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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...
The sun has set on another successful Fall Fest, SAMU’s annual welcome-back bash Evan Watt Photos by Amanda Erickson Here we are. The first month of another year at MacEwan University has come to a close. Classes have been dropped, textbooks have been legally...
An interview with MacEwan’s Cybersecurity/Ethical Hacking Club’s president, Dmytro Gorkun, and vice-president (external) Tenzin Pyurveev, talks about what the discipline of ethical hacking means to both the club, and the wider world. Syn Dika Photo by Amanda...
The wayfinding mosaic that sits on the first floor of building 9. Amanda Erickson/The Griff A new initiative from the kihew waciston hopes to eliminate the struggle of locating the centre through art Evan Watt Photo by Amanda Erickson Since its construction in...
If nobody’s got you, the lofi girl’s got you. Ian SmythIllustration by Hayden Carkner Picture this. It’s near the end of the term. You’re stressed out of your mind, living off of energy drinks and timmies Farmer’s Wraps. On top of that, it’s -30 C outside. So you...
Fuck sickos, fuck the trolls Raynesh Ram Graphic by Forrester Toews If you’re online as much as I am, chances are you have heard about the untimely passing of YouTuber Gothic KingCobraJFS, also known as the gothic bad boy or Josh Saunders, his real name. His death...
Edmonton’s Pride Parade hits the streets after a 7-year hiatus. Text and photos by Amanda Erickson/TheGriff After nearly eight years, Edmonton’s Pride Parade made its long-awaited return this past weekend, filling downtown streets with rainbow flags and crowds of...
Graphic: Forrester Toews / The Griff A review of Alex G’s new album, Headlights Forrester Toews On July 18, Alex G released his tenth studio album, Headlights. Alex G previously released under Domino Recording Co., and Headlights marks his first major studio...
Photo: Forrester Toews/The Griff The Alberta-set musical will be the third show this season, slated alongside The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Carrie: the Musical, and A Chorus Line. Each year, the halls deep within Allard Hall rumble with the sounds of...
Artist Anna Binta Diallo reframes maps and memory. PHOTO: Detail shot of Sediments and sky in Topographies by Anna Binta Diallo. Amanda Erickson/The Griff. From May 24 to Aug. 8, MacEwan’s Mitchell Art Gallery is transformed into a world of layered topographies and...
If you’ve ever rushed to class through the first floor of Building 7, a giant portrait of our University’s namesake, Dr. Grant MacEwan, stood in your periphery. All it takes is a minute of pause to look closer at the details of what he loved in life: MacEwan...
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