By Ryan Pike
With a salary cap and greater equality between franchises, NHL previews are only going to get harder and harder to produce. Though there will always be three to four teams in each conference that are locks to make the playoffs, and three to four teams that are locks to miss them, the rest of the… Continue reading 2006 NHL Preview
By Emily Senger
Better than a Happy Meal toy The University of Calgary offered its first “i” class this spring, where lectures were delivered by podcast, allowing students to download audio files of lectures to play on their computer or MP3 player. Students also got a free iPod for signing up. U of C Students’ Union vice-president academic… Continue reading Summer news in review
By Jon Roe
Avi Lewis is a recognized and celebrated media personality who started out as a political correspondent in the 1990s with Much Music. Lewis went on to host and produce counterSpin on CBC Newsworld and, most recently, worked on the documentary, The Take, with wife Naomi Klein, author of the anti-corporate manifesto No Logo. The Take… Continue reading Avi Lewis talks tuition
By Jeff Kubik
People don’t go to the theatre for many reasons, all of them unfortunate. For some, “theatre” is a stuffy rendition of The Nutcracker at Christmas, sweating through itchy clothes your parents crammed you into when you were too young to resist. Others remember high school outcasts embarrassing themselves at assemblies with interpretive dance. Of course,… Continue reading Theatre Preview: Thespian adventures
Prime Minister Paul Martin visited the University of Calgary this week to announce over $222 million in new health research grants across the country. However, critics argue specific grant initiatives fail to fulfill Martin’s throne speech promises for revitalized post-secondary funding. “There are few things more important to Canadians than health,” said the Prime Minister… Continue reading Feds cough up cash
By Ben Perrin
Student groups are calling for more student debt relief after the announcement of the so-called “Education Budget” by Finance Minister Paul Martin Feb. 24. The budget establishes a $2.5 biliion Canada Millennium Scholarship fund, creates a tax credit for taxes paid on repayment of student loans, increases the maximum contributions allowed to the Registered Education… Continue reading BUDGET HISTORY: “Education budget” fails
By Alan Cho
Change the world. Grab the microphone and ensure your guitar is plugged in. Don’t forget the lyrics, let the goddess of art guide your voice and hope the goddess of scotch smooths out the tangled nerves in your throat. The world’s listening and this might be your only chance to be heard. It’s the internal… Continue reading Music Interview: The calm centre of Kinnie Starr
By Emily Senger
Most seniors will be offended by vulgar language, sexual innuendos, bare asses, violence, heavy-metal music, alcohol and drug abuse. The grandmas sitting behind me during the Sunday matinee performance of Ground Zero Theatre’s play Illegal Entry most certainly were. They even told the stage manager, “turn down that horrible rock and roll music”. The sad… Continue reading Leave your grandma at home
By Rob Scherf
Ah, teen felony. What would our culture be without it? Countless movies and TV shows have convinced us that wild adolescents are always just one step away from running naked and feral in the streets, ready to cover every bare surface they see in sophomoric graffiti. Or perhaps you’re of the belief that all troubled… Continue reading See? Hoodlums ain’t all bad
Wrestler bronzed at Worlds U of C Dinos wrestler Breanne Graham added to her medal collection at last week’s World University Wrestling Championships in Poland. Graham trumped competitors from China, Japan and Taiwan but lost to the eventual gold medallist, American grappler Marcie Van Dusen, in regular competition in the 59 kg division. In her… Continue reading Eat My Sports: highlight reel substitute for the (barely) literate