I became the first influencer on MacEwan Student Life
Graphic by Morgan Oracheski How a school-run app can connect students through running bits In my curiosity and natural attraction to being funny, I began posting on the new MacEwan Student Life app about different topics, sending “inspirational” morning messages, and reposting what I would consider Twitter slop to the app. This somehow began to spiral into other users referencing me in their posts with the first being my friend and colleague Ian Smyth begging me to comment on his post. Other users began running with the joke of “Jesse Roma” with more friends chiming in with photos, videos and fan edits of me, and other users who I don’t personally know also hopping in with their own Jesse Roma jokes and posts. It was now that I...
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MacEwan Residence takes over lost and found during security renovations in Robbins
A sign posted outside the Robbins security desk. Amanda Erickson/The Griff Lost and found service is expected to be handed back to campus security in July. MacEwan University’s lost and found...
Should the Griff go full digital?
Photo by Thai Sirikoone/The Griff To my surprise... some students apparently don’t care about the Griff. To hear that a MacEwan student representative candidate wants to take action to reduce...
BREAKING: Partial 2026-2027 SAMU executive committee election results released
Election appeals cause delays, by-election on the horizon SAMU has released partial results for its executive committee election, as appeals have triggered a by-election for the president and...
As the Griffins hockey program soars to new heights, their cross-town rivals have become a casualty
Photos by Husain Dhooma/The Griff The Griffins and the Golden Bears. Every sports team has the same goal. Whether it’s T-ball, college football, or the NHL, your goal as a unit is to win games,...
MacEwan exhibit Faces of Exile uncovers Italy’s forgotten queer prisoners
Faces of Exile: The Arrusi and the Policing of Gender and Sexuality art exhibit appears in the John L. Haar Library In 1939, 45 men between the ages of 18 and 54 were rounded up in the Italian...
The voices behind the world premiere of Monoceros
Photo Credit: @briannejang of @bb_collective Set Design: Scott Spidell, Lighting Design: Alison Yanota, Costume Design: Josée Chartrand A review of the show and how the Canadian musical found its...
An evening with Tina Friml
Photos by Terence J. Fougere / The Griff. American comedian comes to campus Vermont-born and Boston-based comedian Tina Friml, who you may recognize from TikTok, where she has over 300,000...
Edmonton has a problem, and it’s that I’m not the mayor
Three things I would do if I were mayor for a day. If I, Alex Bellisle, were mayor of the City of Edmonton for a day, there are three things I would do to make the city a better place to call...
The bad guys won at the 2026 Winter Olympics
Graphic by Forrester Toews The politics of Trump’s administration have made the Canada-USA rivalry games bigger than hockey. Losing an Olympic gold medal game in hockey sucks. Losing two gold...
HEAD: Longtime Jasper mainstay finds new life in Edmonton
Wendy and Glen Leitch of Patricia St. Deli. Terence J. Fougere/The Griff. Glen and Wendy Leitch, owners of the Patricia Street Deli, discuss their move to Edmonton and moving on after tragedy....
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