, and working. And while on the topic of fire safety, ask to check out the electrical breakers. Make sure there aren’t sparks every time [...]
Continue reading …Is it because there are too many of us, or too much going to too few? In a small province located in the northern hemisphere, there sits just over 750,000 people. For the most part, these people live a good life, with access to clean water, food, education and electricity. Most are English-speaking, but a [...]
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When she returned to her homeland this summer, Makedonia Koutsoumpeli saw firsthand what happens when middle-class expectations shatter overnight, and outlines why New Brunswick should see itself in the Greek crisis. Her face is pushed against the shield of a burly armed officer. A chain of riot police officers keeps the crowd away from Parliament [...]
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It’s inevitable – university students are saying good-bye to their beloved educational institutions carrying a heavier burden than ever before. With the average debt level at $37,000 for Atlantic Canadian scholars, it’s no wonder the idea of leaving your alma mater may leave some with a panic attack. Like Tiffany Doucet. She’s a recent graduate [...]
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Thirty minutes outside of Kiryat Shmona, a northern city in Israel, the winding roads of the Golan Heights begin. They cut through vineyards, fields and orchards. Before the 1967 war, all of these fields were a part of Syria. Now they’re under Israeli occupation. As one field ends another begins. One field, however, is not [...]
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For Val Johnstone, coming to STU was an accident. The first year student from Harpswell, Maine was touring UNB when she stumbled upon the tiny liberal arts school at the top of the hill. “The people here were so great and they were putting such an emphasis on humanities and the importance of making a [...]
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It was 2 a.m. on a quiet, normal Friday. I was up later than usual and decided to check news on the internet one more time before I went to bed. Then I saw it – breaking news, a huge earthquake hit Miyagi prefecture. At that point, it was magnitude 7.9. Later, it was [...]
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