By Devin Ayotte With student unemployment rates finally coming down from their highest levels in decades, the search for both part-time and summer employment has been frustrating for many. “It’s become highly specialized,” said...
By Devin Ayotte Internationally renowned journalist Gwynne Dyer visited Mount Royal University to share his views on climate change and the results of U.S. President Barack Obama’s first year in office. Dyer, who spoke...
By Kaila Sept Young adults are avoiding a daily workout more than ever and it seems as if the growing trend of a busy lifestyle is to blame. Obesity rates are on the rise,...
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...
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...
Choice Cut By Sean-Paul Boynton When the Pet Shop Boys released their album Behaviour at the dawn of the 1990s, it was clear that the preeminent disco kings were no longer content on making us...
By Shiva Kashi It was in the late afternoon on Jan. 12, when Nikdosht Nouban noticed the floor of her second-storey apartment in Port-au-Prince begin to shake. She ducked in a doorway for refuge....
by Megan Darragh Wouldn’t we all love to skip the long lines at the mall, the cold bus rides or the lack of parking stalls? For years people have been happily shopping from the...
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...
Noise 101 Choice Cut By Sean-Paul Boynton Arts Editor People always say, “Never judge a book by its cover.” But when it comes to albums, sometimes looking at the cover and thinking about the...
