By Amanda Hu
Montreal outfit Winter Gloves works a lot like their moniker. While all connected by their overarching fibres, each member is given a lot of room to move around. Though the band started as Charles F.’s side project, it has morphed into a fully-inclusive group, something that the once-lone musician thought was a necessity. “When I… Continue reading Some prefer Winter Gloves to mittens
AshurYou’ll have to excuse the pun, but the post-⁄ era of Hollywood has been boom-times for people like myself, a native Syrian character actor. Those twin towers might as well been encircled by a green S, and when they fell, they collapsed towers of money onto my brethren and me. To think that Hollywood is… Continue reading Perspectives on 9/11
By Brad Halasz
It was supposed to be a routine play, but for University of Calgary Dinos running back Anthony Woodson, it was potentially a season ending one. The All-Canadian is out indefinitely after suffering at least one broken rib, which punctured his lung during the dying minutes of the Dinos 37-17 win against the University of Manitoba… Continue reading Dinos’ star back sidelined indefinitely
By Brad Halasz
Three inducted into U of C Athletic Hall of Fame Peter Connellan, Wendy Carson and Robert Laycock were inducted into the University of Calgary’s Athletic Hall of Fame during a dinner at the Roundup Centre on Wednesday.Connellan was inducted in the builders category for his tenure as Dinos football coach (1977, 1983-95), one of the… Continue reading Sport shorts
It is a sad state of affairs that Canada is unable to go to any given Olympic Summer Games and not constantly place in the top five overall. Wait a second, that is a blatant lie, Canada has placed in the top five for the past two Paralympics in Athens and Sydney and has made… Continue reading Sportspinions: Paralympic athletes deserve better
By Brad Halasz
The University of Calgary Dinos held a coming out party, invited the undefeated University of Manitoba Bisons to McMahon Stadium on Saturday and then proceeded to beat the snot out of them in a 37-17 tilt that broke a two-year winning streak for the 2007 Vanier Cup Champions. The convincing win is the first time… Continue reading Dinos feast on barbecued Bison
By Brad Halasz
O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo? She’s here, at the University of Calgary, and there’s nothing tragic about her as she makes unprecedented waves across campus this fall.The list of accomplishments for 15-year-old Carolina Romeo is long, but you can bet being the youngest athlete to don a Dinos uniform is at the top–… Continue reading Falling in love with Romeo
The driver who hit a University of Calgary nursing student and her daughter, seriously injuring the mother and killing the six-year-old, was aquitted last month.Last January, Angela Ta, 18, faced three charges including careless driving. Ye Qiao Chang, 36, and Jenna Yingqian Chang lived in student family housing and were crossing 32 Ave. at 37… Continue reading Courts rule in accident case
The area of international languages teaching has not been paid proper attention in distance learning. However, there exists clear rationale behind the need to develop distance learning classes for teaching international languages. Education has recently been challenged to develop innovative forms and approaches to meet the newly emerging needs of students. One such innovative trend… Continue reading Language learning’s jump to the future
By Ryan Pike
In the past four years there have been two federal elections. According to sources inside the Prime Minister’s Office, there’s about to be a third.Senior government officials speaking on the condition of anonymity revealed to the CBC, among other news agencies, that this week Prime Minister Stephen Harper will ask Governor General Michaelle Jean to… Continue reading Editorial: Ending the Accidental Majority