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SAIT’s concrete toboggan team preparing for 2019 race

SAIT’s Great Northern Concrete Toboggan Race (GNCTR) team is preparing for its annual January competition and hoping for a second win in a row. SAIT has won a few competitions in the past, including the very first year, and last year. “I want to make sure this memory lasts for an entire lifetime,” Marcus De Souza, one of the team’s treasurers, said in an interview. “We don’t want to be a team. We want to be a family. I want our result…

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Three new displays launched at the Glenbow

On Sept. 28, 2018, three new exhibits made their first appearance at the Glenbow Museum in downtown Calgary. The new displays were introduced to the public through the traditional Launch Party the Glenbow hosts each time it reveals a new exhibit. “The great thing about Launch Parties is we design them to be really accessible and welcoming to everyone no matter your circumstances,” said Jenny Conway Fisher, 41, who has been the manager of marketing and communications at the Glenbow for five…

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Is that cup of coffee doing more than keeping you up? The benefits and drawbacks of caffeine consumption

For most students, getting their morning coffee is a necessity. However, caffeine has both positive and negative effects on the body and mind that students should know about. “Caffeine has been shown to affect mood, stamina, the cerebral vascular system, and gastric and colonic activity,” wrote Betty Kovacs on the website Medicine Net. Caffeine intoxication, as a clinical syndrome according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, is characterized by a suite of symptoms including restlessness, nervousness, excitement, insomnia,…

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