Revelations regarding severe hazing at a University of Alberta fraternity have called the bonds of brotherhood into question. U of A’s campus paper The Gateway obtained video footage of sleep-deprived pledges for the school’s chapter of the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity eating their own vomit and being locked in a small, urine-soaked plywood box. After… Continue reading U of C fraternities react to U of A hazing
Month: November 2010
New clubs space delayed by renovations
Community radio station CJSW wrapped up its annual funding drive this past week and station manager Chad Saunders said phones rang off their hooks delivering a high level of pledges this year. “There’s a lot of math involved when it comes to the funding drive,” said Saunders. “One of the first maths is that we… Continue reading New clubs space delayed by renovations
Finn looks at the finer side of life
By Colin Minor
University of Calgary fine arts professor Patrick Finn is teaching a new series of classes which hope to shed new light on the positive aspects of human life. Finn’s introductory fine arts courses, Creativity and Story, are now in their second year of instruction. This year saw the addition of higher level courses Love and… Continue reading Finn looks at the finer side of life
Hollerado
By Roman Auriti
Headed straight for the auditory canals of the service-sector employees and university students comes a bevy of small-town Ontario boys that’ll do you an even greater service than paying your tuition or replenishing your supply of Ichiban noodles. Served up on a skateboard smelling suspiciously of the kitchen at your crappy day job comes the… Continue reading Hollerado
Life after Broken Social Scene
The career of Jason Collett has been a meandering affair. Though a carpenter by trade, his love of music saw him participating and pursuing quite a few musical projects in and around his home metropolis of Toronto. Critical success was varied– the most notable was his work with Andrew Cash and Hawksley Workman in the… Continue reading Life after Broken Social Scene
New community radio station focuses on community content
Jim King, founder of Beaver FM, has his eyes set on a specific slice of the Calgary airwaves. His aim is to capture the roughly 24,000 listeners that his FM transmitter can reach — located in his garage cum studio — with an explicitly local focus. King and his business partners, Kim and Doug Hayden,… Continue reading New community radio station focuses on community content
First stop: Much Music
It’s a common image — a pop-punk band’s MySpace populated with images of them standing in a field, with their hands firmly stuck in their pockets, serious grimaces painted across their faces. For the Weekend’s MySpace is slightly different. It features the band members in swimming suits in a bathtub, surrounded by rubber duckies. Next… Continue reading First stop: Much Music
Playground “Candy-Van” operation closes for business
Entrepreneur and University of Calgary business grad James Thorton slid his panel door shut for the last time this week as his start-up business, Candy- Van, closed forever.Thorton started Candy-Van in 2008 after noticing children’s attraction to the sweet taste of candy. Thorton said the only thing he’s bitter about is that future children won’t… Continue reading Playground “Candy-Van” operation closes for business