With music becoming a ubiquity in our society, it’s often difficult for musicians to stand out from the crowd. The Happy Pals New Orleans jazz band is changing the way we think about live performances.

With January coming to an end, February, the month of love is fast approaching. That means students will be looking for cheap ideas in which to celebrate with their Valentine.

This Valentine’s Day, instead of taking your special someone out to an expensive dinner, take them to the kitchen where you can have a great time together making your favourite comfort food… macaroni pie.

Heart pacing drums.
Deep, rumbling bass tones.
Soaring vocals, sung with conviction.
This is how Marco Galloro and Daniel Orsi, two-thirds of Indie Rock band The Midnite describe their sound.
Galloro, the band’s lead singer and guitarist, and Orsi, the bassist, are both third year Media Studies students, specializing in Public Relations.

While some students are trading in their winter boots and coats for swim suits and flip flops, others are looking at their bank statements with just a dream of escaping for Reading Week.

Reading Week is a week long break during February that colleges and universities give students as a time to catch up during the second semester. Some students that this week to read while others lounge around pools with cocktails in their hands.

It might not be native to Canada but the Rambutan fruit is gaining popularity in supermarkets nationwide. This exotic fruit is often called the ‘hairy lychee’ and can sometimes be said to resemble a sea urchin, not really appetizing, but once you overcome the red , soft, spiky outside you discover a fruit packed with yummy, juicy, sweet-sometimes tart -goodness.