By Joseph Tubb
Young girls attending Catholic schools in Calgary may have legal grounds to sue the school board in the future. A group of researchers including University of Calgary’s medical bioethics senior associate Dr. Juliet Guichon and pediatrics and bioethics professor Dr. Ian Mitchell asked the Calgary Catholic School District Trustees to reconsider their in-school ban of… Continue reading Catholic schools under fire again
By Ryan Pike
Changes to plans for the Taylor Family Library may mean more services available to students, according to University of Calgary officials. “At one point the Taylor Family Digital Library was going to be much larger than it actually is going to be,” said U of C vice-provost students Ann Tierney. “At one point there was… Continue reading New disability centre will have to wait
Of the things to be learned in December’s campus security report, perhaps the most useful is that fleeing the scene of a crime is never easy . . . especially when you are driving a bus. Unfortunately for one Calgary Transit employee, this was a lesson that had to be learned the hard way. The… Continue reading Kicking rocks and offensive hygiene
Runners will never have to miss another season again thanks to a new injury clinic that opened on campus to treat knee injuries. The clinic is open to the general public and no referral from a physician is necessary, however, the injury must have happened within the past month. “This is an innovation in health… Continue reading Injury clinic gets runners back on their feet
Single moms attending the University of Calgary part-time may no longer have to go to jail if they ride the C-Train without a ticket. The Poverty Reduction Coalition plans to start a pilot program for 50 women who would otherwise be incarcerated for petty offences and divert them to Social Services, Family Counselling or Diversion… Continue reading Transit ticket jail sentence ends
I left Israel four days aft er the cease fire ended and four days before Israel launched Operation Cast Lead in the Gaza Strip. Th e trip was eye opening, and although I didn’t drastically change my views on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, I did start to realize the many complex layers of Israeli society. Religion,… Continue reading Israel
The best part of Coldplay’s new album, Viva La Vida, is definitely the artwork on the inner panels of the album. By capturing the chaos and victory of the French in the epic battle scene, Eugene Delacroix takes the credit for the astonishing painting. Musically, Coldplay disappoints. The band’s fourth release follows suit to its… Continue reading Coldplay
By Mike Tofin
Ruby Jean & the Thoughtful Bees inspire a sexual attraction to doilies and other geriatric symbols throughout the visual and aural artwork of their brand new self-titled album. Ruby Jean is a wittingly-inspired moniker and a result of the names of previously successful solo artist Rebecca Higgs’s beautiful grandmothers. While spinning Ruby Jean & the… Continue reading Ruby Jean & the Thoughtful Bees
By Ian Baker
Let’s get this out of the way early: yes, LeATHERMOUTH is the side project of My Chemical Romance guitarist Frank Iero. Unfortunately for the 15-year-old girls who will probably purchase this album based on name recognition alone, X0 sounds a lot more like a Refused album than anything MCR might put out. In fact, the… Continue reading LeATHERMOUTH
By Ryan Pike
For some people, the works of William Shakespeare are a source of boredom and a chore to be endured during that one high school English class. For others, like famed playwright Tom Stoppard, the Bard’s words were jumping-off points, inspiring a sub-genre of film and theatre devoted to exploring fringe elements of Shakespearian prose. Stoppard’s… Continue reading A Shakespeare-inspired tale