University of Calgary English majors were waxing poetic about heaping amounts of unsolicited emails that clogged up their accounts earlier this month. A mailing list with the addresses of all 788 U of C English students was created with a technical error allowing any email sent to the list moderator to appear in every inbox.… Continue reading English students get spammed
Month: October 2006
Power to the profs
Faculties at the University of Calgary have something to smile about. Normally in a state of perpetual disappointment over funding, government indifference or lack of facilities, U of C faculties are about to be given a small measure of independence. While the plan is only preliminary, faculties will soon have more autonomy over their own… Continue reading Power to the profs
Women’s centre donor speaks
The University of Calgary Women’s Resource Centre opened Wed., Oct. 18. The new ladies lounge was made possible by a donation from the U of C’s special advisor to the president on student life Sheila O’Brien, and her husband Kevin Peterson. O’Brien was hired to improve student experience on campus and was closely involved in… Continue reading Women’s centre donor speaks
Students get heard during Political Action Week
By Emily Senger
Students around campus have been tenting on the MacEwan Student Centre front lawn, riding a mechanical bull and eating large amounts of mac n’ cheese to protest student debt and a lack of affordable housing in Calgary as part of the Students’ Union Political Action Week. The SU kicked off the week with a pancake… Continue reading Students get heard during Political Action Week
Online Exclusive: Sex and Nudity!
By Marina Foo
For the first ten minutes of Shortbus, the audience doesn’t get a moment to recover from the non-stop dirty parts and sex scenes all over the place. After the first few minutes are over, people can start to relax as more characters start to keep their clothes on and the crux of the film begins… Continue reading Online Exclusive: Sex and Nudity!
Online Exclusive: Online voting irregularities plague SU election
By Emily Senger
Due to a technical error, students were unable to vote in the Students’ Union by-election during its opening hours. The difficulty occurred the morning of Tues., Oct. 18 when the server for Canvote-the online voting company the SU uses to administer its elections-went down and students were not able to log on to the system… Continue reading Online Exclusive: Online voting irregularities plague SU election
This Week On The Internet: Five Useful Tools
We’ve heard it all before: The Internet is oh-so-useful and will save everybody hours and hours every day. Of course, anyone who’s used the damn thing for longer than 15 minutes has likely realized this is a bold-faced lie, created by a cruel, technocratic system more obsessed with shiny bells and whistles than actually getting… Continue reading This Week On The Internet: Five Useful Tools
Men’s Soccer: Soccersaurs split weekend games
By Aneesha Birk
The Dinos men’s soccer team hosted two games this past weekend, suffering a 3-1 loss against the University of Alberta Golden Bears Sat., Oct. 14 and earning a 3-0 victory over the University of Saskatchewan Huskies Sun., Oct. 15. Saturday’s game was marked by poor luck. Adam Onulov made a shot that would’ve been a… Continue reading Men’s Soccer: Soccersaurs split weekend games
Women’s Soccer: The fall push for the playoffs
Having succeeded in the turkey shoot during their Thanksgiving bye and gobbling down the resulting carcass, the Dinos women’s soccer team has developed a taste for hunting. The next logical chapter in any hunter’s instruction manual is to hunt the elusive panda. The Dinos, however, took it one step farther, stalking a species of panda… Continue reading Women’s Soccer: The fall push for the playoffs
Women’s Hockey: Hockeysaurs off on the right foot despite losses.
The University of Calgary Dinos women’s hockey season is off on the right foot, despite dropping both of their opening weekend games versus the Grant MacEwan College Bisons. After losing a close 3-2 road decision versus the Bisons Fri., Oct. 13, the Dinos returned to Calgary and played them again Sat., Oct. 14 in the… Continue reading Women’s Hockey: Hockeysaurs off on the right foot despite losses.