By The Cadre Before reading our report cards, check out our rubric here. The grade and explanation of each executive report card is the collective opinion of The Cadre team. Jose Gonzalez Grade: A+ Throughout this first semester, Jose’s efforts […]
By The Cadre Before reading our report cards, check out our rubric here. The grade and explanation of each executive report card is the collective opinion of The Cadre team. Ayomikun Oguntola Grade: B+ Despite the challenges this semester, Ayomikun […]
By The Cadre Before reading our report cards, check out our rubric here. The grade and explanation of each executive report card is the collective opinion of The Cadre team. Malak Nassar Grade: B+ Vice President Academic and External (VPAX) […]
The team of executives elected and hired for this school year have been keen on improving student’s experience and maintaining a positive environment throughout many difficult challenges. This year has been different than any other before so judging the executive […]
By: The Cadre Are you new to campus? Are you returning, but still trying to find your way around campus? The Cadre has some tips and tricks to help you thrive this year at UPEI! All these suggestions come from […]
By: Semi Usiade The director of UPEI’s new doctor of psychology program, Stephen Butler, sits inside his new office in Memorial Hall, UPEI. (Semi Usiade) Without a place for students to train in psychology at the doctorate level, many students […]
By: Kai Vere The UPEI Cheerleading team practices their routine at the North Shore Community Centre in York. The routine will be performed at upcoming CheerExpo national championships in Halifax, where they broke provincial records last year with their second […]
By: Chelsea Perry Students will be voting today and tomorrow on whether or not to create a $4.20 levy, charged to students per academic year, to continue the Aspiria program. (UPEI photo) Today and tomorrow, the UPEISU will be holding […]
By: Colin Doran John Ployer is the VP Finance of the UPEISU. A recently leaked memo has revealed that Ployer spent $25,000 on character outfits for the game Fortnite. The purchase was hidden from council under the guise of a […]
By: Sylvanna Jackson Many of us black students felt that sometimes we do not belong or have had direct encounters with racism. (Photo by Edutopia) For a student at UPEI, the highlights for the month of February are the widely anticipated […]
By: Chelsea Perry Alpha Psi Nu, an independent fraternity at UPEI, was denied society ratification by the UPEISU on February 10, 2019, citing concerns with party culture and hazing. (Photo by Mike Needham/UPEI) At February 10th’s UPEISU council meeting, news broke […]
By: Allison O’Brien Master of Science student Laura Young weighs an ingredient that will aide in detecting senescent cells in skeletal muscle cross-sections at the Health Sciences Building at UPEI on February 7, 2019. (Allison O’Brien) Laura Young says two […]
By: Allison O’Brien CHARLOTTETOWN — The 2019 worldwide NIBS case competition will be hosted at the University of Prince Edward Island during the reading week break, the university confirmed Thursday. The prestigious competition will bring 16 undergraduate students from around the […]
By: Tony Davis Professor Nola Etkin poses outside her office in the K.C. Irving Chemistry Centre at UPEI. Etkin has been part of advancing LGBTQ2S+ rights in P.E.I. since her arrival in 1997. (Tony Davis) Nola Etkin is part of […]
Love, the kind you clean up with a mop and bucket. (Popaukropa/Adobe Stock) Sometimes I struggle to get in the mood for sex. I was wondering if aphrodisiacs actually work, and if so, what should I try? It’s true that certain […]
By: Yakosu Umana Daniel Ohaegbu from Overtime Entertainment works on a project for the events and entertainment management group on Jan. 31. (Yakosu Umana) Daniel Ohaegbu and his friends sat around thinking about what they could do to make P.E.I. feel more […]
By: Allison O’Brien The UPEISU Council meets every second Sunday evening in the Don and Marion MacDougall Hall building at UPEI to discuss SU services and how to better represent the interests of students. (File Photo/Allison O’Brien) The UPEISU Council […]
By: Allison O’Brien Master of Science student Tarteela Alkayyali looks down at a microfluidics system at the Sustainable Design Engineering building at UPEI on Thursday, February 7, 2019. (Allison O’Brien) Tarteela Alkayyali is searching for a new way to extract […]
By: Tony Davis Brian Affouan stands outside Bill and Denise Andrew Hall, the campus residence where he is staying for his first year at UPEI. Next year he hopes to move off campus. (Tony Davis) Brian Affouan moved to P.E.I. […]
