Mayoral pool still plenty deep
by Devin Ayotte Fifteen candidates are vying for the mayoral post that Dave Bronconnier is vacating next month, but Mount Royal University political science professor Duane Bratt said it will be business as usual...
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Budget cuts mean fewer first-year classes
by Miriam Ostermann Post-secondary institutions across the province had to bite the bullet when the Alberta government, faced with a $4.7-billion deficit, announced a freeze on funding. For Mount Royal University, the freeze came...
Rainy-day fund
by Miriam Ostermann The 2010 budget freeze was not an issue university students across the province were willing to let go easily. While still working on proposals, students from 12 post-secondary institutions across Alberta shed...
Civic speed-date event moved
by Catherine Szabo If politics were a potential suitor, it would be a stand-up sort of fellow — the kind who lets you know that plans have changed. An on-campus mayoral candidate event, where students...
Big bucks for business
by Bryan Weismiller Isn’t it nice when the bank gives you money? No, a bank error wasn’t made in Mount Royal University’s favour, and unlike recipients of the stingy Monopoly card, the school received...
Winnebago Man revealed
by Sheena Manabat Ben Steinbauer’s Winnebego Man follows the documentary filmmak- er’s search for Jack Rebney — real- life YouTube star of the viral video featuring the “Winnebego Man” — and his subsequent attempt...
Mayoral Election – 2010
As part of Calgary’s fall election, there are many candidates who have thrown their hats into the mayoral ring. In order to make an informed decision as students at Mount Royal University, we must...
A leak in the armour
by Edward Osborne The now-famous website Wikileaks.org publishes government documents that are forwarded anonymously and then verified by a small collection of journalists. They operate as a global whistleblower, bringing information from various governments into the...
Sixteen-month birthday party underway for MRU
by Catherine Szabo After three years of planning, Mount Royal University’s Centennial Committee has organized 16 months of events to mark 100 years of learning. “The feeling we got [from the Mount Royal community] was to...
An absent friend and the mythic real life
by Zoey Duncan “I’ve been making a list of the things they don’t teach you at school. They don’t teach you how to love somebody. They don’t teach you how to be famous. They...
