Friends and family gathered on Friday, May 10 in the Jack Simpson Gym to grieve the loss of Daniel Lamola, a Dinos football player and University of Calgary student who died on May 1. Lamola, who was 19-years-old, was a second-year arts student and played defensive line for the Dinos during their 2012 Hardy Cup championship season.


A part of me really wants to love Django Unchained, the newest film by director Quentin Tarantino. It is a film that serves as a harsh reminder of the horror that was slavery in America in the 19th century, and absolutely no punches are pulled — the depiction of how slaves were treated is brutal, yet accurate, and the film is as violent as violent gets. It has a clear message, it is overwhelmingly powerful and it contains a few very strong performances. Yet it isn’t entirely successful.


With 2012 winding down and Oscar-bait season in full bloom, now is the perfect time to preview the films of 2013. These are the most noteworthy films due to be released in the first half of next year — some look promising and some really don’t.


In January, the much anticipated Gangster Squad will be released — it was originally scheduled to be out in September 2012. There’s a scene in the movie that has gangsters shooting up a movie theatre, so the release date was pushed back after the Aurora massacre. 


The University of Calgary’s department of drama’s latest production, The Love of the Nightingale by Timberlake Wertenbaker, is an intriguing adaptation of an Ancient Greek story that addresses timeless themes of gender roles, violence and silence. Running from October 23 to November 3 at the University Theatre, the director Alyssa Bradac has woven the script into an exciting, disturbing and unexpectedly funny interpretation that touches on many problems we still face today. 


How did Canada’s most successful political party of the 20th century fall from a strong majority government to third-party status in just nine short years? Many people will give many different answers. However, the reality is that the Liberal Party of Canada is on the brink, fighting to maintain its relevance and existence. 


The University of Calgary is having its first Terry Fox run with Terry’s College and University Student Engagement (CAUSE) on Campus, a fundraising effort for post-secondary institutions nationwide in honour of the Canadian legend.


Born in 1958 in Winnipeg, Man., Fox’s cancer diagnosis and subsequent amputation above the knee of his right leg did not slow him down. Instead, the 22-year-old vowed to run across Canada to raise money for cancer research in 1980. Using a prosthetic leg, he embarked on the “Marathon of Hope.”