MRU student leaders react to tuition increases
By Noel Harper, Staff Writer Upon returning from reading week, MRU students were greeted by major changes to tuition as well as a new group of student leaders who will be representing them in a...
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CAUS calls for cohesive sexual violence policies on campus
By Ryleigh Stangness, Staff Writer The Council of Alberta University Students (CAUS), which represents over 100,000 undergraduate students at Alberta’s five publicly-funded universities, has released an “in-depth research paper exploring campus sexual violence at...
Jason Kenney and the UCP as we approach one year
By Nathan Woolridge, News Editor Alberta Premier Jason Kenney and his cabinet of ministers took their oaths for office on April 30, 2019 after winning a majority government with nearly 55 per cent of the popular vote. But, as we approach...
Trump impeachment: What happened and why do we care?
By Nathan Woolridge, News Editor United States President, Donald Trump, became the third president in history to be impeached after The House of Representatives made its decision on Dec. 18. Its decision came from two particular charges — first charging Trump with abusing...
Will the coronavirus affect Albertans and MRU students?
By Christian Kindrachuk, Contributor With the outbreak of the coronavirus people around the world have started to take precautions due to the nature of the new virus. However, in terms of an outbreak, this is nothing new. On Jan. 30, the...
Mixed response for performance-based post-secondary funding
By Nathan Woolridge, News Editor The Government of Alberta introduced a new outcomes-based post-secondary funding approach on Jan. 20, as it looks to “increase transparency and accountability and help build a modern and diverse workforce for the future.” The transformation of post-secondary...
MRU, 660 News attempts to set the record straight on student fee increases
By Noel Harper, Contributor In December of 2019, in the wake of the Alberta provincial budget and its reduced education funding, the Post-Secondary Learning Act was amended by the government to remove the necessity of...
Loving what you teach and teaching what you love
By Christian Kindrachuk, Contributor Publishing a work of art is something that can be hard for some authors, but for MRU’s Natalie Meisner, it has been quite a year after getting four works published...
UofA honours victims of tragic Flight PS752 crash
By Nathan Woolridge, News Editor There are 31 Albertans reported dead in the tragic Iran plane crash, including 10 victims part of the University of Alberta (UofA) community, CBC says. All 176 airline passengers and personnel...
MRU student develops app to translate Blackfoot signs
By Ryleigh Stangness, Staff Writer As Chase Schrader, an MRU student, was gearing up for his co-op placement following the second year of his information design program, he says most students were headed towards doing...
