By Reflector Staff
From Oct. 28 to Nov. 1, the staff of The Reflector attended the 88th annual Associated Collegiate Press conference in Austin, Texas.
Along with coming back with an abundance of knowledge to improve The Reflector, the staff came back with three awards in hand.
The first recognition came in the form of honourable mention for [...]

After a dominating showing at the Ranger Elite Cougar Classic Oct. 15-17, including a 105-26 trouncing of St. Mary’s University College, the Cougars women’s basketball team is looking to start the regular season off with a bang.
With a very impressive 26-point outing on Oct. 12, new recruit Rochelle Thoutenhoofd made her mark on the ACAC [...]

By Robert Strachan & Julie C. Vincent
The EnCana Wellness Centre made 1,200 seasonal flu vac­cinations available on Mount Royal University’s campus over the week of Oct. 19 to 23, but they will not be providing vac­cines for the H1N1 strain of in­fluenza.
Health Canada announced on Oct. 19 that they have already shipped millions of doses [...]

Jeanette Lynes is a Canadian-born author who has written five collections of poetry and, more recently, released her first novel. The book, titled The Factory Voice, is a fictional story of four women working in a military factory.
In addition to being a writer, Lynes teaches at St. Francis Xavier University in Nova Scotia and co-edits [...]

Mount Royal will be providing seasonal flu vaccinations on campus from Monday Oct. 19 to Friday Oct. 23.
 
The vaccinations will occur from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in room U216 in the EnCana Wellness Centre in Mount Royal University. The seasonal flue vaccine is different from the H1N1 flu vaccine, which is not yet available. [...]

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This weekend albeit a little chilly did not stop the Cougars soccer teams from dominating on the pitch. On Oct. 11 both teams had domineering wins over Lethbridge College, with the women taking their match 8-0 and the men taking their match 6-0. Players of the game were Rachelle McConaghy and Charlie Beaulieu. The [...]

By Kim Suvan
The Reflector
On Oct. 15 author Robert Arthur Alexie, former chief of one of the most northernly ab­original peoples living on the North American continent, will be bringing his tale of the hearts and lives of characters affected by residential school abuse to Mount Royal University.
Alexie is a former Gwich’in Chief of the Fort [...]

After just two weeks in their new roles, the SAMRU Students’ Council have eagerly put the wheels in motion to shape the future policies, bylaws and direction of the Students’ Association.

On Oct. 5, council members joined committees to review the SAMRU by­laws and review the election poli­cies. They have also consolidated a general group [...]

They say a picture is worth a thousand words, but isn’t it nicer to have writers create pictures for you?
WordFest is back in town for a six-day run Oct. 13-18, and director Anne Green is excited about this year’s celebration of the power of language.
“This is going to be a totally fabulous fest,” says Green. [...]

Word of Mouth
Thursday, Oct. 15 @ 9:30 p.m.
Vertigo Theatre Centre Studio
$20/ticket
Authors including Roland Pemberton, Kris Demeanor, and Alexis O’Hara attempt to marry the written word with music provided by the WordFest House Band.
Alberta Bound: Wild Rose Writers
Thursday, Oct. 15 @ Noon
Art Gallery of Calgary
$8/ticket
Michael Davie and other Albertan writers share their works in “mystery, politics, [...]