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Get to know your candidates (part 2)

Before you place your vote on March 9 and 10, find out more about the candidates running for positions in the SAMU Executive Committee. Alongside Students' Council, the Executive Committee advocates for students and helps to steer the Students' Association of...

Get to know your candidates

Before you place your vote on March 9 and 10, find out more about the candidates running for positions in the SAMU Executive Committee. Alongside Students' Council, the Executive Committee advocates for students and helps to steer the Students' Association of...

MacEwan Community Refugee Project

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...

Meet Aden, a student refugee

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...

Edmonton’s Brewery District

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...

MacEwan University’s international students

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...

Battle of the campus pubs

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....

MacEwan’s murder mystery musical

As someone who is obsessed with television and film, I rarely attend musical theatre, but last week I was lucky enough to take in a MacEwan University production encompassing all that makes live theatre loveable: murder, mystery, melodies, choreography, and comedy...

Career fair encourages students to “get to work!”

Résumés, business cards, and ties? Students at MacEwan University ditched their backpacks and sweatpants for a day to meet with some of Edmonton’s top employers. On Jan. 20, MacEwan’s Career Services hosted its annual Get to Work Career Fair on the first two floors...

The language of now

<TITLE> <HEAD> <HTML> I’m sorry, what was that? What you see above is code: the language of the future, or, more accurately, the language of the now. Coding, however, is unlike any other dialect. In short, it’s writing things that make the...

Club Q&A Series: MacEwan Sexual Health Club

The MacEwan Sexual Health Club is an inclusive, accessible resource for sex-positive information for people of all genders, sexualities, bodies, abilities, and ethnicities. So, what do you do with the MacEwan Sexual Health Club? AH: My official title is...

Switch up your lunch game at S’wich

"We make literally everything from scratch," says Lex Boldireff of S’wich food, a seasonal food truck with a permanent location in MacEwan University’s Robbins building. The gourmet sandwich spot is every sandwich-lover’s dream, with freshly baked bread, handmade...

Portrait of a provost

Dr. John Corlett is MacEwan University’s provost and vice-president academic. He is well travelled, experienced, and enthusiastic about bringing his knowledge to the students here at MacEwan University. You teach a class here; is that right? I do. I teach a...

Supporting psychological wellness on campus

All-nighters, endless caffeine, and last-minute essays — these are stereotypical elements of the university experience. In post-secondary culture, there is tacit approval of problematic and potentially destructive behaviour. This behaviour, as well as the...

Building a future

Just over a month ago, current MacEwan University students ensured that future generations will be able to enjoy the perks of a students’ association building. On Oct. 28 and 29, 77.38 per cent of student voters approved the construction of a building for the...