Griffin’s golf team gone after ACAC highs
Originally published on January 1, 2025. Walking through the pedway between Building 8 and SAMU, it’s hard not to notice the walls of banners in the David Atkinson Gymnasium. These banners celebrate the many successes in the Alberta Colleges Athletics Conference (ACAC) that the MacEwan Griffins teams have celebrated over the years. 18 of those banners, dating back as recently as 2019-20, are all that remains of the illustrious MacEwan University Griffins golf team. Like all our athletics programs, they shut down for a season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Unlike most of them, they never returned. The COVID-19 shutdown served as something of a buffer for MacEwan Athletics. The 2019-20 seasons were cut short, and the following 2020-21...
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Is Alberta micromanaging its universities?
Originally published on January 1, 2025. CORRECTION: Varun Chandrasekar's name was mispelled in the article "Is Alberta micromanaging its universities?" We regret the error. Higher education in...
MacEwan interns left waiting for payments
Originally published on January 1, 2025. Last winter semester, MacEwan’s communication studies shared an internship opportunity at Edgy TV with students via an email from the department’s faculty...
PAWSS is at risk of pause
Pet-assisted therapy program may be shut down before the new year Originally published on January 1, 2024. The PAWSS program is at risk of being shut down before the new year. In recent months,...
One student’s thoughts on hustle culture and its effects on students
Is it just me or was reading break exhausting? The grind never stops and we hustle to the end, but what is the end? I am constantly tackling an undying to-do list which I simply cannot seem to...
Should you start saving for a house: Student discusses mortgage rates, concerns, and options
Buying a house has always felt like something I would have to worry about later in life. For now, I’m focused on paying rent, tuition, and maybe saving a little when I can. However, with the...
Album Review:GNX by Kendrick Lamar
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...
Edmonton’s YIKES! Film Festival oozes with cinematic creativity.
The YIKES! Film Festival’s second edition brought Edmontonian horror fans together to celebrate authentically spooky cinema. The YIKES! Film Festival came back for more this year as its...
Alta. government opens applications for restorative justice grants until Dec 6th.
We asked a MacEwan professor with a background in law and economics what restorative justice is, and how far these grants will go. On November 6th, Alberta’s government opened up applications...
MacEwan library to update digital catalogue database
Changes were put into effect in December The MacEwan University Library will be changing over its catalogue software at the end of the semester. The change will improve the look and functionality...
Which DnD class are you?
Originally published on November 1, 2024. Greetings, traveller, and welcome to the great, arcane college of MacEwan University. It is here where heroes are born — but first, you must choose a...
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CORRECTION: Varun Chandrasekar’s name was mispelled in the article “Is Alberta micromanaging its universities?” We regret the error.
CORRECTION: The photo of Simar Nayar’s BMW 335is is misattributed. The photo is by Leo, or @flickz.lp on Instagram. We apologize for the error.
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