Sarah Ratchford

Did you know Student Union elections started on Friday?

I did, but probably only because it’s my job to know that. Many students on campus seem to be unaware of the fact, and this year, it’s not all their fault.

Valentines Day, that crummy, sickeningly commercialized consumer holiday is on Sunday.

Sure, some of you may like Valentines Day, and why not? You get to have sex (hopefully), eat chocolate and cuddle. What’s wrong with that?
To find out, refer to the first sentence of this article.

Your obnoxious alarm jolts you awake on a Monday morning.

You leap out of bed and run across the room to smash it off. You stumble across the hall and into the shower to wake up, then you get out and ponder what to wear.

Over 30 residence halls across the Maritimes are participating in a competition to conserve energy, and so far, UNB is dominating.

Ah, the age of online social networking. Phone calls are a thing of the past, and the idea of actually showing up in physical form to visit someone is even more archaic.

Dj Bones is the self-described black sheep of the DJ world on the east coast. Marc Leblanc, aka DJ Bones, is a long time champion of indie music here in the Atlantic region of Canada; he runs the infamous Indie Pop Night events in cities throughout the Maritimes.

Here in Canada, a university education is supposed to be available to everyone, as universities are public institutions. The category of ‘everyone’ includes men, women, international students, and people with disabilities.