By Riley Hill
A group of children, none older than nine, run past the sign for Residence Services playing tag. An elderly couple eats lunch and watches a religious sermon on the television, enjoying a quiet afternoon in the dining hall. These scenes in the residence dining centre are different from what university students would usually expect, as… Continue reading A shelter from the storm at the U of C
Sometimes being Canadian can feel quite nice, especially when the United States make a particularly blunderous mistake. This feeling of national superiority has run strong in the past few weeks as more information on America’s insidiously named Prism program continues to come to light. For those of you who have been too distracted by flooding… Continue reading Editorial: Looking up to Big Brother
Scripted television comes in two flavours: the serial variety and the procedural variety. Serial television shows follow storylines across an entire season. Procedural shows offer individual storylines within a single episode. A show’s identity and audience appeal is usually determined by which category it fits into. Some successful serials do manage to balance season-long story… Continue reading Screen Time: Balancing serial and procedural
When it comes to fighting giant monsters, no one does it as well as the Japanese. That still holds true after Pacific Rim, Guillermo del Toro’s tribute to giant-robot anime, though it was a worthwhile attempt. Pacific Rim is Gundam Wing, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Full Metal Panic and, of course, Godzilla — for which the… Continue reading Monster Mayhem
Fate of Calgary’s Arts Central revealed Telus will be redeveloping the Arts Central property into a new $400-million building called the Telus Sky. Plans for the 58-storey building were announced on July 4. The 70,000-square-metre building will include 40,000 square metres of office space across 26 floors and 32 floors of residential space. The building… Continue reading Entertainment news round up: July 18, 2013
By Sean Willett
With the heat of summer bearing down on us, finding an excuse to stay inside and away from the sun, the mosquitos and the seasonal allergies can be a welcome blessing. Of course, there is no better way to waste away the limited days of Canadian summer than video games, and what better games to… Continue reading Northern Sprites: Five amazing Canadian video games
By Riley Hill
Campus Alberta — the umbrella organization co-ordinating post-secondary institutions across the province — lacks a clear plan for the future, communicates its goals poorly with member institutions and is unsustainable in its current form, says Alberta Auditor General Merwin Saher in a report published July 9. Campus Alberta was created in 2002 as a way… Continue reading Auditor General criticizes Campus Alberta
Will Graham says this signature phrase within the first two minutes of the series premiere, “This is my design.” The sentence applies to far more than just the crime scenes of NBC’s Hannibal. Those four words are incredibly revealing about each character’s nature and the webs they all are caught in. Spoilers ahead. The show… Continue reading ‘This is my design’