By Jan Creaser
As I’ve gotten older, I’ve become less tolerant of the demon liquor. Okay, I’ve actually never been that tolerant. As a novice drinker some years ago I had the misfortune of taking a Bacardi holiday that didn’t quite live up to sun, surf and sand standards. I’m talking about bars. I woke up behind bars.… Continue reading The Drunk Tank
By Rob South
Sometimes university life spoils you a bit. Sure, you have no money in your wallet and the grocery budget does not have much room above Kraft Dinner, but still, you know deep down you are surrounded by the security of a middle-class life-style. And this middle-class security is not often tested: you hang out with… Continue reading The Ralph Klein pub crawl
"I am a rugby player" is not a statement one might expect from a lady. The stereotypes associated with the sport leave little room for women, and instead they conjure up images of grotesquely overgrown men grunting and bleeding as they attempt to decapitate their opponents. But, as in other sports, women are breaking through… Continue reading Rugby women take the field by storm
Last weekend, Calgarians got to see the Canadian Olympic wrestling team compete without paying $2,000 to fly to Sydney. The University of Calgary hosted the prestigious Canada Cup of Wrestling, the last warm-up tournament before Olympic competition begins in September. The meet featured Canada’s reigning Outstanding Male Athlete of the Year Daniel Igali, his Canadian… Continue reading It’s not the WWF, but at least it’s real
By Natalie Sit
May 2000 McQ’s lease expires Students will notice a different owner of the MacEwan Student Centre convenience store. Chung Cho, who ran McQ’s since 1988, received notice in February 2000 his lease would not be renewed by the Students’ Union. "I worked here for 15 years," said Cho. "I never got any complaints, any notice.… Continue reading I know what happened this summer
By Еvan Osentоn
In a move criticized as illegal, politically motivated and an assault on the free press, the Student Society of McGill University locked staff at the McGill Daily out of their office Friday Aug. 4, claiming the paper’s lease had expired. The dispute rests largely on what weight an implied or "tacit" lease, enforced by good… Continue reading McGill Daily closed
By Rob South
Preparing for 3,800 first-year students and 1,200 transfer students is no easy task, but U of C 101 organizers are well prepared this year. Now in its fourth year of operation, U of C 101, the mandatory orientation program for all first-year and transfer students at the University of Calgary, is going to be largely… Continue reading The incoming tide of frosh
By Mary Chan
Students returning to school this fall should expect to see changes on campus, but not MacHall expansion well under way. Students will, however, see many changes within MacEwan Hall and MacEwan Student Centre due to redevelopment. One change is new club space over the bookstore in MSC. According to Students’ Union Vice-president Operations and Finance… Continue reading MacEwan Hall: the update
By David Kenney
Paying musical homage usually involves a cover version or borrowing a few licks. Rarely do musicians get to take unheard lyrics and make them their own. Especially when the lyrics are from someone as influential as folk god Woody Guthrie. Billy Bragg and Wilco got that chance. Woody Guthrie’s daughter Nora Guthrie approached U.K. folk… Continue reading This land is Wilco’s land
By Mary Chan
Twenty-five years after graduating, Neel de Wit-Wibaut has come back to school, but this time as an artist, not a student. For de Wit-Wibaut, 85, painting has always been a part of her life, even as far back as her early life in Amsterdam, Holland. "I was always an amateur painter, but then I entered… Continue reading Like fine wine, artist gets better with age