So it’s official. We are all alive and well, which means we’ve made it to another new year and the beginning of a new semester. Congrats! I’m sure you made adult school look like child’s play.
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I’ve heard that STIs can’t be cured…is this true?
This is an excellent question, one with an answer that many people struggle to understand. An STI (short for sexually transmitted infection) is an infection that you can get from having any kind of sex (oral, anal, vaginal) with an infected partner. An STI can be caused by bacteria, parasites, or a virus. Some STIs can be cured, while others cannot.
Read moreCoping with Stress: try deep breathing
When you are stressed out, it can be difficult to feel as if you are in control of anything. The exams, essays, projects, and presentations have piled up from nearly four months of procrastination and denial. Focusing on a single task can appear to be impossible – but there is one undertaking that can change the way you live your life.
Read moreHow Not to Get Sick this Winter
It is never fun to get sick, especially at this time of year with final exams roaring around the corner and holiday parties and get-togethers in the coming up in the next few weeks.
Read moreHelping out at Helping Hands
In Manitoba, the child poverty rate alone sits at an astounding 20.9%, with 5,000 more children living in poverty now than in 2005. As a result, charitable organizations like Brandon’s Helping Hands Centre act a vital part in the lives of many local Brandonites, both during the festive season and year-round.
Read moreInternational Student Recruitment at BU
International students are hugely beneficial to Canada. They contribute to our economy and our diversity, and they fill labour gaps in our workforce. Economically, international students contributed $8 billion to our GDP in 2011; the GDP contribution would be $40 billion if we filled labour market vacancies that currently exist by naturalising our international students.
Read moreClub Feature: VCF
Brandon University’s Varsity Christian Fellowship is a group of Christian students who get together to celebrate their faith with other students in a fun, safe environment. The group meets every Thursday in the Education Building.
Read moreJingle Rush
It’s that time of year again: the time of year where everyone is overwhelmingly nice to each other in the most superficial of manners, where annoying music is played over a thousand different times in a thousand different ways over the radios, and where fat men with giant sacks of various goods attempt to break into your home and leave you gifts.
Read moreInternational Student Recruitment at BU
Brandon University should develop a comprehensive plan to recruit international students. Most Canadian universities have internationalized their student enrolment management plan to include student recruitment in non-traditional foreign countries.
Read moreLetter to the Editor: Collective Funding
Dear Editor: In regards to last week’s article on Collective funding, I wanted to add a few more points that were not addressed, as well as state my opinion on the matter, being a member of the current Women’s Collective.
Read moreAn Interview with Left of Centre
Originally hailing from Hamiota, Manitoba, Left of Centre would to many as a small town prairie band. Upon first listen, however, the case is quite the opposite. With sounds that are greatly reminiscent of Foo Fighters, Three Days’ Grace, Thornley, and Seether, the band maintains a traditional grunge-band sound for the modern age.
Read moreClub Feature: BUABS
There is a new club on campus! The Brandon University Anti-Bullying Society is roaming the campus and surrounding communities, raising awareness about bullies, and bullying. BUABS members are willing to talk with anyone on campus or in the community about how anti-bullying awareness can be better accomplished.
Read moreIn Pictures: Mental Health Week
From November 13th to 16th Brandon University and BUSU hosted a Mental Health Week, in collaboration with many other organizations. Here are just a few highlights from the week!
Read moreAn Interview with the BU Chemistry Club
This week I had the pleasure of interviewing the President of the Brandon University Chemistry Club, Emiliya Mamleeva. The Chemistry Club has been working hard this year to reach out to students in their department as well as other student groups on campus.
Read moreTaking an Energy Break
I was sent away to the strange and foreign Health Studies building to attend an energy break workshop. What is an energy break, one might ask? I will tell you.
Read moreHalo without Bungie: worth it?
Halo 4 marks the beginning of a brand new trilogy for everyone’s favourite genetically enhanced super soldier. Iconic developer and Halo creator Bungie has moved on to new horizons, and Microsoft has replaced them with their own Halo-specific division known as 343 Industries. While this move may make many dedicated fans apprehensive, after extensive play this reviewer feels it is safe to say that Halo is in capable hands.
Read moreCounselling Services at BU
Counselling services are a vital resource available to students at Brandon University. Located on the main floor of the A.E. Mackenzie Building in the Student Services office, two counsellors are accessible to students.
Read moreThe Orange Violin (no relation to the Red)
Most of the offices in the Queen Elizabeth II building have varying amounts of eclectica on the walls, on the floor, on the desk. Usually, a carefully-maintained piano graces the room: in the larger offices, one or even two grand pianos; in the smaller ones, a single upright. There is, most of the time, a window, more often than not semi-obscured by a tree.
Read moreAn Interview with The Balconies
Most recently, I was given the opportunity to interview an Ottawa based rock trio called the Balconies. Unsure of what to expect, I agreed, hoping to find answers to life’s more challenging question. And, although these questions were skipped, other intriguing questions were answered in their place.
Read moreLest We Forget
The importance of Remembrance Day has lost its meaning for too many people, becoming a routine day off work and school with questions frequently left unanswered. What is Remembrance Day all about and what relevance does it have in today’s society? Why do we wear a poppy at this time of year? In search of answers to these questions, this week I spent an hour at the Royal Canadian Legion No. 3 speaking with a NATO veteran and an active member of the Canadian Forces. It was in that hour that I learned more about the sacrifices that our military members make than I ever could by attending a Remembrance Day service.
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