Results for "Daorcey Le Bray"
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
Philharmonic joy
Two years ago, I planned a terribly romantic date at some downtown outdoor event. Sadly, activities of that type fall short on the romance factor when it’s-30 degrees, the event is canceled and you end up in a Subway scalding your lips on coffee with nothing to say and nothing to do.According to the Calgary… Continue reading Philharmonic joy
A painful, must-see event
Some items can be left off one’s resume. Two weeks of burger flipping, mowing the neighbour’s lawn, drug running… In the same vein, the CBS Star Wars Holiday Special (1978) is surely not included in Harrison Ford’s authorized filmography. Neither is it in James Earl Jones’, nor Carrie Fisher’s, nor Mark Hamill’s… well, Hamill could… Continue reading A painful, must-see event
Dance Dance Revolution
Dawn Dymond not only produces Dance Montage, she might as well be a poster child for the annual mixture of movement.Some time ago, as she describes it, when Dymond was a student at the University of Calgary, her friends told her she should get involved in an eclectic program featuring amateur and professional choreographers and… Continue reading Dance Dance Revolution
A last crusade for gaming
I graduate in a month and a half, and I have a plan. Nineteen inches of monitor, an über-video card, latest motherboard, 10-button joystick with throttle and kickback and a host of the latest first person shooters and space fighter sims. It’s a recipe for the greatest of self-imposed exile, and for the first time… Continue reading A last crusade for gaming
Super Mario Bros./Duck Hunt (1984)
Offered as the first game you would ever play on your Nintendo Entertainment System, the first kid on the block to get this puppy hooked up was suddenly at no loss for friends. Mario was unlike anything we had seen before. With its 32 levels in eight different worlds (!) it was the most massive,… Continue reading Super Mario Bros./Duck Hunt (1984)
Terror takes the CPO stage
“The classics should not feel like a root canal.”Victor Sawa does not fit the role of the standard conductor. In fact, he totes himself as “definitely different from 99 per cent of other conductors who convey the image that they’d rather not be there.” He’s bringing his uniqueness as an affable, comical and audience-focused conductor… Continue reading Terror takes the CPO stage
Sam Roberts and canadian evil… content
Some rock bands don’t want you to know they’re from Canada. They’re afraid of being marked forever with a scarlet maple leaf, never to find legitimate success apart from CanCon and CBC specials. With The Sam Roberts Band working on their fourth Canadian tour in the last year, there’s no doubting their nationality. And if… Continue reading Sam Roberts and canadian evil… content
Prepare for the Megalecture
For 600 students, the “Megalecture” has arrived at the University of Calgary, with all its benefits and challenges. COMS 363, Professional and Technical Communication, teaches students from Management to Engineering a hands-on and inquiry-based approach to rhetorical theory, writing and presentation skills. Last year, the course, which is required by many degrees, was taught in… Continue reading Prepare for the Megalecture