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The Griff talks to four MacEwan students in four different programs/majors, and asked what media, television, or simply the general public gets wrong about your field of study Have you ever watched a show focusing on a profession and wondered what they’re getting...
Jefferson Hagen and his first jersey. Terence J. Fougere / The Griff People around MacEwan share their ‘first jersey’ stories. The communication student McKenna Golden is a first-year Communications student at MacEwan who despite not growing up in Edmonton, has...
Illustration by Hayden Carkner/The Griff The new initiative promises lower waste and emissions, but student convenience is the decisive factor. Recently, MacEwan quietly launched a partnership with Reusables, a new initiative designed to advance campus...
Screenshot from the MONSTER: The Ed Gein Story trailer. Netflix. Syn talks about the new Netflix docu-series Monster: The Ed Gein Story, and rants on inaccuracy and respecting victims True crime entertainment has been a major interest of mine. All things macabre...
Writer Viktorya Gyulinyan discusses the implications of Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension and return. Recently, U.S. broadcaster ABC suspended talk show host Jimmy Kimmel over a seemingly insensitive comment about conservative pundit Charlie Kirk’s murder. In response to...
Pseudo-Antigone (Simone A. Medina Polo) performing parts of her album Melancholic Melodrama. Prapti Sapkota/The Griff. Insight into the musical exploration of Edmonton. Article by Josalynn Lawrence Photos by Prapti Sapkota New Music Edmonton’s Autumn Equinox...
The great denim advertising battle of 2025. Article by Syn Dika Graphic by Hayden Carkner Have you ever seen an ad that makes you upset? I’m talking about the rightly controversial American Eagle ad featuring Sydney Sweeney that came out this year. Coming...
Don’t melt your eyebrows. Aaron Nay The last 100 years have seen incredible technological advancements. TV didn’t exist a century ago, and now we constantly view the world through screens. The latest development to take over the world — unsurprising to anyone — is...
Martin Kerr expands his reach and audience with his new political protest album, Overdue for a Revolution. Terence J. Fougere Created to protest against modern American politics and world issues as a whole, UK-born and Edmonton-based folk musician Martin Kerr’s...
Halifax Eurekas of the Coloured Hockey League, Nova Scotia – Creative Commons Sports and politics are more intertwined than you want to think. Amanda Lou To me, sports have always represented the status quo, the white, upper-middle class masculine hegemony of the...
Graphic by Forrester Toews. A short rant about politics. America once stated itself to be the "land of the free." Regardless of what it actually was, the world once believed that the U.S.A was a place of progress, freedom, and liberty for all. But recently, with...
Photo: Grace Mwasalla stands ready to take on the action by the Cougars. Alexia Pang/The Griff. The mental toll that stems from a lack of crowd support. Home advantage is supposed to mean something. The familiar space, the comfort of your locker room, and the roar...
How artificial status is performed. Forrester ToewsIllustration by Dallon Costello As you walk to your 200-level humanities class in Building 6, you pass Starbucks. Near the fairly expensive cafe, you notice someone that you’ve seen many times before with a...
Reviews of three of my favourite folk horror books I’ve read this harvest season Kelsie Johnston The Laws of the Skies by Grégoire Courtois 5/5 Twelve six-year-olds and their three adult chaperones go into the woods. None of them make it out alive...
Danielle Smith is gambling with the health and safety of Albertans with a new vaccine rollout plan. Kelsie Johnston Graphic by Forrester Toews As the wind becomes colder and the leaves on the trees start to turn different colours, it’s not only the seasons that are...