Calgary’s homeless population at risk in the cold as COVID-19 cases rise
By Cassie Weiss, Features Editor The cold is tough on all of us, as we bundle up in scarves and mittens and dash from the transit stop, to the car and back home. Now,...
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Traveling alone as a lady
By Ed Ghost, Contributor I don’t think I’ve ever spent a full year of my life in Calgary, despite being born and raised here. The travel bug is real, and before COVID-19, my form...
Understanding the concept of trauma-informed care
By Cassie Weiss, Features Editor Have you ever considered the word trauma — seriously considered it? It seems like a pretty obvious word, with a pretty obvious definition, but let me tell you, it...
SAMRU student resources are keeping students fed at next to no cost
By Cassie Weiss, Features Editor It’s the final countdown! (Cue epic battle music here.) But seriously, there is just over one month left in the semester, and that is both terrifying and exciting. For...
Go zero waste this November
By Nicole Ellement, Contributor In its simplest terms, zero-waste is exactly what it sounds like: a lifestyle in which one produces no waste. On a more complex level, zero-waste is about fundamentally overhauling the...
Halloween tricks and treats for anyone to enjoy
By Cassie Weiss, Features Editor As a student who loves Halloween, I understand that some of the events can get a bit pricey, especially if you like to jump from haunted house to haunted...
Socially distance this Halloween with haunted car wash experience
By Cassie Weiss, Features Editor It’s spooky, it’s creepy, it’s eerie — but most of all, it’s pandemic-friendly with just a dash of squeaky clean. Confused yet? That’s okay — we are all a...
What is cultural appropriation anyway?
By Karina Zapata, Publishing Editor Ah yes, Halloween. It’s officially that time of year when everyone talks about cultural appropriation — a complex term that’s easy to understand in retrospect, but is initially more...
A brief history of Halloween during unprecedented times
By Ed Ghost, Contributor Halloween has had many faces over the past 120-something years of Canadian tradition. What started out originally as a centuries-old Celtic pagan tradition, Halloween followed Irish immigrants to our shores...
A few houseplants that even the busiest student can’t kill
By Cassie Weiss, Features Editor I’m not a plant person. I mean, I love them, and I have a million of them, but I struggle every single day to keep them alive. I give...
