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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
By Mia Hildebrandt After undergoing a 15-game losing streak, NAIT’s women’s volleyball team were faced with a do-or-die situation; they had to win out their season just to qualify for provincials and that is exactly what they did. The Ooks headed to Medicine Hat to...
By Paige Gordon Goalie Jordan Papirny played in the Western Hockey League for four seasons–three with the Brandon Wheat Kings and one with the Swift Current Broncos, before joining the Ooks. When junior hockey came to an end, Papirny had to decide what the next step...
By Ty Gour The men’s volleyball team finished the 2019-20 season with a very strong 20-4 record, which tied for the best record in the entire ACAC and best in the north. Heading into this season, the Ooks men’s volleyball team came in with something to prove. Coming...
