By Sean Willett
If you ask almost any Canadian how they feel about their country’s phone companies, you probably won’t receive a very positive answer. People are painfully aware that the Big Three Canadian telecommunication companies — Bell, Rogers and Telus — have notoriously overcharged Canadians for cellphone services. According to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development… Continue reading Northern Sprites: Nothing like a little friendly competition
The University of Calgary’s Women’s Resource Centre has moved to a new space on campus. In late June, the WRC relocated from their former space on the third floor of the MacEwan Student Centre to the fourth floor into room MSC 482. The new location is located above the Students’ Union Wellness Centre, across from… Continue reading Women’s Resource Centre moved in Mac Hall
By Riley Hill
U of C scientists build satellite technology University of Calgary scientists in the departments of physics and astronomy began working with the European Space Agency this week on satellite instruments that will be used to measure the Earth’s magnetic field. The instruments will be placed on satellites for the ESA’s Swarm mission, which will attempt,… Continue reading News round up: July 30, 2013
By Riley Hill
Sex requires consent, but do you really understand what that means? A group of University of Calgary students want to make sure you do. The Consent Awareness and Sexual Education Club is a newly sanctioned club at the U of C that seeks to clarify and educate campus and community members about sexual assault and… Continue reading New club targets sexual assault
By Riley Hill
Next time you draw a breath downtown, know that it might cause one of your organs to burst. A recent study led by University of Calgary researcher Gil Kaplan uncovered a link between the ozone found in smog and perforated appendicitis — the medical term used to describe a ruptured appendix. The study was done… Continue reading Appendicitis linked to smog
By Riley Hill
Blind Boy Paxton is a musician of a different era. Paxton plays old-style blues, folk and jazz music highly influenced by traditional southern United States blues. He plays old songs from “the folks” as he describes it, stressing the role of tradition and storytelling in his choice of songs. Despite his southern charms, Paxton grew… Continue reading ‘The old songs are the best songs’
By Riley Hill
The Coal Creek Boys write and play the sort of earnest country songs that make them a perfect fit for a folk music festival. The Canadian band’s songs speak of the lives they have lived and of a recurring topic that listeners will hear: the coal mines. The coal mines just north of their home… Continue reading Traditional boot stompin’ fun
Before 2011, Egyptians lived for over 30 years under the tyrannical rule of Hosni Mubarak. In January 2011, people began filling the streets demanding revolution, with the centre of the protests taking place in Tahir Square in Cairo. After a month of conflict between the government and the Egyptian people, Mubarak resigned. The country held… Continue reading Democracy has never worked first try
By Chris Adams
Dr. Walid Kazziha, a sessional political science professor at the University of Calgary, was in Egypt for much of the revolution and witnessed the demonstrations that compelled the army to oust President Mohammad Morsi just over a year after his election to power. Dr. Kazziha, a native of Egypt, has written many books on Middle… Continue reading Gauntlet Q & A: Dr. Walid Kazziha
By Sean Willett
A pair of University of Calgary paleontologists may have solved one of the ancient world’s biggest mysteries. With research published earlier this month in the science journal PLOS ONE, Jordan Mallon and Jason Anderson have given a new answer to a difficult question: how were numerous species of large herbivorous dinosaurs able to co-exist in… Continue reading An ancient mystery solved