This year, students will notice an additional Copyright Fee on their accounts. The new fee is $24 per full time student, and $15 per part time student. The Copyright Fee represents the cost of Brandon University signing an agreement with Access Copyright.
Read moreSERC 101: broken condom blues
Broken condoms can certainly ruin a mood. That’s why it is super important to store and use them properly. If you store and use a condom right, it should not break. Here are a few things to remember:
Read moreApocalyptic Mozart
During my interview with Professor William P. Gordon I realized two things. The first was that he is a very friendly man. The second was that his beard was better than mine by several orders of magnitude. It imbued serious authority.
Read moreAccio “new Rowling film!”
Rowling’s wizarding world is back on the big screen! …but lacking the dynamic trio of the scar-face, the flaming ginger and the “insufferable know-it-all” whom we all know and love.
Read moreFinding a job online
Tuition, books, and living expenses add up fast, making the task of finding and securing employment during the academic year seem like an impossible challenge, especially when you have no idea where to start looking.
Read moreA bachelor’s degree in adventure
There are posters aplenty at BU which preach the possibilities inherent in a Bachelor of Arts. Professors urge you on to a Master’s Degree and your parents wonder what you can do with Philosophy. Journalism is frequently mentioned, or perhaps you can be an Art Advisor (whatever that is).
Read moreSERC 101: community resources
I am new to Brandon and I am curious about some of the resources available here. Is there a place where I can get free birth control?
Read moreIs that degree getting you a job?
The university experience is a time of learning, not simply a structure for academia. Not only are questions proposed in the formal educational setting, but also the personal lives of all participants. Luckily, there are many people that can help on the mission from unknowing to knowing and all stages in between.
Read moreWhat’s a “Building Fee”?
Like most students, September is a hard month for me. Getting back into a routine is not the only difficult part of September; September is also an incredibly expensive month. Tuition is due and the cost of textbooks adds up quickly. Of the over $4,000 I currently owe in tuition and fees, over $500 of that is in fees that students have voted to pay. Half this cost is the $250 health and dental plan (which you can opt out of if you have alternate coverage through a parent or spouse), and the rest is made up of BUSU and building fund fees, the U-Pass, the Quill Levy, CFS Fee, and WUSC fee.
Read moreThe more things change…
Welcome back. Do you feel properly welcomed? Great! I guess I can’t really leave it there, can I? No. Well, alright then. For those of you who do not already know me, my name is Emily Diehl, and I am the Editor-in-Chief of The Quill. This is my second year in the position; previously, I held the position of Assistant Editor-in-Chief during the 2011-2012 school year.
Read more‘Blank Verse’: it’s not that bad!
SPOILER ALERT! The first installment in Blank Verse, a new Canadian webseries, hit YouTube on Sunday, August 25th. A homage to William Shakespeare in many ways, the first episode – “Act I, Scene I” – held enough substance to warrant a viewing of Scene II, in my opinion.
Read more9 reasons to regret your summer
Even as the summer heat may seem to have no end, the amount of summer break remaining is slimming. With little under a week of “free time” left before classes for the 2013/2014 school year begin, questions begin to form.
Read moreBuy textbooks for less!
With each August day that slips through your fingers, September and the start of the 2013/2014 regular term nears. In addition to perhaps requiring a new fall wardrobe (budget pending, as always), every student needs textbooks for their new courses.
Read moreCanada Day and our country’s quirky history
Fireworks are customary, ice cream becomes even more succulent, beer flows, and the atmosphere is unmistakable. It is the ideal time for soaking up the sun and having that much-needed (or greatly-dreaded) family barbecue, or an afternoon on sandy shores.
Read more‘Arrested Development’ returns!
Your favourite formerly-wealthy and awkwardly-dysfunctional family has returned on Netflix in season four of Arrested Development. Starring the entire original cast, including Jason Bateman, Portia de Rossi, Will Arnett, Michael Cera and David Cross, all fifteen episodes of the season were simultaneously made available on the popular entertainment site on May 16th, 2013.
Read moreJerry Lewis out of touch with the reality of modern comedy
In an era of tremendously successful and critically-acclaimed comedic females in television, film, and stand-up comedy, it is rare that an individual as globally-renowned as Lewis would openly reject the ingenious talent and achievements in entertainment due to the gender of the performers.
Read moreA day on the job with the Canadian Animal Blood Bank
Byron doesn’t stop smiling. From the minute he rushes into the exam room of the Brandon Hills Veterinary Clinic and scrambles up onto the table, to when he makes a mad dash for the door ten minutes later, there is a permanent grin on his face, his tail happily wagging behind him. It’s a good day – he’s just given blood.
Read moreMothers’ Day: more than a gift
Remember Mothers’ Day when you were a kid? Crafts were made some amalgamation of crayons, paper, somewhat sloppy writing, glue, and sparkles, and presented to our moms (and other important women in our lives) with the utmost pride and giddiness on that day in May, the day on which we specifically pay homage to the strongest and most amazing women in our lives.
Read moreReview: Iron Man 3
WARNING: SPOILER ALERT! Marvel’s suave, witty, playboy, genius billionaire philanthropist has hit the big screen again in Iron Man 3. Notably darker and more intense, the film provides social commentary on the influence of publicity and the Western fear of anti-American ideologies and terrorism while painting the seemingly-infallible and utterly-charming Tony Stark in a new and more humbling light.
Read moreJob hunting 101
For those of you not attending spring or summer session, the school year has come to a close. Although the weather hasn’t improved much yet, hopefully it will soon.
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