Even when school’s out and the varsity season is long over, the University of Calgary wrestlers remain dominant.Next month, the Dinosaur wrestling club (which is not to be confused with the varsity team, even though many athletes compete for both) will be in Guelph for the Canada Cup and a high-profile national training camp.Nine wrestlers… Continue reading Grappling for the Canada Cup
Month: June 1999
The schtick and the crown
By Еvan Osentоn
"Hi. How’s everyone doing tonight? Good… ’cause you look awful. Ha ha… ha… all right, that was bad. The man in the front gave me that one. Boo him instead. Yeah, so I’m watching TV the other night, you know, trying to see if there’s any Princess Di plates for my collection… that’s a joke,… Continue reading The schtick and the crown
Post-secondary a secondary concern
With last month’s government cabinet shuffle, a new term came to lips of Alberta citizens: the Ministry of Learning. It would be only too easy to make an off-hand comparison to George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four. In Airstrip-one, (London in the not-too-distant future) there are three ministries: the Ministry of Peace (responsible for war), the Ministry… Continue reading Post-secondary a secondary concern
Simply smashing
By Bebe Vocong
Here Comes the Bride, the Spin Doctors’ latest album could not be a more appropriate title for this New York band’s fourth effort. It is the name of the first track on the CD and epitomizes the music and new image of this Grammy-nominated band. "Something old/… something new/… something borrowed/and something blue." The old… Continue reading Simply smashing
Try it again, Sam
Blending rock, rap, ska, funk, punk and pop, DDT’s latest offering, Urban Observer, deserves respect for its diversity. This quality is DDT’s greatest strength. Unfortunately, Urban Observer invites too many comparisons with artists more melodically savvy than DDT. At their worst, on songs such as "Pistol Whip" and "I Can’t Take My Eyes off You,"… Continue reading Try it again, Sam
A celebration of the circus of life
What would you get if you morphed a Volkswagen full of clowns with an eight-piece New Orleans-style Jazz band, and a group of Decidedly Jazz Dancework dancers? (Try saying that six times fast.) Soul Jugglers, baby. Asked to sum up the production in three words, Vicki Adams Willis, the brainchild behind Soul Jugglers, responds instead… Continue reading A celebration of the circus of life
Some’re Dancing
By Kevin Foster
Do you enjoy listening to the pounding rhythms of the African world beat? Do the peaceful and aggressive hooks of Radiohead turn your crank? Does sweat pouring off the skin of attractive dancers working it up on stage make you wanna shake yo’ booty? Even if you answered no to all of these questions, you… Continue reading Some’re Dancing
A whale of a band
By Sonis Sharma
"We’ll rant and roar like true Great Big Sea fans–Newfie style."-Great Big Sea In an ocean of Celtic music, Great Big Sea is more than just a band riding the waves. Vocalist Darrell Powers and his three compatriots Allan Doyle, Sean McCann and Bob Hallet make up this folk-influenced band. Formed in 1991, this hard-working… Continue reading A whale of a band
Threadbare band
This four member Vancouver based band has an edgy quality. They sound as if they want to be categorized in the same manner as Bush, but with one big difference-they lack the allure. I will admit they can create melodious tunes with fabulous rhythm, but combined with repetitive lyrics and inane vocals, this music loses… Continue reading Threadbare band
CASA to Martin: more core funding
By Mary Chan
They gave him something to talk about.The Canadian Alliance of Student Associations met with federal finance Minister Paul Martin and members of the Liberal Caucus Committee on Post-secondary Education last week, getting a head start on the lobbying season.The main topic discussed was core funding for post-secondary education, which CASA says is essential to offset… Continue reading CASA to Martin: more core funding