By Kim Stock
For anyone familiar with the Students’ Union’s MacEwan Hall expansion project and MacEwan Student Centre redevelopment, it may come as a surprise to see construction underway. "We are currently working on redevelopment projects within the building," said SU Vice-president Operations and Finance Amanda Affonso. MSC redevelopment includes designing [for parallel construction] a new Max Café,… Continue reading MacHall expansion slow-going progress
By Bonnie Leung
The millennium won’t mean destruction for everyone. Students could find themselves with an unexpected financial gain, because the new Canada Millennium Scholarship might be their saving grace. The purpose of the Canada Millennium Scholarship Foundation is to financially aid undergraduate students who have finished their first year. The fund provides bursaries based on financial need.… Continue reading The end of the millenium means more money
Can you imagine walking into the MacKimmie Library and emerging only minutes later with the actual book you were looking for? Although this strange phenomenon has occurred every few years, many students at the University of Calgary have wondered what it would be like to borrow research material from the MacKimmie Library before their paper’s… Continue reading Library loan periods now two weeks
By Bebe Vocong
Finally, a movie that depicts the trials and tribulations of adult relationships and love as realistically as possible without losing the humour. It is refreshing to watch a film in which the main character, a self described loser, does not have to go through an improbable transformation in order to find love and happiness. The… Continue reading More is something
By Shaun Ramdin
Whatever you may think of Kevin Bacon, you’ve got to admit he’s willing to take risks. A game like Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon wouldn’t work unless his career was built upon a variety of roles, in many different genres of films. As such, it’s difficult to dislike him, even in a mediocre film like… Continue reading A stirring of ghosts
By Mary Chan
The Barmaid’s Brain and other strange tales from science by Jay Ingram is a pleasure. I remember an 11th grade biology class where my teacher tried to tell us about selfish gene theory. It involved a story about the alpha-male lion in a pride (he kills all the cubs fathered by other lions so only… Continue reading Librarians were right, science is golden
In 1997, Ry Cooder dug up treasures in Cuba. Finding himself without accompanying musicians for his latest musical endeavour, he made the most of his moments on the sun-bleached streets of Havana, Cuba. He assembled a group of Cuba’s finest musicians and produced the Grammy award-wining Buena Vista Social Club. Two years later sees a… Continue reading Buena Vista Social Club
There’s something to be said for a lack of purpose. Sometimes, a film can be fascinating and involving even when it sends no concrete message or when the plot has no real direction. My Life So Far is such a film Directed by Hugh Hudson (Chariots of fire; Greystoke: Legend of Tarzan)–who is known for… Continue reading The meaning of life, so far