By Dave McLean
The typical scenario starts like this: you call in to register, you get half the classes you need, maybe one you don’t want, and days worth of hassle just trying to figure out what you’re going to do to remedy your situation. So, you trudge off to your friendly faculty advisor to wait in line… Continue reading People are bastards
By Mary Chan
In addition to registration and tuition, the beginning of school brought another headache to University of Calgary students: parking. Students have approached the Students’ Union with complaints, which SU Vice-president External Nassr Awada says is normal. "Parking has always been a problem," said Awada. "There’s always been a high demand. I’ve had students talking to… Continue reading Parking scarce, say students
By Bo Rhodes
Coming off a savage beating by the University of Manitoba Bisons, the University of Calgary Dinos were eagerly looking for a win. The opportunity to drink from the cup of victory was evasive though as the University of Saskatchewan Huskies took a bite out of the Dinos. In front of an exuberant crowd of 3,247,… Continue reading Huskies slip past the Dinos
Hey big roller, I’ve got some odds for you on the next school year. Looking for a good bet? It’s all right here, baby. Right here. See, in my wisened state-imbued through years of study at this institution-I know certain things are inevitable in a school year. Certain things happen every year that piss us… Continue reading Beyond 101
By Kim Stock
For anyone familiar with the Students’ Union’s MacEwan Hall expansion project and MacEwan Student Centre redevelopment, it may come as a surprise to see construction underway. "We are currently working on redevelopment projects within the building," said SU Vice-president Operations and Finance Amanda Affonso. MSC redevelopment includes designing [for parallel construction] a new Max Café,… Continue reading MacHall expansion slow-going progress
By Kim Stock
It’s not a very dry topic—once you filter out everything else. Four University of Calgary Environmental Science students will travel to Nicaragua this summer to test U of C professor David Manz’s BioSand Water Filter.With the help of the Evangelical non-governmental organization Samaritan’s Purse and a $9,500 grant from the International Grants Committee of the… Continue reading Water, water, everywhere
In 1893, shortly after the release "Falstaff", which was to become his most celebrated comic opera, Verdi admittedly reported that "Certain passages are so droll that the music has often made me laugh while writing it." Over 100 years later, the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra helped me appreciate Verdi’s claim. Regarded by some as the pre-eminent… Continue reading Verdi’s fat scoundrel
By Jan Creaser
Intellectual thought is the crowning glory of evolution. The level of self-awareness we, the human species, have achieved fascinates me beyond belief. No longer do we scrounge in the dirt, bite the heads off little animals and defecate wherever we want. We think rationally about numerous topics never before contemplated. We ponder important issues such… Continue reading Like Mice in a cage
To the students of the University of Calgary. We are about to be screwed. Again. Unless we put a stop to it. We are about to be charged $300 more next year in tuition than this year. This increase will raise the price of a U of C degree by over $1200. This will be… Continue reading Fight the Hike
By Jan Creaser
There’s a general conception among Political Science majors that anybody outside the department should not be allowed to vote in any type of election. We, the politically uneducated, apparently do not have the knowledge to make coherent decisions regarding the future of municipalities, provinces and countries. In other words, democracy should only extend to those… Continue reading Baa, baa, black sheep, have you any spine?