Sex sells. It always has and always will. The industry nets $57 billion worldwide every year. Inside Deep Throat takes a long, hard look at the history of pornography by examining one of its most infamous and financially successful films. Deep Throat was released in 1972 starring Linda Lovelace. The pornographic film hit mainstream cinema… Continue reading Movie Review: Scraping goodness inside of Deep Throat
Month: March 2005
Theatre Preview: Crossing the Marion Bridge
By Mel Mouat
Alienation and insecurities are certainly nothing new for today’s nuclear family. Family-induced angst is perfectly commonplace, the basis for practically every soap opera in existence. Marion Bridge, however, claims not to contain any of the false sentiment or sappy nuances of daytime specials, striving for the painful realism many experience in dealing with their families.… Continue reading Theatre Preview: Crossing the Marion Bridge
Dance Preview: Hockey versus Ballet
Ballet is hardly ever compared to hockey. Down at the local pub, inebriated patrons in tutus and hockey jerseys don’t engage in heated arguments or get into fisticuffs over which one is better. When putting the two side by side, burly hockey players beat the dancers into bloody pulps in pink tights. It’s even difficult… Continue reading Dance Preview: Hockey versus Ballet
Bring on the briefs
By Chris Tait
Long lost literature The University of Calgary is in a kind of temporal-coolness limbo. Our Info Commons computers are new, but not sexy-new. Most of our buildings are old, but not old enough to be cool. Well now the Departments of English and Drama have made new findings regarding a 300-year-old play manuscript. The play… Continue reading Bring on the briefs
Haskayne’s new tourism PhD
By Darlene Seto
The Haskayne School of Business has become the first in the world to receive accreditation from the World Tourism Organization for PhD program in Tourism Management. “The WTO is an agency that provides international standards for educational programs specializing in tourism,” explained Dr. Brent Ritchie, Chair of the Tourism Management Area of the Haskayne School… Continue reading Haskayne’s new tourism PhD
Lobbying successful?
Nothing but time will reveal how successful Students’ Union President Bryan West and Vice-President External Mike Bosch’s trip to Edmonton this past week was for increasing funding for the University of Calgary base operating budget. Previous Alberta budgets have only seen small increases in the base operating funding for Alberta universities. West and Bosch, as… Continue reading Lobbying successful?
Empowerment and feminism
By Darlene Seto
“A liberated woman is one who has sex before marriage and a job after.” It is with forthright words such as these that have kept celebrated author and journalist Gloria Steinem at the forefront of the women’s rights movement. Steinem will be in Calgary Thu., Apr. 7 as the first lecturer in the Voices of… Continue reading Empowerment and feminism
Quality money plan approved by SU
The University of Calgary Students’ Union is one big step closer to spending up to $2 million in quality money allocated by the University’s Board of Governors. The Students’ Legislative Council passed a proposal Tue., Mar. 29 splitting the money into a number of SU projects, ranked in order of priority. The large size projects… Continue reading Quality money plan approved by SU
Parking rates jacked up again
For the second time in the 2004/2005 school year, parking rates at the University of Calgary have increased by eight per cent. Monthly permit fee increases become effective June 1, 2005, while other fee increases will be implemented May 1. “This is just another kick in the ass for students,” said Students’ Union President Bryan… Continue reading Parking rates jacked up again
Bermuda Shorts Day is almost here
The precise moment Bermuda Shorts Day was conceived is obscured in the mists of suds, but on Apr. 15, the biggest party on campus happens. It’s likely the 45th annual BSD blowout, but feel free to correct me if I’m wrong on the timing. We may be challenged on the day, but we’re definitely not… Continue reading Bermuda Shorts Day is almost here