by Zoey Duncan
When people are hungry, they eat. For vegetarians, solving that recurring hunger problem on campus can seem tougher than biting into a broiled slab of tofu.
While diets vary, some people will adopt the vegetarian label, and continue to eat fish, while others will eschew all animal-derived edibles – including honey and food dyes [...]

by Selina Renfrow
Love can bite. Sometimes in a good way, other times in a bad way. I’m not talking hickeys here. We’re out of high school and sucking on the neck is about as cool as it is to proclaim that Twilight is the best movie of all time. I’m talking aggression mixed with passion [...]

by Gabrielle Domanski
Since its induction into academics, women’s studies has been a course that has had its fair share of criticisms. However, at Mount Royal, it is one of the first courses within the humanities department to completely fill-up, with many students taking positions on waitlists in hopes of attaining entry.
According to Jennifer Pettit, chair [...]

by Megan Darragh
A brightly coloured control panel glows green and blue in the dimly lit room. Two young girls are sitting huddled together around a microphone exchanging
witty comments and comical
stories. A large digital clock above them on the wall flashes down the minutes until the end of a long and tiring shift.
Kalista Antoniuk, 19, and [...]

by Megan Darragh
Through the mess of exams, payments, and trying to maintain
a social life, students can easily get run off their feet. Throw a little one in the mix and things just got a lot more complicated.
Holy Linton, a 37-year-old social work diploma student at MRU, founded the Moms’ Club in September 2009. The new [...]

by Asha Siad
When Courtney Sokal, 24, and Kelby Price, 21, were showing swine flu-like symptoms last August, they had to be quarantined for a week. Fortunately, it wasn’t swine flu, but what they came down with was an idea.
While in quarantine, Sokal and Price decided to pass the time by making headbands. The two began [...]

By Katie Turner
The daunting task of waking up for an 8 a.m. class may be enough to drive any student to online classes but the computer classroom presents its own unique challenges.
For students considering taking an online course, Mount Royal has recently begun to offer a free introductory class into the world of digital education.
Initially [...]

by Selina Renfrow
February is a cold, cold month. If you’re someone who actually likes winter sports (I’m not), you can laugh in the face of the cold and have fun skiing, snowboarding, ice skating or sledding, whatever makes you happy. But those aren’t pasttimes you can do at night. Risking waiting in line for a [...]

by Megan Darragh
Wouldn’t we all love to skip the long lines at the mall, the cold bus rides or the lack of parking stalls? For years people have been happily shopping from the comfort of their own home. Nowadays, you can buy anything from your favourite pizza to your favourite outfit online without ever having [...]

Music can have an incredible impact on any part of one’s life at any moment in time. We associate certain songs with memories that have meaning to us – the music can sometimes enhance that memory. Music can raise you up with an uplifting beat or bring you right back down to earth with honest [...]