Oct. 28, 2015

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COMING OF AGE

NOT SO NECK-AND-NECK

A SPIKE IN SUCCESS

Film Review: Diary of a Teenage Girl

TRU community reacts to election results

WolfPack volleyball hits home

The film featured at the Sundance Film Festival is reviewed by our Arts Editor • Page 6

Were you surprised? TRU responds to the federal election results • Page 4

Both the men’s and women’s teams start the regular season right • Page 11

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IN SOLIDARITY

Women dominate in home opener weekend TRUSU club

looks into 43 Mexican university students who were disappeared

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n Sept. 26, 2014, 43 students from the Rural Teachers Training School, “Raúl Isidro Burgos,” in Ayotzinapa, Mexico, disappeared while en route to Mexico City in order to participate in anti-state demonstrations. Through the collected efforts of current Ayotzinapa students and faculty, as well as international organizations, such as the Young Communists Leagues, the truth behind last year’s tragedy is slowly coming to light. CONTINUES page 5

Kaitlin Lomas sends one over during TRU’s win vs. the Grant MacEwan Griffins Oct. 24. (Tristan Davies/The Omega) • Page 11

LISTEN UP

TURNING OUT ON A TUESDAY

CFBX radio fundraising to move its tower

Voter turnout highest in 22 years

Singer-songwriter Steve Hill played at the Blue Grotto as part of TRU station’s fundraiser • Page 5

Online campaigning may have been a big factor in the quest for a better turnout • Page 4

A monument erected by activists over the 43 missing students. (Luis Romero/Flickr


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