Month: November 2004

By Вen Li

About 10 per cent of campus e-mail accounts became temporarily corrupted last Thursday due to a failed computer hard disk array. One thousand users whose e-mail was stored in a filesystem on the failed array were unable to access their inbound e-mail for the weekend. An e-mail message was sent on the afternoon of Fri.,… Continue reading E-mail outage caused by failed disk

By Ben Hoffman

Tempers flared and sparks flew Tue., Nov. 22 at a debate co-organized by Campus Pro-Life and the U of C Debate Club. The pro-life versus pro-choice debate featured proponents of both camps: Stephanie Gray of the Canadian Centre of Bio- ethical Reform and Dr. John Baker of the University of Calgary’s Philosophy Department respectively. The… Continue reading To be or not to be… born

By Veronika Janik

The innovative hypnosis of Dr. Kevin Alderson has been at the center of discussions regarding academic improvement, since the publication of his book Grade Power. This weekend, he will present his methods of self-hypnosis in an in-depth display. Alderson’s recently published book entails a variety of coping mechanisms, including alleviation of exam anxiety, the improvement… Continue reading Hypnosis book launch

By Joelle Robichaud

Campus Recreation proposed a new levy to help upgrade its buildings. Seven dollars a semester may be added to tuition fees for students, and prices for public passes may increase. “[The vote] from the Campus Recreation Committee was based on the student fees plus all the other membership fees, so they’ll go up at the… Continue reading New levy proposed for Campus Recreation

By Kyle Francis

With the election finally over and Klein back in power, so ends Political Action Week at the University of Calgary. All last week, the U of C Students’ Union put on event after event and promotion after promotion to raise student political awareness. No one will deny that several high profile political forums and sumo… Continue reading Political action in week form

By Veronika Janik

Well, the results are in. The Progressive Conservatives continue as Alberta’s majority government for the tenth consecutive time. Ralphie reigns again, as part Premier, part shit disturber. Tuition remains high while funding remains low. So, now it’s time to kick back, relax and tell ourselves that we put up one hell of a fight. We… Continue reading Standing un-united

By Jaimee Lee-Baggley

I incorrectly put a condom onto a dildo under the supervision of a gender-questionable gym teacher and once thought an orgy was an exotic fruit. My sexual repertoire was fulled by Cosmo magazines (circa ’95–’98) hidden under my sister’s bed. I was young, but until recently, my sexual education was a bit rudimentary. Thus, this… Continue reading Sex, whips and tupperware