By James Keller
The concept of the unplugged concert, popularized by the MTV series of the same name, invokes many different musical images. From acoustic guitars and bongo drums to tambourines and untouched vocals, they all have one thing in common: it’s about music, bare bones and stripped-down, pure and simple.Enter Busking for Smiles. You may have seen… Continue reading Off the street and into the spotlight
The word fetish has long been associated with the risqué, the strange and the painful. It’s not something you bring up in polite dinner conversation and I’ve yet to see a bathroom stall advertising the latest in bondage gear. So where do you go to find out about this taboo subject? Amid surprised gasps from… Continue reading B&D in detail
The BDSM crowd either considers the traditional public to be seriously undersexed or a very excitable bunch. Either way, people are certainly passionate about the things that arouse them. To be clear, fetish is the term used to describe any object, act, part of the body etc., that causes an erotic response or fixation. This… Continue reading Welcome to the Fetish World
By Kyle Young
“The vanity of others offends our taste only when it offends our vanity”– Friedrich NietzscheWhen we first set out to gain an understanding of the world of Fetish culture, I expected that the greatest barrier I would find was my own personal bias on the subject. Surprisingly enough, after giving the subject a fair and… Continue reading What turns you on?
By James Keller
Bikes on campus are a little safer now, thanks to students who became good Samaritans earlier this month.On Fri., Nov. 2, someone tried to steal a bicycle from a rack outside Science a, near Science Theatres. A student in a second-floor room in Science a noticed the man using a pair of bolt cutters to… Continue reading Students thwart bike thefts
By Вen Li
Students and politicians in Edmonton oppose a proposed 6.4 per cent tuition increase for next year at the University of Alberta. Tuition for arts and science programs is expected to increase by $258 to $4,290.U of A Vice-President Academic Dr. Doug Owram announced the increase on Thu., Nov. 8. Students entering medicine, law and business… Continue reading Differential tuition at U of A
According to a survey by Durex Canada, Canadians are having sex.The condom manufacturer recently surveyed Canadians between the ages of 18 and 29, looking for information about their sexual habits. Not shockingly, they found that curiosity, not love, is the most prominent reason for first sexual encounters.Thirty-seven per cent of respondents cited curiosity as the… Continue reading Condom maker knows sex
To Dr. Dave Irvine-Halliday, a professor of electrical engineering at the University of Calgary, it seems that when it rains, it pours. Only weeks after his Light Up the World Foundation was awarded a $100,000 U.S. for international development by Rolex, his group was honoured with two additional prizes. One of the prizes came with… Continue reading Light Up the World again
Iran is neither a Heaven on Earth nor part of President Bush’s “Axis of Evil,” according to Philip MacKinnon, Canada’s ambassador to the Islamic Republic. The ambassador spoke at the University of Calgary’s Rozsa Centre last week.“Iran is a blessed country in many ways,” said MacKinnon, noting Iran’s lack of external threats, appreciation for its… Continue reading Iran not an evil force
By Вen Li
Students and faculty at University of Calgary can claim that we are not last in Maclean’s most recent Canadian university rankings. Placing 14th out of 15 in the medical/doctoral category just ahead of Manitoba, the U of C dropped from the 12th place position it has held for three years.In an e-mail addressed to all… Continue reading Maclean’s ranks U of C 14th