The Dalhousie Gazette

Usually diss tracks are global phenoms, but the beef between thedottedline and Drake is happening in your local park. At 2 p.m. in the Halifax Common, Kyle Folk Roche, also known as thedottedline, gathered friends, family and Instagram followers to film a music video for his song “Coyote Print (We On Dat Ass)”, a diss track against fellow Canadian rapper Drake. On a beautiful, sunny Sunday afternoon, Roche and his posse spread out on the lush grass.

The landscape of collegiate sports is changing in Canada. Tempted by the allure of a fresh start with a new team, students are beginning to enter the transfer portal more regularly. Athletes like Ben Power, a basketball player at the University of New Brunswick, have been temporarily transferring from Atlantic University Sport for opportunities in the Atlantic Collegiate Athletic Association. AUS is the Atlantic division of U Sports, the highest-level Canadian collegiate athletics league.

Few shows are as joyfully weird as Glee. The show, about a misfit high school choir, dedicated a whole episode to a grilled cheese sandwich that vaguely resembled Jesus Christ. In another episode, a cheerleader co-hosts a talk show with an ecstasy-addicted cat. There was even an episode where a gas leak in the choir room causes a student to hallucinate his classmates as puppets. Real generation-defining stuff, and if we’re lucky, it’ll be back on our screens soon enough.

Dalhousie University’s MacEachen Institute of Public Policy and Governance held its first Policy Matters panel in four years on Sept. 18, with experts discussing the uncertainty of energy in Nova Scotia. The talk, titled Energy Policy in Nova Scotia: Offshore wind, oil crisis, and future technologies, took place at the Pier, a harbourfront venue in Halifax.

King’s Students’ Union interim president, Olivia Chaput, will not run for president at the union’s by-elections in early October. Chaput took office on Sept. 20 after the union’s former president, Gail VanAmburg, stepped down due to health concerns, reducing the KSU executive team to only two people, with three executive positions vacant. “It’s important that people understand that I’m not doing this for myself,” she says.

Dalhousie University held its 16th annual Mawio’mi on Sept. 29, bringing together people from across Mi’kma’ki and Canada to celebrate Mi’kmaw and Indigenous cultures. Moved inside due to rain, the event was held in the McInnes Room in the Dalhousie Student Union Building, with more than 200 people gathered for food, dancing and drumming with Indigenous vendors and educational booths at the free event. “It’s absolutely wonderful.

The Dalhousie Student Union has approved $250,000 to renovate the space behind the Student Union Building’s front desk. The renovations are intended to turn the area into a space students and societies can book for meetings and other events. It’s one of five recent SUB reno projects, with a total approved budget of nearly $717,000.

Chartwells now manages half of the Student Union Building’s food vendors, after taking over the Abstract Café, the building’s last student-run vendor. Chartwells also manages Burrito Loco and the Market, a convenience store that opened its doors last year. The other three food vendors — Tim Hortons, Booster Juice and Bento Sushi — are all franchises.

The Dalhousie Student Union’s executive team has set goals for the academic year, focusing on reconnecting students with the union and addressing campus and community concerns. The president and three vice-presidents presented their goals for the fall and winter terms to the DSU’s council on Sept. 14, along with metrics to evaluate if they achieve them.

Homecoming gave the Dalhousie University students a taste of victory in their first preseason game at the new Oulton-Stanish Centre. The Dalhousie Tigers defeated the Université de Moncton 3-2 in a preseason overtime game on Sept. 26. Goaltender Carter Richardson made 49 saves in the win, backstopping the Tigers to their first preseason victory. The team went 1-1-1 through their three exhibition games. “It makes you feel proud to be here,” says Jon Greenwood, Dalhousie Tigers men’s head coach.