SAMRU hosts their second town hall
By Nathan Woolridge, News Editor On March 13, SAMRU hosted their second of two town hall events for the 2018-19 academic year. The town hall talked about a variety of issues, including changes to the...
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Donuts for pledges: SAMRU hands out tasty pastries for students promising to vote
By Ricardo-Andres Garcia, Staff Writer SAMRU gave out massive Texas donuts on March 14 to encourage students to vote. Vice-President External Amanda LeBlanc says, “We are having students promise to vote in the upcoming provincial...
National title hopes still alive for MRU men’s volleyball team
By Dan Khavkin, Sports Editor Cougar Athletics saw its most historic run in school history hit a bump in the road last weekend as MRU’s men’s volleyball team were swept at the hands of the...
Oscar-winning documentary, Period. End of Sentence., opens up the dialogue for period poverty in India
By Karina Zapata, Arts Editor We have all heard stories of women in developing countries whose lives are turned upside down the minute they get their periods. But the Oscar-winning short documentary, Period. End...
What can Split help us understand about dissociative identity disorder?
By Karina Zapata, Arts Editor Split, directed by the award-winning M. Night Shyamalan, came out in 2016 and was all the craze, enveloping the internet with countless memes involving Ms. Patricia acting as their drunk...
Instagram poets speak to a new generation of readers
By Isabelle Bennett, Sam Nar, Contributor and Photo Editor Traditional poetry is losing presence in a society overtaken by technology. But a new generation of poets are taking advantage of new technology like Instagram to...
Aftermath: A sexual violence survivor’s relationship without disclosure
By Riggs Zyrille Vergara, Staff Writer In a 2015 study by the Women’s Media Center on how the U.S. media covers campus rape and sexual assault, they found that 41 per cent of the topics...
Alberta Election: How to vote
By Nathan Woolridge, News Editor Alberta will be having a provincial election this year that brings a lot of significance. In Alberta’s political history, the province has always elected majority governments and it always elects...
MRU hosts ‘Women in leadership’ event
By Ryleigh Kampman, Contributor Navigating the workplace as a woman has its own unique challenges. The Bissett School of Business at Mount Royal University (MRU) is hosting a conference where Calgary leaders can come together...
Cougars star ‘baller Glen Yang reflects on career
By Dan Khavkin, Sports Editor Glen Yang has been with the Cougars since the early days of the school’s university ranks, experiencing both hardships and the fruits of prosperity leading up to his final nights...
