Audiences experiencing the 2008 Calgary Jazz Festival during June 24-27 gained great insight into the ways in which musicianship evolves. This year’s lineup featured artists of a variety of ages and experiences, from relative youngster Meaghan Smith–whose first full-length album is slotted to drop this year–to veteran Dave Brubeck–who has been in the business the… Continue reading Calgary Jazz Festival spans the ages with musical variety
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Calgary jazz swinging into full gear
It’s summertime and the living is easy. Cats are scatting and the beatniks are high. The saxes are sweet and the pianos are cooking. The jazz is raging, so festival season must be nigh. It’s time for Calgarians to reacquaint themselves with the city’s live music scene as the Calgary Jazz Fest rolls into town… Continue reading Calgary jazz swinging into full gear
The real DL on MLB
With the Major League Baseball season soon upon us, resident Gauntlet baseball-buff Joshua Goard-Baker gives his two cents on the off-season happenings and his predictions for the 2008 prizewinners. The off-season has been so jam-packed with interesting side stories that it is hard to believe, that as of this writing, we are less than a… Continue reading The real DL on MLB
SU Electioneering, Part II
By Bryan West
Two-time SU president and current board of governors student rep Bryan West concludes his look at the crucial factors SU candidates must keep in mind. 4. The residence voter A common complaint among Students’ Union politicos states a candidate must be from residence to become president. There is a seed of truth to this. For… Continue reading SU Electioneering, Part II
Best of Comics in 2006
By Kyle Francis, Ryan Pike and Garth Paulson
The Boys – Garth Ennis and Daryck Robertson (Wildstorm) The Boys poses the classic post-Watchmen question: What if superheroes suddenly appeared in a world not unlike our own rather than one where it’s just as likely to get superpowers from a cereal box as an alien spacecraft? In Ennis’ world, someone with the strength to… Continue reading Best of Comics in 2006
Mom said everybody’s a winner
Take the University of Calgary’s finest athletes, add a plate of free Alberta beef, a table full of awards and a bar stacked with booze, mix well for what they call the Night of the Dino. On Thu., Apr. 7, this epic event celebrated its 38th year with festivities taking place at the Red and… Continue reading Mom said everybody’s a winner
Theatre Review: The good kind of Anomaly
Everyone has worked that terrible job. You know, the one you dread going to, the monotonous grind of the workplace where the clock is watched religiously for the impending lunch break. Specifically, the shredding of paper for the entire work day. It’s what happens to Steve Davidson (David Trimble) and Dave Stevenson (C. Adam Leigh),… Continue reading Theatre Review: The good kind of Anomaly
Dinos upset Cougars and enter playoffs
By Lee Bogle and Sean Nyilassy
The Dinos women’s basketball team had a pair of matches Feb. 11-12 as important as the pair of humans on Noah’s Ark. With a 7-11 record heading into the weekend series, our ladies needed two wins as badly as a high frosh searching for an uh… 7-11. Only by winning both games would the Dinos… Continue reading Dinos upset Cougars and enter playoffs
Iraq-a rock-a da vote good
I voted in the Federal election this past spring. My polling station was at the fire station at the top of my parents’ street. I drove there, it took about 45 seconds, the lady gave me a pencil, I marked one of the three names on the ballot and handed it back to her. In… Continue reading Iraq-a rock-a da vote good
U of C not sharing in MRC’s bonus problems
By Darlene Seto
The monetary fiasco at Mount Royal College has left students, staff and members of the community-at-large furious and with heads shaking in disbelief. The situation has left observers at the University of Calgary wondering if such under the counter transactions could be occurring here without notice. Three administrative vice-presidents at MRC were given bonuses of… Continue reading U of C not sharing in MRC’s bonus problems