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By David Wald
Last week, long time Students’ Union employee and Facilities Director Kelly Hutton resigned, to move on to greener pastures with the university. He is one of many SU staff members who have recently given up their positions in a major SU reshuffling. “He left to take an opportunity made available through the university,” said SU… Continue reading Hutton leaving after 20 years
By David Wald
Alberta Learning has entered into an agreement with Microsoft Canada and technology solution provider Acrodex Inc., providing Microsoft Office software, system support and licensing to all school boards and post-secondary institutions across Alberta at a cost of $6.3 million. Officials claim the Provincial Microsoft Licensing agreement aims to save school boards and post-secondary institutions $10… Continue reading Microsoft’s Alberta take-over
By David Wald
The world as we know it could be destroyed in one afternoon. That was the underlying message in Mel Hurtig’s guest lecture speech Thu., Oct. 14 in a stop through Calgary while promoting his newest and most important book Rushing to Armageddon: The Shocking Truth About Canada, Missile Defense, and Star Wars. As the published… Continue reading Hurtig on Star Wars, but not the movie kind
By Chris Pedersen
The Dinos waited a long time to avenge last year’s championship defeat but finally finished the job and claimed the top prize in the province this season. The Dinos finished the year with drama on Sunday and lifted the Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference championship trophy with a 1-0 win over the Mount Royal Cougars, wining… Continue reading Dinos good as GOLD
By Chris Pedersen
During the playoffs the bleachers become crammed full of parents, friends and hockey fans, all looking to help the Dinos achieve victory. A boisterous crowd at the Olympic Oval cheered the Dinos to a 4-3 victory over the Mount Royal Cougars on Friday. There were fans dressed in Dinos jerseys, a man with a red… Continue reading Lucky bounce ends triple overtime
By Hoang-Mai Hong
Alas, it’s January, so gird yourselves for the new semester, as well as a month that will offer little in the way of good escapism, new movie-wise. It sounds rather bleak, but take comfort in the fact that there are still plenty of award-nominated and critically-acclaimed films still in theatres. If you still haven’t taken… Continue reading Upcoming movies a sea of dull
By Chris Pedersen
The University of Calgary spent thousands of dollars taking the Dinos football team to Quebec City when they simply could have gone to a bull ring in Olds to experience the same sort of punishment. The Dinos were destroyed 59-10 by the Universite de Laval Rouge et Or in the Uteck Bowl on Sunday. The… Continue reading Dinos levelled at Laval
By Bradley Halasz
With a mix of humility and dignity on his face, University of Calgary Dinos quarterback Deke Junior turned to The Score camera and said, “I’d like to say I love you to all my family back home. I’ll try my heart out out here, let’s go.” It was early in the third quarter and the… Continue reading Football program’s sea change arrives early
By Alan Cho
Among the promises to enlarge your penis and offers for limited edition Hungarian stamps sure to enlarge your penis, you may have heard, “Somebody gonna get a hurt real bad.” Forwarded to you by a co-worker or sent in an IM littered with so many “LOLs” you become a suspected pedophile, this snippet of hilarity… Continue reading Comedy Preview: Russell Peters won’t a hurt you real bad
By Jeff Kubik
“I became aware, as early as my college days, that no opinion, however absurd and incredible can be imagined, that has not been held by one of the philosophers.” –Rene “solipsist extraordinaire” Descartes Tell me I’m not the only one. Tell me I’m not the first to have finished reading Descartes’ Discourse on Method and… Continue reading A shout out to the West’s great minds