By Вen Li
Reams of self-congratulatory faxes and press releases, vitriolic rhetoric on the airwaves, and increased nation-wide demand for Grecian Formula for Men all point to one thing: The election cometh. However, university campuses across the West betrayed that fact months before the federal Liberals make that pronouncement. In the last twelve months, the feds lavished Canadian… Continue reading War of two worlds
By Dale Miller
The V8less Urban Battle in the Olympic Oval May 15 was like a mix between The Fast and the Furious and 8 Mile–only this time it was 80 per cent adolescent Asians.Now don’t get me wrong, we should give “props” for the money spent and the effort put forth by the parts installers in automotive… Continue reading An empty lot
By Вen Li
Sports fans of the future could see their favorite stars in action from anywhere in the world. Thanks to more powerful cell phones and computer-aided video cameras, real-time representations of game action can be sent anywhere in the world, without the costs of beaming a video signal. The technology, being developed by Dr. Jeffrey Boyd… Continue reading Playoff hockey, on your cell
What unfolds is like something out of a director’s cut of Trainspotting. A man stumbles around in a daze, raspy voice and wispy eyes. He mumbles “celery is all I’ve got,” and the words seem to ring true with one look at his hollow and oh-so- depressing living conditions. This is the aftermath of a… Continue reading Love Affair with Miss Mary Jane
By Dale Miller
In the wake of the most tumultuous Students’ Union General Election in U of C history, the SU has fired Chief Returning Officer Shuvaloy Majumdar.The Students’ Legislative Council decided to terminate Majumdar’s contract after an in camera discussion on Tue., May 18. While no specifics were given for the termination, most members of SLC expressed… Continue reading CRO fired
Anyone who’s watched MuchMusic in the last five years has likely come across Nardwuar the Human Serviette. Clad in bright plaid clothing Don Cherry would be embarrassed to wear, he doesn’t look like Canada’s next top television personality. That doesn’t stop the journalist/interviewer/singer for Vancouver garage outfit, The Evaporators, from listing “talk show host” as… Continue reading The art of Nardwuar
What’s the best thing about summer? It’s not the warm weather, it’s not the escape from the classroom and no, it isn’t even the mayhem of the Calgary Stampede. The best thing about summer time, according to me at least, is the live music. You see, a funny phenomenon occurs with the onset of the… Continue reading Festival season arrives
If Christina Aguilera were to take a two year break away from her music, would she come back a much wiser and more efficient shit machine? Would her new music cast a shadow over the seemingly endless waterfall of verbal diarrhea her lips once spawned? Knowing that’s never going to happen–the plastic holding her face… Continue reading JFK & the Conspirators conspire for a good fucking time and ska
Imagine waking up each morn-ing to gunshots, the loss of innocent lives and an endless state of distress. Fear dominates every choice and the future seems bleak and torn. For a long and painful time, this scene was a sad reality for the people of Somalia, including Somali refugee Mohamed Bakayr. Ten years ago, Bakayr… Continue reading The Agony of War