By Вen Li
Don’t confuse Fairy Tales 3 with Snow White. Now in its third year, Calgary’s queer film and video festival is presenting works of relevance to the homosexual community, among others. "There is a hunger in the community to see an accurate portrayal of queer characters in films," says festival chair Trevor Alberts. "We’re interested in… Continue reading Writing new Fairy Tales
By James Keller
From grassroots churches and politicians trying to thwart Marilyn Manson’s tour efforts in recent years to public outrage at the Beatles and the Rolling Stones of the ’70s, rock music has always faced a large bulk of media censorship from all sides. However this month, the government censors have given the rock rebellion a break… Continue reading Shutting down the hip-hop machine
By David Kenney
Luther Wright is a hillbilly after The Beverly Hillbillies’ Ma Clampett’s own heart. Back home in Kingston, Ont., Wright is prepping his custom-made speed-machine for the first ever Luther Wright and the Wrongs Go-Kart Invitational. Set in a farmer’s field, the race will be laden with oil slicks, straw bales, local hosers and $184 in… Continue reading Pink Floyd the Wright way
If the University of Calgary clubs are intended to provide students with an enhanced campus experience by providing a rich diversity of opportunity, then the new Clubs Committee chair is the right man for the job. Gun-toting, leather-wearing, aikido-mastering third-year anthropology student Greg Hovdebo took the reins of the clubs’ governing body in a hard-won… Continue reading Winning hand for clubs
The fires in northern Alberta were extinguished due to the timely arrival of rain. Next time, it may be due to cutting-edge technology. Dr. Naser El-Sheimy of the University of Calgary Geomatics Engineering Department has developed an important new tool for fighting forest fires from the air. According to the associate professor, in less than… Continue reading The future of firefighting
Calgarians who missed the protests at the Summit of the Americas in April had an opportunity for some unique insights last week. On June 13, after their annual meeting, the Calgary-based Project Ploughshares hosted a slide show and information session by Alan Keane, co-founder of Co-motion Collective, and a "protestor trainer." According to Keane, Co-motion… Continue reading More than one way to fight for peace
By Natalie Sit
Six years after the first cold beverage exclusivity deal was signed, the same agreement has achieved another first by being made public. In 1995, the University of British Columbia and the students’ union of UBC, known as the Alma Mater Society, signed a 10-year deal with Coca-Cola Co., similar to the deal signed by the… Continue reading Student journalists take on corporate masses… and win
From June 11-15, a record number of eligible University of Calgary graduands attended their convocation ceremonies to receive recognition for four–sometimes more–years of sleepless nights, caffeine catatonia and full-contact academia. Nearly 70 per cent of the 3,493 students graduating from 11 faculties were present to walk across the stage and receive their diplomas. "Convocation is… Continue reading POMP AND CIRCUMSTANCE
By Вen Li
Every day in the bowels of Old MacEwan Hall, teams of monsters, some human, some grotesque, and some bearing a resemblance to Rosie O’Donnell, battle to see who will live and who shall die. For those who are resurrected, the battles never truly end. That was the case with the University of Calgary’s own Butros… Continue reading Magical split decision
By Ryan Laverty
Its mid-June, and we all know what that means. No, it’s not the start of another outstanding baseball season as the major league is almost at the all-star break. I’m talking about the end to another dragged out hockey season. Now, don’t get the wrong impression. I am an enormous fan of the game, but… Continue reading Lord Stanley’s summer vacation