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A stellar lineup helps SAMU’s annual festival find its groove again For the first time post-pandemic, Fall Fest is back at its original location in front of building 6, and all MacEwan Students aged 17 or older are welcome. The event starts at 2 p.m. on Friday,...
Eighty-nine per cent of residents are MacEwan students, 11 percent from NAIT MacEwan Residence, which opened in 2005, has reached full capacity for student occupancy for the first time.The building has 12 floors, each filled with students from MacEwan and NAIT with...
Finding your niche on campus can be a challenge, especially when it’s your first year of university and your social skills are more than a little rusty after COVID. But there are so many options for on-campus community, and student groups and communities are...
Let’s be honest, making friends is far from easy. And at university, there isn’t a one-stop, all-you-can-eat buffet of friendships available, like there was during recess in elementary school. Instead, it can be very daunting to reach out to people and form...
We are all fascinated and terrified by the implications of artificial intelligence. The concept of artificial intelligence has been in our collective consciousness for many decades now and people are aware of the potential dangers. A large amount of public concern...
Lauren Beatty This redesign of the griff serves as a reintroduction edition to students. Most current students need to become more familiar with the griff since they begantheir post-secondary journey during the pandemic. The purpose of this redesign is to allow the...
On April 5, originally-elected candidate Ismaeel El-Hakim fell short by 86 votes behind his months-long political rival, Jakob Cardinal in a by-election for the VP External of SAMU. In March, El-Hakim finished with a whopping 875 votes, and was named unofficial...
Every year, the design program’s executive committee organizes a year-end portfolio show to display the work of bachelor of design students to industry professionals, friends, family, alumni, and other students. Each graduating student will have at least one item...
MacEwan University’s neuroscience research teams are pioneering work on the effects of cannabis terpenes on zebrafish. Terpenes are what give many plants their smells and cannabis terpenes may have beneficial medicinal properties. These teams are some of the first...
On March 14, 15, and 16, voting for the Executive Committee of the Students’ Association of MacEwan University election took place. But, it just seemed too easy — it is politics, after all. The election result for the role of Vice-President External was...
MacEwan University is constructing a new building for the school of business. The building will be on the corner of 105 Ave. and 109 St., behind the SAMU building. MacEwan hopes to expand the campus’ capacity and support an additional 7,500 students. The building...
Aries: Mar. 21 to April 19If something’s not going as planned, maybe it’s time to climb a tree and look at things from new heights. From up so high, maybe you’ll be able to see all the cool possibilities. And what’s more fun than seeing cars look like little ants?...
A woman walks into a doctor’s office with heavy menstrual bleeding and asks to be treated. The first doctor tells her that her symptoms are normal. The second doctor tells her that she’s overreacting — that it can’t be that bad. The third doctor gives her a...
MacEwan University’s executive committee (EC) advocates for inclusive, engaging, and affordable student life on campus. On the afternoon of March 16, SAMU’s unofficial results showed that 2,173 out of 14,325 eligible students voted, making for a turnout of 15.2 per...
Voting for SAMU’s executive committee election opens on March 14 and runs until March 16. Two candidates are running for the vice-president external position: Jakob Cardinal and Ismaeel El-Hakim. Here are the platform highlights and key goals that both...