Sydney, N.S. Shivam Sadana Elections were bigger than ever this year, with dozens of candidates running, and with more than a thousand voters. Samual Shaji will be taking over as the Executive Vice President (EVP) of the Students’ Union from May 2019, having won the seat with an impressive 912 votes. We sat down with … Continue reading
Sydney, N.S. Daniel Boutilier It looks like we still have a few more weeks until Spring arrive in earnest, but this weekend – as it does every year – will bring with it a sea of green, at least inside residence rooms and local Sydney watering holes. Green beer, green clothing, and this year for … Continue reading
Sydney, N.S. Robert Lovell Juwel Jacob, co-founder of the CBU Indian Society, wants to help students new to Cape Breton find part-time employment. “Basically, it’s help for anything, but it’s a mentorship for when they complain about not having jobs or something like that, we would like to help them and tell them what is … Continue reading
Sydney, Nova Scotia Shivam Sadana Enactus Cape Breton University came together in July of 2018 and has been engaging students in various projects that benefit not only the community but also the environment. It is a student-run volunteer organisation that initiates projects which are created to empower the community based on that community’s needs, which … Continue reading
Buenos Aires, Argentina Daniel Boutilier “Permiso Permiso Permiso” And then we’re off the crowded bus and onto a narrow side street, picking our way single-file across the sidewalk; old cobblestones covered here and there with makeshift planks where they’d fallen into disrepair. Horns honk to tell you that their intention is to pass through the … Continue reading
Robert Lovell, Sydney Suvir Singh’s Election Report: At the SRC Meeting Friday, the man in charge of running the Students’ Union Election gave his election report. As the Chief Reporting Officer (CRO), Suvir Singh’s job was to ensure the elections were run in a fair manner in accordance to the CBUSU Elections Act. This proved … Continue reading
Robert Lovell, Sydney President David Dingwall was in India this week. Photos from the trip are up on the CBU site. While there, President Dingwall made an appearance on Daily Ajit, a Punjabi news show. He discussed the international experience at CBU, and in particular the nature of students from the Punjab region of India. … Continue reading
Shivam Sadana, Sydney Wi-fi coverage expected to be boosted by the end of March. Wi-fi has been the latest problem for the students as they face slow speed in certain places. To get what is going on in the campus, we talked with the Chief information officer, Debbie Rudderham and manager of the IT services, … Continue reading
Inverness, N.S. Tim Martendale CBUSU to introduce new “Domestic Student Representative” ahead of October By-Elections, cites “lack of representation for students hailing from the Western Hemisphere.” Plastered on every available surface in the CBU cafeteria are campaign posters, featuring a wide selection of hopeful candidates; one thing you’ll be hard-pressed to find, however, is the … Continue reading
Sydney, N.S. Shivam Sadana Deepkiran Kaur Chahal, taking her Post-Baccalaureate Diploma in Supply Chain Management, is one of three candidates running for President of the Students’ Union. She told us that when she came here in September, she met a lot of students who were facing hard times; for instance, with getting proper accommodation. Chahal … Continue reading
