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Staying afloat

Staying afloat

Here’s a fun fact: MacEwan University has a pool, and it’s paid for by the students. Specifically, students pay $84 per term “to support the provision of sport and wellness services on campus,” according to MacEwan’s website. That fee includes the fitness area as well...
Banking on international students

Banking on international students

On Dec. 15, 2016, the MacEwan University Board of Directors approved a 15 per cent increase in international tuition fees over a two-year period. The now-approved proposition was introduced nearly three months earlier, on Sept. 29, and would see international tuition...
Building a bright future

Building a bright future

On the morning of Jan. 30, the griff team had the chance to tour the new Centre for Arts and Culture (CFAC) building. According to the university website, the building is 430,000 square feet with five floors and a parking garage, and cost approximately $181 million....
Millennial myth-busting

Millennial myth-busting

I’ve known what it feels like to be stereotyped since I was born. I mean, I’m a woman, so I’ve already heard all the “you drive like a woman” jokes. Yes, I do drive like a woman, probably because I am a woman. But that rant is for a different article. The other day I...
Alberta strong on stage

Alberta strong on stage

In May of 2016, it was impossible to turn on a TV without seeing images and video of the greatest natural disaster to ever hit Alberta. A wildfire that quickly grew out of control resulted in tens of thousands of people being evacuated from their homes in Fort...