Palin visit draws few protestors
by Kylie Robertson Former Alaska governor Sarah Palin spoke on March 6 in Calgary – her first Canadian appearance since she resigned office in 2009. Former U.S. president George W. Bush was in Calgary...
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Cougars, Calamities and Classics: Broken barriers…again.
Watching the Oscars Sunday night with some of my closest peeps we came to a stellar revelation. The refreshing idea that either a black man or a woman could win an Oscar for Best...
Beating boredom: Come one, come all…Factory Party # 8 is upon us!
So I’ve never been to a Factory Party before. I’ve always thought of it as one of those elite events for the city’s hipsters, but as a friend of mine recently explained to me,...
Rolling to campus
by Zoey Duncan Campus sustainability proj-ects are visible throughout the school: the award-winning, environmentally friendly Roderick Mah Centre for Continuous Learning and the recent expulsion of Styrofoam from Wyckham House to name a few....
The anatomy of a break up
by Pol Nikulin For every one successful band, there seems to be an abundance of those that do not make the cut. Whether it is skill level or personality differences, bands can break up...
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...
Students adjust to logo
By Zoey Duncan Mount Royal University finally has a sharp new logo to stamp on all correspondence and propaganda. Whether you like the new insignia is beside the point now, because you had plenty...
Cougars, Calamities and Classics: Why I Love Curling: An Ode to Curling
While a lot of people tend to take to the more “exciting” Olympic sports like hockey and skeleton and skating…I’m a bit of a different cat. When I sit down with my ice cold...
Memorial march honours dead and missing women
by Kelsey Hipkin Bringing attention to and honouring the thousands of women either killed or missing in Canada, the second annual Valentine’s Day Women’s Memorial March will take place on Feb.14. The walk, which...
Balancing babies and books
by Megan Darragh Through the mess of exams, payments, and trying to maintain a social life, students can easily get run off their feet. Throw a little one in the mix and things just...
