Thomas Dean Millar – writer Pregnant woman miscarries after being pepper sprayed at Occupy Seattle. “Beat Poets, not beat poets.” That was a sign held by English students at the University of California after former poet laureate Robert Hass was [...]
November 27, 2011
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Amanda Van Slyke – writer An essential party favour of the holidays may have a new meaning for MacEwan University students this year. At the end of the day, many bundle up and trudge through the snow towards warm meals [...]
Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada visits for the second time Nicholas Tostowaryk – writer On Nov. 29, MacEwan will be receiving a visit from the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada (AUCC) committee to conduct a second [...]
Kutcher gets hashed out Jibril Yassin – writer When legions of Twitter users went after Ashton Kutcher for posting a tweet disagreeing with the firing of Penn State’s coach Joe Paterno without knowing the full story, they did it quickly. [...]
November 25, 2011
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Doug Johnson – arts editor MacEwan University Bookstore now offers Google eBooks through its website. MacEwan is one of about 20 Canadian university campuses to adopt the system. Google eBooks currently has a library of around 250,000 commercially available titles, [...]
New SA president hopes to make the most of six months Tisha Raj – writer “Do what you believe in. Do what you think is right and never give up.” Those are the words from a father — an inspiration [...]
Angela Johnston, the griff’s resident sex columnist, explores sex and relationships each week in Between the Sheets. Send her your queries, and feel free to keep them anonymous. Write her at sex@thegriff.ca. Angela Johnston - columnist Celibacy and the virgin’s reset [...]
November 20, 2011
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MacEwan’s SA sets up a show Doug Johnson – arts editor MacEwan University’s Students’ Association (SA) brings a singer-songwriter circle to the CN Theatre in City Centre Campus’s 105th St. building from 7:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. on Nov. 24. [...]
Tower Heist casts negative light on the wealthy minority Sheri Staples – online editor Tower Heist, starring Ben Stiller and Eddie Murphy, was released with impeccable timing. That is if the Occupy Wall Street attendees actually leave their protest to [...]