By Emily Ask
It’s not often you see the words electro-dance and emotional intensity beside each other, but that’s exactly what Woodhands wants fans to take away from their music. Dan Werb and Paul Banwatt are the duo behind this Toronto-based dance party and they’ll be in Calgary Feb. 25 at Broken City promoting their second album Remorsecapade,… Continue reading Tenderly caressing your inner ear
Every year, the Alberta College of Art and Design hosts its very own wearable art performance/fashion show in its main mall. This year, the show’s 10th anniversary, promises to be the best ever. Georgia Lee, one of three ArtaWEARness coordinators, gives some insight into this year’s performance and the history of the great event. “ArtaWEARness… Continue reading Ten years of wearing art
The 2010 Olympics should not happen. At least that was my first thought regarding this year’s Winter Games, but that didn’t stop me from jumping at the chance to go when I was offered a free flight and accommodations- I mean who wouldn’t . . . right? Once in Vancouver, it’s hard not to get… Continue reading The bittersweet Olympics
In late October, a boy was born in Rocky Mountain House. His umbilical cord was wrapped around his neck and, by the end of the 40-hour labour, the baby needed to be flown to Edmonton to be placed in neonatal intensive care. Over two months passed before doctors determined that the boy — Isaiah James… Continue reading Baby Isaiah should be allowed to die
An emphasis on the preservation of race and bloodline, shunning racial intermingling, expelling those not pure — we once lived in a dark time. But is it behind us? Just this month the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake — a reserve south of Montreal — gave eviction notices to 26 people in its community. The reason:… Continue reading Onus on Kahnawake, not Canadian government
By Ryan Pike
The Canadian Olympic Committee headed into the 2010 Vancouver games with high hopes. After utter disappointment in the medal standings at the 1976 Montreal summer games and the 1988 Calgary winter games, the COC took the bull by the horns after the announcement of Vancouver as host — boldly claiming that Canada would own the… Continue reading Canada gets pwned on the podium
The Student Refugee Program is clearly a good one, but that may not be the issue in this year’s referendum. The referendum asks students to roughly double the financial support given to the Student Refugee Program to increase the number of refugees brought to study at the University of Calgary from one to two per… Continue reading Editorial: The great refugee referendum debate
A campus improvement fund initiative at the University of Calgary is introducing weekend suicide prevention training for Nursing and Social Work students. The decision was a quick one, only taking a month to make its way through the Student Academic Assembly. “That’s what the fund is built to do, it’s meant to be responsive to… Continue reading Students propose suicide prevention course
By Richard Lam
After eight years of business, Ploughboy — an independent baked goods and coffee shop in the University of Calgary’s ICT Building — has closed its doors following the university’s decision not to grant the business a new lease. “We’re all really distressed with the decision as there’s no other explanation given,” said Ploughboy owner Garry… Continue reading Ploughboy closes after eight years on campus
Applying to university can be a pain. It involves filling out the same information over and over again. Why not have a common application system that allows students to fill out their information once and then use it for all the schools they want to apply to? Ontario and British Columbia have been using such… Continue reading New post-secondary website helps students