Graduation day at MRU
By Kelsey Hipkin “You will succeed.” So said university President Dave Marshall at Mount Royal University’s June 4 convocation. Students filed into their seats led by pipers from the Calgary International Airport Pipe Band...
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Taking time to stop and smell the lilacs
As the adage goes, “April showers bring May flowers,” which for the most part is true but if you live in Calgary not only do we have flowers lately, we also have rain, snow...
Feeling Wyrd? Sled Island sneak peek
By Selina Renfrow With over 180 bands announced for the 2010 Sled Island line up, the five day June 30-July 3 show is guaranteed to knock your socks off with the most intense music...
Spirit of Olympic fever lingers in Canada
By Arielle Muriel St. Patrick’s day has come and gone. Easter weekend saw families and friends get together. The Flames aren’t going to win the cup. The world has gone back to normal after...
Thriving or not in Wyckham
by Claire Miglionico In early March, the SAMMIES – a video contest focused on capturing a favourite SAMRU service in a creative manner – were cancelled due to a lack of applicants. With this...
Keeping MRU safe
by Shiva Kashi As some students amble into the school around 8:10 a.m. for an 8 o’clock class, whining about just how early they have to arrive, the 12-hour day shift of the security personnel...
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...
Spice up your Valentine’s celebrations
by Selina Renfrow February is a cold, cold month. If you’re someone who actually likes winter sports (I’m not), you can laugh in the face of the cold and have fun skiing, snowboarding, ice...
Olympic forecast
by Katie Turner During the 16-day Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canadian athletes will feel the pressure of being on home-turf but according to one official, the athletes are more than ready. Along with being...
Recovering from the quake
By Shiva Kashi It was in the late afternoon on Jan. 12, when Nikdosht Nouban noticed the floor of her second-storey apartment in Port-au-Prince begin to shake. She ducked in a doorway for refuge....
