Nest Fest is coming! The NAIT Students’ Association will be hosting a three-day Nest Fest Beer Gardens welcome event on September 13-15 from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. on 103 Street between the Spartan Centre and L-Building. This event will be a great opportunity for returning...
The first week of classes is always one of the most exciting parts of the school year – it’s a new start! For our first issue of the year, our editors are sharing their advice for setting yourself up for success throughout the term. Danielle...
Build yourself an ecosystem of apps that can help you succeed! While these are some of the apps that are the foundation of my current system, I encourage you to experiment and try new ones – you never know when you’ll find a new favourite. Do you have a Gmail account?...
When Sangjune Lee’s name wasn’t among five announced during the final stages of last Wednesday’s NAITSA’s Next Top Model finale, he thought his night might be over. “I was thinking, ‘Oh wow they called five people already. I guess I’m not the winner,’ ” he recalled....
Guitarist and keyboardist Feurd Moore is the sole member of the Elwins with ties to Edmonton. He was born here, actually, and attended Avalon junior high school until he was 14, at which point he and his family moved to Newmarket, Ontario. That’s where the ideas for...
Joel Leckie: We all know the impact of rising tuition costs and the ongoing debate about government subsidies for tuition. But one of the things that hasn’t really been expressed as a possible solution is revising the process of student loans. There are a ton of...
When modernity clogs the mind with an overabundance of shock and sensations, the classics can refresh us. After waves of jump-scares and gores, The Witch, directed by Robert Eggers, is that refreshment in modern horror movies. It delivers a terror in unsettling,...
Spring is coming. Though there is still a good chance of a second or third big winter snowstorm, it is fairly safe to say that we are coming out of the darkness and moving towards above freezing weather. That means more and more people will be bringing their bikes out...
I arrive at NAIT at that wonderful hour of eight in the morning. Do I see bright young faces eager to learn and grow? Not really. While there are a few people who seem awake and ready to go, most of the ones I pass look barely able to hold themselves up. They go about...
There’s been a lot of talk about racial diversity or, rather, lack thereof, at the Oscars this year. For the second straight year, every acting nomination went to Caucasians and only one minority director was nominated (Innaritu for The Revenant). While I don’t think...
