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 Friends of Science audit released
University looks into policies regarding research funding
2008-04-17
The University of Calgary has discontinued its relationship with the controversial Friends of Science organization and, after the results of an internal audit released Mon., Apr. 14, the U of C will revise policies related to research funding. But the audit did not determine whether funding from two trust funds at the university for an anti-Kyoto ad campaign was in violation of the Canada Elections Act.
The Friends of Science is a Calgary-based organization that questions the science behind the Kyoto protocol and argues that the sun is the prime driver behind global warming.
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 Editorial: A little like sex...
2008-04-17
Editorial - Being the editor of an independent, weekly, student newspaper is a little like sex.
Most of the endeavours taken on are at all levels gratuitous and masturbatory (see this page and this week's Academic Probation on page 24), fulfilling an editorial equivalent of satyriasis or nymphomania, a fervour rooted in the absurd gratification of hours spent unfucking the common, murderous specimens of English language abuse and spreading self-import with unnecessarily wordy editorials.
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 Knowing the Price of being a captain
2008-04-17
With great power comes great responsibility. No one knows this better than Dinos men's volleyball captain, Scott Price.
Price made his start in the sport in his hometown of Whitehorse when, after playing hockey, basketball and golf for a number of years, he went to high school and spent time in a newly formed territorial league. After a timely growth spurt and rampant success in his various volleyball endeavours, a contact at Grant MacEwan College arranged an invitation to practice with the Alberta provincial team and a spot on the school's team, where he spent three years.
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 Chaos in Kosovo
Documentary sheds light on tumultuous political situation
2008-04-17
For the majority of the past decade, cable news shows have provided periodic updates on the chaotic political situation in the Balkans. Despite the best efforts of the news media, the average person on the street has been continually befuddled by the continuing boundary changes and strife in the former Yugoslavia. View from the Bridge: Stories from Kosovo sheds some light on Kosovo and its tumultuous political standing in the world.
After the death of Josip Broz Tito in 1980 and the ascension of Slobodan Milosevic to power, four decades of political stability in Yugoslavia abruptly fell apart. The breakup of the Yugoslavian state into a series of smaller states led to violent flare-ups in certain regions, particularly in the autonomous Serbian province of Kosovo. Historically populated by a mixture of Serbs and Albanians, the province saw outbursts of violence culminating in outright civil war beginning in 1999. Following the outbreak of war, the United Nations and NATO attempted to restore peace and stability, but their involvement hasn't been welcomed by all Kosovans.
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 Spinning hard drives
A look at the digitization of music
2008-04-17
The world of music is like a revolving door. No other form of media has seen such radical changes in the way it is conceived, produced, delivered and experienced. Even within many of our lifetimes, music has surfaced in the forms of vinyl records, eight-track tape players, cassette tapes and compact discs. With the advent of digital music, a fundamental and undeniable shift is occurring in the concept of music itself.
As with any change, apprehension often follows. As MP3 downloads become the norm for many music listeners, the pros of this technology (ease of access to more music) are fighting with the cons (losing out on quality of sound and fears of the marginalization of music.) Many are painting the music industry as going into a state of panic about their longevity in the overwhelming digital age. With the inevitable transformation going on, the question arises: should we fight the change or adapt to the new way of doing things? Recent developments suggest that we may be able to do both.
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The last supper
2008-04-17
Everyone knows that masturbation is pretty alright. Well, except for maybe a few Christians with exceptionally good vision, but it's a pretty widely held fact within the rest of population. Thing is, it's a little hard to unabashedly whack it in a room full of people, unless you're a homeless exhibitionist. Then anything goes. I mean, hell, you could have been clandestinely taking the goat for a trot in everyone's presence for years, but it's a different story when you're standing there, looking into their disapproving eyes that are aimed squarely at your truly amazing groin, wondering when the last time you trimmed your pubes was and if they now bear a resemblance to the Amazon.
Oh my god, it's a metaphor! Do you get it? I'm all, like, grade 10 Englishing all over your chest. Or maybe not, if you think about it. Or actually, yeah, grade 10 English is perfect because, you see, I'm using masturbation as a metaphor for masturbation so give me a B+ and lets get on to watching 10 Things I Hate About You because there ain't no way anyone's going to be able to understand Shakespeare unless it's put in a modern context and rendered mediocre.
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