Viancy Salubre is the Digital Editor for Vol. 66, and a recent graduate of the Print & Online Journalism program at the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology. Her editorial work can be seen in TheScene, Avenue and Create Calgary.
By Eda Kamal, October 18 2023— The definition of friendship used to be simpler — someone you met on the playground, or in the classroom, or perhaps your parent’s friend’s kid. In any case, a friend was someone who you wanted to spend time with, and in return, someone
By Jeffrey Wang, October 18 2023— Today is a good day for your unwashed ilk as I will, in my munificence, bring some culture and intelligence to this midden heap you call a university and show you how to project (some) intelligence. 1: Look down on your inferiors. I studied
By Radhya Comar, October 18 2023— Standing before members of the Hawkeye state is a man. A businessman, an innovator and an Ivy League alumnus. He ambles across the stage, points his fingers and passionately waves around his hands in a frenzy of melanin. He tells the citizens of Iowa
By Ilana van der Merwe, October 18 2023— As a humanitarian, I took it upon myself to do the seemingly impossible. Over the span of one week, I tested six different smoothies, all on campus. My main goal: determine a rough outline of which smoothie moved me and which smoothie
By Ramiro Bustamante Torres, October 16 2023— Last week, an emergency meeting with Calgary’s city council expedited the approval of another art installation to act as a sequel to the divisive and controversial blue ring, Travelling Light by inges idee. The decision to push for another ring has already
By Reyam Jamaleddine, October 16 2023— The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines whitewashing as the altering of “(something) in a way that favours, features, or caters to white people”. In essence, to wipe away an identity and rid of cultural experience, to wash it and clean it away of anything that
By Emma Djukic, October 16 2023— The Schulich Leader Scholarship is one of the most prestigious and coveted awards in all of Canada. More than 300,000 high school candidates apply every year, and there are only 100 awards of $120,000 awarded to the most deserving students in the
By Leonie O'Sullivan, October 16 2023— The first question you might ask is who is Oliver Tree? You probably already know some of this internet sensation's music, especially if the global pandemic accelerated your transition to TikTok in 2021. Tree's hit song "Life
By Vama Saini, October 16 2023— In an era dominated by social media, we confront a moral dilemma about the disclosure of our children's lives on the internet. It goes beyond mere potty training tales on Facebook. The digital footprint of a child now begins before birth, with
By Katelyn Liakos, October 16 2023— Brendan Griebel and Jude Griedel, co-curators of the Museum of Fear and Wonder in Bergen, Alberta, invite us to delve into their archives with their thought-provoking exhibition, Care and Wear: Bodies Crafted for Harm and Healing currently on display at Esker Foundation.