By Riley Hill
Students back from winter break will notice some new advertisements scattered throughout MacHall. “60 years of student investment in your MacHall,” reads a banner hanging in the south courtyard. “As a student, YOUR investments support great services like the lost and found,” reads a sticker in front of the MacHall information centre. Why would the… Continue reading Do the new signs in MacHall break campaign rules?
By Riley Hill
Several Haskayne students won big this December at the Inter-Collegiate Business Competition. The ICBC is the largest business competition open to undergraduate students in the world. It features eight different events meant to test students’ business skills in categories like finance, accounting, ethics and marketing. University of Calgary students Kirsti Ley and Bharbara Parparken won… Continue reading Students win big at ICBC
Danielle Smith is the current head of the Wildrose Party, making her the leader of her majesty’s loyal opposition in Alberta’s legislature. She’s also a former newspaper columnist with the Calgary Herald and University of Calgary alumni. We recently sat down with Smith to talk politics, pot, pipelines and her relationship with former U of… Continue reading Leader of the opposition
I typed “Islam” into the Google Images search engine. A display of violent images were shown: a cartoon of an assassin holding a knife under the words “stay quiet and you’ll be okay,” Adolf Hitler besides the quotation “I am fighting for the work of Allah,” and a fanatic running through a crowded narrow street… Continue reading Religious Discord
Over the break, the five coloured rings marking the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics started appearing on TV. The games draw nearer alongside the controversy created by the Russian government’s remarks towards the LGBT community. With the opening ceremonies drawing closer, the opportunity for a boycott has slipped away much to the disappointment of many social… Continue reading Leaving the torch in the wrong hands
The world has a new pope and everyone seems happy that he was not a Nazi and does not look like Emperor Palpatine. These are not Pope Francis’s only qualities, of course. The Argentinian-born Francis is developing a reputation as progressive and genuine. He has been photographed assisting people from all walks of life, including… Continue reading Seeing through the holy see
By Curtis Wolff
A rash of injuries to the San Jose Sharks forward corps opened the door for Bracken Kearns to make the most of his third National Hockey League call up. The former Dinos captain, who finished his four-year university career in 2005, potted his first NHL goal on Dec. 29, 2013 at the age of 32,… Continue reading Former Dinos captain scores with Sharks
By Curtis Wolff
Men’s hockey best in the nation The Dinos men’s hockey team had to wait until Dec. 3, 2013 to make it official. After crawling up the Canadian Interuniversity Sport rankings one spot at a time throughout the first half of the season, the Dinos were finally recognized as the best team in Canadian university hockey… Continue reading Dinos mid-season report cards
