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Warning: This review contains mild spoilers for Staged season 3 in addition to spoilers from seasons 1 and 2. The comedy series Staged, starring Michael Sheen (Good Omens, Frost/Nixon) and David Tennant (Good Omens, Doctor Who), is back for a third season,...
In 2019, MacEwan University dissolved the ombudsperson position on campus, whose role was to support students through the academic and non academic challenges they experienced during their time at MacEwan. This dissolvement left a gap in services that the Students’...
This year, MacEwan University resumes its sustainability commitments after some pandemic disruption. Joe Stack, the operations manager with facilities, has big plans to improve MacEwan University’s sustainability when it comes to recycling and waste management. In...
Nisha Patel, Edmonton’s eighth poet laureate and award-winning poet, fell in love with poetry a little unconventionally — through performance. Her introduction to performance and public speaking happened during her eight years as a competitive debater in high...
When it comes to days the internet collectively anticipates, none quite measure up to Spotify Wrapped Day. (Yes, “day” does deserve a capital.) Watching your slew of Instagram followers unveil their top songs and artists for the year and offer you a...
The holidays are over, but that doesn’t mean January has to be cheer-free. Here are three cookie recipes guaranteed to put a smile on your face this winter. Peanut butter cup cookies These cookies are a peanut butter lover's dream. They feature mini Reese’s...
Money, money, money. Does it really grow on trees? In Canada, the root of all currency is the Bank of Canada (BoC), whose main role as defined by the Bank of Canada Act, is to “regulate credit and currency in the best interests of the economic life of the nation,”...
The problem with being a pathological people-pleaser is that you realize you’ve been lied to your entire life. Sure, there are other problems — stress, neglecting your own needs, burnout, spiraling existential crises — but nothing cuts quite as deep as realizing...
As a student, you pick up plenty of new skills, for example, getting from Allard Hall to Building 6 in 10 minutes, an absolute mastery of Ctrl-F, and how to re-tell the most interesting fact about yourself in all of your class introductions. Unfortunately, a less...
ECO-SAMU is an exciting new initiative of the Students’ Association of MacEwan University (SAMU). Macey Edem Nortey, the programs manager at SAMU, has created and developed the program, basing it around ecology instead of sustainability. “The way I view it,...
At MacEwan University, your interests as a student are looked out for by Students’ Council and the Executive Committee (EC). Students’ Council is the highest governing body within the Students’ Association of MacEwan University (SAMU), and it consists of 14 student...
Local Edmonton band, Monks on Call, began their journey with high school jam sessions and a band name generator. For some bands, that would be the beginning and end of the story, but Monks on Call has become an up-and-coming band to watch, with several singles...