By Ashton Chugh
On May 9th, the St. Louis Rams drafted Michael Sam, the first openly gay player in the National Football League. Sam was selected 249th overall from the University of Missouri. Sam’s entrance into the world of professional football signals the greater acceptance of the LGBTQ community in North American sporting culture. Sam has had the… Continue reading Rams draft first openly gay pro-football player
Calgary will soon be home to a new high-calibre soccer team set to include Dinos players, coaches and alumni. The new Calgary Foothills Soccer Club Under-23 (CFSC) is touted as the first step towards a new professional soccer team in Calgary. The CFSC will play a series of exhibition games this summer before joining the… Continue reading Dinos selected for new Calgary soccer franchise
Upon opening Eamon McGrath’s latest album, I was greeted with handwritten instructions to “Play it Loud as Hell.” These instructions serve the album well. The songs are filled with loud, forceful guitars and percussion as McGrath’s stripped-down vocals give a raw feeling to the album. The album opens with heavy, psychedelic reverb on “Canadian Shield”… Continue reading Eamon McGrath
His first solo record since 2011’s Diaper Island, Calgary-native Chad VanGaalen’s Shrink Dust marks a definitive change in his sound. While VanGaalen often relies on homemade instruments to craft his zany soundscapes, Shrink Dust features the addition of an aluminum pedal steel guitar. This makes the album — in VanGaalen’s view — a country record.… Continue reading Chad VanGaalen
The Shakespeare Company is rounding out its 2013–14 season with a production of William Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night at the Vertigo Theatre from May 15–24. While the first two productions of the season — Titus Andronicus and The Winter’s Tale — are not as frequently produced as many of Shakespeare’s more well-known plays, Twelfth Night is… Continue reading Putting a little steampunk in Shakespeare
With patio season in full swing, sitting in a dark, crowded movie theatre can’t compete with sitting outside and drinking beer with friends. But the Calgary Society of Independent Film (CSIF) aims to bring those events together. Starting May 20, the CSIF will host Secret Cinema, a monthly film-screening where the community can watch movies… Continue reading Secret Cinema puts the mystery back in movies
By Liv Ingram
Get out your bowler hats and bow ties because cycling in Calgary is about to get a lot more stylish. Taking place May 19, the third-annual Victoria Day Tweed Ride encourages cyclists to don their finest tweed, climb aboard their vintage bicycles and take a leisurely ride through downtown Calgary. Beginning in London in 2009,… Continue reading Tweed Ride brings style back to cycling
By Liv Ingram
A new Undergraduate Science Centre opened in the Engineering Environment Experimental Learning building last week. Housed in EEEL 445, the new centre will offer advising exclusively to students in the faculty of science. The building will house five full-time advisors, with two coming from the Student Success Centre. Cindy Graham, the associate dean undergraduate with… Continue reading New Undergraduate Science Centre
By Chris Adams
Former faculty of Students’ Union arts representative Zainab Malik released the results of her halal food survey in late April. Students were asked where they would like to see a halal vendor on campus, what type of food should be offered and how much they would be willingto spend. 373 students responded. Of the students… Continue reading Results of halal food survey
The University of Calgary moved up to spot 19 on the Times Higher Education’s world rankings, up from number 23 last year. The magazine ranks the world’s top 100 universities under 50-years old. The U of C is Canada’s highest ranking university on the list, with Simon Fraser University, the University of Guelph and the… Continue reading High Times for the U of C