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Composting

By Rhiannon Kirkland

This week’s feature is the third in a four-part series on food security. The first part looked at a Canadian perspective, the second looked at organic farms in New Orleans. This week’s is about the benefit of composting food waste. Stay tuned for how to reduce inorganic food waste next week. 
 Have you ever… Continue reading Composting

Library Voices

By Rhiannon Kirkland

Canada has several cities that are famous for churning out reputable indie music. Regina is not one of them. Library Voices, however, are doing their best to put their city on the map. “I don’t think it’s ever really gotten the credit it deserves as far as an arts and music scene,” says synth player… Continue reading Library Voices

Sports briefs: Dinos announce recruits

By Rhiannon Kirkland

Women’s swimming The women’s swimming team announced that Amanda Reason will be joining the squad for the 2011-12 season. Reason broke the then 50-metre breaststroke record at the 2009 Canadian world championship trials with a time of 30.23 seconds. Reason is strong in the breaststroke and freestyle events. Lindsay Delmar of the University of Calgary… Continue reading Sports briefs: Dinos announce recruits

U of C tries a new play with McMahon land

By Rhiannon Kirkland

Compared to brand new bowl stadiums in North America, the University of Calgary’s McMahon Stadium is old and small. After 51 years, aging facilities mean higher expenses for upgrades to the dated facility. The U of C has started looking into potential development on land around the stadium for funding opportunities to finance such improvements… Continue reading U of C tries a new play with McMahon land

Squashing the competition

By Rhiannon Kirkland

Every student-athlete must find a balance between academics and athletics. Sometimes, however, university even gives athletes newfound opportunities to compete and excel at both. Graeme Schnell, a squash player in fourth-year kinesiology at the Uniersity of Calgary, has been more than happy to take advantage of these opportunities. For the third time, Schnell won the… Continue reading Squashing the competition