Category: News

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Tournament challenges students’ creativity

By Zoey Duncan Leave it up to entrepreneurs to develop a class that crosses the boundaries of typical university learning situations. The Innovation Tournament, part of the intro to entrepreneurship course, gives students a...

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MRU prof considering mayoral candidacy

by Selina Renfrow If Facebook fan pages were a popularity contest for Calgary’s mayoral race, Mount Royal University associate professor Naheed Nenshi would be winning with 710 fans supporting his run at press time....

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Chickens on the way…maybe

by Zoey Duncan Clucking, pooping, flapping, and laying, the humble chicken is popping up in a few Calgary backyards despite a bylaw that orders otherwise. The Canadian Liberated Urban Chicken Klub (CLUCK) has been...

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Tech talk

by Zoey Duncan Mount Royal University’s self-proclaimed techie president, Dave Marshall, engaged in a debate about the uses and abuses of social media on March 11. Marshall discussed the dependency of society on social...

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Palin visit draws few protestors

by Kylie Robertson Former Alaska governor Sarah Palin spoke on March 6 in Calgary – her first Canadian appearance since she resigned office in 2009. Former U.S. president George W. Bush was in Calgary...

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Reasonable rentals off campus

by Catherine Szabo In the past three years, Samantha Murdock, a business student, has moved six times between Mount Royal University residence and her hometown of Edmonton. Her roommate, Lisa Stevens, has moved five...

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Beating boredom: Marathoning it up

So I’ve recently purchased a TV series on DVD, which I will try not to go into to much detail about, as my friends can attest to, I won’t stop talking about it once...

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Rolling to campus

by Zoey Duncan Campus sustainability proj-ects are visible throughout the school: the award-winning, environmentally friendly Roderick Mah Centre for Continuous Learning and the recent expulsion of Styrofoam from Wyckham House to name a few....