Three things I have learned backpacking alone
By MacKenzie Mason, Staff Writer A month and a half ago, I dropped all of my classes at Mount Royal University, packed my life into a backpack and got on a one-way flight to Athens,...
The Reflector
Events to do this Halloween in Calgary
By Taylor Charlebois and Ambar Mikaella, Contributors Halloween is right around the corner and with it comes an unquenchable thirst for horror and scares. If you’re among the braver souls out there, Calgary has a...
Calgary, meet your new mayor; councillors; trustees
By Alex Luong, Contributor Calgary has decided the new leader of its people is Mayor Jyoti Gondek on Oct. 18 with 174,649 votes, conquering 45 per cent of the city total. She makes history...
Sean Chu won Ward 4 but for how long?
By Keoputhy Bunny, News Editor Sean Chu, incumbent councillor of Ward 4, has come under fire from both the premier and the mayor for sexual assault allegations filed against him 24 years ago. The allegations...
MRU, site of protest for growing anti-vax movement
By Matthew Hillier, Contributor Mount Royal University’s (MRU) Riddell Library and Learning Centre was the site of a small demonstration outside of the temporary Calgary mobile vaccination clinic that has been making frequent stops...
New efforts in fighting rising tuition prices; Protest & Petitions
By Katia Maria Gallardo, Contributor The Alberta Coalition for Affordable Tuition (ACAT), an organization of students united against the mounting tuition fees of Alberta post-secondary schools, are calling for action to oppose the rising...
Coach’s Corner: Coaching the Cougars Since we were a College
By Josh Werle, Contributor Scott Rivett has been with the women’s hockey team at Mount Royal University (MRU) for more than a decade, witnessing both the transition of MRU from being a college to...
What’s going on with the struggling Stampeders?
By Gage Smith, Sports Editor The Calgary Stampeders haven’t finished a season worse than second place in the West Division since 2011. They’re on track to finish dead last in the division this season....
Cougars women’s soccer team upsets the Dinos in hotly contested weekend
By George Potter, Staff Writer The Mount Royal University Cougars men’s and women’s soccer teams faced off against the University of Calgary (U of C) Dinos on Sept. 24 and 25, making for an intense...
Album Review: A Beginner’s Mind by Sufjan Stevens
A Beginner’s Mind Sufjan Stevens Asthmatic Kitty Score: A Sufjan Stevens released his collaboration album A Beginner’s Mind with Angelo De Augustine on Aug 24. In an interview with Consequence Sound, the singers revealed...
