Month: October 2010

By Olivia Komorowski

Reports of serious psychiatric issues such as schizophrenia and psychosis have more than tripled on campus, according to a new five-year study. Lead researcher and associate professor Sharon Cairns collected evaluation reports on over 5,000 students that were counseled at the University of Calgary Wellness Centre. Students’ primary concerns were relationships, followed by stress and… Continue reading Reported student psychiatric issues on the rise

By Natascia Karen Vervena

Michael Bernard Fitzgerald is all about love. His YouTube channel is populated with short love songs dedicated to Twitter, the Internet, Calgary, Vancouver, Winnipeg and Toronto. His latest album, MBF Love LP, is another piece of the recurring theme. Fitzgerald also loves performing live and thrives on the audience’s energy, fully immersing himself in his… Continue reading Calgary local is keeping at it

By Andy Williams

Authenticity is one of the cornerstones of a good play. If the actors don’t seem genuine or the dialogue doesn’t feel believable, it undermines the whole premise. The aim of a play is to tell a story and it’s a story the audience won’t buy if something’s amiss. Authenticity is of particular concern to Linda… Continue reading War, relationships and theatre

By Andréa Rojas

Close your eyes. Imagine you’re at a masquerade ball swathed in candle -light and black lace and all the guests around you are wearing blue jeans. Enter the haunting piano and pure vocals of Paul van Kampen, whose side project The Magnetic North takes you on a journey through a musical underworld where you can… Continue reading The Magnetic North

By Courtney MacDonald

One day in 1995, Cathy Ostlere didn’t get a phone call. She didn’t hear any traumatic news, nor did she suffer or witness any sort of accident. To a stranger, her day would have seemed perfectly happy and quite insignificant — but the simple lack of a phone call was Cathy’s first indication that her… Continue reading Lost, but not forgotten

By Gregary Groeneveld.

By Peter ReMartinez

By Dominik Matusik

What fascism is has been subject to much debate. Can it be described using a set of characteristics? Or has it been reduced to simply describing all forms of authoritarian governments and simply people we don’t like very much? As one who studies political science, I sure hope the field comes up with some concrete… Continue reading Investigating fascism: an analysis of the term

By Brent Constantin

A five-year international expedition of the world’s oceans led by University of Calgary natural biology professor Dr. Michelle Oldberg ended this past Monday after documenting over 250 new forms of sea-life, all of which, according to Oldberg, “totally suck.” The research mission, which brought together 15 universities from across the globe, uncovered useless forms of… Continue reading Researcher cheated by discovery of new worthless sea-creatures