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Outside seating sits empty at Towers Pub after hours. Amanda Erickson/The Griff. After 13 years behind the bar, Jill Brekke says mismanagement and missing gratuities mark a shift in culture at MacEwan’s campus pub. For over a decade, Jill Brekke has tended the bar...
Having a relationship with an AI LLM is a complicated, strange, and ultimately new trend — is it benign or beneficial? Amanda Erickson Illustration by Evelina Migaldi When Rob first opened up a chat window with a language model, he wasn’t looking for love. “About...
The student groups' entrance in the SAMU building. Amanda Erickson/The Griff The new rules challenge groups while aiming for fairness. Amanda Erickson Photo by Amanda Erickson Students’ Association of MacEwan University (SAMU) student groups are adjusting to new...
Edmonton’s Pride Parade hits the streets after a 7-year hiatus. Text and photos by Amanda Erickson/TheGriff After nearly eight years, Edmonton’s Pride Parade made its long-awaited return this past weekend, filling downtown streets with rainbow flags and crowds of...
Graphic by Forrester Toews/The Griff, Photos by Amanda Erickson/The Griff What is the CRL, and how does it change the downtown landscape around MacEwan? This past July, Edmonton city council voted to extend the Community Revitalization Levy (CRL) until 2044 — an...
Artist Anna Binta Diallo reframes maps and memory. PHOTO: Detail shot of Sediments and sky in Topographies by Anna Binta Diallo. Amanda Erickson/The Griff. From May 24 to Aug. 8, MacEwan’s Mitchell Art Gallery is transformed into a world of layered topographies and...
A July evening on campus. Construction workers walk through the MacEwan pedway. Amanda Erickson/The Griff. A man sits in a bus outside the SAMU building. Amanda Erickson/The Griff. The MacEwan pedway from the outside. Amanda Erickson/The Griff. MacEwan’s empty gym....
Spending on higher education plateaus Budget 2025 sees Alberta’s spending slow down as shrinking oil prices, and looming tariff threats are expected to deflate revenue. Ahead of the budget announcement, U.S. President Trump once again changed his mind on when...
People insist on making a connection between journalism and democracy in the North American media sphere, with democracy being viewed as the freedom of the people, and journalism being championed as a driving force for that freedom. When I say democracy, I mean the...
Originally published on January 1, 2025. CORRECTION: The photo of Simar Nayar's BMW 335is is misattributed. The photo is by Leo, or @flickz.lp on Instagram. We apologize for the error. Meet Karen, the 2003 Subaru Forester Cross Sports JDM Thomas Beliveau, president...
Originally published on October 1, 2024 Folks, I hate to admit it, but we’re getting old. The days of slaying are fading away and the concept of serving tea has gone cold. I swallowed this pill recently as I began my slangmaxxing journey in the hopes of...
Originally published on September 1, 2024 Along the walls of the Makerspace lay an array of whiteboards with hastily written messages, accompanied by a pile labelled “free stickers.” The largest message of all reads, “Make a Mess, Clean it Up!” in blue Expo marker...
Recall the early 2000s with me quickly. Chunky, bedazzled Nokias that could withstand the force of one thousand drunk partygoers when you (inevitably) lose it on the dance floor. The beauty of opening Myspace to the embedded sounds of Britney Spears echoing out of...
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, students felt the burden of a lack of support on their backs. The students were thrust into a new, unfamiliar online education format which required self-directed learning. Schools weren’t set up to support this change, with...