Month: May 2005

By Rachel Betts-Wilmott

This one time at band camp…” isn’t the sort of thing you’d like to hear a pop star say. We’re all aware of the eerie stories band geeks accrue, while the tabloids constantly remind us of the flagrant sexuality of musicians. One can only hope Will Turpin of Collective Soul’s story doesn’t meet with popular… Continue reading Music Interview: Getting back together

By Kyle Francis

Other than kung-fu movies, horror flicks and the odd revenge drama, Asian cinema goes largely unwatched by the majority of North American moviegoers. Every now and then a movie like Hero does a mystical back-flip into the mainstream, but most Asian movies big enough to make it to North American shores don’t get watched by… Continue reading Movie Interview: Not everyone kung-fu fights

By Garth Paulson

George Lucas has finally done it. After countless years filled with shoddy merchandise, poor licensing decisions and reissue after needless reissue, he has finally managed to ruin his once revered Star Wars franchise. The latest installment in his prequel trilogy, Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, is merely the last bullet to pierce… Continue reading Movie Review: Star Wars cashes in on crap

By Chris Beauchamp

This week’s revelation that Belinda Stronach is defecting to the Liberal Party makes for dramatic headlines, but it’s frightening to realize just who’s being served by this latest act in the political soap opera engulfing Ottawa–and more importantly–who’s not. Certainly the Liberals are benefiting from Stronach’s support. With the Thu., May 19 Budget vote now… Continue reading Stronach bats for the other team

By Chris Beauchamp

The University of Calgary has a prominent new voice on the provincial lobbying scene. Jen Smith, Students’ Union Vice-President External is the newly elected 2005-2006 Chair of the Council of Alberta University Students. “It feels good,” said Smith. “We haven’t had any executive positions on CAUS for about four years. You definitely have more influence… Continue reading SU’s Smith conquers CAUS

By Emily Senger

Students who plan to use the Fitness and Lifestyle Centre to tone up or slim down for swimsuit season in the next couple months will find themselves pumping iron in the racquetball court. Major fitness centre renovations are underway as of Mon., May 16. To accommodate users, weights and cardio equipment have been moved temporarily… Continue reading Fitness upgrades

By Chris Beauchamp

Come September, members of the University of Calgary’s religious community will have a new space for meditation, prayer and quiet reflection. Plans for the long awaited Multi-Faith Prayer Room and Chapel are finalized and construction should be complete by the start of the fall semester, said Students’ Union President Bryan West. “We’re ready to break… Continue reading Campus prayer space by September

By Alan Cho

Hollywood seems more comfortable with psychopaths dressed in leather and underage slut bombs than issues of race. After all, they don’t want to risk the bottom line by making audiences uncomfortable. Give it the patronizing pat on the head and have the issue overcome in just under 90 minutes with Julie Andrews winking at the… Continue reading Movie Review: Crash Looks at Race Without Car Sex

By Emily Senger

But Mom, I don’t want to practice!” The piano soundtrack to youth has punctuated the lives of almost every middle-class kid, who has been subjected to some form of a love/hate relationship with the classical instrument. This same soundtrack has been captured in an audience-pleasing blend of emotion, humour and, of course, the classical music… Continue reading Theatre Review: 2 Pianos, 4 Hands 1 Good Play

By Katherine Fletcher

Suicide is a touchy subject. There’s an exhaustive list of reasons why someone would choose to take their own life, reasons often too unbearable to mention. The grief over losing someone who died by their own hands lingers–­the stigma attached to suicide can haunt the friends and family of the deceased. Very few people wish… Continue reading Theatre Preview: The Natural Causes of Comedy