NAIT has three weeks off for winter break and we decided to give a rundown of our favourite games of 2017, what we are playing, and what we look forward to in the new year. Hopefully we can help you pass the time with these recommendations. Tre Lopushinky - Sports...
Take time to de-stress
The NAIT Students’ Association’s Campus Activities Board (CAB), featured a series of activities at the end of the fall semester to help students de-stress. The activities included bubble wrap to pop, play-dough to mold and a giant colouring sheet. Students could even...
Some steps to happiness
Happiness is a lasting state of mind where you feel that life is generally good and where you experience frequent positive emotions such as joy, delight, enthusiasm, interest, curiosity, vitality, pride and contentment. Happiness does not mean walking around with a...
Television: Best and worst of 2017
Once upon a time, television used to be the poor man’s cinema. If you were a film actor who transitioned to TV, your career in film was over. The same went for filmmakers. That being said, the last 25 years have seen a renaissance for the television format. As a...
Best flicks of 2017
Bryn Lipinski - Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 hit theatres in May and grossed more than $865 million worldwide, making it the sixth highest-grossing film of this year. Most people can tell when a movie has a strong entertainment factor...
A jedi for all seasons
By the time this paper is in your hands, the latest in the Star Wars saga will have hit theatres. Hype is at an all-time high; Star Wars is practically synonymous with the holiday season now. Following Disney’s acquisition of the franchise from Lucasfilm, a new entry...
John Dies at the End: Horrifying and educational
“WARNING: You may have a huge, invisible spider living in your skull. This is not a metaphor.” This is the first line and premise of This Book is Full of Spiders: Seriously Don’t Touch It, which is part of the John Dies at the End series. It captures the insanity of...
Letting go of perfectionism
► Do you set excessively high standards for almost everything you do? ► Do your accomplishments rarely meet your expectations? ► Do you try to appear faultless to the outside world, even your close friends? ► Do you judge yourself based on your accomplishments? ► Do...
Take some time to be together
On a calm, relaxing evening, Adriel enjoys a romantic night out with his girlfriend under the stars. When asked where he had met his lover of three years, Adriel replied with a smooth tone and a hint of sarcasm: “We met in math class at the U of A, and it wasn’t easy...
Expressions of funk
Mercy Funk is the brainchild of Angela Proulx and Crystal Eyo. They don’t let genre define their music but it falls most closely near the stylings of funk, R&B, pop and soul. Between the two of them, their musical tastes span all genres, with Eyo stating that,...