By Jon Roe
QUEBEC CITY- Bang. Fizzle. Many of the Dinos football team had already begun the long, cold walk to the locker room at PEPS stadium in Quebec City. Some waited behind, stopping to stare at the fireworks that lit up the darkening sky, marking the end of the 2009 Vanier Cup. Fireworks, seemingly meant for them… Continue reading Vanier Cup autopsy
By Jordan Fritz
So we walked in the door — on the left, a happenin’ looking pub called Spur and on the right a sleek, elegant dining room. We’re greeted with a glass of wine — Valipocella — and told we can walk around and check the place out. The decor is a mix between cozy and sophisticated… Continue reading Italian Kitchen just like Momma made it
By Ryan Pike
For some pop artists, there’s nothing scarier than a live performance or an unplugged album. After all, a large proportion of pop music is bolstered by technical wizardry and wacky digital effects. Since 1989, MTV Unplugged has taken popular musicians and thrust them into the acoustic limelight, often shocking audiences and listeners alike with how… Continue reading Spun: Katy Perry
By Brad Halasz
For Kings of Convenience, it sure is hard to put out an album. Declaration of Dependence is the Norwegian indie-folk duo’s first full-length offering since 2004’s critically acclaimed Riot on an Empty Street. The duo has split-up, reunited, been on hiatus and toured infrequently, but when they do find the time to make music together,… Continue reading Spun: Kings of Convenience
By Brad Halasz
After 2007’s Academy Award-winning song “Falling Slowly” became an international folk hit, there was nowhere to go but down for love-struck duo the Swell Season. It was the Irish musical Once which catapulted the scruffy Glen Hansard and girlfriend Marketa Irglova to a new level of unexpected middle-aged fame. With more eyes on the duo… Continue reading Spun: The Swell Season
The Road is based on Cormac McCarthy’s novel of the same name, a powerful and dark book that won critical acclaim and the 2007 Pulitizer Prize. Another of McCarthy’s books, No Country for Old Men, was the inspiration behind the Academy Award winning film of the same name. Needless to say, because of the pedigree,… Continue reading The Road is worth its long journey
The Mob, book one in drama department head Clem Martini’s Feather and Bone: The Crow Chronicles trilogy, is a mult-ifaceted novel now adapted to the stage by the University of Calgary drama department. The play showcases many parallels between humans and crows. It delves into society as a whole and causes viewers to re-examine themselves… Continue reading Crows Mob the stage in latest show
The last time Anne Flynn was the artistic director of Dance Montage in 1995, most of the student dancers in this year’s show were still in elementary school. After previous artistic director Dawn Dymond moved to the United States with her family, University of Calgary dance professor Flynn wasn’t intimidated about going back to the… Continue reading 40 years of Dance Montage
By Daniel Pagan
Lucky students living in the northwest neighbourhood of Hawkwood can now access free Wi-Fi, with no “wires” attached. In the past, students would need to visit the university campus, the Calgary airport or Starbucks for free wireless. But now a local wireless company, Naeco, is installing 23 phonebook-sized Internet nodes in the community on top… Continue reading Calgary community test site for free Wi-Fi
This year’s Students’ Union general election will include a referendum asking students to pay an additional three dollars per year to sponsor a second refugee student to get a University of Calgary degree. Currently full-time U of C students pay two dollars a year to sponsor one refugee student through the Student Refugee Program of… Continue reading Student refugee program looks to expand