NAIT students will find accessing tutoring services a bit easier this year after changes to Tutorial Services on NAIT campuses. Main Campus With the move to Room U-210A, the Tutor Centre has been brought together with the majority of NAIT’s Learning and Teaching...
Ask the Editors: Exciting stuff on campus
What are you most excited about on campus this year that you think students should know about? Danielle Fuechtmann, Editor-in-Chief The most exciting thing on campus this year? CAT, obviously. Actually, although I’m excited for the new spaces it provides for students...
Photos say so much
A picture is worth a thousand words, right? At the Nugget, I’m blessed with some pretty straight-forward editorial dilemmas but over the last year a subject regularly on my mind is the tug-of-war between publishing and using graphic or controversial images. I’m not...
For mature students
Adult students who have been out of school for a few years usually do very well when returning to school, however you do have a different set of challenges to face. Here are some pointers. Pace yourself ● Dedicate regular blocks of time throughout the week to...
Recognize your limitations
As students and aspiring professionals, we are going to face many demands on our time. We are also presented with a number of opportunities that can be beneficial both professionally and personally. Yet it is important to consider our ability to handle what we take...
Rogers Place: for the benefit of all?
Chances are you’re well aware that Edmonton’s most anticipated day of the last three years has all but arrived. That is, the opening of the Katz Group’s Ice District crown jewel. The city’s news releases have been firing out like Chris Pronger slapshots (throwback),...
Try to go truly wireless
Last Wednesday, Apple made their annual September announcement, which I found to be overall quite … disappointing. As an avid Apple fan, those who know me best may be shocked to hear this, but it is true. And I assure you, I am not alone. Technology analysts became...
Homage to the Captain
This year marks 75 years of an icon: Captain America. Creators Joe Simon and Jack Kirby felt the need to create a hero who could inspire hope, freedom and liberty during the Second World War. In 1941, the first comic book featuring Captain America was published and...
To knee or not to knee
Sports buffs, historians and those older than 60 will remember another time an athlete’s political statement made headlines. Upon completion of the men’s 200-metre final at the 1968 Olympics, gold and bronze medal winners, and black Americans, Tommie Smith and John...
Like Civilization, only better
Endless Legend is, at the most basic level, a lot like Civilization. You choose a faction, you advance your technology, you expand across the land, you build armies, you explore. There’s diplomacy, strategic resources, a fog of war and an endgame victory you can work...