“The long running theory was that if kids listen to angry, violent music they’re going to go all bug-fuck sociopathic and start sniping people off from the top of the MacKimmie Library tower. I think that if I didn’t have angry, brutal music to listen to and play I’d be a lot angrier and violent,”… Continue reading Rock like the Hulk and bite like a crazy Courtney Love
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Music Interview: The Epoxies not for those paranoid of synths
Today’s music industry is filled with all sorts of new phenomena. Thanks to television programming like American Idol and Rock Star: INXS, the latest music mega-stars are fashioned live right in front of our eyes. Like robots fresh off the conveyor belt, these new sensations dutifully perform songs written for them and shake their booties… Continue reading Music Interview: The Epoxies not for those paranoid of synths
Music Interview: Choke vs. Time
It is said the more things change, the more they stay the same. This cliche holds true for many good things in life and Edmonton punk quartet Choke is no exception. While their music has undergone many transformations throughout their career, the one constant is the band’s original line up. Choke comprises of Clay Shea… Continue reading Music Interview: Choke vs. Time
Theatre Preview: That’s Riddiculusmus!
From Catholics to Protestants, the Irish to the English, no one is safe. Forget the animosity between the groups, grudges embedded in their history like the stench of stale beer caked on to knickers after a bender. Belfast theatre troupe Ridiculusmus has arrived to bring their askew sense of humor to One Yellow Rabbit’s High… Continue reading Theatre Preview: That’s Riddiculusmus!
Theatre Preview: Hockey lunch in Canada
When thinking of the classical Bethlehem scene, you envision a single shining star up in the night sky. Imagine a manger where a virgin, if you believe that, just gave birth to her holy son. There may even be gold, frankincense and myrrh in your vision. But Christmas is still far off, and what’s on… Continue reading Theatre Preview: Hockey lunch in Canada
Theatre Preview: The Martini Redemption
The scene is chaos redefined. A large prison riot in full swing and one of the inmates gets beaten and stabbed to death by three other inmates. As if that wasn’t enough, his naked body is then dragged up and down the prison hallways, leaving a trail of blood in his wake. After a while… Continue reading Theatre Preview: The Martini Redemption
Women’s volleyball
The University of Calgary Dinos women’s volleyball team is currently on track to make the Canada West playoffs again this season, something the program has accomplished every year for over a decade. The Dinos’s 2011–12 season came to an abrupt end in a best-of- three CW quarterfinal to the Trinity Western University Spartans two… Continue reading Women’s volleyball
Study space concerns revisited
Last September, the Taylor Family Digital Library replaced MacKimmie as the university’s main library, and in October, concerns arose about a lack of study space. The library administration moved 180 carrels from MacKimmie into the TFDL and permanently reopened the basement and second floor of MacKimmie. The third floor of MacKimmie was open during fall… Continue reading Study space concerns revisited
Women’s soccer team in last playoff spot with four games left
Get ball, pass, shoot, score– the most important aspects of many sports and ones the Dinos women’s soccer team are figuring out just in time for a push towards the playoffs. On a windy weekend in Calgary, the Dinos scored plenty of goals, but lost their first game to the Trinity Western University Spartans 4-2… Continue reading Women’s soccer team in last playoff spot with four games left
First win feels good for field hockeyers
By Daniel Pagan
What happens when a Dino is matched up against a Panda? The Panda gets mauled as evidenced by the University of Calgary Dinos 3-1 win over the University of Alberta Pandas at Foote Field on Sunday. It was their first victory over the Pandas since the 2003-04 season, giving the Dinos a 1-5 record. The… Continue reading First win feels good for field hockeyers