By Stephanie Swensrude Assistant Entertainment Editor My mental illness is ugly. It’s sinister. It’s treating the people I love poorly because they can’t abandon me if I leave them first. It’s lying and fabricating and embellishing for attention. It’s the inability to...
By Caroline Smith In a University of Michigan study, retail therapy was up to 40 times more effective at giving people a sense of control than people who just browse. So why is retail therapy so effective? A study from the Journal of Consumer Psychology noted that...
By Chi Bashangi Megan Vernon is proud to be a Jamaican-born skin specialist as well as the founder of The Melanin Studio Ltd. “I’m a woman of colour. I understand that we as black people all over the world coined the word melanin to glorify the melanin in our skin,”...
By Chris Sato My friends say I have bad taste. This is a list of songs that I pretty much only listen to in secret. Do I think they’re good? Not all of them. But I think that there is a threshold where something might not be objectively good but it is still VERY...
By Nicole Murphy It is important to listen to thoughts in your mind that keep you out of danger and to ignore the thoughts that are sabotaging your potential. But how do you know the difference between legitimate fears and anxieties, and fears and anxieties that are...
By Sara Gouda Studies show stress is a common feeling among 90% of university students. The National Union of Students states the main three sources of stress include: meeting school deadlines, balancing schoolwork with other commitments and studying for exams. Joshua...
By Karlie Mickanuik Social Media Editor MacEwan University Residence (Mac Rez), although convenient, is ultimately not an ideal living situation for NAIT students. NAIT students are not able to attend certain free events that are advertised in the residence building...
By Mia Hildebrandt After undergoing a 15-game losing streak, NAIT’s women’s volleyball team were faced with a do-or-die situation; they had to win out their season just to qualify for provincials and that is exactly what they did. The Ooks headed to Medicine Hat to...
By Paige Gordon Goalie Jordan Papirny played in the Western Hockey League for four seasons–three with the Brandon Wheat Kings and one with the Swift Current Broncos, before joining the Ooks. When junior hockey came to an end, Papirny had to decide what the next step...
By Sara Gouda College is a tough transition for anyone. With a new campus and different courses, meeting deadlines and managing a new atmosphere can be overwhelming. Add to that a heavy commitment to a varsity team and that’s when the real challenge begins. These two...
