Though only a few days after the whirlwind of experimental hijinx of One Yellow Rabbit’s High Performance Rodeo, the city get its second wind and heads rights into Alberta Theatre Projects’ celebration of the art of playwriting with its month long playRites Festival. After making its debut 19 years ago, the playRites Festival of New… Continue reading Theatre Preview: ATP’s ritual playRites committed
Month: February 2005
Theatre Preview: Get Away without Orlando Bloom
Imagine the old joke about the man in the cabin who picks up a couple of drifters. If you combine any variation of that joke with the White Stripes, a picture of Lukas Black, the memory of a drunk singing in a Montreal bar and a dash of old German fairy tale; you may find… Continue reading Theatre Preview: Get Away without Orlando Bloom
Movie Review: Return to Rwanda-Rwanda land
Bodies piled upon each other are left to rot in the sun like overripe vegetables. Dead women, children and men–most of them dispatched with hacking blows from a machete or a gunshot to the head–litter city streets and the countryside. The dead, too numerous to bury individually, must be burnt or shoveled into mass graves.… Continue reading Movie Review: Return to Rwanda-Rwanda land
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Tsunami relief celebration
Having already raised around $4,500 for South Asian tsunami relief efforts, the University of Calgary Red Cross Club, in conjunction with its sister club at Mount Royal College, staged A Cultural Celebration for Tsunami Relief at MacEwan Hall on Wed., Feb. 2. A small but rancorous crowd was on hand as acts from across all… Continue reading Tsunami relief celebration
Debates hit the U of C
The Science Theatres will be filled with persuasive arguments between February 4-6, as the 75th annual A.G. McGoun Cup debate tournament plays out here on the University of Calgary campus. Speech and debate teams from seven universities and colleges across western Canada, including the University of British Columbia, the University of Alberta and Athabasca University,… Continue reading Debates hit the U of C
Goodbye Mount Royal Block, hello chain stores
One of Calgary’s oldest commercial blocks is slated for demolition, leaving Mount Royal residents alarmed at the prospects for the future of their neighbourhood. Tonko Realty Advisors Ltd., owners of Westhills Towne Centre and other properties in Calgary, secured a demolition permit for the 93-year-old building, but their development plans remain unapproved by the city.… Continue reading Goodbye Mount Royal Block, hello chain stores
Peacekeeping in the Golan Heights
Two University of Calgary students are on their way to the Golan Heights as part of their commitment to the Canadian Military Reserves. Corporal Asela Peiris, 22, has already spent time in Germany on a NATO exercise, and is taking six months off from his U of C Engineering degree to participate in the United… Continue reading Peacekeeping in the Golan Heights
Campus Security Report
By Cayley Evans
For Campus Security Manager Lanny Fritz, December was marked by thefts, fire alarms, and medical misfortunes. One student found his inner Martha this month, deciding to craft his very own parking pass rather than pay for a real one. “We do get a couple [fake passes] on occasion,” said Fritz. “From a distance they look… Continue reading Campus Security Report
Dinos threatened
What is $6? The average university student would probably say a jug of beer at the Den on Thursday night. Inexpensive as that $6 is, it could decide whether or not many of the 500 University of Calgary varsity athletes play on the Dinos next year. Due to proposed funding cuts from both the U… Continue reading Dinos threatened