“I was in shock! I can’t believe it, I just won NAITSA’s Next Top Model!” Those were the words spoken by a beaming Maranda Martiniuk moments after being crowned the winner of NAITSA’s annual modelling contest last week. Even in the stark fluorescent light filling the...
City takes over NAIT LRT line
The handover process for the NAIT Metro LRT line has now officially begun, with Thales Rail Signalling Solutions Inc. handing over the majority of the required documentation, including a safety certificate, to the City of Edmonton on March 23. Signalling Solutions...
NAIT students all business
NAIT students once again showcased their abilities this year, as a team of NAIT business students took home the top prizes in two major competitions – the Alberta Business Deans Case and the Chartered Financial Planner (CFP) Case Competitions. These teams competed...
Little Snapchat is growing up
Originally Snapchat was a way to send photos or videos lasting 10 seconds, updating your friends with small moments in time. Whether you’re sending it to a specific person or adding it to your 24-hour story, it was limited. Recently Snapchat has released an update...
Crossing your boundaries
When you decide it’s time for a night of dancing, you must first choose a suitable venue for such an occasion. You don’t always know what type of music you will be moving your body to later in the evening. While you usually have a rough idea in your mind and you may...
Hard lesson, well learned
Perspective. It’s something in sports we tend to lose when the results on paper don’t meet expectations. For NAIT’s mens basketball coach Mike Connolly, however, perspective is exactly what he preached after the early end to his team’s season. “I said I didn’t want...
Men sweep trojans for gold!
The ACAC hockey season is over and the golden celebration is paired with a little blue. The NAIT Ooks men’s hockey team made a triumphant return to the championship series by dethroning the defending champions, and bitter rivals, the SAIT Trojans. The Ooks took an...
Protective Services and you
NAIT Protective Services are our very own men and women in uniform on campus. Often erroneously called “security,” Protective Services serves both students and staff. Not only is NAIT Protective Services stepping up their enforcement duties, they are also expanding...
1984 speaks to 2015
George Orwell was more than just a brilliant author and enticing storyteller. If you’ve been paying attention to Canadian politics lately, it appears Orwell also had the power to see into the future. In his ground breaking novel, Nineteen Eighty-Four, Orwell tells the...
Music trends in 2015
Whether you happen to be a hater or a lover of the changing trends in our music – it doesn’t matter, because they won’t be going anywhere, anytime soon. What is a trend? The word “trend” is defined as a “general course” or “veering in a new direction.” Trends are the...