Hey Harvey, Nice work on the lower floor washroom in Social Sciences. Let’s see, you had a month over Christmas, plus almost two weeks prior during exams when it was pretty dead, but oh no, can’t do construction then. No, let’s wait until school starts– even though there are damn construction guys running around all… Continue reading Letter: A hard time peeing
Month: February 2009
Online university life: accept or decline?
With next year’s rising tuition plaguing the wallets of University of Calgary students, the idea of a tuitionless university seems only a far off dream. However, an ambitious entrepreneur from Israel intends to make this dream a reality in the coming future. University of the People, he imagines, will become the first global, tuition-free university,… Continue reading Online university life: accept or decline?
Bromancing the stone
By Jaya Dixit
Morning radio is a great forum for the aspiring social scientist. The advertising and banter, saturated with socially discursive subtext, is often embedded with sociological or political specimens that make for either delicious or distasteful critical mastication. Such has been my experience with a discussion I heard on a Calgary rock-alternative station that spoke out… Continue reading Bromancing the stone
Driven to be efficient
Among self-professed car nuts, I must be the only one somewhat looking forward to this economic crisis. I do not mean to say that I was overjoyed to hear that some automakers were on the brink of collapse and that a lot of people in their employ were about to lose their jobs– that side… Continue reading Driven to be efficient
As cool as a cult member
Although at first glance the kids parading out of the darkened movie theatre sporting lingerie and painted faces seem like the types you wouldn’t want to associate with, there’s still a temptation to further your knowledge about them. Said temptation is quite normal– human beings are curious about anything they don’t understand. This same temptation… Continue reading As cool as a cult member
First time firsts
By John Reid
I remember my first time clearly– Sears catalogue, lingerie section, with the bottle of Vaseline my mom used to rub under my nose when it was dry. I was 13 and it just about went past my ear. There were a lot of firsts that year: first date, first drink, first time on third base.… Continue reading First time firsts
The tao of Zhao
Being that he doesn’t actually intend to win the election, one might think that Jeremy Zhao’s Students’ Union presidential campaign is entirely superfluous, but that is not entirely correct. Though there is a strong possibility that he would resign during his acceptance speech next Thursday in the Den, Zhao’s campaign is actually quite beneficial for… Continue reading The tao of Zhao
What Darwin did
In a two-part special for the bicentenary of Darwin’s birth Feb. 12, I’ll be addressing how the theory of evolution by natural selection changed the world and how those that reject it hinder humanity. Evolution remains the easiest scientific theory to understand. Unfortunately, it is also one which most people think they understand though they… Continue reading What Darwin did
The siren song of nationalism
By Tyler Wolfe
There tend to be a handful of events throughout the year in which I find myself singing our national anthem. Undoubtedly some will find more occasions than I, others less. To be compelled to sing it five days a week, however, seems like overkill. A New Brunswick elementary school principal who decided it was unnecessary… Continue reading The siren song of nationalism
Roar! Stop killing bears, you bandits!
By Jon Roe
The government needs to do more to teach people that bears are dangerous animals. That is obviously a ridiculous thing to say, but last year the official tally of bears who died due to human interference was 19, the highest death toll since grizzly bear hunting ended in 2006. This number could be as high… Continue reading Roar! Stop killing bears, you bandits!