By Dale Miller
University of Calgary President Dr. Harvey Weingarten gave his report to campus at the Annual General Meeting, June 3. The report was to be a discussion of this year’s progress and achievements and the university’s goals for the 2004-2005 academic year and the years to come. Throughout his speech Dr. Weingarten was mindful of the… Continue reading 2004 AGM: Same old song and dance
By Вen Li
A first of its kind survey of 46 Canadian campus food banks has found that students facing financial hardship often require help meeting dietary needs. The survey was conducted by the Canadian Alliance of Student Associations and the Canadian Association of Food Banks and concludes that cost of education and student debt are a primary… Continue reading New study on campus foodbank useage
By Dale Miller
U of C Election Forum Four Federal Election candidates will face off on the North Courtyard of MacEwan Student Centre, Wednesday June 16 at 11:30 a.m.Debating will be Rob Anders, Member of Parliament for the Conservative Party, Justin Thompson from the Liberal Party, Tim Patterson from the New Democratic Party, Danielle Roberts from the Green… Continue reading Elections and anti-Anders
By Dale Miller
The University of Calgary alumni grew by 5,000 graduates this week, swelling its ranks to well over the 100,000 mark achieved at last year’s convocation. In spite of the pomp and circumstance of the first ceremony on Monday June 7, the rows of faculty and alumni alike were sprinkled with red Flames jerseys in support… Continue reading Party’s over, time to work
By John Leung
SYDNEY-At the final buzzer, we watched and mourned. The Tampa Bay Lightning jumping off the bench, congratulating themselves for winning the 2004 Stanley Cup. Even as far as Sydney, Australia, Canadians were in mourning. As a nation, we mourn the loss of another chance to bring hockey’s holy grail home. With fellow ex-pat Calgarians, we… Continue reading The bitterest defeat
The night began at Metro Boyztown, a gay bar in Calgary, and was opened by a brief video clip from The Santa Clause 2. The five minute scene portrayed Tim Allen as Santa Claus, proposing to the future misses Claus played by Elizabeth Mitchell. Following this, the lights came on and the guest speaker began his… Continue reading A battle for same sex rights
By Trenton Shaw
This singer songwriter from Langley BC is 100 per cent drug and alcohol free. Sadly though, not everyone is blessed with Ted Nugent’s ability to rock hard without being high or wasted. Happy Kreter’s monotonous voice makes enjoying any of the songs on Paradigm Lost a difficult task. Even if Happy Kreter did write an… Continue reading Happy Kreter
By Ben Hoffman
When the insert of a movie’s soundtrack justifies the movie as an excuse for making the soundtrack, you know that the CD must be special. And that is exactly what the Eurotrip soundtrack is: “special.” The soundtrack features some very popular tunes such as “Scotty Doesn’t Know” and “My Generation.” In an interesting twist, as… Continue reading Various Artists
How far would you go to attract the attention of the girl of your dreams? Would you pretend to be gay and date her gay best friend in order to get closer to her? This scenario unfolds in director Q. Allan Brocka’s Eating Out.Caleb (Scott Lunsford), a red-blooded heterosexual male, possesses an insatiable attraction for… Continue reading Film review: Eating Out
If you can sit through a whole episode of The Bachelor and Fear Factor, you’ll do fine spending 50 minutes watching five lesbians from Calgary tell their story. Morag and Kam cram into a Cadillac head for British Columbia with their flower girl, ring bearer, and a videographer to document their right to a legally… Continue reading Film review: One Dyke Wore White