MRU’s reading week
By Liam Rockliffe, Staff Writer Mount Royal University (MRU) hosts its reading week over Canadian Thanksgiving weekend. MRU was the first Albertan institution to have a reading week, with SAMRU petitioning for it since...
Category: Features
A night full of MRU Alumni stars
By Noel Ormita, Contributor The annual Outstanding Alumni Awards recognized seven alumni who continue to showcase the spirit of Mount Royal University (MRU) beyond campus grounds through their professional careers and work in the...
Generation Alpha: “Can be good, and terribly bad for too many reasons.”
By Arroy (AJ) Jacob, Staff Writer As the clock of human history continues ticking, the spotlight shifts onto a new set of cast on stage. Since the years 1997 and 2012 the spotlight was...
Mexican-Canadian director continues to rise in Calgary theatre
By James Windler, Staff Writer Javier Vilalta is riding high after a successful directorial debut at Calgary’s Vertigo Theatre. Vilalta watched on as people packed into Vertigo Theatre Thursday night to see The Strange Case...
A Haunted History: Halloween’s roots and rituals around the world
By Emma Marshall, Staff Writer When you think of Halloween, what comes to your mind first? Is it the candy, the costumes, or the scary movie marathons? This is what western Halloween is boiled...
How to fully immerse yourself in the concert experience
By Emma Duke, Features Editor If you’ve been dying to know what my bank statements look like (which, I don’t know why you would..that’s weird, but no judgment), I’ll tell you. Ticketmaster. Groceries. Ticketmaster....
Shaping a New Narrative: How One Woman is Redefining Indigenous Reconciliation through Business, Music, and Film
By Emma Marshall, Staff Writer Through her impactful music and film, Sandra Sutter has become a voice of Indigenous resilience. However, her behind-the-scenes work in the corporate world is laying the foundation for a...
What does it take to manage a team as a student?
By Arroy (AJ) Jacob, Staff Writer It’s not always easy being the student others can turn towards, to confide in, to rely on, all while keeping up with school assignments and exams. It’s not...
How being alone is important in overcoming your fears of abandonment
By Mikaela Delos Santos, Publishing Editor It feels like I’ve exhaled a great amount of my old self — the abandoned, the unloved, and the deprived parts of me, when I succumbed to the...
Scout’s honour and a government’s promise: how ‘opportunities for learning’ became generations worth of shame
By Alex Padilla, Contributor & Emma Duke, Features Editor In September 2023, Netflix released a documentary called Scouts Honor: The Secret Files of the Boy Scouts of America. The documentary paints a picture of a decades old institution...
