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Introducing Essence Dance Troop Campus 

Introducing Essence Dance Troop

The Essence Dance Troop is a newly formed contemporary-style dance group at Vanier College. To learn more about them, I sat-in on one of their Wednesday evening practices to interview the choreographer and coach, Vailea Parris, and Essence dance members Analisa Lepore, Eva Pucella, Alexia Fagnani, and Anastasia Bombakos. Here is what I learned: After searching online and finally ‘’stumbling across’’ an application to be a Vanier College dance coach, Vailea applied and got the job! Now as coach and choreographer of the Essence dance troop, Vailea’s main role is…

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The Sudan Crisis News 

The Sudan Crisis

Over 150,000 dead. Over 375,000 starving. Approximately 12 million displaced. That is the scale of the civil war in Sudan. The human brain cannot physically compute and understand such a magnitude of suffering. And yet, even as the conflict continues to claim victims in such unfathomable lengths of death and destruction, it is highly likely you have not heard much about it at all. Obviously, to even begin to understand the implications and scale of a conflict, some historical and geopolitical knowledge is needed. Sudan is no exception. In 1989,…

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