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“How long will it take before our access to the sun is under a paid subscription?” We ask, looking up at our family trees, standing between mangled, surfaced roots. Our gene branches respond with leaf litter. “How long?” They rustle. “It began...
It’s a Wednesday evening, and everything goes as usual. I leave my black garbage bin along the curb right beside its smaller green clone. They sit there in silence like gargoyles in the night, awaiting the arrival of Edmonton’s garbage trucks. In the early rise of...
People insist on making a connection between journalism and democracy in the North American media sphere, with democracy being viewed as the freedom of the people, and journalism being championed as a driving force for that freedom. When I say democracy, I mean the...
By Hasna Yahia Being Canadian has given me so much. It has given me privilege, safety, and opportunities. But being Canadian has taken so much away from me. I wonder what my country stands for and what it supports and I wonder where I belong in all of this. I...
The sound of boos during the U.S. national anthem at Canadian hockey games has become a powerful symbol of growing tensions between the two countries. What was once a moment of shared respect now underscores a deeper divide, as political and cultural differences...
Thank you. Merci. Vive le Canada. If you paid attention to Donald Trump’s insane ramblings during his cultish rallies, you might have picked up on an actual policy promise. Shocking, I know, but something the President constantly harped about was his plans to...
Kendrick Lamar’s sixth studio album is here, and so are the new flows he promised. On the 22nd of November, Kendrick Lamar posted a 1-minute snippet to YouTube teasing new music. Thirty minutes later, I was on Facetime with my friend, absolutely losing my...
Tales of a Rocky Horror Virgin For someone who loves queer history, I have missed out on one crucial monument — The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Every costume party has a Frank, or a Brad and Janet duo. However, I never got the references. My closest connection is...
When you’re on campus, take a second to look around. The average age of MacEwan’s student body in 2022-23 was 24 years old. In Canada, the second leading cause of death for people likely your classmates’s age, youth and young adults aged 15-35 years old, is...
As a self-proclaimed newbie to the gaming community, social media has been a great way to learn more about games and their history, and to engage with fellow fans. After the release of the Fallout TV show, I decided to learn more about the Fallout games since I was...
A rant on students needing straight A’s in overconsumption. Originally published on September 1, 2024 It's the start of August. No leaves have fallen yet or even dared to consider fading from green. But we don't need the leaves to fall; we’re already slipping from...
Jason Symington provides advice for graduating students I’ve spent my entire academic career procrastinating, but not on projects. I’ve put off the idea that I would someday leave these walls and become a professional, or something close to it. For four years, I’ve...
As our parents, guardians, older siblings, and other, much wiser people in our lives warn us, we must always be prepared for the worst to happen. Obviously, one of the worst things that could happen while you’re at MacEwan is an apocalypse occurring as you’re...
After consuming each version of this story, here are my final thoughts Minor spoilers ahead. The book: David Nicholls's 2009 book One Day follows the life of two people who meet on their last day at the University of Edinburgh, which falls on July 15, 1988....
I’m not the first person to gush over my nostalgia fuelled love of Fallout New Vegas and I won’t be the last. But when I think about it, it’s this game that I owe my eternal love of video games to almost entirely. When I was in high school, Fallout New Vegas...