By Eric Fung
Diana Palmer’s latest Harlequin novel, Circle of Gold, is a charming example of society gone wrong. From the purple-tinged mountain peaks on its cover to the multiple advertisements for eHarlequin.com within its pages, Palmer and her ghost-writing cronies make me want to vomit. Or, to use a word of the day, will me to defenestrate.… Continue reading Diana Palmer, Circle of Gold
By Eric Fung
The U of C is moving in a new direction with its academic plan. Raising Our Sights, approved Apr. 28, 2002 by the General Faculties Council, will bring slow but steady changes to education at the U of C. "Ultimately, we aim to make the University of Calgary a stronger academic environment by following this… Continue reading Raising Our Sights on learning
By Eric Fung
On Thu., May 23, the University of Calgary Faculty of Medicine will launch the “Telehealth and e-Health Program,” the first of its kind in Canada. Telehealth, providing health services through telecommunications, is gaining popularity for its ability to reach isolated areas. Along with e-Health, the on-line counterpart, Telehealth may play an important role in the… Continue reading Telehealth program launch
By Eric Fung
Pop music has never been so bland. Velvet Empire and their self-titled debut are products of the Canadian reality TV series Popstars, which follows “the creation of a male/female pop super-group.”Average in every respect, Velvet Empire has no chance of attaining popstar status. There is no doubt they sing and dance decently and their image… Continue reading Velvet Empire, Self-titled
By Eric Fung
Hot beats and live instruments aren’t normally mentioned in the same breath, but the combination works on N.E.R.D.’s debut album In Search Of…The disc features hip-hop tracks tinged with pop, rock and blues. For better or worse, it lacks the beats the duo became famous for as killer producers, The Neptunes. The product is a… Continue reading N.E.R.D., In Search of…
By Eric Fung
The University of Calgary Students’ Union has just done their good deed of the day.On Wed., April 10, the Committee of 10,000 presented six awards from $1,000 to $4,000 to Calgary charitable organizations. The funds come from a $1 levy collected from each full-time undergraduate U of C student,totalling $17,500 this year."It’s an honour to… Continue reading 10,000 ways that U of C lends a hand
By Eric Fung
The right professor can make the dullest of subjects entertaining.Twenty-six instructors at the University of Calgary were honoured on Wed., April 3 at the Teaching Excellence Awards. The awards were given by the Students’ Union to exceptional professors and teaching assistants nominated by students in the fall and winter sessions."The individuals who can foster curiosity… Continue reading Cream of the crop
By Eric Fung
Despite the swanky opening ceremony a few months ago, MacEwan Hall expansion isn’t over just yet.With the Den, MacEwan Hall, the Science B link, and most recently the retail corridor opening, expansion is reaching completion. University of Calgary students approved the "improvement project" in an October 1995 Students’ Union by-election. At that time, expansion was… Continue reading No fat lady yet
By Eric Fung
Protestors aren’t camping out on the University of Calgary grounds just yet, but they are listening and asking all the questions they can.Students, activists and citizens alike attended the forum on Group of Eight summit security in MacEwan Hall on Thu., March 28. The G-8 summit, which will be held in Kananaskis from June 28–29,… Continue reading Securing the forest
By Eric Fung
Differential tuition was the hot topic on this agenda.University of Calgary Students’ Union executives presented a townhall on Tue., March 26 to discuss differential tuition, which entails different programs charging different amounts of tuition."The SU thinks that there shouldn’t be a differentiation between students of different faculties," said SU President Barb Wright. "The differences should… Continue reading SU tuition townhall