No-ho-ho: Why I don’t celebrate Christmas
By Sam Nar, Photo Editor Christmas is over but travel down the streets of Calgary and you’ll find signs of the festive season are slow to leave, with twinkling lights still wrapped around multiple houses...
By Sam Nar, Photo Editor Christmas is over but travel down the streets of Calgary and you’ll find signs of the festive season are slow to leave, with twinkling lights still wrapped around multiple houses...
By Rosemary De Souza, Features Editor I don’t know about you, but the fact that the holidays are coming reminds me that school is coming to an end — and that allows me to finally...
By Sam Nar and Isabelle Bennett, Staff Writer and Contributor From Barbie dolls to Disney princesses, long, flowing hair has often been depicted as part of the ideal of feminine beauty. But some young women...
By Karina Zapata, Staff Writer As I’m sure you and your wallet are aware, it’s the holiday season. For many, this means dreadingly walking into a jam-packed mall among thousands of other shoppers with panic...
By Rosemary De Souza, Features Editor It has been nearly six months since I decided to delete most of the photos I had on my Instagram account. I was not happy with the photos...
By Sam Nar and Mollie Smith, Contributors Despite improvements by the Canadian governments to recognize diversity, such as anti-discriminatory policies in Calgary’s labour force, immigrants continue to struggle to achieve income parity with average...
By Amber McLinden, Photo Editor On April 26, 2016, 55 countries signed the Paris Agreement, an international agreement to strengthen the response to climate change. Since 2016, the number of signatories to the Paris...
By Karina Zapata, Contributor An unspoken truth about being a woman of colour is that I hold a lot of shame in my being. Growing up, I spent all my energy trying to make myself...
By Rosemary De Souza, Features Editor As awareness of mental health issues rise, several services, programs and accommodations have been developed to aid individuals in need. But that isn’t enough. For many of us, it...
By Colin Macgillivray, Arts Editor To be, or not to be, that is the question. Whether ‘tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous costumes, or to take arms...