COURSES 100: Recommendations for the U of A Course Catalogue

The deadline for swapping courses has come and gone and so too has the the deadline for dropping courses sans W. But, as always, after schmoozing Bear Tracks for hours and trying to settle on the last two courses of my

YOUALBERTA INTRODUCES: The “Celebrate Valentine’s Day (By Yourself in a Onesie)” Contest.

Listen up lovebirds – YouAlberta is brewing a contest with a prize basically equivalent to a committed partner. For the low price of your best/worst Valentine’s Day story, you could walk away draped in Green and Gold, t

YouAlberta Spotlight: The Bike Library

I bike to school every day, and find that at least once a week… something usually breaks. I’ll pop an inner tube, my chain will snap, or my brakes won’t break (since they’re pretty worn). More recently, my DIY pannier (

AntiFreeze: 7 Graphs That Illustrate Success... Sort Of

It’s here. It, being the Official Winter Student Games: AntiFreeze. By now, teams are probably getting parts of their scrapbooks together, working on their cardio, and mentally coping with the fact that they’re not goin

Festival of Ideas – A totally Appropriate Name

Admittedly, almost a month ago, when I told my boss I would attend Festival of Ideas, I was entirely clueless as to what this so-called “festival” was all about.  “Ideas!” one might conclude. Indeed – ideas were ap

Unwind Your Mind, Bro.

I’m a student. You, you might be a student. Being a student, and it being December, means it is nearly finals. For some, finals start now. For others, finals start seemingly forever from now. For other others, they have

Fall Break Study Tip Ideas (In Cartoon Form!)

The YouAlberta team was asked to provide some pieces of study advice based on how they get through midterms, and this is the result... in cartoon form:(Note: Coffee appears a lot...)Step 1: Wake up earlyStep 2: Make som

"Use Us!" And Other Advice from Students Working on Campus

Ah yes – the lower level of SUB. Newly decorated with a flush of neon chairs and ample couches, many a students of taken advantage of the rebooted basement SUB. What once was a maze of incredibly small rooms is now a ve