In the name of protecting their Jewish identity, the Israeli government and people are running a discriminatory campaign against African refugees. The state of Israel has built a detention camp for refugees that can hold over 10,000 people, as well as established new laws to arrest and detain people of African descent on site, whether… Continue reading Israeli treatment of asylum seekers racist
Chuck Palahniuk at Calgary WordFest
An artist’s work is indicative of the type of person who made it, so I was only mildly surprised when Chuck Palahniuk appeared in front of the audience dressed like a barefoot Dumbledore in a shiny red robe, pajamas and a bejeweled scarf, telling us that if we didn’t blow up our beach balls he… Continue reading Chuck Palahniuk at Calgary WordFest
Spun: Yamantaka // Sonic Titan
When Montreal-Toronto band Yamantaka // Sonic Titan’s first album, YT//ST, was shortlisted for the 2012 Polaris Prize, fans were left wondering if the group would be able to trump their critically appraised debut album. UZU is the answer to that question — it’s a volcanic yes. Yamantaka // Sonic Titan’s style is a medley of… Continue reading Spun: Yamantaka // Sonic Titan
Spun: Arcade Fire
By Sean Willett
If you haven’t listened to an Arcade Fire album since Funeral, the music on Reflektor will come as a bit of a surprise. Since their debut album, the Canadian band has moved away from traditional indie-rock and towards a more ephemeral and unconventional sound. This shift is most noticeable in their latest album, which almost… Continue reading Spun: Arcade Fire
Spun: DJ Rashad
By Chris Adams
The footwork and juke genres have seen a surge in popularity within the underground dance music community in recent years. Created to promote a growing movement of Chicago dance crews and battlers in the early 2000s, the sound has since gone global with the help of some of the U.K.’s electronic music mainstays. Following a… Continue reading Spun: DJ Rashad
Book review: The War on Science
With the recent Senate scandal blowing up and revealing a sea of political corruption, Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s integrity has come under attack. Calgary-based author Chris Turner intensifies this assault on the Conservatives and Harper in his latest book, The War on Science: Muzzled Scientists and Wilful Blindness in Stephen Harper’s Canada. Turner is no… Continue reading Book review: The War on Science
Screen Time: Driving the S.H.I.E.L.D. bus
It was inevitable that Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. would have to face an existential crisis: is it a Marvel movie in television form or a Joss Whedon show — a question I raised in a previous column. Five weeks in and comments around the Internet are predictably divided, between continued excitement and rising disappointment. A… Continue reading Screen Time: Driving the S.H.I.E.L.D. bus
Northern Sprites: Crack in the bell
By Sean Willett
Bell, one of Canada’s largest telecom companies, has recently announced that they are going to begin collecting more detailed data from their customers for the purpose of selling this information to advertisers and third parties. This reveal will hardly come as a surprise to many Canadians. All three of Canada’s biggest telecom companies — Telus,… Continue reading Northern Sprites: Crack in the bell
Faculty of arts teams up with choice retailer
Arts programs have never been of the highest priority to Alberta’s education system, particularly when it comes to funding and the distribution of grants. With the recent announcement of the multi-million dollar expansion to the Schulich School of Engineering, as well as the new sponsorship from Canadian Natural Resources Ltd., the students and staff of… Continue reading Faculty of arts teams up with choice retailer
Class empowers students through municipal politics
By Tendayi Moyo
An experimental class in the faculty of environmental design is attracting some attention. Make Calgary Talk is a project created by the faculty of environmental design that uses different media platforms to discuss design, development and planning issues in Calgary. Since its launch in February last year, the class has grown from eight students to… Continue reading Class empowers students through municipal politics