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The first month of the semester flew by, and autumn is officially in full swing! As students cozy into academic life, there is still plenty of fun to engage in around Edmonton. These events cater to almost everyone this month, from sports fans to music lovers and,...
Students at MacEwan University can opt out of benefits plans online and receive reimbursements on their payments until Thursday, Sept. 29. Benefits for health, dental, and legal expenses are available to part-time and full-time students by the Students’...
Tune up your guitar, oil your valves, or grease up your slide because BandSwap Yeg is back! BandSwap brings Edmonton musicians together in a weekend-long event that celebrates weird instrument combinations, funky song arrangements, and the creativity of local...
Looking for something to binge-listen going into the fall semester? Luckily for you, we at the griff have curated a list of several MacEwan University based podcasts that cover a wide array of subjects for your listening pleasure. Get educated all while supporting...
Summer vacation is officially over, and you know what that means: no more sun tanning at the beach, back to shopping for sweaters and scarves, and the annual — sometimes dreadful — return to school. This year, MacEwan University will be kicking off the Fall...
August is already over, and you know what that means: in Edmonton, summer vacation is officially finished. But that doesn’t mean there is any less to do in the city. September is one of the busiest months as businesses once again become busy, students and teachers...
Each year Constanza Pacher’s DESN 317 publication design class takes on the challenge of redesigning the griff. “What we were basically tasked with doing was taking the griff and reimagining it while also staying true to what the magazine is about; it’s ‘by MacEwan...
When two locals, Michael Dronyk and Lucas Kowalski, found themselves with RCMP officers pointing guns at their heads on Feb. 5, 2022, it was not quite the day they had imagined for themselves. According to Dronyk, “they just started like yelling at us… it was very...
We’re all there right now: struggling to balance school with work and our personal lives, juggling so many tests and assignments that even our most basic routines have been disrupted. It’s finals season and even though we always know it’s coming, it still hits us...
Edmonton’s popular craft brewery, Sea Change Brewing Co., has been one of this year’s main hotspots. With two taproom locations — one in Beaumont (5302 50 St.) and one in South Edmonton (9850 62 Ave. NW) — Sea Change is nothing if not a growing establishment for...
If you did not grow up during the age of arcades, it’s relatively hard to explain the culture outside of what we know now as arcade bars like Cineplex’s The Rec Room, Greta, or Beercade. Back in the 1970s and 1980s, arcades were a cultural staple inspiring a...
Students are often encouraged to complete their undergraduate degrees within four years. However, over the last few years, students have faced overwhelming challenges that have made this more unrealistic: the pandemic derailed normal, in-person learning, mental...
The COVID pandemic has had a significant impact on universities. From the way they are operating to which facilities have been able to remain open, and of course, to online versus in-person classes. Several protocols, which were listed on the MacEwan University...
Once again, Pride Week has come and gone. This year, the event was held primarily online but with some hybrid components offered at the NAIT campus. The event was organized by NorthSide Pride, a collection of post-secondary education institutions in the city,...
Meet Naomi K. Lewis, the writer in residence at MacEwan University this year. Lewis is a well-known author of fiction and non-fiction literature from Ottawa. “I’m really excited to work with people at all stages in their writing careers and writing lives,”...