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Lan’s Asian Grill is a family affair

Make healthy, fresh food from scratch, and be a gracious host — this is the doctrine of Lan’s Asian Grill. The family-owned Asian restaurant has brother and sister Tom and Monica Lim at its helm. Lan’s takes its name and, most importantly, the fresh cooking...

Culinary classes on campus

“Yeah, that could definitely use a little more galangal,” says Kathryn Joel, owner of Get Cooking, as she places what must have been her 20th tasting spoon in the to-be-washed pile. Bustling around a kitchen packed with mostly couples, Joel, who has been operating...

Student clubs offer something for everyone

Looking to meet new friends, develop new skills, or just have some fun this year at MacEwan? If so, be sure to attend the only event where people will be discussing League of Legends, fine arts, investments, and hula hooping, all in the same room. Club Days is a...

A new era for The Griff

To me, September always signifies a time of rebirth. I know that it’s contradictory to the season’s symbolism as the dying days before our long winter, but I think of autumn as a fresh start. I guess I’ve been a student for too long! In fall 2011, just after I had...

Queer on campus

This summer was a major period of recognizing, understanding and celebrating transgender people in popular media. Caitlyn Jenner, an Olympic athlete and transgender woman, almost broke the internet with her spectacular coming-out on the cover of Vanity Fair’s July...