Month: July 2010

After endless boasting of their sustainability initiatives, you’d think the University of Calgary would try just a little harder to uphold its environmentally friendly persona. The university gave Bike Root, a community organization that teaches bike maintenance and rents to students and faculty, a notice to vacate last month. Bike Root was funded by a… Continue reading A homeless Bike Root will hurt campus

By Crystal Jardine

My spring adventure to the Middle East opened my eyes to Islamic culture. A month of travel was barely enough time to scratch the surface of this fascinating mix of chaos and beauty but it was, nonetheless, an unforgettable experience. While the four countries I visited (Egypt, Jordan, Syria, and Turkey) varied considerably in their… Continue reading The burden of the burqa

By Ken Clarke

Most people know Juliette Lewis as a successful actress who has starred in such films as Cape Fear, Natural Born Killers, From Dusk To Dawn, Kalifornia and Strange Days, to name but a few. What many of these people don’t realize is that she is a successful, hard-working, hard-touring and hard-rocking musician. Lewis is currently… Continue reading Juliette Lewis explores uncharted territory

By Julien Testa

Christopher Nolan’s dreams came true after his 10-year-old project frinally comes to life in a visually and mentally gripping film. The director’s second original feature is yet another smart, action-filled film to add to his already impressive canon. Nolan’s (The Prestige, The Dark Knight) newest feature film revolves around a professional team who break into… Continue reading Nolan’s latest will linger in your subconscious for days

By Andy Williams

The last year has been kind to Dan Mangan. The indie-folk artist from Vancouver collected the XM Verge Award for artist of the year last September. More recently Dan has joined a cadre of Canadian heavyweights like Broken Social Scene and Owen Pallett on the 2010 Short List for the Polaris Prize. Since its inception… Continue reading Nice, Nice, Very Nice is right

By Brent Constantin

The Students’ Union’s hope of getting secondary suites on city hall’s agenda was dashed July 19, after council voted against reconsidering the issue. Alderman Joe Connelly brought forward the new proposal drafted by the SU and the Urban Calgary Students’ Association. SU vice-president external Hardave Birk hoped the motion to reexamine the issue would get… Continue reading Secondary suites not sweet enough for city council

By Brent Constantin

The Students’ Union has finalized three of four potential new food vendors in the MacHall food court. Curry & Grill, Korean BBQ and Umi Sushi will open this fall as SU renovations in the student centre complete, alongside increased seating. “These are all from student recommendations,” said vice-president operations and finance James Delaney. “We sent… Continue reading New food vendors announced for MacHall

By Brent Constantin

July 12 saw the University of Calgary struck by a sudden hailstorm that ripped through campus, damaging vehicles, facilities and the biological sciences greenhouse on the roof of the Science A building. The afternoon storm brought down golf ball sized pieces of ice that decimated the greenhouse, which lost virtually all of the glass on… Continue reading Hailstorm damages over $100,000

By Brent Constantin

still 18-24 months away. In the meantime they plan to use whatever they can in order to continue to provide service. When the situation arose, Bike Root considered cutting ties with the campus and coming a Calgary community operation off of school grounds. To answer this question, along with others about the Bike Root’s future,… Continue reading Bike Root uprooted

By Andrew Williams

Gregg Gillis- more commonly known as Girl Talk- doesn’t have a problem with challenging paradigms. He produces tracks entirely from samples of popular songs, deftly biting drum beats, pianos, vocals and anything else that catches his ear and weaving all of the pieces together in a meticulous and methodological way. The songs are often short,… Continue reading Online Exclusive: Girl Talk: eclectic is an understatement