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 U of C capital projects get millions
2006-11-16
Two University of Calgary buildings finally received millions of dollars in funding.
Advanced Education minister Denis Herard announced the approval of $64 million for the U of C faculty of veterinary medicine and $35 million for the Child Development Centre at a press conference Wed., Nov. 15.
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 Editorial: Bylaws to be spat at
2006-11-16
Editorial - Nothing ruins a dinner date downtown like stepping on a large, yellowish, bubbly glistening gob of slippery spit.
If a new City of Calgary bylaw passes next week, spitting will not only be gross, but illegal within city limits. Citizens caught spitting or performing other socially inappropriate public acts like putting feet up on public benches, standing on statues, fighting, urinating or--gasp!--defecating, will be slapped with a fine of anywhere from $50 to $300, depending on the severity of the inappropriate act.
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 Cross Country: Solid gold
2006-11-16
Cross Country - It's been a luminescent season so far for Geoff Kerr. The Dinos cross country runner kept up his winning streak Sat., Nov. 11, by grabbing the individual gold at the Canadian Interuniversity Sport cross country championships. The gold is his fourth of the year, in only four events.
"Everything's sort of come together this season," said Kerr. "The races have all gone really well, thankfully. [The CIS championship] is definitely a fantastic experience. I've been pumped pretty much ever since."
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 Film Review: Bond is Back
2006-11-16
Film - Four decades and twenty-one films in, the Bond series really only had two options: continue along the path of ever-more-desperate celebrity cameos, CGI effects and over the top villainy, or, you know, make something interesting. Wisely, the franchise opted for the latter.
With Casino Royale, screenwriter Paul Haggis kept what was working (Judi Dench's wonderfully world-weary M) and ditched what wasn't (pretty much everything else) to create something between a re-launch and a prequel, a tale of James Bond before that name meant anything. Daniel Craig's 007 is a charming thug, a hitman who is only gradually learning that steamrolling his way through foreign embassies may not be the best way to earn a reputation.
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 The Oriental semite -- "The Muslim", Pt. 2
2006-11-16
In part two of her three-part feature on the Muslim Sarah Malik discusses many aspects of Islam often neglected by Western media. Examining anti-semitism throughout the world, she delves into the historical relationship between Jews and Muslims and explores Islams role as the Other of Western society, naming them the Oriental semite.
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