Why do we binge drink? How else could university students tell each other ‘I love you, man!’
It’s 10 o’clock on a Friday night. The room is dark and the music, loud. You feel excited and nervous at the same time. There could be shots, drinking games – whatever it takes to get as high as you can as fast as you can. You’re aware of your surroundings, yet there’s a [...]
University. It’s a new beginning, a fresh start. It’s a chance to leave behind the mistakes you might have made, a chance to reinvent yourself. No one in this new school or town knows your family or your situation or your past. You are free (for a while at least). So you go and pick [...]
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Every time an election rolls around, people begin to ask why youth don’t vote. People who no longer fall into the category of youth become obsessed with why youth aren’t engaged in politics. There are countless articles in papers across the country, experts on the evening news, and endless projects aimed at engaging youth. But [...]
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With growing female enrolment, universities are wondering how to attract men VICTORIA (CUP) — When Cory Dohlen entered the first year of his primary education practicum, he was shocked that there were five other men in his class of 29 — not because there were so few boys, but because there were so many. Dohlen’s [...]
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Do schools serve the individual or the greater good? BURNABY, B.C. (CUP) — Universities are in the midst of a crisis. Unlike so much else in the world today, it’s not a financial, staffing or ideological crisis — it’s an identity crisis. It’s the fact that nobody, not the government, not the schools and certainly [...]
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Globe and Mail ranks universities Jamie Ross – The Aquinian The Globe and Mail gave St. Thomas an A grade for student satisfaction in its university rankings released last week. STU also scored A’s in quality of education, student-faculty interaction, teaching, libraries (which it shares with UNB) and campus atmosphere. “It is gratifying that St. [...]
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