I wish I could begin this article with, “the blogosphere is alight with chatter about…” but that would be an exaggeration. However, there is a fairly busy comment feed on an Edmonton Journal story about a feature published by the University of Alberta’s campus paper, the Gateway, on March 4.
If you want to read the [...]

If you’ve ever been camping in the mountains, you would have seen signs plastered around that say, “Don’t feed the bears,” and warn against leaving food around your campsite.
However, I don’t think you have to live in Canada to know that you shouldn’t feed a bear.
Apparently 47-year-old Tracy Weiler was never informed about the dangers [...]

Watching the Oscars Sunday night with some of my closest peeps we came to a stellar revelation. The refreshing idea that either a black man or a woman could win an Oscar for Best Director (both a first) made for a lovely parallell for the Democratic ticket race between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.
Yes it [...]

So I’ve recently purchased a TV series on DVD, which I will try not to go into to much detail about, as my friends can attest to, I won’t stop talking about it once I get going. All I’ll say is: 21 Jump Street… watch it. Amazing.
But in the past weeks that I have been [...]

by Zoey Duncan
Campus sustainability proj-ects are visible throughout the school: the award-winning, environmentally friendly Roderick Mah Centre for Continuous Learning and the recent expulsion of Styrofoam from Wyckham House to name a few. But one student thinks that the campus could be greener, if security would give skateboarders a break.
“I’ve gotten in trouble cruising from [...]

by Kelsey Chadwick
Without a coach, any sport is difficult. It’s a coach’s job to teach an athlete how to perfect their sport, and while there may not be a lack of coaches, there’s usually a lack of great coaches. Great coaches will not only teach you about a sport but they will inspire you to be a [...]

by Pol Nikulin
For every one successful band, there seems to be an abundance of those that do not make the cut. Whether it is skill level or personality differences, bands can break up in the blink of an eye.
Nigel Befus, a 21-year-old bass player with three years of experience in the local circuit – formerly [...]

by Catherine Szabo
For 60 to 90 seconds at a time, Aquabelles such as Kristine Irwin have a unique view of the world.
It’s blue, upside-down, and, save for the constant metallic ticking sound, it’s quiet.
When it comes time to perform, the quiet will be replaced with music pumped in through an underwater speaker, but right now [...]

by Joe McFarland
Almost as soon as the Vancouver 2010 competition began, the questions started swirling about whether or not women’s hockey belonged in the Olympics. Was the field competitive enough or would it be another Canada vs. USA gold medal final?
As I write this, the Canadian women are receiving their gold medals while the Americans [...]

by Selina Renfrow
With a decade firmly under its belt, the Alberta College of Art and Design’s annual ArtaWEARness showcase shows no sign of slowing down its momentum.
For this year’s event, the ACAD Students’ Association held the wearable art fashion show for two nights at the end of February. With 16 senior art students involved, audiences [...]