Lowly University has dug into its archives to unearth these gems. • Frequent Campus Rec users have been known to carry stinky sneakers and still-damp-and-getting-very-moldy bathing suits to and from school, squished into their backpacks along with textbooks and peanut butter sandwiches. Instead of creating a thriving ecosystem in your backpack, get a locker with… Continue reading TIPS: Helpful and tidy
Month: September 2003
Glossary
As a frosh, you’ll hear some scary lingo on campus. Fear not: The following guide will help it all make sense. Academic Probation: Also known as the dean’s vacation, Academic Probation is what you will be considered "on" if your GPA drops below 1.70. Academic Probation (or "AP") is also the name of a section… Continue reading Glossary
In Rez, they like Pez
Nestled in the southwest corner of campus, 1,600 undergraduate and graduate students live in a little community known as Residence. Also known as “Rez Rats,” this interesting mix of characters spend their entire academic year eating, sleeping and breathing at the University of Calgary. To outsiders they may seem odd, walking about in hordes, wearing… Continue reading In Rez, they like Pez
Budget
By Tara Tiangha
Places to Stay- Budget Fine options are available for the economically-concerned, cash-strapped student. Chez Vous (insert your parent’s address) Your bedroom: free. A popular choice for those living within city limits. Access to in-house facilities (washer/dryer, kitchen, electronic equipment) is usually part of the deal. Meals care of mom’s cooking: free. Second floor, Information and… Continue reading Budget
DAY TRIP: Rothney Astrophysical Observatory
By Natalie Sit
Located 50 clicks southwest of the campus, stands the RAO. The rolling hills of Priddis, Alberta hide the jewel of the astrophysics department, founded in 1972. Three ‘scopes dwell there: the 16" f20/f5 optical telescope, the Alexander R. Cross (Infrared) telescope and the Baker-Nunn Camera. RAO also has showers and sleeping facilities for sleepovers. They’re… Continue reading DAY TRIP: Rothney Astrophysical Observatory
DAY TRIP: Kananaskis Field Station
By Alan Cho
The barbed wire fence and machine guns have been replaced with goats and pine trees that now decorate this picturesque mountain landscape. KFS hasn’t always been this friendly field station. Back in WWII, it served as an internment camp for German and Italian prisoners of wars and before that, it was a slave camp. But… Continue reading DAY TRIP: Kananaskis Field Station
Park ya vee-hickle, you slack-jawed yokel
Ahhh Calgary, a magical land where everyone and their dog drives. For anyone just coming here from out of town, are you not amazed at the ridiculous love affair this city has with the automobile (and, more recently, the SUV)? It baffles me to no end and I’m a born and raised Albertan. No matter… Continue reading Park ya vee-hickle, you slack-jawed yokel
Transit, useful as a superfluous nipple
By Jeff Kubik
In addition to cowboy hats and virtually untainted beef, Calgary’s transit system can deliver you from point A to point B but not, under any circumstances, point C (where A is the university and C is one of the outlying residential areas). Without your brand new U-Pass, an hour and a half of use costs… Continue reading Transit, useful as a superfluous nipple
Facts for Getting Around
Ironically, getting around the university involves much waiting. You get to school in your pollutemobile and wait to park, with the engine still running. You go home via Calgary Transit and you wait, and wait, and wait for the LRT only to realize you will miss the connecting bus forcing you to wait another 45… Continue reading Facts for Getting Around
Slack like a butterfly, study like a bee
By Jeff Kubik
Like the yin and the yang, studying and slacking are two integral components of the same equation. On the one hand, while you’re intelligent enough to enter the wonderful world of post-secondary, you are by means intelligent enough to ignore your readings and drink your days away. On the other hand, you don’t want to… Continue reading Slack like a butterfly, study like a bee