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 [...]

While a lot of people tend to take to the more “exciting” Olympic sports like  hockey and skeleton and skating…I’m a bit of a different cat. When I sit down with my ice cold beer and clam my Olympic sport of choice…curling.
Scotties Tournament of Hearts, The Brier, the Olympics and of course the thousands of [...]

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 Katie Turner
During the 16-day Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canadian athletes will feel the pressure of being on home-turf but according to one official, the athletes are more than ready.
Along with being a three-time Olympic rower, Roger Jackson is also the chief executive officer and director of winter sport for Own the Podium, an organization [...]

by Aisha Vance
As millions of people invade the Olympic city of Vancouver and the excitement of corporate products, sponsors and entertainment
sets in, it’s easy to forget
about the athletes that are taking part in the games.
As a former high performance athlete in synchronized swimming,
I know the effort that is put into training and preparing for big [...]

Oh why hello there dear readers. Hope all of you are doing splendidly. It’s that time again, time for another lovely suggestion of how you can possibly fill your time if you are as bored as I am.
As we are completely immersed in the digital age these days, some of you may scoff as you [...]

I’ve worked at The Reflector for a while now and I’ve never jumped on the blog train, which of course wasn’t welcomed by my boss. It was never because of a lack of effort. I would sit and think about what to blog (side note Blog isn’t recognized by Microsoft Word common Word get with [...]

While the original target audience for the wildly popular Harry Potter series may have been children, it’s clear that it
has transcend­ed the adolescent world and even made its way onto the Mount Royal campus.
Four MRU professors have contributed ac­ademic essays to a recently published book, titled Harry Potter’s World Wide Influence, which will officially launch [...]

With Tiger and Elin Woods plastered all over the latest magazines and gossip blogs (all of which are spouting the latest rumors that Elin took to Tiger’s luxury SUV with a five-iron), The Reflector would like to count down the top five sports stars and teams who have fallen from their athletic grace.
5. “Black Sox”
During [...]

Michael Jordan’s blue North Carolina shorts underneath his Bulls uniform, Tiger Wood’s red shirts, and Patrick Roy’s mental mind games with his net. These three rituals, while simple in description have a major impact on the performance of those three athletes.
Superstitions seem to pop up everywhere in the world of sports — athletes begin to [...]