The Students’ Union has passed a motion which will place a referendum question on the next student’s union election ballot. The question will ask whether students are willing to pay a 75 cent increase for fall and winter semesters and a 50 cent charge for spring and summer semesters to Student Legal Assistance. On Tuesday… Continue reading Student Legal Assistance on the ballet
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Crimes and deaths
The month of December was deceptively quiet on the University of Calgary campus. A U of C student walking through the playing fields on Dec. 22 along Collegiate Road found the body of a 50-60-year-old male. Calgary police informed Campus Security the deceased died of natural causes, and identied him as a local resident. "It… Continue reading Crimes and deaths
Nickle and Dime is spleenalicious
Only Grant Tilly can pull off a musical in which the plot revolves around the human spleen. With help from musical director Konrad Pluta, stage manager Joanna Topor, and Nickle and Dime Productions, Tilly’s musical Spleendid will be performed at noon from Jan. 16-19 at the Reeve Theatre Secondary. Tilly’s love for biology and drama… Continue reading Nickle and Dime is spleenalicious
Bring us your cans, your KD and money
When you looked in your fridge this morning and found a mouldy dish of a questionable substance and nothing else, you probably thought you needed to go grocery shopping. So what if you tried to take out money for groceries and realized you spent all your money on bills? You’d ask yourself, "Now what?" Then… Continue reading Bring us your cans, your KD and money
Wing and a prayer
When someone asks what they should do for the rest of their life, often they receive "do what you love" as an answer. Fourth-year student of International Business, Wing S. Lau just received a $3,000 scholarship for doing exactly that. Leaving behind her parents and younger sister, Lau immigrated to Canada from Hong Kong in… Continue reading Wing and a prayer
When actors wake in a cold sweat
Every actor has a nightmare. For some it is mixing up lines, forgetting lines, or stage fright. Nickle and Dime Productions start their season with Christopher Durang’s The Actor’s Nightmare, which ends up as a nightmare for the main character, George Spelvin. This performance is actually a play inside a play. Spelvin, played by Guillermo… Continue reading When actors wake in a cold sweat
11th annual Race around the Rock
Last week, as passers-by saw purple-clad men steering scooters around our landmark rock, many of them automatically knew what was going on. It was Phi Gamma Delta’s 11th annual Race Around the Rock fundraiser for the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of Canada. "Race Around the Rock is our major event," said fraternity member Mark Renneberg.… Continue reading 11th annual Race around the Rock
The dog days of summer
August was a slow month for Campus Security, but property loss drastically increased since August 1999. "Generally quiet months begin the year," said Campus Security Manager Lanny Fritz. "Theft is the biggest crime we have on campus." Laptop computers are a prized target for thieves. On Aug. 7, a university laptop, worth an estimated $5,141,… Continue reading The dog days of summer