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How-To

Next to breathing, eating is the most important and basic human need. Due to this fact, when we run low on time, but still require sustenance, we turn to whatever is readily available, which more often than not means terrible meals, bought on the run at far...

Pumpkin spice everything is here

‘Tis the season! No, not Christmas! Pumpkin spice season, previously known as fall. Our love for everything pumpkin and spice is so prevalent now that this year Starbucks decided to move up their pumpkin spice latte arrival date to Aug. 27, a day...

Mexico

It doesn’t take long in a school year for students to start feeling the stress of academic pressure. This along with the daily grind of work and other life problems creates a powder keg of mental health issues just waiting to explode. Among the many ways in which...

The Gift of Our Wounds

On Aug. 5, 2012, a lone gunman entered a Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wisconsin. He opened fire on worshippers in attendance, killing six and wounding four, before turning the gun on himself. The shooter was a white supremacist, affiliated with a group called the...

Back to school

It’s been a very busy couple of years for Elisia Snyder, who graduated from MacEwan University in 2016 as the first Creative English Honours student from the Department of Arts and Sciences. Since then, she has travelled to Thetford Mines, Quebec to teach English...

How-To: Change a tire

It’s the stuff that cheap horror film plots are made of.  You’re cruising along when suddenly, you hear a loud noise and your vehicle no longer handles the way it should. You hit your hazard lights, pull over to the side of the road, and when you get out to...

Adventure for less

With student life comes the desire for travel and adventure. However, the lack of funds that come with the intense financial strain of the school year can quickly darken the possibility for fun. Students, though, are nothing if not resilient, determined, and savvy...

Recipe: What’s for dinner?

Another school year has begun and the rush of new classes, book purchases, and deadlines are here to remind us of what little time we have in a day. No matter how you look at it one thing is for sure: we all have to eat. We also shouldn’t have to settle for...

Café Culture

It’s the fuel for everything we do and often the only way to start our day. So where are the best places to find fuel? We take a look at café culture and showcase three places you might want to check out. Lock Stock Café: Beneath the hustle and bustle of the busy...

When swiping turns to stalking

Dating apps have become the paramount vehicle for meeting new people, whether it be for a date, a hook-up, or a quick ego boost. As of 2014, the popular dating app Tinder has over 50 million users, with an average of 1 billion swipes and 12 million matches a day,...

Recipe: Barbecue bonanza

Jerk Chicken Burgers: Serves: 8 Prep: 2 hours INGREDIENTS: 4 chicken breasts, cut in half widthwise 1 cooking onion Salt and pepper 1 jar of your favourite jerk chicken marinade 1/2 red onion 8 slices of pineapple Burger toppings of your choice DIRECTIONS: Place...

How-to: Travel solo as a student

#When I first started travelling solo, the whole idea of navigating a city with only my backpack and brains scared me senseless. But as soon as my feet landed in vibrant Naples, my fears slowly began to disappear. Before I knew it, I had explored 13 different...

Date night: DOSC

Edmonton has so much to offer in the way of restaurants, cafés, and interesting spaces that it can be hard to imagine getting stuck in a rut, but sometimes we do. Especially when it comes to going out. Recently my partner and I realized that we had fallen into the...

Study spot: The Hallway Café

Across from the Art Gallery of Alberta, you can find a recently reinvented dining spot. The Hallway Café and Takeaway combines art, sustainability, and comfort. Located at 1 Sir Winston Churchill Square, the Hallway Café is situated right in the heart of Edmonton...

Canada’s food guide: What to eat or not to eat

Diet, the ever-changing part of our lives that we cannot seem to get straight. In today’s era of fad diets and a plethora of what can be considered healthy options, it can be truly daunting to try to figure out exactly what you should be eating. There seems to be a...