Have you seen these hippos? Favourite Foods: Chips, raisins and crumbs from peanut butter toast Domain: Kitchens in North America (Canada and Eastern United States) Personality: Extremely timid but will defend their territory if provoked Habits: Nocturnal – will come out at night to search for food and materials for their nests. They build their…
Where better to spend an afternoon than eating at the River Café in the heart of Calgary- that is, if you count the heart of Calgary as Prince’s Island Park.
Starring Sam Worthington and Elizabeth Banks, Man On A Ledge is simply an overexaggerated heist thriller with a different twist, in my opinion. The story is about an escaped con/ex-cop, Nick Cassidy (Worthington) who is framed by millionaire businessman, David Englander (Ed Harris), since he framed him stealing his $40 million diamond for which he…
Recently, I found a pretty cool YouTube channel called ThePianoGuys which consists of two guys, pianist Jon Schmidt and cellist Steven Sharp Nelson, who upload their versions of both popular and classical music. The videos all possess professional-like film quality and both musicians seem to be quite talented. My favourite videos of theirs are Cello…
Wherever you go, there will be some debates in which neither side will relent – Pepsi vs. Coke, Nike vs. Adidas, and, on a more serious note, “lifers” vs “choicers.” The argument on the ethics of abortion has been a timeless one – should people have the freedom to do as they please with their…
I know that Spring Break’s already half over, but it’s not too late to have some fun during these last few care-free days! If you’ve been sitting around Calgary mournfully reading your friends’ Facebook updates about their awesome tropical vacations, don’t let them have all the fun! Good times are still to be had this…
To be honest, with all this fuss around The Hunger Games trilogy, I really thought the movie would turn out to be one of those fan-girl craze subjects again.
Recently, I’ve downloaded a game called Draw Something, and at first, I’d never thought it’d be such a big hit among the smartphone/smart-devices community. Personally, I’m not a gamer, but I thought Draw Something is a pretty neat concept where you choose a word from a list of three words (where each had its own scaling of difficulty) draw…
For all you Netflix lovers out there, I have it as well. So I’m not some uninformed basher about this streaming service! For $8 per month, Netflix allows you to stream movies and TV shows ranging from romantic comedies to independent movies to anime! And if you’re one of those people who like to try…
SYC (Sikh Youth Calgary) is having an exciting T-Shirt Competition to encourage youth in Calgary to submit a design which will portray a positive and powerful message to the community. The best designs will get a $50 gift card. Not only that, you also get a free T-Shirt and the winner’s names are announced throughout…
During our extended lunchtime at school, Juliet and I once again marched down 17th to find Jelly Modern Doughnuts. And let me tell you, these are not your Timmies doughnuts. Location Fortunately for the two of us, JMD is pretty close to Western Canada High school. Located on 8 St and 14 Ave, it’s a nice…
Raising over $4,000 for Spread the Net Charity, Western Canada’s Interact Club has show success in making a difference in the global community. In cooperation with UNICEF and co-founded by Rick Mercer, Spread the Net is an organization that provides bed nets in countries like Rwanda and Liberia, among other African nations, to prevent the spread…
Recently, hacktivist group Anonymous released its own Operating System (OS) for computers, called Anonymous-OS. Now, if you don’t know what Anonymous is, it is a group of people across the internet who claim to practice and promote certain social causes through online dissidence. For example, to send a message that the takedown of MegaUpload was…
At the end of every school year, you receive your yearbook. It is full of memories, funny photos, and pictures of your crushes. Before school ends you fill it with friends’ signatures and it is something you treasure for the rest of your life once you take it home. What most people don’t stop to…
Looking for a productive and fun way to spend summer this year? The University of Alberta offers its W.I.S.E.S.T. (Women in Scholarship, Engineering, Science, and Technology) Summer Research program. This program exposes Grade 11 students to first-hand research experience at the University of Alberta as paid research assistants, and although the title of the program fails to mention…