By Sean Willett
It would be an enormous understatement to say that Ghostkeeper’s newest album, Horse Chief! War Thief!, has been stuck in my head. This collection of 11 songs from the Calgary-based roots-rock band attached itself to my brain like a hungry leech to an exposed leg, and it has been feeding on my thoughts ever since.… Continue reading Spun: Ghostkeeper
Alex Pangman may be Canadian, but this is not your standard Diana Krall jazz. Pangman’s seventh studio album, Have a Little Fun, is both her second album with Montreal-based jazz label Justin Time Records and her second album after a double lung transplant in 2008. It keeps true to Pangman’s fascinatio0n of all things ’30s… Continue reading Spun: Alex Pangman
The Croods is an immensely funny, very charming animated film from DreamWorks Animation and co-directors Kirk DeMicco (Space Chimps) and Chris Sanders (How to Train Your Dragon). The film takes a while to get going — following one very entertaining chase sequence — but once it finds its comfort zone, The Croods winds up being… Continue reading Film review: The Croods
By Tobias Ma
NUTV will be hosting a gala for their third annual Greenlite Arts Festival on April 3 at 7 p.m. in the Gallery Hall of the Taylor Family Digital Library. Greenlite is an environmentalism-themed festival of film and photography. The festival has two major components: a film and a photo contest. The film portion, known as… Continue reading NUTV promotes environmentalism in art
By Sean Willett
Imagine being unceremoniously taken to a place that is completely unfamiliar — one where you have no friends, no family and no idea of how to fit in. Then imagine being told that you can’t go home, and that you may be stuck in this alien world forever. While a scenario like this sounds like… Continue reading Canadian film challenges deportation
This week’s feature is the fourth and final in our series on food security. The first part looked at a Canadian perspective, the second looked at organic farms in New Orleans. and the third looked at composting. This week’s is about reducing waste. Can we live waste-free in a world where most goods come… Continue reading Can we live waste-free?
Students at the University of Calgary are working to increase knowledge about healthy food, sustainability and access to food through the third annual Hunger Week from March 18–22. Snack packs were given to students and there were workshops and panels to discuss food-related topics. Hunger Week is a collaborative project between the U of… Continue reading Getting people talking about food
On March 15, roughly 600 protestors marched from the University of Alberta to the Alberta Legislature Building in Edmonton to rally against provincial budget cuts to post-secondary education. The provincial government announced a 6.8 per cent decrease to Alberta universities’ operational funding on March 7. U of A students and community members rallied in support… Continue reading Speaking up: students protest provincial budget cuts
Duncan McDonald is the University of Calgary’s new student ombudsperson. He took the position in late February, replacing interim ombudsperson Sheldon Roth. McDonald’s main responsibility is to act as an intermediary between students and the university administration. The ombudsperson consults students on academic and non-academic issues and works to resolve conflicts and struggles students face.… Continue reading U of C welcomes new ombudsperson
For the first time since it was established in 1972, the Summer Temporary Employment Program has been indefinitely suspended. STEP offered thousands of students employment opportunities at many different organizations across Alberta. In summer 2012, STEP had an operating budget of $7.1 million, providing over 3,000 students temporary summer jobs at many small businesses… Continue reading Summer woes without summer jobs