Part 01.

/kəlt/

noun

a misplaced or excessive admiration for a particular person or thing. “a cult of personality surrounding the leaders”

synonyms:

obsession with, fixation on, mania for, passion for

Definition Number 2:

a system of religious veneration and devotion directed toward a particular figure or object. “the cult of St. Olaf”

part 02. introducing the fucking x- ring.

Silver or gold and sizing-dependent, the rings cost from $585 to $1,500.

Students ready their wallets, and at each shop, there is a line

Note: everything is vastly overpriced and dependent on a single concept : taking all of our money. In my case, as an aboriginal student, this institution took the governments money. Thank the fuck or I would have dipped long ago.

St. FX President Kent MacDonald to become New President and CEO of Michigan’s Northwood University

“We want to see our friends,” says Rachel Martin, a fifth-year forensic psychology student leaning over the barricade. “Normally, no, we wouldn’t put up with this.”

 “The culture has become both a strength and weakness of the school, which attracts students and breeds politicians and business owners, but has also hurt its reputation and compelled the school to defend itself. As Maclean’s explored the party scene, students said they were looking for a tight-knit university, and X marked the spot.”

“…a third-year nursing student from Cape Breton, whose brother is studying to become a priest in Sao Paulo, says, “I’m here to get an education, is what I’m here for.”

The culture at StFX has bred people-persons: Conservative MP Lisa Raitt, former prime minister Brian Mulroney, Veterans Affairs Minister Seamus O’Regan, and former Nova Scotia premier Rodney MacDonald are alumni, as is Gerald Schwartz, the ONEX CEO married to Heather Reisman, the CEO of Indigo Books and Music. (A local restaurant owner even trains students on how to conduct themselves during dinner or lunch interviews—do not order poppy seed dressing that can get stuck in one’s teeth.) Comedian Gerry Dee and author Alistair MacLeod have also donned the X-Ring.

so no fucking poppy seed dressing. GOOD FUCKING LORD. not the poppy seed! *cries*

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