By Alan Cho
If your planning a ritual sacrifice on campus, don’t bother doing it in those drab cookie-cutter buildings. Praise your pagan god in style in one of the fabulous buildings belonging to the faculties with money. Slit the throat of a virgin goat in the Haskayne School of Business’ Scurfield Hall. While you’re there, visit the… Continue reading DAY TRIP: Scurfield Hall, ICT, Engineering
By Natalie Sit
The new school year brings the University of Calgary Faculty Association a new president, Anton Colijn. Colijn, a computer science professor, held the post previously from 1995 to 1997. Among the complicated reasons why he ran again were his interest in the faculty association and the well-being of the university. "I thought it was a… Continue reading Meet the new TUCFA pres
By Вen Li
At the University of Calgary, there is but one academic justice system, with a bureaucratic system of layers which tends to confuse the appellant student. Fortunately, the regime lacked the creativity of some of its neighbors in designing its appeals system, and much of it is modeled on a simple pattern. For minor issues such… Continue reading Academic Appeal is not appealing
By James Keller
The history of the University of Calgary is laden with myths, stories, and urban legends. Some are seedy, some are funny, others just plain bizarre. And, as with anything odd on campus, many involve the inexplicably eerie behaviour of engineers. The engineering faculty seems a good place to start, giving birth to many pieces of… Continue reading Campus Lore: It’s all completely true
By James Keller
If you’re attending the University of Calgary, don’t get your proverbial knickers in a knot over buying textbooks. With the right know-how and a little sleuthing, not only will your book buying be trouble-free, you can also save a few bucks along the way. You’re really stuck with two options: the university-run new bookstore, or… Continue reading The only two bookstores on campus
Expanding from the doorway of your university career are two distinct culinary highways, cheap or almost cheap. It’s our duty to guide you on your journey because, frankly, your whole identity will be shaped by if you eat, what you eat, and where you eat it. Route 1: The Low Road The mainstream, "Starving Student"… Continue reading A student studies on his/her stomach
The best way to break up classes, hike up your heart rate and stop gorging yourself at A&W during your breaks, is to take advantage of some of the great recreation facilities and programs offered on campus. The Kinesiology building is the hub of it all, just a few steps away from A&W itself. If… Continue reading Campus Rec your way to a slimmer you
By Falice Chin
According to a recent survey, frosh students aren’t the only ones intimidated by the University of Calgary’s massive MacKimmie Library, many second and third-year students still get lost in the 13-storey labyrinth. While most attempt to avoid the library for as long as possible, in reality all students will need it at one point or… Continue reading Library, or bibliothéque in French
By Fifi Enyi
Traveling alone always creates such amazing feelings of excitement and freedom. However, the university campus can become a little scary after hours. For single travelers of MacEwan Hall studying past midnight before finals, walking to Lot 10 can be quite a hike. For this reason, Safewalk provides 24 hours of protection and help for those… Continue reading Safewalk this way
By Alan Cho
It’s a promise made to you by wacky teen comedies and burnt out hippies. A promise that university is not only an educational institution, but also a new social milieu to interact with new people and attempt to entice them into doing things you’ve only seen in Girls Gone Wild. They’ve lied to you. Most… Continue reading Your very own U of C e-mail account