By Falice Chin
As most people at the university already know, Chinese New Year is celebrated Jan. 22 to Feb. 6. Also, many people have learned to say the phrase kung hei fat choi to Chinese elders who reward their blessing words by giving them lucky money wrapped in red envelopes. Indeed, living in China up to age… Continue reading Crazy for Chinese customs
By Falice Chin
I remember watching a basketball game in Shanghai just three years ago. It was a battle between the Chinese National Team and retired NBA players. The Chinese people cheered for their team, but at the same time loved seeing NBA heroes like Wilt Chamberlain and Kareem Abdul Jabaar.Likewise, the soccer community consists of ambiguous fans… Continue reading Team Chinas debut
By Falice Chin
Thousands of students look for summer jobs each year, but many of them do little to no research on companies they apply to. In the spring of 2003, James Ullyott and another freshly graduated commerce student from the University of Calgary worked as managers under College Canada Painting Co. Within months, Ullyott had lost money,… Continue reading Student Painters Sued
By Falice Chin
Nowadays, too many people know how to just loop a catchy sample. Let’s face it, in these times the bar has been raised. But enter the worthy Mos Def–half of Blackstar, part-time movie star and a brilliant musician .His second solo The New Danger is like the splattered paint of Pollock–complexly organic and steeped in… Continue reading Spun: Mos Def
By Falice Chin
Woohoo! SU election time is approaching again! Students will be bombarded with posters left, right and centre until Feb. 15. Then the posters will stay for another week or so before being torn down altogether. Oh wait, one candidate has already been spotted tearing down posters of his opponents. The great poster war has begun.Poster… Continue reading Poster hilarity ensues
By Falice Chin
All middle-aged women working at customer services are bound to the most disastrous marriages I have ever witnessed. In this particular relationship, their partner is some kind of twisted god–all powerful, authoritarian, oppressive and intolerant. His name happens to be “the computer”–not just a computer, but the computer! The University of Calgary’s library contains a… Continue reading A match made in hell
By Falice Chin
The Universal Student Ratings of Instruction on Infonet has not lived up to its potential. Don’t get me wrong, it certainly gives me a sense of immense satisfaction to see awful profs score some very low points. The frustrating part is, of course, seeing instructors scoring undeserved good marks. What’s worse is that the information… Continue reading On a scale from one to awesome…
By Falice Chin
Today, most nightclubs fill their dance-floor grooves with hip hop music. Urban music is arguably the most popular right now as most top-ten hits are somewhat rap or R’n’B related. My question is–if hip-hop is so cool, then how come nobody sticks by any standards? It’s not that people only want to listen to mainstream… Continue reading Don’t dis good grooves
By Falice Chin
It’s that time of the year again when people at the basement of MacEwan Student Centre are busy preparing for the big CJSW event. The 20th Annual CJSW Funding Drive will sport the new motto “20 years at the Bottom of the Dial” starting Fri., Oct. 15. For one week, the university radio station will… Continue reading CJSW needs your money
By Falice Chin
The city of Halifax gave birth to some of Canada’s best hip-hop talents. Besides Buck 65 and Josh Martinez, one can’t forget Kunga 219 and DJ Gordski–collectively known as The Goods. With the release of their excellent third album, 4/Four, they bring us another inspiring work from the artists of Good Night Musics. The intro… Continue reading The Goods