Although more summer jobs are available this year compared to last, students will still have a difficult time finding work. Both the on-campus Career Services and the Calgary Youth Employment Centre have seen some recovery in their job postings, but are not reaching the same numbers they used to. The types of jobs posted are… Continue reading Summer jobs difficult to find for students
Month: May 2010
New science requirement for arts students
By Colin Minor
All students entering the faculty of arts this fall will now be required to take two half-credit classes in natural science. New courses are offered by the science faculty to help empower non-science majors to make informed judgments on scientific issues and better understand how the sciences affect their daily lives. The changes to the… Continue reading New science requirement for arts students
Spun: Jon and Roy
By Mike Tofin
You’ve been away, encased in your studies. University and metropolitan life has left you feeling simply detached. You pull into the driveway and return to the environment that compelled you to leave in the first place. Your Uncle Greg greets you with a warm hug and a greasy whisker rub. The embrace breaks, and before… Continue reading Spun: Jon and Roy
Spun: Elephant Stone
By Noah Miller
Elephant Stone’s follow up to their Polaris Music Prize-nominated debut album The Seven Seas, The Glass Box is a likable addition to the world of indie music that ultimately fails to deliver an inspired power-pop/psyche classic. The group shunned modern recording methods in favour of an all-analog process. Despite this unique approach – which as… Continue reading Spun: Elephant Stone
Spun: Phantogram
By Richard Lam
What a perfect album title. The electro-pop duo of Josh Carter and Sarah Barthel have crafted a densely atmospheric album that only gets better as the sun goes down. With equal parts Portishead and Au Revoir Simone, the pair seamlessly mix live instruments with synths to create a vibrant neon blanket of sound. Each song… Continue reading Spun: Phantogram
Graphic exhibit with nothing to hide
Standing in a dimly lit room, surrounded by the dissected remains of humans sounds like something out of a horror movie and the last way you’d want to spend your afternoon. However, Calgary’s Telus World of Science is hosting a world-class exhibit that will make you reconsider that. Body Worlds and the Brain, which opened… Continue reading Graphic exhibit with nothing to hide
Mustard Seed actors find humour in Greek tragedy
Oedipus Rex is a story of hubris, of fate, of murder and last but not least, incest. At first glance, the classic Greek tragedy seems like a peculiar choice for a collaboration between the Mustard Seed Drama Society, the Provincial Boom Commission Art Collective, Verb Theatre, and University of Calgary’s own Development Studies Club. However,… Continue reading Mustard Seed actors find humour in Greek tragedy