Friday, March 29, 2024

Rush is an adrenaline-filled ride of intensity

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Ten years ago, sports-themed films were in demand at the box office. Movies such as Miracle and Seabiscuit focused on an underdog’s unlikely rise from obscurity to fame and glory. Academy Award-winning filmmaker Ron Howard made the boxing film Cinderella Man, which received a...

Dingus & Diligent: A Tale Of Two Students

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Let us travel to a hypothetical university campus. Here, in this parallel world, the autumn rain dampens two first year engineering students as they board a bus on the east side for their very first day of higher learning. They do not know one...

Isn’t it time you did more than just commute? How being involved can change your university experience

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As the school year comes to a close I can’t help but reflect on the year that’s passed and all of the great things that have come from my involvement on campus. I’ve heard UNBSJ be referred to as a “commuter school” so many times...

The Nature of Art of Nature: A Saint Patrick’s adventure to NBM

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March 17 was a particularly blustery Saint Patrick’s Day, which encouraged conversation over the old St. Pat’s storm superstition. The gale would come a few days later, but on Sunday morning, Uptown Saint John was quiet; only the clatter of the Irish flag outside...

Artist spotlight: Godspeed You! Black Emperor

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Based out of Montreal, QC and formed in 1994, Godspeed You! Black Emperor (GY!BE) is credited with the refinement of one of the most complex and beautiful genres in music, post rock. There are seven members of GY!BE who are all talented and diverse...

5 Tips for Gaming on a budget

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This is the last issue of The Baron for this academic year and sadly I don’t have an interesting game to review. I have finished a few games recently, but none of them offered an experience worth reviewing. Instead, I have decided to compile...

Three festivals you shouldn’t miss this summer

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FeelsGood Folly Fest (June 28 - July 1)   Sponsored by the makers of Picaroons Beer, North Hampton Brewing Company, FeelsGood Folly Fest is located in Gagetown. When a festival is sponsored by a company that makes really good beer, it can be assumed that their...

Deloitte National Leadership Conference a great opportunity for budding accountants

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Accounting students looking for a great opportunity to not only improve their leadership skills, but create networks with the second largest professional services network in the world would benefit greatly from the Deloitte National Leadership Conference. In an information session held on Tuesday, March 12,...

A farewell to my readers

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As life must move on, so must my degree. I am transferring to UNBF next year to study out the remainder of my years in my BSc. in Electrical Computer Engineering. I’d like to thank all of my readers for all of the support...