By Karlie Mickanuik Due to COVID-19 the government is suggesting people go into self isolation to stop the spread of the virus. Here are five apps to help pass the time while you hang out by yourself. Freeletics - Personal Trainer Now is a better time than ever to...
Poem: Split Mindset
By Karlie Mickanuik I often wonder and question / “I’d be so much happier” Is this where I’m meant to be? / The one half says with joy Did I make the right choice? / “But the skills you learn” Choosing career over comradeship. / The other rebuttals with demand I’m...
TarotScopes With Scream Queen B
This week may feel like a nostalgic playlist of your old emo jams as we enter the sign of Pisces in a mercury retrograde. If you find yourself revisiting some ghosts of the past and feeling like an open wound, well… welcome to the club. Read below to discover what the...
Blood Drive Snack Tier List
By Stephanie Swensrude From salty to sweet, there is something at your local blood drive for everyone. I took it upon myself to rate every prepackaged package of blood-sugar-jumpin’ goodness. I arrived at the blood donation centre. As I filled out my life story on the...
The Ugly Side Of Mental Illness
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...
Shopping Often Used As A Coping Method
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...
A Safe Space For All Pigments
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,”...
How To Know What Fears You Should Listen To And What Fears To Push Through
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...
The Effects of Student Stress
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...
College Culture Death: Mac Rez
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...