The new semester at Mount Royal brings back new students as well as one important addition – university designation. With the name change from Mount Royal College, Mount Royal University joins four others in the province to become Alberta’s newest university. Premier Ed Stelmach granted the 98-year-old institution the right to use “university” in its… Continue reading Mount Royal joins university elite
Month: September 2009
Dino unfazed by race with Usain Bolt
With the 2009/10 track season approaching, Dinos sprinter Sam Effah undertook an extraordinary training regime — racing against Usain Bolt and the fastest athletes in the world. While he has made a name for himself the last two years in university competition winning gold in the 60 metres and silver in the 300 metres at… Continue reading Dino unfazed by race with Usain Bolt
QB Glavic brings MVP cred to Dinos
By Jon Roe
The University of Calgary Dinos football squad have never opened a season with a national-MVP on their roster. That all changes when quarterback Erik Glavic steps under centre Friday against the University of Saskatchewan Huskies, carrying his 2007 Hec Crighton award with him. Dinos wide receiver Don Blair won the Crighton, Canadian Interuniversity Sport’s MVP… Continue reading QB Glavic brings MVP cred to Dinos
A season of Great Expectations
By Jon Roe
New uniforms. New locker room. New expectations. It’s a strange place for the University of Calgary Dinos football team to be starting the season, ranked third overall in the country and the top team in their conference. But it comes after a surprising surge to the national semi-final last year, their first Hardy Cup as… Continue reading A season of Great Expectations
Going downtown in two big cities
By Ryan Pike
For many, summer is a time to experiment. Some grow beards. Some shave their heads or dye their hair. Some go on vacations to strange places. All of these experiments ultimately reveal lessons to be learned. In Calgary, summer is a time for municipal government to experiment, this time revealing lessons regarding urban culture. Last… Continue reading Going downtown in two big cities
Where have all the “great authors” gone?
It is curious to see how easily even the incredibly lucid can deceive themselves. This is a common enough phenomenon, but it pops up in a embarrassingly conceited way when dealing with art, notably literature. In mid-July the Globe and Mail ran an article detailing a book club that has grown up around the late… Continue reading Where have all the “great authors” gone?
This little piggy caused a pandemic
Since the World Health Organization declared a worldwide pandemic in early June for the first time in 41 years, news about swine flu has slowly lost momentum. Now, with students going back to school in the northern hemisphere, and with fall on the way, experts are preparing for the worst as scientists try to predict… Continue reading This little piggy caused a pandemic
Editorial: City hall’s short-sighted graffiti gaffe
The City of Calgary takes a hard-line stance against graffiti. On at least four different web pages, the City declares that it is “a crime that affects everybody” and that it ruins the “natural and architectural beauty of a city.” So, when a project was announced to offer young artists the chance to tag Shaw… Continue reading Editorial: City hall’s short-sighted graffiti gaffe
U of C supports Tim Hortons tacover, tells cultural diversity to suck it
By Nowua Jose
Somewhere deep in the greens of the Mexican jungle the world’s saddest mariachi band is playing the world’s saddest song as thousands mourn the death of what they deemed a cultural institution - a land mark that acted as a catalyst between two North American countries striving for understanding and tolerance. Speedy Gonzales himself could… Continue reading U of C supports Tim Hortons tacover, tells cultural diversity to suck it
Hipster King to fight for alderman throne
Zak Pashak: owner of inner-city bar Broken City Social Club, founder and festival director of Sled Island music festival and . . . politician? Pashak declared his candidacy in early August for Ward 8 alderman. While the municipal writ doesn’t drop until October 2010, Pashak said in his Aug. 5 address that he intends to… Continue reading Hipster King to fight for alderman throne