Another academic year is about to begin and there is some unease in the neighbourhoods surrounding Dalhousie and the University of King's College. Neighbours wonder how much noise there will be in September or who will shut down a party on Saturday night when it's out of control? Students wonder how they will learn to live on their own. "What do I do with my garbage?", ask some. "How do I find out what goes in my green bin?"
Those are just some of the questions that neighbours and students are asking. While no one has a crystal ball and can make predictions about the kind of fall it will be, Dalhousie and King's have taken steps to educate their students about living in the community. For the fourth year, they have produced their popular guide, At Home in Halifax: A Student's Guide to Living in the Neighbourhood. The 28-page booklet contains handy information including tips on how to be a good neighbour, how to look after your garabge and recycables, how to get tenant's insurance and how to cook everything from hamburgers to French toast.
The two universities have also produced their second edition of a guide for neighbours. It contains information about how to deal with noise concerns, academic dates of significance -such as the beginning and ending of exam periods - and information on public events that neighbours can attend at King's and Dalhousie.
The two booklets will be distributed door to door by teams of students in a wide area of south peninsular Halifax during the last week of August.