THE UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN’S MAIN CAMPUS IS SITUATED ON TREATY 6 TERRITORY AND THE HOMELAND OF THE MÉTIS.

THE UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN’S MAIN CAMPUS IS SITUATED ON TREATY 6 TERRITORY AND THE HOMELAND OF THE MÉTIS.

Culture

  • By November 3, 2011

    It’s not every day that the ballet comes to Saskatoon.

    Already receiving rapturous reviews from the likes of the CBC, Svengali is the Royal Winnipeg Ballet’s newest creation, an artistic retelling of the novel Trilby by George du Maurier. The ballet tells the story of Svengali, a young man yearning for fame who has an entrancing effect on women. After escaping the confines of his repressive mother, Svengali meets the innocent young dancer Trilby, whom he transforms into a dancing sensation.

  • National Novel Writing Month kicks off during the busiest month of school

    By November 2, 2011

    >National Novel Writing Month has become an online phenomenon and chances are you’ve heard one of your aspiring author friends talk about it over the years.

    To the uninitiated, National Novel Writing Month, better known as NaNoWriMo, is an online writing challenge that encourages budding writers to write 50,000 words of an original novel during the month of November.

  • Trailer: Grand Theft Auto V returns to San Andreas

    By November 2, 2011

    After an excruciating month of mysterious and tantalizing teasers, Rockstar Games has finally released the trailer for their next epic game, Grand Theft Auto V.

    I’m going to go ahead and call it now: this will be the greatest video game ever made.

  • Gothic horror invades your television

    By October 31, 2011

    I always get excited for the new fall season of television on cable networks like HBO, Showtime, FX and AMC. This fall there are new arrivals like Showtime’s Homeland, Starz’s Boss and AMC’s forthcoming Hell on Wheels as well as subsequent seasons of quality television programs like Boardwalk Empire, Dexter and The Walking Dead. However, the one show that got me really excited was FX’s American Horror Story.

  • What’s so scary about scary movies?

    By October 31, 2011

    I used to be terrified by horror movies until I realized there’s nothing scary about them. Honestly, when is the last time you were chased by an axe-wielding maniac to the sounds of violins and cellos? Final exams, terminal illnesses and dieing alone – now these are legitimate fears.

  • Demons and night-vision: round three

    By October 31, 2011

    Third time doesn’t break the charm in this third entry and prequel to the popular horror franchise.

    It’s unheard of for second films in horror franchises to be good, let alone third entries, and yet the three films in the Paranormal Activity series are consistently good.

  • The five costumes you will see tonight, plus three last-minute ideas you could consider for yourself

    By October 31, 2011

    Every year people of all ages put their creativity to the test around Halloween. Children revel in the opportunity to dress up and adults find themselves coming up with awesome partner costumes to rope their unwilling significant others into.

    Sadly, Halloween also reveals the darker sides of our creativity.

  • The evolution of horror on film: a brief history of Hollywood’s everlasting love affair with scary movies

    By October 31, 2011

    People have had a love affair with all things spooky and perverse for centuries. For as long as there has been language, people have been whispering unsettling fables to make each other’s skin crawl. For as long as there have been doors, people have been jumping out from behind them with the intent to startle. But more interesting than our fascination with terrifying our nearest and dearest friends is our preoccupation with scaring ourselves.