Diving into fashion head first
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...
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Election apathy — what is it good for?
by Edward Osborne There is an election coming up? Big deal. At least that seems to be the overwhelming opinion around MRU. There is literally no contest for the executive council; each open space...
All about focus
It’s a Wednesday afternoon and the temperature inside the rink is cooler than it is outside. The Mount Royal University men’s hockey team is hard at work practicing the skills they will need to...
MRU simplifies scholarship applications
by Nori Sinclair More than $2.5 million in scholarship money is now only a few clicks away for Mount Royal University students. In a move that follows five years of gradual improvements from their...
MRU one semester in
by Zoey Duncan News Editor One semester into Mount Royal’s new existence as a university, plenty of changes are underway, and many more are brewing The school has changed beyond recognition...
No fee increase planned for MRU students next fall
by Zoey Duncan While other post-secondary institutions in the province are gearing up to request tuition cap increases from the government, Mount Royal University is quietly sitting at the cap level that was supposed...
New film studio means more jobs
by Kaila Sept A new opportunity for Alberta’s film industry has been announced by Alberta’s Minister of Culture and Community Spirit, Lindsay Blackett: Calgary will be getting its own permanent film studio. This is...
Show us your spirit
Painted faces, homemade signs, t-shirts and hoodies emblazoned with MRU or a roaring Cougar and maybe even a continuous round of the wave? Add it all up and you have the recipe for MRU...
Home away from home
A lot of things are pretty new for 18-year-old Oluwafemi Ogun. Just over a year ago at the age of 17, he moved to Canada from Lagos, Nigeria, leaving his family behind. This September,...
Accessing post-secondary
Ahmed Khalil is in his first year of general business studies at Mount Royal. From the moment he was born he has only had half of his vision. For most students, getting through university...
