By Noah Miller
The University of Waterloo Warriors football team will be sidelined for the entire 2010-11 season following unprecedented steroid testing of the entire team. The U of W requested all 62 players be tested for banned performance enhancing drugs by the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport after learning that Nathan Zettler, a former player, was… Continue reading Waterloo doping scandal
By Jaya Dixit
Ball gown, bikini and birth control endorsement in hand, the newly-crowned Miss USA pageant winner has established two new benchmarks in the business of pageantry. First, she has become the first ever Lebanese-American to win the pageant. Also, she has somehow managed to locate a space within the narrow corridor of the pageant Q&A segment… Continue reading Online Exclusive: World peace, one bikini at a time
The FIFA World Cup is set to begin in South Africa this week, and sports fans everywhere are preparing for the world’s second biggest sporting event after the Summer Olympics. The significance of the tournament is lost on many people in Canada and the United States, but its scope is international and its effects far-reaching.… Continue reading A developing nation needs more than good sports
Students hoping to complete a communications degree solely on weekends and evenings may have a more difficult time now that the University of Calgary changed funding for the Weekend University program. “Weekend University has been around for at least a dozen years with the intention of making it possible for a full-time working adult to… Continue reading Part-time degrees more difficult
After winning an Olympic gold medal for the 100 metre backstroke in 1992, Mark Tewksbury made no plans to stop traveling the globe. The Calgary native was back in town this week to receive an honorary degree from the University of Calgary during a convocation ceremony. Tewksbury thanked the audience in a short speech, one… Continue reading Olympic medalist honoured with degree
With a bright sky and sunlight dancing on bicycle spokes, the Calgary tour de nuit Society kicked off their second annual Ride the Road event last weekend. The race, along with a bike festival, aims to promote the Calgary cycling community and advocate for more cycling-focused infrastructure. “There are few other organizations around the world… Continue reading Cyclists unite to advocate common interests
When most people hear ‘Sled Island Festival,’ they think of music. Sled Island features around 200 bands in over 30 venues spread throughout downtown Calgary. However, before the concerts start, the Sled Island Film Festival shines a light on a medium that is often forgotten in the shuffle. Alongside the hectic and diverse music is… Continue reading Sled Island Film Fest brings local talent to the big screen
If you’re into hanging around sweaty exhibitionists dancing to songs about girls, then you won’t want to miss the Born Ruffians. After releasing their second full-length album Say It earlier this month, the Born Ruffians are touring North America and stopping in Calgary this weekend. “It’s a good bill, us and Young Rival,” drummer Steve… Continue reading Born Ruffians sweat it out
By Mike Tofin
Burlesque, pubic wigs, Golden Girls and vacuum cleaner-sized vibrators. What do these things have in common? Humour, obviously, but sex appeal? Yes, thanks to the creative thinking only possible by The Garter Girls Burly-Q Revue. Burlesque is humorous theatrical entertainment involving parody and sometimes-grotesque exaggeration — a common sentiment among The Garter Girls as their… Continue reading The Garter Girls show some skin
Chuck Thompson has a bone to pick with travel writers. He isn’t happy with the way the industry has developed and laments corporate influences on travel writing. In his book, Smile When You’re Lying, he argues that travel writers — with a few exceptions — are beholden to their corporate owners, be it the magazines… Continue reading Writer Chuck Thompson has a lot on his mind