Do you love poetry? Do you often find yourself writing poetic lines and showing them to your friends? Well how about showing them to a panel of judges? The World Poetry Movement is holding a contest where prizes include money up to $1,000 and an opportunity to get your poem published! Isn’t that amazing? Now…
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You might remember this comic trio from last year when they published the 4 Chords Song, a song incorporating every pop song in the last 40 years using the same four chords. They just released their music video, and added a bunch of new songs! Enjoy!
DetailsLast month, a horrific accident happened on Stoney Trail in Calgary, AB. The vehicle was speeding towards the south lane when the car went off the street and flipped several times. The vehicle was holding five passengers and evidence of drinking was found in the vehicle. Almost instantly, a 16 year old female had passed…
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Dragons are mythical creatures that have appeared in legends for many generations. They typically take on the form of a giant reptilian creature with sharp teeth and claws, wings, and of course the ability to breath fire. In some tales dragons are seen as the villain in which a knight or other brave hero is…
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That’s right. On August 21, Calgarians will have their opportunity to make a fool of themselves. Organized by the Audio Mob YYC organization, you can go to Prince Edward Island Park around 2 p.m. and play an audio file on your MP3 player (note how I didn’t simply say “iPod” since there’s more out there…
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Finding yourself stressed in your teenage years about buying a car for university? Or are you even stretching your budget to watch a movie, due to fiscal restrictions? If so, you have a lot to gain from the statistics presented recently by Times.
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Dolphins: beautiful, magnificent creatures of the sea. They’re smart, good swimmers, and more importantly are one of the closest animal species to the human race. What justifies the savage act of dolphin slaughtering in the cove of Taiji? Every year, 23,000 dolphins and porpoises are killed just in the cove itself every year. Dolphins are…
DetailsOn the days where you find yourself wanting to find a burst of inspiration yet it doesn’t come, you feel like you’ve wasted an opportunity to let your creative juices flow. Well, TO-FU, a design studio in Japan took interest in transforming a list of 29 ways to be creative into an animated motion graphic. …
DetailsCalgary has always been known for its “Western” culture and identity, but is this who we really are? As one of the fastest-growing cities in Canada due to immigration do we deserve our traditional Western identity? Should we appear to be a more multi-cultural city similar to that of Vancouver or Toronto? With the 5th…
DetailsIf you decided to apply to the University of Calgary for this upcoming fall semester, then you’ve probably received your acceptance letter (yay!) as well as your copy of Little Princes by Conor Grennan. If you haven’t started reading it already, I highly suggest to do it! Not only is it suggested that you do…
DetailsIt has been three months since Prince William and Catherine Middleton had had their own wedding, and now the granddaughter of the Queen, Zara Phillips, is wed to Mark Tindall, England rugby player. However, compared to Prince William’s widely public wedding, Zara preferred to have a private affair. Zara and Mark had been dating for…
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Are you tired of DRM on all your games? Do you sometimes wish that you could choose exactly how money from your purchase is divided? Maybe you want more money to go to the developers, or even a charity. And most of all, do you sometimes wish that you could pay what you want for…
DetailsLast Saturday, I went to go see the Sneak Peek premiere of new movie The Smurfs. It was quite an interesting experience. When I got to the entrance, there were three big security guys that had to check me for my phone and any other recording devices, which I had to place into a paper…
DetailsEarlier this week, City Council approved a plan to develop an arts hub in the East Village district of Calgary. The $225-250 million proposal includes the building of a new Central library to replace the Castell Central Library, close to 1st Street Station. Along with the library, it is being reported by the Calgary Herald that…
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