By Bryn Levy
The province of Alberta will see a massive budget surplus fueled by high oil prices. While this isn’t exactly news to anyone (as Alberta has posted surpluses for quite a while), what is different is the reaction we’re seeing from the rest of the country. Many are calling for the “redistribution” of Alberta’s resource revenue… Continue reading Robbing the Ralphochaun horde
Last week, Alan Cho wrote a rebuttal to a piece of mine that ran a week prior. Here are responses and clarifications to some of the points that Cho brought up: 1.Cho summarized my argument by saying I was discussing the concept of moral relativism. The only problem with this is that nowhere in my… Continue reading More moral relativism… only not
By Joel Klettke
If you still haven’t put away those party streamers and Batman balloons from your 12th birthday, you’re in luck. The lower classmen finally have cause to rejoice! No, I’m not talking about greasy hair-metal dads, I’m talking about those who work for minimum wage (which, come to think of it, could probably be lumped into… Continue reading Alberta jumps on the $7 band wagon
By Greg Ellis
“The prostitute is despised by the hypocritical world because she has made a realistic assessment of her assets and does not have to rely on fraud to make a living. In an area of human relations where fraud is regular practice between the sexes, her honesty is regarded with a mocking wonder.”Angela Carter, 1940-1992 Having… Continue reading Entirely legitimate ladies in red
By Saidia Green
If you search the Students’ Union website and constitution, you are likely to come across little that addresses environmental issues. There is no Environmental Coordination Office of Students as at the University of Alberta, there is no UCGreen as at MacMaster University, nor is there an environmental office under one of our vice presidents, as… Continue reading The SUs new leaf greener
By Jeff Kubik
The Socratic method is founded on the belief that, together, we can understand our world through careful examination and thoughtful discourse. The only thing of which Socrates was certain, he said, was that he knew nothing. Unfortunately, thousands of years later, the bleeding hearts of the freshly minted student body continue to drown student papers… Continue reading The meta-opinion
Oil prices are up and so is gas, shockingly. I’m sure you’ve read this, and from every angle imaginable. But let’s get off this whole self-detrimental thing we’ve got going on. Look on the bright side: sure your Civic is costing you a few more bucks, but all those eyesores on the road (SUVs) are… Continue reading Two-edged Poetic justice
Ever since I became a student at the University of Calgary in the fall of 2001, one of the main complaints I’ve heard from students and faculty is that there is a ‘lack of funding.’ Every lazy complaint about any thing from the quality of the classrooms to the sizes of the classes themselves is… Continue reading U of C should be sans surplus
By Kyle Francis
And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and [George Bush did go forth to the heathen land] conquering, and to conquer. And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second beast say, Come and see.… Continue reading The end times are upon us
By Rene Bodack
The University of Calgary Consortium for Peace Studies kicked off September this week with a number of events including hosting Calgary Mayor Dave Bronconnier for the International Day of Peace for the City of Calgary.Founded in May by academics from across a number of faculties, the consortium aims to foster peace research locally and around… Continue reading Give peace studies a chance