Month: March 2000

By Dean Hetherington

Although the school year isn’t over yet, the Students’ Union wants to take a road trip. On Thurs., April 6, the SU will charter a bus to Edmonton to protest the Alberta Government’s stance on post-secondary education funding. "This year we decided the focus wouldn’t be on the Board of Governors," said SU Vice-president Operations… Continue reading SU to bus students to Edmonton

By Roman Zakaluzny

You may not get paid, but at least you can feel good and get some snacks afterwards.The Canadian Blood Services held their quadrennial blood drive at the University of Calgary Tuesday and Wednesday, and students had the chance to help not only Calgary’s blood supply, but other, larger municipalities as well.The flow of donors to… Continue reading University students sucked dry

By Mary Chan

A lberta university students entering their second year could now get a $1,000 break from the provincial government. The Ministry of Learning announced the terms of its new$3 million scholarship fund on Tuesday. Created in the Feb. 24 provincial budget, the scholarship will be awarded to students with an average equivalent to 80 per cent… Continue reading Province establishes $3M scholarship

By Patricia Fuentes

Pamphlets discussing the "qualitative difference in the intelligence of Blacks and Whites" have been found on campus, on the eve of the International Day for the Elimination of Racism. Posted onto boards with clean, white, plastic-headed tacks, the pamphlets, titled "The Roots of Civilization," publish a 1978 article out of National Vanguard, a publication of… Continue reading Racist pamphlets found

By Mary Chan

MacEwan Hall expansion has hit another obstacle: unclear legislation preventing the Students’ Union from signing a loan agreement with the Royal Bank. Though the SU and Royal Bank signed a term sheet agreeing to finalize a $10 million loan in early December, the Bank will not sign a loan agreement due to provincial legislation it… Continue reading Expansion financing in jeopardy

By Natalie Sit

The shouts of joy heard on St. Patrick’s Day were not Irish revelers, but the winners of the 2000 Students’ Union General Election. Among the winners were Toby White as SU President, Alix d’Archangelo as Vice-president Events and Mark Hoekstra as VP Academic. Voter turnout was 11 per cent compared to 17 per cent from… Continue reading SU General election results in

By Justin Lee

Black urban America has embraced the kung-fu film genre since the days of Saturday morning kung fu shows and "blaxploitation" flicks of the ’70s. These movies took the genre and gave it an urban twist (i.e. Dolemite and Black Belt Jones), and now Hollywood is flirting with the whole East-meets-West premise. Enter Romeo Must Die,… Continue reading Kung-fu and eye-candy

By David Kenney

Faith can be a fickle thing. You believe, you struggle, you think you’re free, but faith still gets you in the end. It’s that nagging voice in the back of your head you can’t get rid of. Ed Harris would know. As reluctant Father Frank Shore in The Third Miracle, Harris avoids faith only to… Continue reading The Third Miracle: Dissecting sainthood

By R. Paul Dyck

Those "fortunate" enough to have seen the advertisements for the film Here on Earth will notice the following caption attached to the title: "Featuring ‘Where You Are’ by Jessica Simpson." The caption almost makes Here on Earth sound like a good movie. Too often teen flicks like this only serve as vehicles for hot soundtracks… Continue reading Docorating the cutting room floor

By Chris Simmons

When your nightly routine includes madly screaming into your pillow, you might need a friend to confide in. Don’t tell your Mom though, she’ll send you away. Just go see the Pleiades Theatre’s newest production, The Turn of The Screw, and you’ll meet a fellow inhabitant of I-think-I-might-be-crazy land. The play follows the thread of… Continue reading Henry James examines madness