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Photos courtesy of the MacEwan Music Club One man’s pilgrimage to meet the folks behind the Naked Cyber Cafe jam nights. Last Friday, I was cold. I was tired. The last thing I felt like doing was driving to watch my friend play bass while he made the same facial...
Old covers of the NAIT Nugget stuck to the wall of the Nugget’s office. Amanda Erickson/The Griff. In a world where getting your news often means checking your phone, some publications are still pushing papers around their neighbourhoods. Hyperlocal news in...
Director of ice operations Matt Messer tells us a little bit about how he maintains downtown Edmonton’s community rink. Matt Messer didn’t plan on making ice his career, but much like many Canadians, he eventually found his way back to the rink. As the director of...
Graphic by Victoria Lockridge Is Edmonton getting the transit it deserves? What are your issues with public transit? Every MacEwan student is aware of, and has possibly been late to class because of the construction of Valley Line West in front of campus. Many...
Photos by Alexia Pang. Behind the Green & a recap of Lyle the Therapy Gecko’s live show The Reddit live streamer-turned-podcaster and comedian, who started his career in his mom's basement, Lyle the Therapy Gecko — also known as Lyle Forever — offered his...
Local hard-rock band Revera played their new single "Waste of Fire" at B Street Bar in Edmonton, AB. Hayden Carkner/The Griff The Edmonton-St. Albert-based band celebrated their release with a high-energy show in Edmonton’s Prince Rupert neighbourhood Edmonton-St....
Delania Anders as a Clown, Vanessa Yaremchuk as Patrick Baetman, Nancy Ward as Mima (Perfect Blue), Anna as T-Boe (iCarly). Griffin's Landing. The Griff/ Virginia Boden Some of the coolest costumes around campus. Another Halloween has come and gone at MacEwan. So...
Illustration by Virginia Boden/The Griff This is my first year at MacEwan. Much like most first-year students, it's been a big adjustment. I moved five hours away from my home and had to make new friends, all while navigating a huge campus and learning...
Camille Villoso, MacEwan University student, appears stressed while studying, balancing notes and digital work during a challenging study session. Edmonton, AB. October 16, 2025. Alexia Pang/The Griff Where is the line between just “busy” and “overwhelmed”? The...
Local fashion designer and MacEwan alum Alliyah Lecky puts on one last show in Edmonton before moving to Toronto to pursue her career in fashion design. The designer didn’t want to leave Edmonton without giving a proper, glamorous thanks to her roots.“It was very...
The Triffo Theatre sign. Amanda Erickson/The Griff Triffo Theatres’ opening act of the 25/26 musical season The Triffo Theatre is gearing up for its 2025-26 season. The season began on Oct. 29th, with this year’s opening musical, The 25th Annual Putnam County...
The process of changing your legal name in Alberta is a lengthy and expensive one It costs $250 to legally change your name in Alberta. Well, for some people it’s less and it depends on why you’re changing it. And how much you’re changing. And what forms you fill...
The gorilla was not a real ape A Sunday afternoon looks like this for me: Alarm set for 10:50. Roll out of bed dehydrated and starving. Before eating, turn on NFL Redzone and then proceed to rot on the couch for seven hours of commercial-free football. Sundays are...
A poster for MacEwan’s Revolutionary Communist Club on 109 St NW. Amanda Erickson/The Griff Inside a MacEwan’s Revolutionary Communist Club meeting Virginia Boden Communism. What's the first thing you think of when you hear that word? A dictatorship? How about a...
Having a relationship with an AI LLM is a complicated, strange, and ultimately new trend — is it benign or beneficial? Amanda Erickson Illustration by Evelina Migaldi When Rob first opened up a chat window with a language model, he wasn’t looking for love. “About...