Editor's note: This article was originally published with a definition of slate campaigning from the CRO, not the NAITSA bylaws. To avoid any confusion, we have adjusted the quoted line to come directly from the bylaws. The previous definition was “prohibit[ion of]...
Isolation and social media: a hell of our own making
Social media, in modern society, feels like a necessary evil. It’s rare to find someone who has a healthy relationship with it, and rarer to find someone who doesn’t use it all. We’ve never been more interconnected than we are now. At any point, I can reach out to...
Hip Hop Dance Club brings movement and inclusivity to campus
A welcoming space for all students, NAIT’s Hip Hop Dance Club (HDC) is back on the scene for another year of events after COVID shut down many NAITSA clubs. The HDC was founded back in 2016, but like many other clubs, was dissolved during the lockdowns of the...
Chain smoking: Or how I learned to stop white knuckling and love mountain driving
It’s nine p.m., and we’re 24 minutes outside of Whitehorse. On the road, all we see is snow falling in the pitch black. I’m not driving; it hasn’t been my turn for hours. I check my phone, and I have service—a luxury on this trip. As I lift my head to tell Josh the...
Who cares about the Cinderella story?
Billy Beane, Oakland Athletics General Manager, once said, “no one [cares] unless you win the last game of the season.” It served as the thesis of the film Moneyball, which was largely based on his time as General Manager at the Athletics. It’s a bitter sentiment, but...
How we hold on to the past: A conversation with a treasure hunter
In my room, there is a shelf full of items from the past. It displays several Playstation 2 games that I have no way to play, but I hold on to because 15 years ago I enjoyed them. On the end, taking up the remainder of the shelf, sits a few funeral cards of the family...
Love Pro Wrestling: Edmonton’s not so hidden gem
Edmonton has plenty of niche local live shows, but did you know there’s a community for local pro wrestlers? Picture this: you buy your ticket, get in your car and drive to the South Edmonton Rec Room for a Love Pro Wrestling show. You find parking in a crowded...
Scorsese crafts a new masterpiece with “Killers of the Flower Moon”
**Spoiler warning for the entire movie. I strongly recommend you watch the movie before reading this review.*** Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon has him firing on all cylinders for the entire runtime. That is more than enough reason to see this in...