By Dalmy Baez
The Campus Pro-Life club was recently de-sanctioned by the Students’ Union. As President of the Students’ Union I am writing to explain why. For the past few years Campus Pro-Life has run an event called the Genocide Awareness Project which features displays of aborted fetuses, victims of the Holocaust and the Rwandan genocide among other… Continue reading Letter from the SU prez: Why Campus Pro-Life was de-sanctioned
By Jon Roe
The Students’ Union is using Quality Money to patch up a hole in their Bermuda Shorts Day budget caused by a number of issues, including the recession and a change of location. Though this is a fine temporary fix, to call for money for the next three years of BSDs is only encouraging fiscal irresponsibility… Continue reading The many qualities of BSD
By Amanda Hu
Julie Doiron’s wispy voice and distorted guitar melts hearts. Her latest, I Can Wonder What You Did With Your Day, conjures images of lazy afternoons, wintery scenes and garage band practices, all while featuring Doiron’s completely endearing words and pared-down sound. “Spill Yer Lungs” is the first of the album’s forays into gritty guitar riffs… Continue reading Julie Doiron
Sometimes diversity is a bad thing. And in Our Final Days as Archipelago, the first full-length album from Waterloo, Ontario’s the Monster Show, is a great example of diversity’s follies. It’s difficult to slot the Monster Show into a genre. That’s because the band attempts to cram in songs of every single genre, resulting in… Continue reading The Monster Show
Booooom, motherfuckah! N.A.S.A’s meteoric take-off is about to launch! Standing for “North America South America,” N.A.S.A. is a massive collaboration featuring over three dozen top-shelf musicians produced by Squeak E. Clean and DJ Zegon. The Spirit of Apollo’s diverse range of talent really shines through on the majority of tracks and ranges from David Byrne… Continue reading N.A.S.A.
The loss of a child is heart breaking. It’s traumatic and painful and the after effects lead to a state of pain and remorse– a frozen portrait of loss. In Bryony Lavery’s Frozen, opening at the Pumphouse Theatre on Feb. 26, Nancy must eventually confront the killer of her little girl, a demented pedophile named… Continue reading Sage Theatre tackles child loss in Frozen
Emerging from all the hullabaloo and buzz of the Academy Awards, one realizes that other than a few upcoming “majorly anticipated” movies, what else is there? Not that anything else is less than worthy of our collective attention, but there hasn’t been much circulating around other than Watchmen trailers. Well, the Oscars have been awarded… Continue reading Post-Oscar films to enjoy in March
Craig Cardiff is ready to teach everyone how to be the next country-crossing, folktastic Canadian bard. He should know as he’s been at the gig for the past 10 years. Cardiff, who describes his music as akin to a “big warm hug,” is a Canadian staple. His music is beautiful and sun-kissed, with lightly-plucked guitar… Continue reading Craig Cardiff walks the folk walk and talks the folk talk
By Amanda Hu
Life in the land of mobile homes is not always as Trailer Park Boys makes it out to be. Lunchbox Theatre’s production of Darrin Hagen’s Tornado Magnet shows that trailer court living is often more about camaraderie and community than white-trash, drunken shenanigans– though some people in the park do know how to party. The… Continue reading Celebrating the trailer court culture
With the playoffs on the horizon the University of Calgary Dinos Women’s hockey team received a 4-2 thrashing at the hands of the SAIT Trojans at the Olympic Oval on Feb. 14. “It’s a disappointing loss, but [there’s] nothing we can do,” said forward Becky Niehaus. The game had playoff implications as whoever won would… Continue reading Trojans double up on Dinos