These days, coffee shop patrons are likely to get more than a frothy cappuccino and a pastry with their visit. Coffee shops offer snapshots of people’s lives, from the mundane to the bizarre. That’s what Swallow-A-Bicycle Theatre strives to portray with Eavesdrop: The Coffee Shop Show. “They could have massively dramatic stories happening, whether it’s… Continue reading All the cafe’s a stage
Month: April 2014
Student not sorry for the mass email
By Tendayi Moyo
Late Sunday evening, third-year political science student Desmond Fleece sent a mass email to his fellow students asking for last week’s notes. Fleece made no mention of feeling bad for bothering his peers. “I just didn’t feel all that bad about it,” Fleece said. “I had to get my wisdom teeth out that day. How… Continue reading Student not sorry for the mass email
U of C offers new 2048 class
Sick and tired of your friends beating your scores on 2048? One University of Calgary professor may have the solution. Cecil Quigley recently introduced a new class to teach students how to enrich their 2048 experience and feel superior to their friends. 2048 is the latest smartphone app tearing its way through the university campus.… Continue reading U of C offers new 2048 class
Call-out culture on the Internet
One of the first animal rights posts I ever saw on the Internet was a shockingly dehumanizing image that compared the factory farming of pigs to the Holocaust. It showed Jewish people behind barbed-wire fences in a concentration camp, juxtaposed with an image of pigs in squalid conditions. The caption read, “I don’t see a… Continue reading Call-out culture on the Internet
Folk music not just for cowboys
By Tobias Ma
One does not often find a room full of young and old people singing along to the same sappy tune. But Saturday, Mar. 29 saw exactly that during the screening of the Calgary Collection. The collection is a collaborative documentary that was originally released last fall as a web series, which features interviews with several… Continue reading Folk music not just for cowboys
BSD! BSD! BSD! BSD!
Against BSD Bermuda Shorts Day: a celebration for the masses? More like a celebration for deluded, post-teen, first-year partiers — those who would rather drink their calories than eat them. For those who have never experienced BSD, consider yourself lucky. Imagine 10,000 rambunctious students partying in one area. Imagine a quarter of those people throwing… Continue reading BSD! BSD! BSD! BSD!
Magic Card club gathers on campus
The Magic the Gathering club has met on campus for almost a year and a half to play one of the oldest and most cherished trading card games in North America. Magic the Gathering is a competitive card game where players duel with collectible cards from a custom deck. The game involves playing monster cards… Continue reading Magic Card club gathers on campus
Arts Internationalization Committee formed
By Diltaj Atwal
The newly formed Arts Internationalization Committee held its first meeting a month ago. The committee aims to internationalize the faculty of arts and provide resources for students and professors to go abroad. The committee has faculty and student representatives to help both students and professors with international affairs and opportunities. “The Arts Internationalization Committee is… Continue reading Arts Internationalization Committee formed
U of C a step away from fair trade
By Chris Adams
The University of Calgary was slated to receive Fair Trade Campus (FTC) status last year. But a new stakeholder was recently added, and so far, it has yet to live up to FTC standards, postponing the U of C receiving FTC status. There are three FTC stakeholders on campus: the administration, Students’ Union and Graduate… Continue reading U of C a step away from fair trade
SU science rep recieves reprimand
By Riley Hill
Students’ Union science representative Jacob Nasser received a reprimand after his coworkers brought forward complaints to Student Legislative Council (SLC). Fellow science representatives Jacqueline Boon and Amar Deshwar accused Nasser of violating SU bylaw 34.1d, which says faculty representatives must represent their constituents on university committees. “It was a failure to attend, meaningfully, the university… Continue reading SU science rep recieves reprimand