How the beat generation changed our world
By Ayra Fouad, Contributor This is the story of how a late 1950s literary revolution inspired a generation of hippies to change the world. Today, the greats of beat poetry — often referred to...
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Holiday markets for everyone on your list
By Cassie Weiss, Contributor Holiday decorations are going up around the city, the snow is sporadically falling, and — unless you are one of those people who have all their gift shopping done months...
Newly appointed MRU Cougars women’s basketball coach ready for tasks at hand
By Sajan Jabbal, Staff Writer & Dan Khavkin, Sports Editor Mount Royal Athletics hired newly appointed women’s basketball coach Robyn Fleckenstein on Aug.1 this past summer. Fleckenstein brings in a loaded resumé into her...
Winter 2018 to-watch list
By Dan Khavkin, Sports Editor With winter break just days away, most of us will be catching up on our sleep schedules. But the plethora of sport events will have millions of eyes glued to...
Pro sports and weed: Where’s the line?
By Dan Khavkin and Sajan Jabbal, Sports Editor and Staff Writer With marijuana being legal across Canada, many Canadians are wondering about how it will effect the rules and regulations of professional sports. The...
Cougar Corner: Midterm Grades
By Dan Khavkin, Sports Editor With the final weeks of the first semester wrapping up, the varsity sports calendar is taking a break of its own with all six Mount Royal Cougar teams capping off...
Cougar Corner: Six different fights in Cougar Athletics
By Dan Khavkin, Sports Editor Men’s Hockey On Friday Nov. 16, the Mount Royal Cougars men’s hockey team hosted the seventh annual ‘MRU Remembers’ game in appreciation of the Canadian military. The Cougars faced...
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...
CD Review: Spooky Guy by Danny Gonzalez
Danny Gonzalez Spooky Guy Single Score: A Following up 2017’s acclaimed, yet criminally underrated Halloween-harmony “Spooky Boy,” Danny Gonzalez once again delivers with “Spooky Guy” by mixing skeletal, synth-laced beats with crisp, frenetic hi-hats...
You’ve got that one song that I like
By Kennedy Enns, Web Editor It’s been a long, hard year with #MeToo taking over social media. Positive change is happening and it seems that people have begun actually listening to survivors. But that...
