University of Calgary student Brent Kettles will be able to afford gourmet mac’n’cheese next semester after winning the first Student Initiative Competition. The Students’ Union prized Kettles with a free semester of tuition at the first Student Initiative awards ceremony, Mon., Mar. 20.Kettles won with his proposal for the creation of a student financial education… Continue reading SU awards Kettles full tuition
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Music Interview: Louis XIV Sexier than 17th Century Ottoman
There are things you need to know about Louis XIV: their meteoric rise in popularity, how they got signed to a major label without seemingly selling their souls or losing their integrity and four boys from the west coast coming to identify with the most famed of French monarchs. It all comes back to the… Continue reading Music Interview: Louis XIV Sexier than 17th Century Ottoman
Theatre Review: 10 minutes of delight
By Jeff Kubik
For six years, Ground Zero’s 10 Minute Play Festival has brought together Calgary’s up-and-coming theatre companies before the assembled audiences of the High Performance Rodeo. Given a playwright, a prop and a line of dialogue (this year’s theme: George Bush’s dyslexic aphorisms), each company has 24 hours to prepare a new production.This year, the Big… Continue reading Theatre Review: 10 minutes of delight
Tensions at Concordia
By Kyle Francis
With the American election behind us and ethnic tensions on the rise worldwide, it seems worthwhile to take another look at a contentious ethnic issue that affects us right here in Canada. As they say, you have to know where you’ve been to know where you’re going. The Backstory Montreal is known throughout Canada, and… Continue reading Tensions at Concordia
BUDGET HISTORY: Brace yourselves, tuition is going up… again.
By Chris Herard
In a meeting last week, the Planning and Finance Committee approved an increase in next year’s tuition to the tune of approximately $220 per full time student. “We realize it’s a problem,” said Jason Allen, president of the University of Calgary Students’ Union. “There was no time to consult effectively on this one.” The extra… Continue reading BUDGET HISTORY: Brace yourselves, tuition is going up… again.
An interview with Nardwuar
Nardwuar: Hello?Gauntlet: Hi, can I speak to Nardwuar please?N: This is him.G: Hi Nardwuar, this is Peter calling from the University of Calgary Gauntlet.N: How’re you doing?G: I’m doing quite well, how are you doing?N: Good. Thanks for the interest.G: No problem at all. Do you mind if I ask where you are right now,… Continue reading An interview with Nardwuar
Another band bites the dust
By CH Smith
After six years, four drummers and a “moderate” output, local one disc wonder-kids Ray-o-Vaq have decided to play one last show with their pals The Long Run and Hot Little Rocket Sat. Feb. 28 at Liberty Lounge before going their separate ways. The show will no doubt be a reunion of sorts, with many familiar… Continue reading Another band bites the dust
Professor passes away
By Natalie Sit
The University of Calgary lost one of its own when Dr. Malcolm Jacobs, a professor in the French, Italian and Spanish department, passed away Aug. 28, 2003. Described by many as smart, devoted to his faith, intelligent and loving, he died due to complications from oral surgery. Jacobs was on sick leave for many years… Continue reading Professor passes away
Can’t we all just get along?
I’ve been waiting for this moment for eight years. Honestly. Ever since that birthday party in grade six where we managed to get the unrated version of Jason Goes to Hell from a video store that doesn’t care what movies twelve-year-olds watch, I’ve been anticipating this film. You see, at the end of that movie,… Continue reading Can’t we all just get along?
Bailing twine and garbage bags
By Alan Cho
“One man’s garbage is another man’s art.” You’ve probably heard that phrase bandied about in a coffeehouse by a defensive ad exec or a senile phys ed teacher. An epithet so banal and neutral it could have only sprung forth from a first year philosophy student’s paper on The Matrix. On a superficial level, it… Continue reading Bailing twine and garbage bags