Clement Martini is a happy man. As one of the organizers of the Markin-Flanagan Distinguished Writer Screenwriter series, the University of Calgary drama professor is brimming with anticipation about the event. "I am totally excited and totally pleased," says Martini. Well, who wouldn’t be? With such acclaimed filmmakers as Gary Burns, Deepa Mehta, Anne Wheeler… Continue reading Pick the brains of Hollywood North
Month: September 2000
The importance of being Eugene
“Grief is a species of idleness.”– Samuel Johnson, 1773Sounds crass, right? Think about the modern-day funeral in all its intricacies: you get an afternoon off, go to the funeral (sans black these days), maybe go to a post-funeral house or pub reception and then wake up the next day and get on with life. That’s… Continue reading The importance of being Eugene
First Year Incompetency
By Craig Norman
Learning not to learn
Norton
By Nixon
A microscopic example of a macroscopic epidemic
By Еvan Osentоn
What images do you normally associate with a liquor store? If you said perverts, alcoholics, shoplifters and libidinous high school girls, you’re only partly right. However, there is one aspect of liquor stores that most of you don’t know about: the colossal amount of waste behind the scenes.Indeed, the waste-management techniques exhibited at the liquor… Continue reading A microscopic example of a macroscopic epidemic
Lycra-loving men forge the fashion world
By Todd Jackson
My Dad never ventures far from the straight and narrow when it comes to fashion. Nothing too ambitious really. Pants that fit and a shirt tucked into them with a collar and buttons down the front. Shoes and a belt. These are the boundaries and he wants it that way because he doesn’t have to… Continue reading Lycra-loving men forge the fashion world
Speak up in class, get a better education
By Peter Bowal
One of the most dreaded and discredited features of some upper-year courses is the "class participation" component. Almost no one, student or prof, has a consistently pleasing experience with it. Many students will avoid any section of a course that uses it. As someone who uses this form of student evaluation, I think it is… Continue reading Speak up in class, get a better education
SU bleeding campus of its spirit
By Nicole Kobie
School spirit, who needs it? The Students’ Union doesn’t seem to think we do.The University of Calgary has always been known for lacking a sense of community and having a sense of apathy. This is probably because we’re a commuter school–many students just come for classes, leaving as soon as they’re over. While MacEwan Hall… Continue reading SU bleeding campus of its spirit
Accountability within medicare?
By Editorial
The Canada Health Act and National Medicare are federal programs conceived of and implemented by the federal government. Why then is health care under provincial jurisdiction?The answer, simply put, is that Jean Chretien’s Liberal government does not have the conviction or ideological fortitude to bear the load alone. They also lack sufficient faith in the… Continue reading Accountability within medicare?