How relying on AI can negatively affect students
AI is a powerful tool for students and non-students alike. It saves time, helps with homework, and is arguably efficient. But what is the cost of artificial intelligence? Students are becoming too reliant on it. Once upon a time, when students were assigned research essays, they would research a topic, and then write up and edit their paper until it was ready to submit. Procrastinators may have had to forgo the editing bit, but they would’ve still dedicated at least some time and effort to their assigned task. Whether you spent three weeks or three hours, you put in the work. Nowadays, students can submit papers by lifting their fingers just long enough to type a topic and press enter. People who abuse AI to do the...
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A fight for equality
On Nov. 4, 2020, BIPOC and MacEwan University music student Paxsi Mamar Lariri took to Instagram to enact a call to action to combat racism in the MacEwan music program. In the video Lariri, who...
A lifetime of redistribution
Although he has been a self-described “politics nerd” for most of his life, Cody Bondarchuk was not yet planning to run for Edmonton City Council when he was working at McDonald’s just over a...
Rolling to a greener Edmonton
The City of Edmonton will provide all single-unit and some multi-unit homes with carts for garbage and food waste as part of the City’s 25-year waste strategy to divert 90 per cent of waste from...
Propaganda in the age of social media
On Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington, DC, the death rattle of the Trump presidency rang out. I never expected to turn on the news and see images of Trump supporters storming the United States capitol,...
Must-see online events this month
After a less-than-ideal year, we’re all itching to get back out there (and I don’t mean outside — I’ve gone on too many walks already). But there are still a few online events to take in before...
Handle with care
Since April, almost every one of James Ball’s work days has ended later than he’s used to. On its own, this wouldn’t be a major problem for him, except for the fact that his customers are not...
Review: Enola Holmes
If I said I had heard of Enola Holmes before watching the movie, I’d be lying. However, I will admit that after watching the made-for-Netflix movie, I was pleasantly surprised. The 2020 film...
Date night: tobogganing, blankets, and hot chocolate
The date night challenge that began in 2020 continues, and no one really knows when it will entirely end. In fact, as this article is being written, restrictions have simply become tighter with...
Food for thought: Northern Chicken
Northern Chicken has been a jewel in the downtown area for four years now. It is a queer-owned business serving up southern-style comfort food that has been satisfying appetites and warming...
Student group Q&A: Girl Up MacEwan
To start, what is your name and position with the Girl Up MacEwan student group? My name is Mackenzie Thomas and I am the president of the Girl Up MacEwan club. Girl Up MacEwan is a branch of the...
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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