By Chris Adams
Since the provincial government announced its budget in March, institutions across Alberta have struggled to solve budget crises following a significant funding shortfall. In total, $147.3 million in funding was cut by the provincial government earlier this year, leaving post-secondary schools with 7.6 per cent less funding than expected. Several organizations affiliated with faculty associations… Continue reading Tough times under the Lucaszuk cuts
By Ashton Chugh
The Dinos women’s and men’s basketball home openers took place on Nov. 8–9 against the University of Winnipeg Wesmen. The Dinos women’s team came away with two victories while the men failed to grab their first win of the season. The Dinos women’s team narrowly beat the Wesmen 64–59 on Nov. 8 in a game… Continue reading Basketball returns to the Jack
By Curtis Wolff
The Dinos football team defeated the University of Manitoba Bisons 43–28 on Saturday, Nov. 9 to capture their sixth straight Hardy Cup title. In doing so, they improved their 2013 record to 10–0 and laid to rest any remaining doubts that they were the best team in the Canada West conference this year. The Dinos… Continue reading Best of the Canada West
As the only fighter in Ultimate Fighting Championship history to hail from Calgary, Nick “The Promise” Ring holds the crown as the city’s greatest mixed martial arts athlete. With an accomplished history that includes victories in both Bellator MMA and the UFC, Ring has proven to be one of the most dominant professional athletes Calgary… Continue reading Ring of fire
The fifth and sixth floors of the Taylor Family Digital Library are notorious for their ideal studying environments, breathtaking views of the scenic brick wall of the McKimmie Library tower and comfortable yet stylish lounge chairs. Most notably, though, they are known for their utter and uncomfortable silence. This lack of noise has recently become… Continue reading New cultural group emerges on campus
By Riley Hill
Action Bronson is a large, Albanian Jewish guy with a hipster-length beard, taste for Lincoln Town Cars and a honking New York voice — about the most unlikely rapper you can imagine. Hailing from Queens, the former chef broke from obscurity in 2012 with his Blue Chips mixtape, placing him among rap’s underground elite and… Continue reading Spun: Action Bronson
As modern rock bands slowly edge further and further into the realm of mainstream music and the typical pop-esque radio fare over the course of their careers, the bands tend to adapt and develop more complex music with more instruments, synthesized sounds and orchestral backdrops. This isn’t the case with Winnipeg singer and songwriter Greg… Continue reading Spun: Greg MacPherson Band
Much of Marvel’s plans for its phase-two movies hinged on the success of The Avengers and whether audiences would accept the nearly magical technology and aliens that were brought into a cinematic universe which, for all intents and purposes, began with Tony Stark in a flying metal suit. Following the return of Tony Stark in… Continue reading Movie review — Thor: The Dark World
Canadian writer Lawrence Hill, author of The Book of Negroes and Black Berry, Sweet Juice: On Being Black and White in Canada was in Calgary last weekend for the Calgary Public Library’s annual One Book, One Calgary event. The event is the library’s city-wide reading initiative. His award-winning novel, The Book of Negroes, was chosen… Continue reading Canadian literature and identity
By Remi Watts