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The award-winning Model UN Club at National Model United Nations 2024 Note: Contributor Sophia Jabagat is a member of the MacEwan Model United Nations club. On March 20, members of MacEwan’s Model United Nations Club travelled to New York to represent the...
A raw conversation shared between two culture editors, one from the past and one from the present. Before the Griff, Intercamp ran the news around MacEwan. Before the university consolidated into one campus, MacEwan was a community college split into four campuses:...
A conversation with Madden Lewis, the lead of the band MadJohn! & Co., about creative expression, safe spaces, and redemptive outlets Madden Lewis, a first-year music student, doesn’t recall a time in their life when music wasn’t a constant. “I don't...
Edmonton-based rapper Ntwali Kayijaho celebrated his 10th anniversary of rapping this year when he turned 27. A little over a year ago, I sat down with the Rwandan-born rapper to talk about his music career, his upbringing, and aspirations for the future....
Recall the early 2000s with me quickly. Chunky, bedazzled Nokias that could withstand the force of one thousand drunk partygoers when you (inevitably) lose it on the dance floor. The beauty of opening Myspace to the embedded sounds of Britney Spears echoing out of...
After consuming each version of this story, here are my final thoughts Minor spoilers ahead. The book: David Nicholls's 2009 book One Day follows the life of two people who meet on their last day at the University of Edinburgh, which falls on July 15, 1988....
I’m not the first person to gush over my nostalgia fuelled love of Fallout New Vegas and I won’t be the last. But when I think about it, it’s this game that I owe my eternal love of video games to almost entirely. When I was in high school, Fallout New Vegas...
I have always loved reading and finding the whats and whys of everything around me. Through reading, I have become a better version of myself and have gained a wealth of wisdom that I believe I would not have acquired otherwise. It's fascinating how books can shape...
It took me a long time to watch the iconic movie Dead Poets Society. When I did watch it, it was a spontaneous and random decision that altered my life from the moment I hit play. My reasons for wanting to watch it were simple. It was fall, and I loved the idea of...
Disney Princess: Enchanted Journey for the Wii was more than just a game for my sister and me during our early elementary years. It was a much needed escape from the harsh realities my family faced at the time. Back then, life was pretty tough, and finding moments...
When I was young and dumb, I had a weird relationship with music. Even in my teens, I skipped the phase of finding and sharing, cultivating that taste for how and where I was feeling my feelings. I didn’t let music shape me or I shape it — not in the same way as my...
The courage in being disliked and how to love who you are Growing up, one of my greatest fears was the looming presence of being disliked. To avoid this, I found myself constantly shifting between different cliques, and molding my speech and actions to fit the...