By Dave McLean
Around the same time I started to lament that the Flames might not make the post-season for the fourth straight year, I was in a class listening to a presentation on why Canada needs hockey. The argument centred around how we Canadians need to find a solution to avoid the permanent migration of our sacred… Continue reading Real heroes are all around us
By Dave McLean
Over reading week, I had the chance to unwind and relax by spending some time on the West Coast. There’s nothing better than sitting on the boardwalk, listening to the waves lap up on shore to revive your spirit and recharge your energy for the last push of school. The worst part of the whole… Continue reading Change things or get the hell out of Dodge
By Dave McLean
Choose life. Choose a job. Choose a career. Choose an education. Choose a family. Choose a big fucking student loan, choose eating, laundry, utility bills and electrical malfunctions with your home computer… choose acs 5 and wonder what the fuck you’re doing at school on a Sunday morning. Choose sitting in the Atrium, watching mind-numbing,… Continue reading The path of least resistance [lead me on…]
By Dave McLean
Life would be shits and giggles if I could sit here week-in and week-out and criticize everything I thought deemed such analysis. It would be a gas if I could just ponder my life away at the university, bagging ancillary services or slagging the Students’ Union flavour of the year. But eventually, one must consider… Continue reading Get a job, foo!
By Dave McLean
As if coming back to school after a three-week hiatus isn’t bad enough, the line-ups and waiting times all around campus are sure to drive you mad. While standing around to get your new schedule printed or waiting for a chance to buy some last-minute textbooks, you may have noticed a poster hanging nearby on… Continue reading Exactly who is paying the GST again?
By Dave McLean
So have you thought about how you’re going to get to Europe this summer if there’s only one major air carrier? Maybe you’re too busy worrying about getting back to school on time with the pending buyout of Canadian Airlines by Air Canada. Of course, since most of us live in Calgary, getting home for… Continue reading Coffee, tea, monopoly?
By Dave McLean
As we filled her vast orifices with any chunky metal we could find, it dawned on me that change was occurring. She struggled to take the last drop and finally collapsed under the pressure. The change wasn’t just here and now, but on a metaphysical level. We were trying to beat the system and it… Continue reading Brother can you spare a dime?
By Dave McLean
If the walk up to the front of the class doesn’t kill you, the exchange of superficial smiles and the transfer of pulp to your prof will. The exchange lasts only a brief second before you turn and head to the back of the room and your work. Your facial expression reveals all to your… Continue reading Here comes the sun, er, snow
By Dave McLean
The typical scenario starts like this: you call in to register, you get half the classes you need, maybe one you don’t want, and days worth of hassle just trying to figure out what you’re going to do to remedy your situation. So, you trudge off to your friendly faculty advisor to wait in line… Continue reading People are bastards