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In the fall semester, for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic, the $5,000 Student Community Engagement Grant (SCEG) wasn’t available to students. Transitions, departures, and shuffles in MacEwan’s administration left the role of grant facilitator empty,...
MacEwan’s student body proudly displays the Griffin's name across their chests, but where is the support on game day? That Griffins tackle sweatshirt everyone on campus wears is $55. Do you know how many Griffins games you could go to for that money? All of them....
The struggle and dread of mandatory group projects Okay MacEwan, I get it. It’s important to learn how to work on something as a team, in the spirit of preparing for the real world. Most, if not all of us, will have to collaborate on something too big for one...
Continued increases in tuition leaves SAMU unsatisfied The chips are down, the talks are over, and tuition is going up – again. After consultations between SAMU and MacEwan, the board of governors approved a domestic and international tuition hike of 2 per cent for...
Yegwave’s content is identical to multiple journalists’ work In August 2020, COVID-19 was causing panic, and a new Edmonton-focused Instagram page was thriving. Yegwave had just hit the 20,000-follower mark and posted a video thanking its audience for the support....
An honest conversation about Black History Month, intentional student connection, and taking up space On MacEwan’s second floor of Building Six lives the Office of Human Rights, Equity, and Inclusion (OHREI), which works with the rest of the university to build a...
Reigniting our empathy in the face of winter It’s Jan. 20, 2024. As the winter gets frostier by the day, I can't help but think about one of our most vulnerable populations. Standing outside for 10 minutes waiting for the bus feels like an eternity. Wind strips...
The Alberta SPCA's One Family Welfare department offers temporary care for pets so their owners can get the help they need to deal with crisis situations. Patricia Mamak, the director of this department, sheds light on the connection between domestic violence,...
Edmonton’s most recent response to Edmonton's homelessness crisis has been to dismantle the encampments that have been appearing increasingly around the city, especially downtown. The decision has been criticized by many, with community organizers, advocates,...
Are we abusing a good thing? Or does Snapchat just suck? For the longest time, school and multimedia messaging were completely separate. People could go to school as one person, only to become a completely different person once they no longer had a reason for...
City Council passes declaration After two emotional days of City Council meetings, the City of Edmonton has acknowledged a housing crisis. The meetings were separate from the recent sweeping of encampments and the displacement of people in our city, focusing on the...
EPS seems to be looking to hire new officers Advertisements for Edmonton Police Services have been popping up at locations around MacEwan University. Kyle Wurban, EPS’s marketing planner of the Recruitment Selection Unit, says the EPS is “dedicated to...
I interviewed third-year student Brady Newman about his experience coming to Edmonton. Life in the big city might seem like second nature to most students. They know how to navigate downtown, find the basic essentials, and deal with the everyday hustle and bustle....
The ups, downs, and beautiful epiphanies of my experience studying abroad in the Netherlands I recall the exact moment when I decided that I wanted to study abroad. It was in my second year after speaking with an old classmate about his experience studying in...
I’ve struggled with adult acne for years, and now, I’m telling my story As a teenager, there’s nothing worse than waking up to see a huge pimple on your face. Except for when you’re not a teenager. As an adult, the self-inflicted torture and anxiety-riddling skin...