By Jon Roe
As the University of Calgary has shown with acidic responses to the Maclean’s university rankings, reputation is important to them. Showing up low in those rankings hurts that reputation, so they pull out and protest the process used to determine them as they did last year. This naturally extends to when an organization misappropriates the… Continue reading Editorial: “Friends” is a four letter word
By Jon Roe
After being down at halftime, the University of Calgary Dinos football team stormed back with 31 points in the second half, beating the University of British Columbia Thunderbirds 41-23 and taking the final playoff spot in Canada West Fri., Oct. 26. The Dinos finish the year 4-4, making the playoffs for the first time since… Continue reading We could be the champions, my friend
Adaptations of books are a common occurrence in the film industry, from best-selling trilogies like Lord of the Rings to classics such as Empire of the Sun. Changes to certain elements or characters from the books during the transition to film can cause some controversy. Take The Martian Child, for example. Even though the novel… Continue reading Cusack’s latest is Child’s play
By Indrani Kar
What happens to the famous people we like when they die? Do they go to heaven or hell? What does it look like where they are and what are they doing there? These and many other pressing esoteric questions are answered in the comical Some of My Favourite People Are Dead: The Posthumous Portrait Show,… Continue reading There are many dead people inside the Marquee Room
Sometimes you just want to stop and smell the roses, despite the cold weather. Wintersleep–Halifax, Nova Scotia’s hardest-working band–haven’t even had a chance at a moment’s reprieve, despite their breaks from touring in 2006. The band is famous for their work ethic, touring for nearly nine months straight in 2005 to support their untitled LP,… Continue reading Wintersleep soars across the night sky
In its annual ranking of the top executive MBA programs in the world, London’s the Financial Times named the Alberta/Haskayne EMBA 28th overall. Last year, the program–which is offered jointly by the University of Calgary and the University of Alberta–was in 46th place. “This international recognition is a clear demonstration of the outstanding quality of… Continue reading Haskayne honoured
The University of Calgary is running its first-ever televised ad campaign this year, focusing on southern Ontario. “There are a lot of students [in southern Ontario] and we have programs they’ll find attractive,” said U of C president Dr. Harvey Weingarten. “Students, when they look at their options, should be thinking about some programs here.”… Continue reading U of C recruits students with TV ad
By Ryan Pike
The sex comedy has been around almost as long as filmmaking. The “bet” sub-genre, in which the lead character has to perform tasks to curry favour and/or win money, originated with Pygmalion and the Taming of the Shrew and reached prominence in the ’90s with such classics as American Pie and She’s All That. Each… Continue reading For want of a decent screenplay…
Traffic circle man passes Jozef Stawinoga was found dead inside of a traffic circle just outside of Wolverhampton, England last week. The man, who died in his tent home, had been revered by some Sikhs as a holy man. He had been living inside of the traffic circle for thirty years in solitude. The Polish… Continue reading News for the unnewsed
By Marina Foo
Daniel Snaith, the mastermind behind Caribou, has done more in the past six years than what most people will in their entire lives. Releasing his fourth studio album, Andorra, earlier this year, Caribou has trekked a fair distance. Along the journey, Snaith picked up a PhD in Mathematics from the University of London, watched some… Continue reading Caribou is chock-full of woodsy wisdom