Advanced Education Minister Dave Hancock made headlines this week after alluding to some radical changes on the table in the province’s post-secondary review. Bombshells included an idea to make tuition free during the first two years of advanced education and deregulating post-secondary tuition. Two years of free tuition has been derided by some who believe… Continue reading Free tuition for the first two years?
Month: October 2005
Live drive 2005
By Nisha Patel
With its 21st annual funding drive imminent, CJSW wants to show off its friends. The campus-community station will raise support and awareness for all things radio from Oct. 21-28. The week includes a series of live-drive events, with a Rockabilly Extravaganza and Rolling Stones covers night. Volunteers will also accept donations on the CJSW pledge… Continue reading Live drive 2005
Hail Cephalopod!
Today marks the second anniversary of the most momentous event in zoological history. Twenty thousand leagues and two fateful years ago, beneath the briny waves of the Atlantic ocean, marine biologists discovered an eight meter long cephalopod. Jokingly, and since all research specimens require a name, the scientists called their quarry Lord Fuzzledumpkin III Esq.… Continue reading Hail Cephalopod!
Spun: Disturbed
“They fucking suck” or “I really like these guys” are about the only two responses you hear in regards to the inventive rock group Disturbed. In all reality, people either like or outright hate their approach of exaggerated guitar solos, sub-par lyrics and raspy growling vocals. With their latest release, Ten Thousand Fists, much changed,… Continue reading Spun: Disturbed
Spun: Sheryl Crow
By Kenzie Love
Reviewing Wildflower, Sheryl Crow’s latest release, is difficult to do without making reference to 1998’s The Globe Sessions. A sublime mix of music alternately rootsy and radio-friendly, Sessions would have been a deserving Grammy winner of Album of the Year, a category it was nominated for. Wildflower’s best songs recall the highlights of this defining… Continue reading Spun: Sheryl Crow
Spun: Juliet
Juliet’s press kit is quick to associate the singer with legends like Debbie Harry, Joan Jett and Annie Lennox. Unfortunately, Juliet’s vocal delivery and range is much more akin to the likes of Kelly Clarkson and Avril Lavigne. Perhaps Virgin Records set out to create a new new-wave with American Idols spewing their verbal diarrhea… Continue reading Spun: Juliet
Spun: Soulfly
By Trenton Shaw
Dark Ages, the latest album from Soulfly, starts out fast and does not relent. With the exception of a few interludes and “Soulfly V,” a pretty guitar ballad reminiscient of an entirely different band, this Soulfly album is a solid onslaught of militaristic drumming, deafening vocal cries and screaming guitars, resulting in a visceral listening… Continue reading Spun: Soulfly
Spun: J-Live
By Jon Roe
“For those of y’all that it’s your first time here/Welcome to the trilogy/I greet you all with confident humility” rhymes J-Live on the second track of his third full-length album, The Hear After. Not your ordinary emcee, J-Live tackles the number one issue facing the world of hip-hop today: under funding for education. Okay, maybe… Continue reading Spun: J-Live
Spun: Nickelback
By Emily Senger
The Kroeger brothers are taking over the world! Well, at least you’d think so by turning on any radio station to hear the Hannah, Alberta brothers and their Nickelbacked brethren crooning “Photograph,” the first single off All the Right Reasons. In true Nickelback style, all of the songs on the new album blur together into… Continue reading Spun: Nickelback
Spun: Franz Ferdinand
When a band reaches the level of critical and commercial success Franz Ferdinand did last year with their eponymous debut, the follow up is always a contentious issue. The world is full of bands who could never repeat themselves or move on in a significant way after their defining work. Many try to reinvent themselves,… Continue reading Spun: Franz Ferdinand