This fall, for the thousands of students unfamiliar to the University of Calgary many things will be different. Here they have a new home, new school, new city, new friends, more freedom and bigger genitals. What? In any case, for an elite assemblage of students one specific challenge awaits: Competing in their favourite sport at… Continue reading Be a Dino
Month: July 2004
Calgary urban scavenger hunt for the masses
Has your summer consisted of work, sleep, eating and masturbation? If most of your time is consumed by three of the above then help has arrived. Instead of looking forward to more school in the fall, get a life and add some excitement to your summer. ‘Navigate The Streets’ is coming to Calgary July 31… Continue reading Calgary urban scavenger hunt for the masses
What do you think of a smoke-free U of C campus?
By Emily Senger
Proposed smoking ban ignites alarm
Following last week’s disclosure that smoking on the University of Calgary campus may be banned by May 2006, the Students’ Academic Assembly voted overwhelmingly not to endorse the Smoke Free U of C subcommittee’s current policy proposal. The SAA resolution called the proposed smoking ban an infringement upon “the freedom of students, the Students’ Union,… Continue reading Proposed smoking ban ignites alarm
Memorial garden for late students
By Katie Hobday
A garden at the center of campus is the site of a bright memorial for Joah Atkinson and Brian Collins, two University of Calgary students killed last year in a tragic car accident on 32nd street. Mary Kelly, a U of C staff member and friend of the Collins family spearheaded the memorial.“I wanted to… Continue reading Memorial garden for late students
SU update
By Dale Miller
The Students’ Union attempted to do great things this week. Unfortunately this included unconstitutional legislation. After over a month of toil, SU President Bryan West brought his revised election bylaws to the Students’ Legislative Council to be muddied and confused with a flurry of on-the-fly amendments. The SU decided to revise the election bylaws so… Continue reading SU update
Carpool, not just a great Tom Arnold movie
By Dale Miller
car n. a road vehicle with an enclosed passenger compartment, powered by an internal combustion engine; an automobile.pool n. a receptacle or hole filled with water for swimming, wading, etc.carpool n. a receptacle or hole filled with a road vehicle. carpool.ca n. a website dedicated to helping individuals find an alternative to single occupancy vehicle… Continue reading Carpool, not just a great Tom Arnold movie
Get ready to folk out
By Andrew Ross
“Hello out there, we’re on the air, it’s hockey night tonight…” While the coming hockey season may never happen, there is at least one place you can expect to hear the familiar refrain of The Hockey Song again this year: at the Folk Fest, headlined by none other than Stompin’ Tom Conners. The 25th anniversary… Continue reading Get ready to folk out
Weakerthans definitely not weak
“I like this quote I heard from [filmmaker Guy Maddin] lately that it’s his job, his mandate, to mythologize Winnipeg,” says Stephen Carroll. “I kind of feel that we have the same mandate. To make the myths for Winnipeg.”And Carroll is in a good position to do just that. As the guitar player for Winnipeg’s… Continue reading Weakerthans definitely not weak
Japanese designshowcased at the Triangle Gallery this month
A silhouette of a woman, yellow on a shade of lavish blue, catches the eye and creates a sensation–a desire, enticing you to purchase… a pack of cigarettes. Shin Matsunaga, creator of the famous Gitanes Blondes French cigarette packages in the mid-1990s, is one of Japan’s leading graphic designers. His art encompasses advertisements, posters, book… Continue reading Japanese designshowcased at the Triangle Gallery this month