By: Allison O’Brien Are you in favour of the proposed changes to the UPEI Student Union Constitution? (Good Studio/Adobe Stock) Tomorrow and on Wednesday students will login to MyUPEI’s Simply Voting platform to elect three new executives to lead the […]
By: The Cadre Editorial Board When there are only three students willing to compete in an election to lead the SU, there are fewer ideas and conversations taking place around the policies and overall direction of the organization. (Dale Crosby-Close/Adobe […]
By: Thomas Becker Karla Yepez is a third-year guard and a Faculty of Arts student from Quito, Ecuador. (Thomas Becker) She may not be the best scorer or the best rebounder, but what Karla Yepez brings in intangibles outweighs all […]
By: Tony Davis A Toyota truck makes its way down Queen Street during Wednesday’s snowstorm, which shut down educational institutions across the province. (Tony Davis) Sara MacDonald is a first year Holland College student. She said she enjoys snow days because she […]
By: Chelsea Perry Aspiria is a student assistance program that provides a 24/7 support call centre, online resources, self-help tools, and options for referral to community-based professionals. (Harvard Business Review) Back in September, the UPEISU launched their partnership with Aspiria, […]
By: Allison O’Brien The food bank opened yesterday in the former Mickey’s Place coffee kiosk. (Allison O’Brien) University students are not typically considered to be high priority when it comes to hunger relief resources in Canada. However, a 2014 Food […]
By: The Cadre Editorial Board Before reading our report cards, check out our rubric here. Looking for another report card? Find them here: President (here), Vice President Academic and External (here), and Vice President Finance (here). Sarah MacEachern Grade: A There […]
By: The Cadre Editorial Board Before reading our report cards, check out our rubric here. Looking for another report card? Find them here: President (here), Vice President Academic and External (here), and Vice President Student Life (here). John Ployer Grade: C […]
By: The Cadre Editorial Board Before reading our report cards, check out our rubric here. Looking for another report card? Find them here: President (here), Vice President Finance (here), and Vice President Student Life (here). Emma Drake Grade: A This year’s […]
By: The Cadre Editorial Board From left to right: Vice-President Academic and External Emma Drake, Vice-President Student Life Sarah MacEachern, Vice-President Finance John Ployer, President William McGuigan. (UPEI) In mid-March, a new crop of executives were elected and hired, keen […]
By: Allison O’Brien The Fox and Crow’s peppermint mocha versus Tim Horton’s candy cane mocha. (Allison O’Brien) It feels like just days since I reviewed the Tim Hortons and Fox and Crow PSL. That was back in October, when I […]
By: Tony Davis Parking passes are sold at UPEI for $118 but do not guarantee the pass holder a space. (Allison O’Brien) It’s minus thirty. The dead of winter. You have a 10 am class. You barely got out of […]
By: Allison O’Brien In Atlantic Canada, several universities such as Dalhousie, Saint Mary’s University, the University of New Brunswick, Acadia, Mount Saint Vincent University, and St. Thomas University have all adopted the Fall Reading Week. The concept isn’t currently being […]
By: Allison O’Brien Bill and Denise Andrew Hall was built in 2005 and received it’s first occupants in 2006. The building houses approximately 167 students every year. (Shelley Ebbett/UPEI) A new 260-bed residence will be coming to UPEI, the government […]
By: Allison O’Brien This past week, while students were busy completing assignments and voting in municipal elections, UPEI’s Campus Kids daycare was hard at work collecting food donations to give to the campus food bank. The Campus Kids daycare filled […]
By: Chelsea Perry Exec Reports Emma Drake, Vice President Academic and External, spoke briefly on her recent trip to Egypt with UPEISU President Will McGuigan and President Alaa Abd-El-Aziz. They were visiting the UPEI campus that opened recently in Cairo, […]
By: Bryce Doiron Students lined up on Nov. 1 to get out the vote, a campaign that encouraged university and college students to vote in their municipal elections. Elections P.E.I. officials were stationed at Holland College and UPEI on Nov. 1 […]
By: Allison O’Brien A new service may be offered at UPEI as early as January 4, 2019. The service is called Panther Patrol, a shuttle service that would offer UPEI students a safe drive to places such as the grocery […]
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