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Merna Schmidt knows that they will be here soon. She just doesn’t know how soon. What she does know is that she’s only going to have four days’ notice when they’re coming — if she’s lucky. But she feels that she is lucky. After all, getting to this point wasn’t...
Motivation is quite the hot potato for students. Some weeks, we feel like we could single-handedly move mountains. Other weeks, we feel like we have those same mountains on our shoulders. In fact, as a student, I know that it doesn’t even need to be mountains; it...
After transitioning from a community college to a university, it was only a matter of time before MacEwan University’s athletics department would make a leap that would change not only how our athletes compete, but also how the university is perceived. As a college...
In 1978, the World University Service of Canada (WUSC) started the Student Refugee Program, through which 61 post-secondary institutions in Canada continue to sponsor students. According to WUSC’s website, more than 1,400 students have been brought to Canada from...
A dozen blocks from MacEwan University’s downtown campus, Edmonton’s Brewery District remains under development. Discussion of redeveloping Oliver’s Molson-Crosstown site has been ongoing since the brewery closed down in 2007. According to David Johnston, Principal...
Marileine Ngo Mbeleg is currently an accounting student at MacEwan University, and many of you have probably met her, as she has been a barista at the campus Starbucks since she began her studies. She is originally from Cameroon, but she grew up in France before...
Just to start with the easy question first: who are the Feminists at MacEwan? Katie: Well, we’re a student-run organized club at MacEwan. Kaitlyn: We’re not just, like, the executive team. We’re an intersectional feminist group. Jason: I guess speaking on that, us...
When it comes to school rivalries, Edmontonians are likely to think of MacEwan University and University of Alberta. Granted, a fair portion of the derision is meant in jest, and a significant amount probably comes from fresh-faced kids straight out of high school....