By Ryan Pike
In most creative endeavours, an oft-quoted piece of advice is, “Write what you know.” It’s difficult to write about heartache, adventure or any other circumstance without having first experienced it. For Newfoundland’s Amelia Curran, a recent performer at the Calgary Folk Music Festival, her musical career was directly influenced by her circumstances, as evidenced on… Continue reading Curran’s not Haunted by her roots
Shane Acker’s 9 is destined to become a cult-classic, yet it probably won’t make any money at the box office this time around. Even though the film has big name producers attached to it — including goth icon Tim Burton — it is too delightfully strange to find a major market to make back its… Continue reading 9 doesn’t net a perfect 10
By Ryan Pike
The beginning of school signals a return to work and responsibility for students and staff alike. Luckily, it also signals the return of all the great — and not-so-great — prime-time programs to television screens. There’s a whole lot of TV thrown at the average viewer over the next few weeks, vying for your time… Continue reading The televisions shows you’ll slack off to
The University of Calgary’s wireless networks are generally pretty fast, but there are often times when they are at peak capacity and everything’s really very slow. If you’re trying to transfer a large number of large files between computers or play networked videogames on the LAN, chances are you’re not only giving yourself headaches, but… Continue reading Freedom Through Ad Hoc Networks
After some key departures from last year’s Canada West championship teams, both the men’s and women’s cross country squads have a lot to prove this season. Three out of seven members from last year’s Dinos women’s CIS team have graduated, as have four from the men’s. Head coach Doug Lamont thinks that despite these losses,… Continue reading Running down a dream
By Jon Roe
Though both of the last two seasons have started with a zero in the win column for the Dinos football team and a loss to the University of Saskatchewan Huskies, this is hardly last year’s squad. Last year, the Dinos started the year with a 25-0 shutout loss in Saskatoon. This year, the Dinos dropped… Continue reading Dinos drop opener, prepare for Bears
Preparations are being finalized for the arrival of his holiness The Dalai Lama in Calgary for a once in a lifetime engagement at the Saddledome Sept. 30 – Oct. 1. While many snotty rock stars and twitty pop acts have played the ‘Dome and requested outlandish, over-the-top items on their tour rider, none come close… Continue reading Dalai Lamaís tour rider goes to eleven
For anyone paying attention to the ongoing health reform debate in the United States, it is obvious that the political landscape in that country is deeply fractured. But health reform is neither the greatest nor the most insipid evidence currently on offer. This past week controversy arose over the speech President Barack Obama was to… Continue reading America’s illogical education uproar
The recent ruling by the chairman for the Canadian Human Rights Commission has set a new precedent in human rights arbitration in Canada. The case was raised against Marc Lemire, a known white supremacist and the webmaster of a website that posted the text of a speech given by Kevin Strom, another well-known white supremacist.… Continue reading Human rights legislation in legal limbo
The Marvel-Disney buyout’s major problem isn’t necessarily creative, but one of flexibility and the further ghettoization of comics. As a comic company not previously owned by a large media conglomerate, Marvel was allowed a considerable degree of creative autonomy. Unlike DC, who have always been more conservative in promoting new ideas due to their ownership… Continue reading Mindfight: Is Disney buying Marvel good for comics? (Con)