Pandemic preparations
Every year the leaves change colour and begin to drop — much like the temperature — signaling the beginning of a new season. Flu season, that is. While the regular influenza virus is to...
Category: Features
Pearls of Wisdom gala a sea-soned affair
Clint Lovell Staff Writer A night out at the Blue Pearl for the Pearls of Wisdom gala dinner has become a mainstay in the Mount Royal College calendar. The atmosphere was light and...
A hair-raising experience
While many of us dread any notion of hair loss, 17 individuals on Monday at Mount Royal took the plunge and entered the world of baldness for a good cause. The Shave Your Lid...
In the grade scheme of things
It’s that time of year again. Projects are being completed, exams are being studied for, all-nighters are being pulled, and stress levels are through the roof. To add to all the anxiety and chaos,...
Jeremiah was a bullfrog: Spear survival, football farts & an eight-day erection
A Brazilian man who was struck in the head with a spear while underwater fishing says he is done with his favourite pastime. Emerson de Oliveira Abreu talked with the media three days after...
Amanda’s Hodge Podge: Blogging???
Professional journalists in the age of the internet look as doomed as the typewriter in the age of the computer. Local newspapers are disappearing. National newspapers and commercial TV stations are seeing the web...
Paper plane to Austria
Many of us live the generic school life; wake up, go to class, do homework, and go to work. Not much excitement besides the occasional gathering at the local watering hole, but for one...
Apply within
Today’s economic news may be gloom and doom but it needn’t derail your summer job hunt. However, this summer finding that perfect job will be much harder because there will be...
Jeremiah was a bullfrog: Smart vacuums, space undies & testicle festivals
Researchers at the U of C have used their findings on bio-electric signals to create a specialized Roomba vacuum cleaner that can sense human emotions (Live Science). Pranksters in England decided to exact revenge...
Amanda’s hodge podge: The death watch of newspapers
In the land of the newspaper life as we once knew it is no more. Over the past couple week’s newspapers in the United States have stopped publishing, filed...
