BY: ALEX BROWN For $150 a month, recent undergrad Michael Jeffery claims one corner of a horse paddock at the foot of British Columbia’s Mount Paul in Kamloops, rented out by a local farmer for his yurt. As a student of…
Music education is more than an aid to academics, it’s essential to the human experience
BY: CAROLINE ROLF It is no secret that public music education needs a revamp. I have been thinking this since my first music class in public elementary school – each student in my grade three classroom was handed a shiny…
It’s time to stop pretending college is the key to a well-paying job
BY: ADRIAN SMITH There’s still a lot of value in attending college or university these days, but not in the same way it used to be. Not in terms of earning good money by landing a well-paying job, the way…
A Texas design student built a tiny house to shelter his broke student ass and live debt-free
BY: MATTHEW CHIN Design student Joel Weber is a third-year university student who found that living near campus was unaffordable, costing upwards of $800 per month in rent. In Texas, the average tuition at Weber’s university, the University of Texas…
Student co-op housing is lightening the weight of crippling debt
BY: DANIEL KORN Common wisdom dictates that when it comes to institutionalized post-secondary education, you get what you give. It’s the time to open yourself to new experiences, knowledge, and people, so it’s no surprise that students often find that…