After a week of voting, the results of the Algonquin College Students' Association's presidential election were announced in the Observatory on April 6. Deijanelle Simon, a first year Advertising Marketing and Communication Management student, captured the win with 657 votes against her opponent Michael Wolff, an Early Learning and Community Development student, with 538 votes. Simon's acceptance speech was short,...

It was a night of laughs and remembrance March 24, as the Crackup The Capital Festival finale gala was held at the Algonquin Commons Theatre. The evening to commemorate laughter had a sad side, as on March 17, Canadian comedy legend Mike Macdonald died from heart complications, at the age of 62. MacDonald had been scheduled to host the finale...

For a person living with an intellectual or developmental exceptionality, life can present challenges that some would take for granted. Some of these challenges are obvious, including issues of accessibility or communication, but others are less conspicuous yet equally as important, such as just having fun. That's why the college's public relations department chose Best Buddies Canada to partner with...

Life imitated art on March 8 in the Observatory when word came in that Erik "Rabbit" Stolhanske, of Super Troopers and Beerfest fame, would be late to his own performance after getting pulled over at the U. S.-Canada border by our nation's own Super Troopers: The Mounties. Apparently, one of Stolhanske's opening acts, comedian Tom Garland, had unfortunately been barred...

Canadian comedy legends Kenneth (Kenny) Hotz and Spencer (Spenny) Rice returned to the Algonquin Commons Theatre the evening of Jan. 28th to a crowd of more than 400 fans. Hotz and Rice are notorious for their adversarial brand of comedy. Part slapstick, part psychological warfare, their TV show Kenny Vs. Spenny was wildly popular in the 2000's, airing its pilot...

The game was afoot in the Commons as the Students Association held its Retro Gaming event on Feb. 9. Partnering with Erin Miklos of Game On Entertainment Service or G. O. E. S. and Alex Perrier, president of Algonquin's Dance Dance Revolution club DDR North, the Commons was transformed into a makeshift arcade -- and no quarters required."We do all...