By Madison Gummow Records are made to be broken, and Mitch Lewington, setter for the men’s Ooks volleyball team, has done just that. Lewington has broken the ACAC all-time record for most career assists and there is still over a month left in the season. “Everytime I...
Get Ready, Set, Soar into 2020
By Zachary Flynn The Ooks found some midseason tournament success before the start of the winter semester in the annual North vs South basketball tournament hosted by NAIT. The Ooks soared to victories both days, beating St. Mary’s University 100-85 on day one and...
Captain’s Corner: Ryan Saville
By Dawson Petryshen In the vast world of sports, there are quite a few that get overlooked outside the big 4 of hockey, baseball, basketball and soccer, curling being one of them. Although there are only four people per team curling is a sport centered on teamwork...
Get to Know Your Coach: Slav Kornik
By Adrian St. Onge The NAIT Ooks men’s basketball team is coming back from the winter break with an 8-6 record. Pushing to keep their playoff hopes alive, rookie head coach Slav Kornik looks to get the team trending towards winning ways. “We have a good atmosphere....
Ook Alum Returns as Opposition
By Zachary Flynn After five years of playing for the NAIT Ooks, Leah Vandenboogaard returned to the NAIT gymnasium - this time, on the opposing bench. Following her final season with the Ooks, Vandenboogaard was selected by the CCAA to be a part of the Canadian...
International Students Adjust to Life at NAIT
By Sara Gouda There are 1,900 international students at NAIT from 88 different countries. There are some challenges such as socializing, dealing with homesickness, language proficiency and finding residence. Russian student Ekaterina Mekshenkova transferred from...
Group Counselling Available for Students with Social Anxiety
By Erica Cawagas Students can take part in group counselling workshops to help them with social anxiety. In the last three years demand for one-on-one student counselling sessions has increased by roughly 60 per cent each year. Due to this increase, Health and...
Government Launches Public Survey for the 2020 Budget
By Eryn Pinksen A new online survey is now open for the public to provide their opinions on the Alberta government’s budget. The consultation period began on Jan. 14. The survey will close on Feb. 7. There will be two telephone town halls with the Minister of Finance....
Benefit From Affordable Pet Care
By Natalie Sarzynski Your cat’s been making weird yelping noises in the middle of the night. You quickly realize that unless you want to fill your neighbour’s house with miniature versions of the plant-gobbling mouse murderer, you’re going to need to check him into a...
Delay in Automated Doors on Campus
By Madison Gummow Some automated doors on NAIT’s campus have a delay in opening – sometimes they do not work at all. Michelle Patterson-Nipp is a first year Baking & Pastry Arts student who uses the doors by Ernest’s when coming and going to school. In her program...