By Вen Li
Surprise! amazon.ca has been on-line for two months and the Canadian book industry hasn’t died, and we’re still Canadian. Heritage Canada rightly said the Seattle-based amazon.com was out of its reach, but apparently, Canadian book-sellers are unhappy with economic sovereignty.Domestic book-sellers with stores in every part of Canada claim they can’t compete with a faceless,… Continue reading E-heritage in no real danger
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A new website offering cheap cigarettes is targeting University of Calgary students. Posters advertising the site have been spotted on campus since Mon., July 29.The website, which registered its domain name on July 24, 2002 under a Calgary address, sells cartons of cigarettes for US$24.99–34.99 each, half the price at the SU Stör."I would be… Continue reading Cheap imported cigarettes: deals or duds?
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Students and staff will lose two food vending establishments due to under use. The Garden Bistro in the Administration Building and the Oak Room in Scurfield Hall will be converted into academic space this fall."We had too many operations providing service to people in those geographical regions," said Food Services General Manager George Thomson. "There… Continue reading Food Services scales back
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Expect to see a convoy of moving office stuff this weekend as the Registrar’s Office and the Admissions Office move Trailer C of the ATCO trailer-park, located between Science B and the ICT building. According to officials, the 40-year-old Library Block is having a mid-life crisis and will be in physical rehabilitation for five months.The… Continue reading In other news…
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University of Calgary and University of Lethbridge Students’ Union Presidents Matt Stambaugh and Melanee Thomas, respectively, presented before the Standing Committee on Lifelong Learning on Monday July 15 in their first meeting in two years."We presented on tuition and the future of tuition models in Alberta," said Stambaugh. "We had six long-term models for tuition… Continue reading SU Tuition victory
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Not since my trip to the Space Needle have I been so flustered with getting a dented ball of twine into eighteen different plastic cups. A shoulder injury and a heavily-breathing rabid thunderbird (or was it just the wind?) conspired against me, but we had fun nonetheless.Being cut into the side of a hill has… Continue reading On the golf course…
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“Stereotypical Canadian folk/country adversity music” doesn’t adequately describe this relatively undistinguished album. What differentiates Ode from other recent Eastern-Canadian whiner-artist fare is it’s lack of suckage.Ode is a testament to how a combination of well-tested musical styles and a modicum of skill can equal success. Instead of being completely innovative or unoriginal, Stompin’ Tom just… Continue reading Stompin’ Tom, An Ode for the Road
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A strange thing happened this week. In something resembling a Mexican kangaroo court, “American Taliban” John Walker Lindh plea-bargained ten charges of being really, really evil down to two charges of being just evil. Apparently, convicting him on charges of illegally providing aid to the Taliban and carrying explosives “proves the criminal justice system can… Continue reading Land of the Free?
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The University of Calgary and University Heights communities shrank. Calgary grew by 28,468 last year but the two communities saw population declines of 0.35 per cent and 0.80 per cent, respectively, according to the 2002 civic census released Wed. July 2, 2002.“Typically, inner city areas do tend to slowly decline in population,” said Ward 1… Continue reading Civic census released
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With the Group of 8 Summit in Kananaskis over, reports on the event from Canadian student newspapers have begun to trickle out. Below is an ongoing compilation of links to some stories.• U of T students in Alberta lambaste G8 inequity – U of T Varsity, 6/27/2002 • Profs have say in G8 Africa Policy… Continue reading Perspectives on G8