By Ryan Barlow
For the last few years negotiations to encourage OneCard use by vendors within the MacEwan Student Centre have been ongoing. The latest proposal from the university to expand the program came this summer but was unanimously rejected by vendors. For the last two months, negotiations were at a standstill, but in the last 24 hours… Continue reading OneCard negotiations re-open
This past weekend over 1,500 cities around the world weren’t just lived in, they were ‘occupied’ in solidarity to the ongoing Occupy New York and Occupy Wall Street protests in America. “The idea was put out there about cities organizing their own occupy demonstrations, movements or protests on the day of October 15 as a… Continue reading World-wide movement comes to Calgary
The Students’ Union held the first Faculty Wars Dodgeball Tournament of the year on October 4th. Vice-president student life Matt Diteljan organized the University of Calgary Faculty Wars Dodgeball Tournaments through the Students’ Union for the first time. This is a campus-wide event aiming to foster a sense of belonging among students. “Everyone can get… Continue reading Hundreds participate in Faculty Wars
After my foray into the world of raw I was looking forward to eating hot foods again. I was excited to jump into the local food scene in Calgary after seeing the focus raw foodists take on fresh and healthy foods. My conversation about the raw food diet with Light Cellar employee Denis Manzer had… Continue reading A local affair
Last Friday night at Broken City, local independent music collective FOONYAP and The Roar showed Calgarians why “vampire-sex-metal-disco” may very well become their new favourite musical genre. Frontwoman Carol Yap, a University of Calgary communications student who also rounds out the string section of Calgary indie-folk staple Woodpigeon, has seen her first album, the exploratory… Continue reading Entertainment brief: FOONYAP and The Roar CD Release at Broken City, October 14
By Sean Willett
As citizens of Calgary, we sometimes forget how much power the oil industry really has in Alberta. Director David York’s latest film, Wiebo’s War, allows us to see how deeply large corporations can influence the everyday lives of average citizens — and how sometimes, there may be little we can do to stop them. The… Continue reading Wiebo’s War is far from over
By Mel Rygus
For those of you who may have found yourselves a little out of the loop courtesy of midterms, assignments and papers (oh, my!) over the past few weeks, this just in — Calgary is kind of cool. Seriously, it’s true. Would an uncool city have just been named a Cultural Capital of Canada for 2012?… Continue reading Let the BassBus cannon kick it
Most university students speak a language of parties and papers, lectures and lunch dates. But University of Calgary graduate student Ryan Flavelle speaks the language of armed conflict, where fear and combat are major parts of the vocabulary. Flavelle joined the Canadian Forces as a reservist when he was 17. After completing an undergraduate degree… Continue reading Student and soldier: “A strange duality”
Finance Minister Jim Flaherty wants to balance the federal budget by 2014, and so over the past few months the funding to various government programs has been substantially reduced. More is sure to follow. Improved fiscal control– and the steps needed to achieve it– was an important issue in this year’s federal election. Led by… Continue reading Editorial: Environment Canada is melting away
These days, it can sometimes be difficult to find a song with a theme other than that of the tragedy of love. Musical works touching on eerie themes of death and out-of-body experiences, such as astral projection, are few and far between. A London-based band by the name of The Boxer Rebellion, however, has decided… Continue reading The Boxer Rebellion