by Claire Miglionico
As childish as it may sound, back-to-school shopping is the buzz I look forward to every fall. This year, however, I barely shopped. Instead, I decided on putting up old clothes for consignment in various second hand and consignment clothing stores around the city.
Consignment stores like Kit Apparel in Inglewood or Trend Fashions [...]

by Blaine Meller
Sport is a powerful thing.
It creates passion, anger, ecstasy and even hate. It brings us moments we will never forget and allows our imagination to transport us into situations of victory and defeat. Who can’t remember playing hockey on a rink or frozen pond
pretending to be Gretzky, Bossy or Orr? Sport is social, whether [...]

by Claire Miglionico & Zoey Duncan
Haultain and First Street Festival www.victoriapark.org    September 12, 2010
Victoria Park is bucking the crummy rep it has been saddled with and as one of the last festivals of the summer, the Haultain and First Street fest should bring in some faces unfamiliar to the community. Haultain Park will host [...]

by Stefan Kesic
Since 1999, the Calgary International Film Festival (CIFF) has brought people tears, cheers, awe, and wonder. The festival is back at it again and it’s loaded with 220 films from all corners of the world. This ten-day event features both full-length feature films and short films from a wide variety of directors — some [...]

by Jesse Hove
Faith Columnist
My first real reason to live came some- time between the ages of nine and 11. I was searching the Internet for a Calgary Flames website. What I found were the most beautiful images I had ever seen. “Hot Naked Girls!” What kind of
wondrous and magical creatures were these? I found myself clicking [...]

by Zoey Duncan
Rarely do romance and municipal affairs overlap, but this fall, they will come very close. On Oct. 4, mayoral candidates will gather on the second floor of Wyckham House to meet with students face-to-face in a quick and casual speed-date-like setting. Candidates will be available to chat with students for about 90 seconds each — [...]

by Kelsey Hipkin
He’s been both a dean and a professor of education, a director of the government, a high school teacher, an educa- tional consultant and, for the last eight years, Dave Marshall has been at the helm of Mount Royal University.
The current president an- nounced May 10 that he would be resigning as of [...]

Hi all,
My name’s Claire. I will be the Arts Editor for the good old ‘Flectorgator this year and this will be the arts blog where I will be posting a variety of things I find appealing to the eye, taste, smell, and ear.
I am really pumped for this new year because it feels like a [...]

By Kelsey Hipkin
With all the rain, hail and funnel clouds that have been spotted around Calgary this summer there have been very few days that Calgarians could hit up the usual outdoor summer activities. Because of that one could call this the summer of the movie theater. The Reflector takes a look at some of [...]

Even when Cowtown is blanketed in smokiness, Calgarians still hit the streets to see what’s shakin’ in our fine city. Having some warm days, finally, this week you could hear folks saying on the news that a few extra coughs and grainy contacts wouldn’t keep them from enjoying a nice day.
Wouldn’t it be nice, some [...]