David Swick | The Walrus

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Education / May 2022

Death 101: Life Lessons from the Country’s Only Degree Devoted to the End

April 18, 2022May 9, 2022 - by David Swick

Some first-year arts students are asked to write papers about Plato or Jane Austen; thanatology students need an existential sensibility

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For the Love of the Game

The Team, the Fan, and the Severed Toes

June 23, 2021October 18, 2021 - by David Swick

What’s a person to do when their team loses year after year? For one diehard fan, it meant chopping digits

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Fits the Bill

September 30, 2015October 13, 2020 - by David Swick

A Conservative MP switches to run for the Liberals in Cumberland–Colchester, Nova Scotia

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