Digital hygiene and you — tips on how to protect against the tech
Digital hygiene (or digital wellness) is a term used to describe how people can look after their mental health and digital safety in the online world. Limiting your screen time and using digital safety measures is ever important in an online world designed to soak up what little free time we have. Rhys Primus, a MacEwan communications student, stresses the importance of digital hygiene and the benefits it can have on people. “I have so much potential as a human being to be, like, creating and doing things or hanging out with my friends. And instead, I'm just, like, watching videos that I've seen before, watching things that I'm not laughing [at] and watching things that don't inspire me.” Here’s a list of the best ways to look...
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Smoking electrical room caused by internal failure
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We interviewed the Mayor
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Price of tuition and mandatory non-instructional fees continue to creep up
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STUDENTS’ COUNCIL UPDATES: U-Pass referendum, SC vacancy, $50k for Winter Fest, and more.
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We checked out that RedNote app
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Goodbye F*CK Trudeau stickers — Who will Canadians want to F*CK next?
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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...
March 2025
Correction: In the Feb. 19, 2025 students’ council meeting article, vice-president (student life) was incorrectly titled vice-president (student finance).
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