By Orrin Farries The summer of isolation is near over, and the machine chugs on with the rattle of a lawn-mower struggling to turn over. While the beginning of the pandemic shot an icy spike through the heart of professional sports entertainment, the summer was not...
Editorial: Finding Your Normal Amidst The “New Normal”
By Scott Zielsdorf ISSUES EDITOR My brief time spent attending Christan youth conferences taught me a concept called the “the mountaintop moment", which in essence is the feeling of an emotional high one gets from an enlightening experience. The idea being that time...
Beauty Bits: Back To Virtual School On A Budget
By Caroline Smith Back to school has always been an excuse to spend money on all the cute items you've been eyeing at the mall. Unfortunately this year... things aren't quite the same. Is there a point in buying those front pleated trousers from Aritzia when no one is...
NAIT Grad Turns Quarantine Baking Into Career
By Karlie Mickanuik Learning to bake sourdough was just one of the weird things people did during quarantine season. Patrick Cunningham was one of them. The only difference is now he has an entire business surrounding baking bread and is taking the local market scene...
Easy-Care Plants To Boost Your Mood
By Karlie Mickanuik Having an abundance of house plants has seemingly become more and more popular these days. With so many kinds of plants out there, how do you know which one to get? Whether you’re an expert plant parent or just starting out, here are 5 of the...
Simple Spells For A New Semester
By Stephanie Swensrude Witchcraft is an ancient art with roots deeply intertwined with cultures around the world. Modern-day witches practice in many ways, ranging from a quick affirmation before bed, to creating love spells with rainwater and herbs, to performing...
ACAC Return To Play
By Orrin Farries Return to play: the three hottest buzzwords in amateur sports leagues across the world right now. COVID-19’s declaration as a pandemic by WHO officials placed the summer of sports into tumult and uncertainty. Many sporting events were cancelled...
NAITSA Senate And Presidential Nominations Now Open
By Scott Zielsdorf Nominations are now open for the 2020-2021 NAITSA student senate election and the executive council by-election for a new president. Students have until Sep 28 to nominate themselves, or someone they know for the role of student senator or executive...
Poem: The Mountain
By Karlie Mickanuik The mind goes blank when forced to create. I frantically write the first words that appear in my mind hoping to find ones that fit together, But once again I click the key to delete the work. The characters disappear into the white page that sits...
Back To (Virtual) School Necessities
By Karlie Mickanuik It’s back-to-school season and during this time we are usually packing our bags for the first day and making sure our back to school outfits are perfect, but this year is going to look a little different. With NAIT’s classes being primarily online...