It's still not officially released, and I'm still in the early stages of putting together a funding proposal to turn it into a supported service, but if you're willing to live life on the edge and risk a little beta goodness, UCalgaryBlogs.ca is kinda on the air.
All you need is a valid @ucalgary.ca email address, and you're off and running. You can create as many blogs as you like, and can select from a bajillion available themes.
Why use the service? Well, it's more "individual" than the existing weblogs.ucalgary.ca services (which is still running) so it should be less of a communal space. It's running essentially the same software as WordPress.com, but on a UCalgary server with a UCalgary-ish domain name.
One of the cooler reasons to use UCalgaryBlogs.ca is that you're not locked into it - wanna take your blog with you? Sure! WordPress can export all of your stuff into a format that can be imported on another server.
Oh, yeah. There are lots of other great reasons to use WordPress to manage a blog, too.
This is not intended to compete with, or replace the Drupal service offered by IT. Want to manage a large departmental website? That's the way to go. Want to keep a simple blog or newsletter? This just might be for you...
Just be advised that it's currently a skunkworks project, on server space I'm sneakily "borrowing", and I'll be actively tinkering with the software. And I'm half expecting to get spanked for just going ahead with this. But if you want to come play, please feel free! :-)