October 31, 2011 2:25 pm
Would altering the legal drinking age be a proactive measure in curbing excessive binge drinking among youth? One writer argues that the drinking age should not be lowered, while another argues that it should be lowered to 18 in all of Canada.
October 31, 2011 2:25 pm
In the past three years, Atlantic universities have seen three deaths involving alcohol. Today, university administrations are trying to create the safest environments possible, while grieving parents search for answers.
October 31, 2011 2:25 pm
Chaque année, près d’un quart des participants au Frosh ont moins de 17 ans, mais on leur promet le même accès aux soirées et événements. Portrait d’un désenchantement.
October 31, 2011 2:23 pm
For Nicole Pozer, a third-year student at St. Thomas University, one thing was clear when she moved into the Rigby Hall residence in 2009: alcohol is going to be a big part of university life.
October 31, 2011 2:26 pm
While individual provinces have different alcohol-related laws and restrictions, do alcohol sales vary geographically, too? And how much booze are we buying today, compared to generations before us?
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Not all who skip out on post-secondary are missing out
Arts
Commemorating residential school survivors through art
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UBC football player suspended for marijuana use
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MUN student’s new blog aims to help victims of sexual abuse
Arts
Edmonton filmmaker strives for horror film glory in Canadian competition
Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Junot Diaz has just released a new collection of short stories titled This Is How You Lose Her, which he read from at the International Festival of Authors (IFOA) last weekend. The Strand sat down with him to discuss his new work.
I didn’t think much of you the first time we met. I was young and ignorant and you were just amongst the other 26 letters hidden somewhere in the middle, quiet and passive. I apologize now for the way I neglected you. Remembering all of those hours wasted with vowels — those damn popular vowels.
In October 2011, 85 per cent of students who voted said yes to a redistribution of $10.35 from their tuition to help fund and support a new radio station. Despite an attempt to reclaim the 88.1 FM frequency, which included what Ryerson President Sheldon Levy called “a huge amount of work,” Radio Ryerson lost the bid.