UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY R VVOLUMEOLUME 5500 IISSUESSUE NNO.O. 1111 SSEPTEMBEREPTEMBER 0033 22009009 Cover photo and design by Chris Pedersen editorial ® SEPTEMBER 3 2009 Editor-in-Chief: Cam Cotton-O’Brien 403-220-7752
[email protected] News Editor: Katy Anderson 403-220-4318 City hall’s short-sighted graffi ti gaffe
[email protected] Entertainment: Jordyn Marcellus 403-220-4376
[email protected] he City of Calgary Sports: Jon Roe 403-220-2298 takes a hard-line stance
[email protected] against graffi ti. On at Opinions: Ryan Pike 403-220-2298 T
[email protected] least four diff erent web pages, the City declares that it is “a Features: Sarelle Azuelos 403-220-4376
[email protected] crime that aff ects everybody” Photography: Chris ‘Doc’ Pedersen 403-220-4376 and that it ruins the “natural and
[email protected] architectural beauty of a city.” So, Production: Ændrew Rininsland 403-220-2298 when a project was announced
[email protected] to off er young artists the chance Illustrations: Jen Grond 403-220-2298
[email protected] to tag Shaw Millennium Park, Academic Probation: Brad Halasz 403-220-2298 it seemed Calgary was getting
[email protected] interested in helping to promote a Three Lines Free: Vacant 403-220-2298 vital part of youth culture.
[email protected] Two days later, they shut Business Manager: Evelyn Cone 403-220-7380
[email protected] it down when graffi ti was Advertising Manager: John Harbidge 403-220-7751 sprayed everywhere, not just
[email protected] on the designated space. People Graphic Artist: Ken Clarke 403-220-7755 reacted, stupidly, by completely
[email protected] vandalizing Millennium Park, Network Manager: Ben Li costing the city an estimated $60– Contributors Laura Bardsley • Brent Constantin • Travis Dandro 80,000 in clean-up fees.