Month: June 2006

By Kate Foote

Machetes are fucking cool. Originally used as a tool for hacking through thick vegetation, the machete has also been used to hack through thick human limbs, brandished by warring tribes, revolutionaries and otherwise oppressed peoples throughout history. It was even Friday the 13th villain Jason Voohries’ preferred weapon due to its utility in decapitation. Graphic?… Continue reading A knife in the road

By Jon Roe

It’s hard to believe blues is dead when so many great artists are still working and recording. Though far removed from it’s hey-day in the early part of the 19th century and revival during the ’60s and ’70s, the blues is still alive and full of soul. Living proof is Chicago resident Zora Young, who… Continue reading Zora’s got the blues

By Fiona McLay

Con·ver·gence – the process of coming together or the state of having come together toward a common point. Considered mathematically, “convergence” is the property or manner of approaching a limit, such as a point, line, function, or value. Physiologically, it’s the coordinated turning of the eyes inward to focus on an object at close range,… Continue reading A convergence of talent

By Rebecca Pfliger

Engineering students will celebrate more than Canada’s birthday this July 1st. The University of Calgary Schulich School of Engineering will also welcome their new dean. Dr. Elizabeth Cannon has a long history with the U of C–she’s received three of her four degrees here. Currently a professor and head of the geomatics engineering department, Cannon… Continue reading New engg. dean keeps students in mind

By Rachel Betts-Wilmott

From lovable puppies to tired racehorses and injured owls to boisterous bovine, Dr. Alastair Cribb has dealt with every kind of animal. Cribb’s new post as dean of the University of Calgary faculty of veterinary medicine has him preparing for a new kind of wildlife: university students. “Private practice is challenging in that there’s a… Continue reading Faculty of veterinary medicine welcomes new dean

By Sarah Malik

Mikkel Dack will spend his summer vacation visiting battlefields where thousands of Canadian soldiers were slain in the name of freedom.Dack, a fourth-year history major, and three other University of Calgary students have joined youth from universities across Canada to visit the European battlefields where Canadians fought in the first and second world wars. The… Continue reading History students experience wartime in Europe

By Chris Beauchamp

Robert Fisk has been a British foreign correspondent for over 30 years, currently reporting for The Independent. He is among a handful of western journalists to have interviewed Osama bin Laden, speaks Arabic and is known throughout the political spectrum for his equal criticism of the American, Israeli and Arab governments. He hit campus this… Continue reading An Eye On the Middle East

By Kris Schmidt

Get out the rainbow flags, because Pride Calgary wants Calgarians across the city to show their pride during the month of June.June is Gay Pride Month in both Canada and the United States, and to celebrate, the Calgary gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered, queer community will combine their annual pride parade and festival, with newly planned… Continue reading Calgary joins in June Pride Month celebrations

By Emily Senger

The Alberta Government has a new plan for tuition, but student leaders say the recommended tuition policy will continue to break the student bank. The tuition recommendation is a part of the A Learning Alberta report released Tue., Jun. 6 after a year-long review of post-secondary education in Alberta. The report recommends tuition stay at… Continue reading Tuition freeze here to stay