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MacEwan student and SAMU Students’ Council member, Layal, is running a fundraiser to help fund members of her family to leave Gaza. Layal lived in Gaza until her family made the difficult decision to leave during the war in 2014, but not all of her family was able...
The award-winning Model UN Club at National Model United Nations 2024 Note: Contributor Sophia Jabagat is a member of the MacEwan Model United Nations club. On March 20, members of MacEwan’s Model United Nations Club travelled to New York to represent the...
On April 4, 2024, SAMU Students’ Council held a special meeting to appoint vacant Executive Committee positions for VP student life and VP external. The VP student life position was left vacant before the election, and the VP external position became vacant...
How do you reach adulthood when the goal posts keep moving? I don’t think there's ever been a time in my life when I didn’t consider myself an adult. As far back as I can remember, I’ve been ready for the next thing and I just needed the grownups around me to...
As we continue to see more and more of the effects of the global climate crisis, encouraging sustainable practices has become increasingly important. This is a belief shared by MacEwan, with the university’s strategic direction plan for the next eight years to...
Edmonton-based rapper Ntwali Kayijaho celebrated his 10th anniversary of rapping this year when he turned 27. A little over a year ago, I sat down with the Rwandan-born rapper to talk about his music career, his upbringing, and aspirations for the future....
The MacEwan library has gotten quieter in the last few weeks. Due to recent renovations in February, sound absorption panels were installed to help catch the noise and sound from travelling upwards to the quiet areas of the third floor. "We're doing our best...
As our parents, guardians, older siblings, and other, much wiser people in our lives warn us, we must always be prepared for the worst to happen. Obviously, one of the worst things that could happen while you’re at MacEwan is an apocalypse occurring as you’re...
Recall the early 2000s with me quickly. Chunky, bedazzled Nokias that could withstand the force of one thousand drunk partygoers when you (inevitably) lose it on the dance floor. The beauty of opening Myspace to the embedded sounds of Britney Spears echoing out of...
It’s an unfortunate truth for too many girls that liking sports will always come with cynicism and difficulty. No matter which one, all fans who are women can describe at least one time their love for the sport was reduced to “liking it for the hot guys.” That...
The race for second place On March 2nd, it was “lights out and away we go” for the first race of the 2024 season in Formula 1. From the jump, it was clear that a repeat of the 2023 season was in store, with Max Verstappen pulling ahead from his pole position. As he...
In the crazy world of university life, there's an exhilarating opportunity that many students may have heard of: studying abroad. Studying abroad is more than just packing your bags and jetting off to a new country; it's an adventure that transcends the boundaries...