Posts Tagged ‘Mount Royal’

Local hoops star nets CIS medal for Saskatchewan

In the final minute of her post-secondary basketball career, and with the Canada Interuniversity Sports (CIS) bronze medal locked up, Cochrane power forward Alicia Wilson did something she never expected.
“I don’t really cry normally but I just started right there on the court with about a minute left,” recalled the 22-year-old hoops star, who was [...]

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Troubles plague winter parking pass sale

On the morning of Nov. 2, Chelsea Phillipo rolled out of bed at 7 a.m. and joined hundreds of other Mount Royal students online in hopes of obtaining a coveted open-lot parking pass for the winter semester.
Phillipo learned her lesson after last semester when she failed to buy a fall parking pass in July before [...]

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Weathering the commuter crunch

In light of the parking crisis destined to plague MRU, here’s a look at other options for those travelling to and from campus each day
It’s a bitterly cold, wintry morning in the not-so-distant future and you have a term paper due at 9 a.m.
Cloaked from head-to-toe in your warmest attire, you press the ignition on [...]

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Grads mark new era for Mount Royal

A sea of blue packed into Kenyon Court as Mount Royal reached an important milestone on the road towards becoming a full university.
Twenty-nine students, in the criminal justice, communications, arts, and business administration programs, received the first baccalaureate degrees Friday from the 99-year-old institution.
“It’s such a big day not only for the college but [...]

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