Vaccinating Mount Royal
By Robert Strachan & Julie C. Vincent The EnCana Wellness Centre made 1,200 seasonal flu vaccinations available on Mount Royal University’s campus over the week of Oct. 19 to 23, but they will not...
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Tight race for WHL Central
By Joe McFarland We all do it. A new sports season fires up and everyone starts predicting how their favourite team will do, how the division will look and who will make the playoffs....
Men’s golf wins bronze
After winning ACAC gold, the Mount Royal Cougars men’s golf team came home from Ontario with a bronze medal in CCAA Nationals. This is the first time men’s golf has medaled in nationals since...
Duck and cover: Dodgeball intramurals now offered at MRU
Unlike many other sports such as basketball, volleyball or hockey, the key concept behind dodgeball, the evasive action itself or process of dodging, has been perfected over thousands of years. Long before the sport...
Noise 101: CD Reviews for Oct 22 Reflector
Choice Cut: The Flaming Lips Embryonic Warner Bros. Back in the days of vinyl, when rock bands were becoming more and more ambitious, the idea of a double album was exciting and intriguing. With...
Halloween club show picks
by Sheena Jardine-Olade The Reflector Halloween isn’t just for kids anymore. It has far transcended the tricks and treats and has turned into a time when every single one of us, from conception to...
Mechanics of sex
After having sex with the queen bee in mid-air, the male bee’s penis breaks off and stays inside the queen bee. He falls to the ground and dies within a couple of hours. Japanese...
Dollars and sense
by Robert Jones Guest Columnist Feel like you’re bumping shoulders with more people in the hallways this year? Well, you are. Applications to Alberta’s post-secondary institutions have skyrocketed, and so too has demand for...
Musical Musings: Pop songs in film…love it or hate it?
Welcome back to Musical Musings. Today, I’d like to talk about a personally divisive issue: pop songs in movies. I’m thinking about it now because, if you have read the new issue of the...
Filling Klein’s chair
On Oct. 19, it was formally announced that Gilbert VanBuren Wilkes will be the new occupant of the Ralph Klein Chair in Media Studies for Mount Royal University’s faculty of communication studies. Former premier...
