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By Bonnie Leung

Have you been online lately? If so, you might have seen the results of last fall’s Students’ Union standardized teaching evaluations, posted three weeks ago.Access to Fall 1998 teaching evaluations is available though the Infonet Services Menu at http://www.ucalgary.ca/infonet. However, ratings for winter session will not be available until Sept. 15.According to SU Vice-president Academic… Continue reading Profs graded online: Teaching evaluations on the infonet deemed “very useful”

By Mary Chan

A new Calgary poetry publication may not be written in stone, but it’s written in grave ink.“It’s sort of like a cross between a zine and a journal,” said Editor Lindsay Tipping, a University of Calgary English student. “It’s a very small press publication.”Tipping, who put the small volume together at her house with a… Continue reading Lost “in grave ink”

By Laura Glick

University of Calgary archeologists have unearthed two spear points, believed to be 10,000 and 11,000 years old, from the shore of Lake Minnewanka north of Banff.A team of field school students, along with supervising graduate student Alison Landals, have excavated the site for more than three weeks and made multiple discoveries.“The site has been known… Continue reading Ancient artifacts: 11,000 years ‘o history

By Fifi Enyi

Homestead in the suburbs savedThe City of Calgary Heritage Advisory Board awarded a 1999 Citizens’ Heritage Award to the Alberta Historical Preservation and Rebuilding Society for its work in saving the McPherson farmhouse.The 1910 McPherson farmhouse, located on Sierra Morena Drive S.W., survived due to the efforts of Mabel Smart, daughter of builder Joseph McPherson… Continue reading Snapshots

Carifest assaults your senses. Calypso beats capture your ears and invigorate the body and soul. A rainbow of colours invades your vision until all else fades away but the swishing feathers and piercing whistles. This is Carifest. This Saturday’s highly anticipated Sunshine Festival at Prince’s Island Park brings the 18th Annual Caribbean Cultural Festival Week… Continue reading Carifest ’99

By Darby Sawchuk

For a limited showing, The General, directed by John Boorman (Deliverance, Hope and Glory, Excalibur) will find its first Calgary audience. Filled with tensions atypical for a crime movie, The General skilfully manipulates the audience into acceptance, even reverence of the morally lax, but likeably defiant protagonist. The black-and-white film stars Brendan Gleeson (Mel Gibson’s… Continue reading The General

By Darby Sawchuk

Many Calgarian music lovers have forgotten the myth that Cowtown could be the next Seattle. In fact, for the last couple of years, a certain dissatisfaction has permeated the consciousness of more than a few local music addicts. It’s become a rare occasion for fans to find an exciting show featuring all local talent. With… Continue reading Local acts not just gathering dust

By Michael Leung

What the West wants for China is not what China wants for itself. For Westerners, Thurs., June 4 marks the 10th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre. How many died that day is still argued over, ranging from the state estimate of 274 (36 of which they claim were students) to higher, more sickening numbers… Continue reading For Chinese, freedom pales to McNugget