Early yesterday morning, as you boarded the train to campus, you sat beside a young man engrossed in a book. The man was relatively good looking by conventional standards, with the exception of his Adidas track pants. “Must be laundry day,” you thought to yourself hopefully. After several minutes of silence, the man closed his… Continue reading Guy on train good at picking up social cues
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Pickup artist successfully ensnares females
Despite the poor reputation men known as pickup artists (PUAs) have acquired in recent years, it seems that all those hours of approaching and harassing unsuspecting women may finally be paying off. One PUA in particular, Vince DeSantis, is reaping the rewards of these practices. Third-year engineering major Claire Mitchell reports that she was attending… Continue reading Pickup artist successfully ensnares females
Navigating the other side of the hill
It is only natural that parents and children butt heads every once in a while. The teen years in particular can be tricky to navigate and may cause tension in families that are the focus of many self-help books. Fourth-year educational psychology student Emily Breyer has taken a different angle on the strain in parent-child… Continue reading Navigating the other side of the hill
Woman pays repairman with credit
Earlier this week, fourth-year political science major Lorraine Finch called a local repair company to fix a leaky faucet in her Brentwood home. “I first noticed the dripping about two weeks ago,” Finch said. “It was driving me absolutely nuts. When the problem didn’t fix itself I decided to call a plumber.” Finch reports that… Continue reading Woman pays repairman with credit
9 ways women are getting it all wrong
It should come as no surprise that women consistently find themselves under incredibly harsh scrutiny. Advertisements bombard women with criticism, telling them the things men hate and things they should change about themselves in order to be considered desirable. After seeing this pressure put on women, one group of men decided that they had had… Continue reading 9 ways women are getting it all wrong
Local dad discovers memes in 2013
Although Richard Dawkins first coined the term ‘meme’ back in 1976, only within the last decade has the word really attracted attention. Internet memes in particular have become seemingly omnipresent in today’s society. For local father Paul Molineaux, however, the discovery of memes is new and exciting. “He just came home one day and started… Continue reading Local dad discovers memes in 2013
Guy won’t let go of that one joke he made
Third-year engineering student Victor Clement just cannot seem to get over that one joke he made that one time. In early April, 2011, Clement was hanging out with a group of friends when he reportedly told a great joke regarding the recently released film The Last Godfather. The friends were meeting to discuss the details… Continue reading Guy won’t let go of that one joke he made
Student still has superiority complex about owning a BlackBerry
While the rest of the world is celebrating the release of the latest iPhone, one University of Calgary student has yet to come down from the high of owning a BlackBerry Pearl. Fourth-year political science major Andrea Sykes just cannot seem to get over the rush that comes with owning the latest gadget, even if… Continue reading Student still has superiority complex about owning a BlackBerry
Student inconveniently struck by inspiration
Early Monday morning, a University of Calgary student was struck by inspiration at one of the most inconvenient times possible. At approximately 3 a.m. on Monday morning, third-year biology major Stefania Barnes was preparing for an upcoming midterm when she was reportedly overcome with a burning desire to just try out something new. “I was… Continue reading Student inconveniently struck by inspiration
Student discovers perfect not awkward position for hands in pictures
One University of Calgary student may have discovered a solution to one of the greatest dilemmas since the beginning of portraiture. After two decades of struggling with awkward hand positioning in photographs, third-year philosophy student Anthony Foster decided to take matters into his own unphotogenic hands by creating the ultimate hand position. “I never knew… Continue reading Student discovers perfect not awkward position for hands in pictures