Remembering the Marvelous Stan Lee
By Nathan Woolridge, News Editor I had the honor to meet Stan Lee for photo op at the Edmonton Expo in 2015. He almost didn’t seem real, as he was propped up in a chair...
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Review: The experimental mosaic that is The Other Side of the Wind
By Alec Warkentin, Staff Writer Perhaps it’s a tad ironic that Orson Welles’ The Other Side of the Wind — a film-within-a-film that revels in celebrating and satirizing mid-20th-century filmmaking and all of its...
Instagram: The basics for a better feed
By Rosemary De Souza, Features Editor It has been nearly six months since I decided to delete most of the photos I had on my Instagram account. I was not happy with the photos...
Wage gap: The struggle of immigrant Canadians
By Sam Nar and Mollie Smith, Contributors Despite improvements by the Canadian governments to recognize diversity, such as anti-discriminatory policies in Calgary’s labour force, immigrants continue to struggle to achieve income parity with average...
Opinion: Climate change should be Alberta’s priority but it’s not
By Amber McLinden, Photo Editor On April 26, 2016, 55 countries signed the Paris Agreement, an international agreement to strengthen the response to climate change. Since 2016, the number of signatories to the Paris...
Reflectorial: We must demand change
Being passionate is easy. But acting on that passion is a different story. With the final classes of my journalism degree quickly coming to a close, I’ve been thinking a lot about what I...
MRU’s process for choosing honourary degrees
By Nathan Woolridge, News Editor Recently, Mount Royal University celebrated Fall 2018 Convocation with students graduating from a variety of programs. At every convocation the university hands out ‘honorary degrees’ to public figures and...
SAMRU enters 31 years of Season of Caring program
By Nathan Woolridge, News Editor SAMRU’s Season of Caring is entering its 31st year of serving Mount Royal students. The program runs through November and December to support students in need throughout what can...
Olympic plebiscite: Calgary votes against an Olympic bid
By Nathan Woolridge, News Editor On Nov. 13 Calgarians came out in large numbers to vote in the Olympic plebiscite that saw a higher voter turnout than the last civic election. Unofficially, 56 per...
MRU receives funding for mental health
By Nathan Woolridge, News Editor According to the National College Health Assessment, Canadian graduate students in the Spring of 2018 answered survey questions that told some of the troubles and worries of post-secondary students. 44.6...
