Former MRU student hosts local Jazz Jam
by Michael Bull The Reflector In 2005, Matt Doherty was working at Broken City when a new weekly showcase featuring some of Calgary’s best and brightest young jazz musicians reignited his love of music....
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Quest to create viral video motivates Calgary band
by Therese Schultz The Reflector Oh, Lenore! who hail from Calgary can be described as a capricious hodgepodge of funky indie-rock with some audibles taken out of the punk, jazz and pop genres. Oh,...
Play this: Jack’s Road
by Lynne Hogan The Reflector Influenced by the writings of the 1950’s Beat generation, alcoholism, and Calgary band The Dudes, songwriter Conrad Marion wrote “Jack’s Road,” his first original song. Written when surfacing from...
An easy how-to to save the big blue
by Marina Giannitsos The Reflector The majestic blue whale is at less than one per cent of its original numbers. The western Pacific grey whale is almost extinct, with just over 100 remaining. Not to be...
My experience with homosexuality and the Bible
by Jesse Hove Faith Columnist While my family subscribed to the classic Christian “hate the sin, not the sinner” approach, I often felt that, in practice, it was more about hating those you don’t...
Viral video gains support for gay and lesbian community
by Kian Sumalpong The Reflector With one simple YouTube video, numerous lives are being changed around the world. The “It Gets Better” video has now gone viral and it’s part of a worldwide movement...
Breathe in, blow… in
by Vanessa Redux Sex Columnist A post-secondary education is an achievement that you will be able to call upon for the rest of your days. This may also be said about other skills you...
Egyptian revolution impacts class at MRU
by Dr. Nancy-Angel Doetzel Guest Columnist Having opportunities in my classes to discuss the Egyptian revolution by framing this uprising within sociological theories and ideologies reminds me of why I am so passionate about...
Eradicate SquirrelMail
Ah, noble SquirrelMail. Since the turn of the millennium, the open-source system has been providing acceptable, free email services to users across the Internet. Mount Royal adopted it around 2005 because it was the...
Malcolm Gladwell to add to Legacy of Ideas
by Bryan Weismiller News Editor Some people would sound crazy trying to connect Saturday Night Live with German philosophy — not Malcolm Gladwell. The bestselling author will be presenting his unique ideas at the...
