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 SU tackles affordable housing
Affordable housing paper; cont'd from cover
2007-09-27
Tensions continue to rise as vacancy rates within the city force students to pay huge sums for a place to
stay. The University of Calgary Student’s Union is in the process of putting together a paper entitled Working Together: Finding Solutions to Affordable Accommodations for Students that will outline the SU’s
goals for exactly what each level of
government, as well as U of C administration, should accomplish in order to ease
housing pressures for students.
SU vice-president external Mike Selnes described students’ current living conditions as difficult given their fixed incomes and hoped this project will result in action. Previous attempts at approaching government officials only resulted in the SU being directed to different levels of government. The paper will be presented Oct. 3 to all major media outlets and government in the hopes of direct communication instead of passing on responsibility. A forum consisting of the SU, U of C representative and various
government officials will be held in the
Terrace Lounge, between That Empty Space and the Coffee Company, from 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. Students are encouraged
to attend and voice their concerns.
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 Men's soccer team splits the weekend
2007-09-27
The men soccersaurs at the University of Calgary had a hope-instilling weekend with one strong win and an understandable loss, peppered with some questionable calls on the West Varsity Soccer Pitch Sep. 22 and 23.
Going into the games, the team faced a must-win situation. They only had one point from a tie thus far and losing the weekend would mean abandoning championship aspirations for this season. This fact placed a lot of pressure on the teams that worked for and against them.
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 The Nickle has a magic carpet ride
2007-09-27
Art fans, take note! Two new exhibits have opened recently at the Nickle Arts Museum: Focus on the Collection: Kenneth Lochhead and Patterned Pleasure: Introducing the Jean and Marie Erikson Collection.
The Lochhead exhibit opened Sat., Sep. 15 and features the work of one of the prime painters who made up part of the “Regina Five,” who earned their name in abstract art in the 1960s. Lochhead’s exhibition ranges from experiments in colour and line to almost cubist and gothic sketches in the form of portraits or of city landscapes. He even ventured into the world of surreal art at times with paintings such as “Fanfare.” A force in Canadian abstract expressionism, some of that style can be seen in “Interior Etude” and “Eden.”
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 Sit tight ícause the revolutionís on its way
2007-09-27
Column - In the old days, staying home and playing on your computer on a Friday or Saturday night was considered anti-social. With the advent of social networking sites, spending countless hours on websites like Facebook or MySpace has become socially acceptable. Still, there's an element missing in these sorts of websites-the ability to wander around and explore places. Necessity is the mother of invention and indeed the Internet has revolutionized the way dateless geeks spend their weekends; by creating virtual worlds in which people can "interact" with one another.
A year ago, CNNMoney.com ran a story musing on the possibility of Google Earth evolving into a virtual world or-as Neal Stephenson coined in his 1992 novel Snow Crash-a metaverse.
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 The Comical Misadventures of Dapper & Diaper
Two Well Intentioned Bears
2007-09-27
BOOK: THE FIRST–How Dapper & Diaper, two bears, became separated from their mother, who was also a bear.
One day Dapper & Diaper, two bears of the ursine variety, found themselves upon one path. Dapper stood up and posed for any cameras that may have been meaning to take his picture, while Diaper sat on the ground grinding his diapered behind into the sensual gravel. Their mother—also a bear—who just so happened to be with them, was foraging for chimichangas in a nearby bush, which was in no way a bear. Dapper & Diaper paid little attention to this motherly behaviour, except for possibly allowing a small degree of anticipation for delicious chimichangas to enter their bear minds, until out of nowhere their mother, who I should note, was a bear, was shot some thirty-seven times in the snout.
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