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Standing next to a vehicle as it vibrates so violently its windshield deforms from the pressure is sort of amazing. It’s also terrifying, since anyone sitting inside without hearing protection would most likely be bleeding from their ears and suffer permanent hearing damage — inside the car, massive subwoofer and speakers are pushing the volume past 150 decibels.

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Edmonton has always been known as a driving city. The roads are wide and the sidewalks sometimes non-existent. When a politician wants to score some quick points, they talk about paving potholes and extending roads into the suburbs.

But slowly, attitudes in the capital city are changing. While transit has made the bigger splash when it comes to city dollars and big projects, bicycle commuting is increasingly gaining in popularity.

After bouncing around campus and the surrounding community for the past 70 years, the University of Alberta Observatory has finally found a permanent home on top of the newest campus building.

The voice booms from the centre of the ring and the sold-out crowd of 2,000 fans roars at the River Cree Resort & Casino. Thousands of lights illuminate the stage as the man in the tuxedo, in his perfect announcer voice, calls the next fight of the night for MFC 28: Supremacy.

It’s a warm day in late March when Linda Duncan starts knocking on doors just south of the university. Slush covers the ground, making life difficult for the four volunteers who have decided to join the NDP candidate in an election ritual — walking door to door to talk to voters where they live.

VANCOUVER (CUP) — Want to buy yourself a passing essay? It may be easier to commit academic fraud than you think.

Beth is like any other student on campus, going to class and hanging out with her friends. She’s in her fifth year of her Secondary Education degree, specializing in English. But Beth (whose name has been changed to protect her identity) has struggled with bipolar disorder — something she’s had to deal with throughout her entire university career. She’s also attempted suicide when she was a teenager.

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The University of Alberta is a huge place, made up of tens of thousands of students and staff. With so many people in one place, they all begin to blur together into a single, indistinguishable entity. In light of this, The Gateway's Matt Hirji found four faces from the massive crowd, and asked them about their role at the U of A.

After being clean and “sober” for four and a half years, Amy admits she’s having troubles with her eating disorder again. She’s relapsed. She doesn’t know when the urge to binge will kick in and she’ll have to answer the call.