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Healthy minds make better students

MRU works to create awareness and reduce stigma   Holly Triebwasser News Editor   The importance of student mental health has become an increasingly common discourse on university campuses across North America, and Mount...

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University expenses made public

Disclosure policy will ensure greater transparency   Holly Triebwasser News Editor   Under a new disclosure policy announced by Premier Alison Redford on Sept. 5, hundreds of provincial employees will be expected to make...

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Textbook travesty

Have you ever dropped $145 on a textbook only to find that it was totally irrelevant to anything you would be doing in the class?   Have you ever sprung for a $90 textbook...

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No tuition, deadlines or grades at new university

NextGenU.org now offering first course   Laura Lushington Web Editor   A University of British Columbia professor is taking post-secondary education to a whole new level.   Erica Frank, a professor at the UBC...

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The sport of poker

A 5-card stud plays Texas Hold-em   Alex Kubinski Contributor   Daytime and late at night — that’s it.     It’s the only time sports channels show poker on television.   I was...

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Calgary Herald: During a difficult week, four MRU students shone

http://www2.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/story.html?id=bb33fcd8-27cf-45a1-8e5c-f79b6cdde642 For many observers, last week must have seemed like a rough week for Mount Royal University, and in particular, the Students’ Association of Mount Royal University. After all, the story — in print,...

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Depression treatment goes online

New project to tackle university’s No.1 health issue as in 2010 NCHA   Lindsay Douglas Staff Writer   Depression often gets written off as just a part of life or something you have to...

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Unleash the power of the tweet

Jonathan Vern McGill Contributor   With a few clicks on eBay anyone can add 10,000 followers to Twitter or Facebook, giving the purchaser’s social media page a false appearance of popularity.   But, Ernest...

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Fall 2011 newsmakers

Catch up on everything from slighted staffers to bar blues   Rachael Frey News Editor   Goodbye, Canada Post   The little postal outlet kiosk in the corner of the Wyckham House basement closed...

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World won’t end in 2012

Welcome to 2012.   The arrival of a shiny, new year means it’s time to ponder making some changes — yep, the dreaded New Year’s resolution.   By now you’ve probably thought of at...