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Finishing university can be scary. Friend groups disperse, there's no more familiar structure provided by a class schedule, and often, social pressure to immediately find a job and make one's way in the adult world. But for the many students at King's who study for humanities degrees, the path forward may be scarier. There's the…
Perhaps it's inevitable that 2021 Donald R. Sobey Family Scholarship recipient Zoe Schacter-Beiles is in the Foundation Year Program (FYP) at King's. Where else would a kid from a family of philosophers go? "I grew up in a house with philosophy books everywhere and we had philosophical debates at the dinner table. I lived in a house of ideas," she explains...
Women's Basketball Two nail-biters left the Blue Devils 1-1 in their final home games of the Fall semester. In the weekend opener on Saturday afternoon against the visiting Crandall University Chargers, King's would trail after the opening quarter 15-14, before opening up in the second to lead by four at half time, 33-29. Despite pushing…
Women's Volleyball In their final home match of the fall semester, the UKC Women's team pushed past the visiting Chargers of Crandall University by a score of 3-1. The Blue Devils came out strong and captured the first set comfortably, 25-17, before enduring a rough-and-tumble second set loss 12-25. King's rediscovered their offence through quick…
Dear readers, This week in the Foundation Year Program, I'll be lecturing on 'Jesuits in China: Cross-Cultural Encounters'. The assigned readings are drawn from the Journals of Matteo Ricci: 1583-1610 and Chinese responses, positive and negative, to the Jesuit mission. Ricci (depicted above with his convert Xu Guangqi) is the most famous of the China…
King's Badminton have stayed top of the ACAA standings, securing their second consecutive tournament win of the regular season. On the road at Mount Allison University in Sackville, NB, the Blue Devils amassed 115 total points to see out the win. The hosting Mounties tallied 102 points for a second place finish, while Dal AC…
It may be hard to imagine what Harrison McCain Scholarship winners Shana Jardine and Alp Ozgoren would have in common. Jardine, from a small New Brunswick town, lives in Alexandra Hall and is fully immersed in the King’s experience through both her Foundation Year Program classes and her daily life, all on the King’s campus.…
Women's Basketball The women's team found themselves on the losing side of the scoresheet in the first installment of the UKC-MSVU rivalry series, dropping an 81-66 game on Friday night. Starting the game well, the Blue Devils carried a three point lead into the second quarter and then expanded the gap to eight before entering…
Women's Volleyball Hosting St. Thomas University just a week after their last meeting in Fredericton, the UKC Women's team took a big leap competitively, even if they failed to take the win this past weekend. In the their game on November 13, the Blue Devils struggled tremendously, dropping three consecutive sets unceremoniously and twice tallying…
