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Post-secondary takes a hit in troubled economy

Alberta’s economy is very dependent on oil, and with the one-year forecast for oil being $35 per barrel, the future can seem rather grim. This economic downfall can be scary for students, those who rely on government grants and loans, or those who depend on jobs in...

The language of now

<TITLE> <HEAD> <HTML> I’m sorry, what was that? What you see above is code: the language of the future, or, more accurately, the language of the now. Coding, however, is unlike any other dialect. In short, it’s writing things that make the...

Solitary confinement

Recently, I watched a time-lapsed video of Nicholas White, a man stuck in an elevator for 41 hours. It was 11 p.m. when he took an elevator down the McGraw-Hill Building in New York, heading down to smoke a cigarette. Instead, he was holed up in a square room, with...

A modern take on Maslow’s theory

Do you sometimes look at other people in your life and wonder how they keep everything together while maintaining a generally impressive level of awesome? According to psychological theorist Abraham Maslow, these special folks are working toward being...

Budgeting basics

We all know budgeting is important. But budgeting is also intimidating. There seem to be a million ways to do it, and they all seem to involve depriving yourself of the best things in life. Essentially, there are two ways to change your bank balance: spend less or...