Men’s soccer hosting ACACs
by Blaine Meller After an 8-1-1 season, good enough for first place overall in the ACAC, the Cougars men’s soccer team has earned the right to host the provincial championships. The three-day event will...
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MRU’s Naheed Nenshi elected mayor
by Zoey Duncan “Today Calgary is a different place than it was yesterday,” he says. There is a pause for cheers, during which a toothy grin splits across his face. “It’s a better place.”...
Cougars striker makes history
by Blaine Meller Gillian Doubleday has made history. The Mount Royal University soccer star scored five goals, including the 47th of her career, to establish the new Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference (ACAC) women’s individual...
Three minutes with the future mayor
by Aaron Chatha The key to speed dating is making a strong first impression, laying your best cards on the table and hoping that, after meeting everyone there, someone liked you best. On Oct....
Calgary’s Plaza Theatre celebrates 75 years
by Sheena Manabat In a relatively young city such as Calgary, The Plaza stands out as the city’s longest-running theatre. The cozy and charming Plaza was once a stable before becoming the one screen...
Double-dose of history?
by Blaine Meller There’s an old adage in sport: records are meant to be broken. It would seem Gillian Doubleday has heard this as well. Doubleday, playing for the Cougars Women’s Soccer team, has already...
Cougars golden on greens
by Blaine Meller It isn’t rare to see cougars prowling the foothills of Southern Alberta. However, the Cougars stalking the fairways at Wintergreen Golf Course had a different prey in mind: ACAC gold. The Cougars’ men’s...
MRU students ‘can make a difference’ in election
by Bryan Weismiller Maybe you’ve been buried under a pile of textbooks lately, or you’ve been preoccupied “sampling” a few pints of Royal 100 in the Liberty Lounge, but Calgary’s 2010 municipal election is...
Mayoral pool still plenty deep
by Devin Ayotte Fifteen candidates are vying for the mayoral post that Dave Bronconnier is vacating next month, but Mount Royal University political science professor Duane Bratt said it will be business as usual...
Speed dating meets civic politics on campus
by Zoey Duncan Rarely do romance and municipal affairs overlap, but this fall, they will come very close. On Oct. 4, mayoral candidates will gather on the second floor of Wyckham House to meet with...
