Sled Island 2010: A passion for music
Aislinn Grant Friday, July 2 Higher Ground 9 p.m. By Kelsey Hipkin Some musicians train for years at their craft, picking up an instrument and taking voice lessons from a very early age but...
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Students ply trades in the real world
by Catherine Szabo & Devin Ayotte Geeking up the magazine business A group of students in Mount Royal’s journalism and electronic publishing programs will be premiering the first edition of their new magazine this...
Tournament challenges students’ creativity
By Zoey Duncan Leave it up to entrepreneurs to develop a class that crosses the boundaries of typical university learning situations. The Innovation Tournament, part of the intro to entrepreneurship course, gives students a...
Co-working makes space for freelancers
By Michaela Kemp We’ve all seen them. They crowd around tables at Starbucks, frantically typing on their laptops, answering calls, and rolling their eyes when the table beside them gets too loud. Some of...
Diving into fashion head first
by Asha Siad When Courtney Sokal, 24, and Kelby Price, 21, were showing swine flu-like symptoms last August, they had to be quarantined for a week. Fortunately, it wasn’t swine flu, but what they...
The Big Three: Kimber, Zimmer and Horman expected to lead Cougars’ offense
Cougars men’s hockey kicks off Oct. 9 at Centennial Arenas with a bigger team, both in stature and numbers. With a 26-man roster and a highly anticipated first line, the team is looking to...
Is self-employment for you?
An interesting bit of information recently emerged from employment statistics in Canada (and one has to assume a global trend). The majority of new jobs created are in the ‘self employed’ category. What this...
