By Jeff Clemens
On the final legs of the Big Day Out tour, Dave Grohl and Perry Farrel told a raucous crowd The Music was their favorite new band. After releasing their first EP You Might As Well Try To Fuck Me The Music were called “the most important group since Oasis.” Since then, it has been a… Continue reading Music Interview: Dance to The Music
RantMusic are a lot of things. A rock band with fiddles, punk band with mandolins and folk band with electric guitars, but most importantly, they are road warriors living out of a bus for the past five years. Vocalist Ramsey Reid shuffles adjectives like a deck of cards when talking about his band, but it’s… Continue reading Music Interview: RantMusic not a bunch of celtics
Video killed the radio star. Immortalized in our collective conscience as not only a catchy Buggles song, but also as the answer to one of the most widely known pieces of trivia today. The irony was thick when MTV gave birth to itself with the Buggles’ version of “Video Killed the Radio Star”. Who knew… Continue reading Behold the corpse of radio
The VP Operations and Finance ensures the facilities and businesses of the Students’ Union are run well. This includes building maintenance and redevelopment, providing clubs with offices, and ensuring that the SU student and retail partners are well cared for. Many administrative items, such as the budget, travel and conference funding, bylaws and elections are… Continue reading SU Review: VP Op-Fi
An ideal VP Events attends to the recreational lives of students on campus and the community. Arranging and promoting Bermuda Shorts Day, concerts, performances and other activities during the academic year is a large part of the portfolio. Other less event-related aspects include Safewalk and relations with residence students and other on-campus groups. Alex Vyskocil… Continue reading SU Review: VP Events
The VP External should be one of two faces, along with the president, of the Students’ Union in the community. Representing University of Calgary students to local, provincial and federal governments and organizations is a primary responsibility. In addition, the VP External is required to effectively communicate with students and external entities about the objectives… Continue reading SU Review: VP External
Academic issues are at the heart of this portfolio, which encompasses everything from scholarships to university programs. The VP Academic must lead members of the Students’ Academic Assembly in representing students at the General Faculties Council, and in developing policy regarding students’ academic lives. In addition, the VP Academic must ensure that students who seek… Continue reading SU Review: VP Academic
The President of the Students’ Union is expected to lead both the SU executive and students at large. This includes lobbying on behalf of students, making important decisions with their input, and representing University of Calgary students to the outside world. The president must also guide elected student representatives toward both individual and organizational goals,… Continue reading SU Review: President
Every year, students entrust their elected officials to represent their views and to represent their best interests. At the top of the Students’ Union are the president and four vice-presidents. They endlessly toil, at work sometimes, to improve students’ lives and fight the good fight. Sort of. We as students get only the briefest of… Continue reading SU mid-term reviews
AUGUST I’ll have some privatization with that Food services at the University of Calgary could soon be private. In early August, Student Academic Services held a series of student focus group sessions to obtain the input of student experiences with the quality of Campus Food Services. This survey included their experiences at Smash Hit Subs,… Continue reading Fall 2004 in Review