Month: March 2000

Management referendum

By Roman Zakaluzny

It’s not every election that the general student body can impose a levy on the Faculty of Management. Then again, if Management students had the business-savvy, they would just opt out. For the Mar. 15-17 Students’ Union General Election, all students will be asked to answer a referendum question on a proposed increase to the… Continue reading Management referendum

Candidate shuns VP Events forum

By Roman Zakaluzny

Students witnessed another solo election forum on Wednesday– this time for VP Events. Unlike the Presidential Forum on Monday, however, this forum’s truant candidate chose to boycott the event. High noon was the scheduled draw-time between the two candidates running for the position of VP Events, Alix d’Archangelo and Kyle Woolgar. Similar to Monday, the… Continue reading Candidate shuns VP Events forum

VP Academic forum

By Natalie Sit

Good news from the Vice-president Academic forum: both candidates, Mark Hoekstra and Brent Robinson, have never received an F in any course.The Academic forum on Tues., Mar. 7 was chaired by current VP Academic Heather Clitheroe. It began with difficult brain teasers which neither candidate got right.The next category was background questions concerning issues like… Continue reading VP Academic forum

Presidential forum draws one

By Roman Zakaluzny

If attendance at Monday’s Presidential Forum was an indicator of the outcome of the presidential race, predicting this year’s winner would be easy. In real life, though, it’s not that simple.Of Tyler Brekko, Faisal Rana and Toby White, only White showed up to face outgoing Students’ Union President Rob South’s barrage of questioning. Brekko was… Continue reading Presidential forum draws one

Election goes to dogs

By Benedict Arnold

Sitting in his normal spot, the MacEwan Student Centre Guide Dog realized that the results of the Gauntlet Tier One Election were completely meaningless to him. "I can’t read!" barked the dog. "Nor can I," confessed newly-elected Co-editor Еvan Osentоn. "That’s okay, South can’t even uncap a pen," replied fellow Co-editor-elect Jan Creaser. Newly-elected News… Continue reading Election goes to dogs

Machetes and rats

By Raul Jaime

A nother month is gone and, as usual, some interesting stories came from the Campus Security office. One notable incident was the Feb. 4 Board of Governors meeting where tuition was raised. "Numerous student opponents of a tuition increase were in attendance and disrupted the meeting momentarily," read the Campus Security monthly report for February.… Continue reading Machetes and rats

Black Lung Burns

By Mary Chan

A  small fire broke out in the Black Lounge at about 1:30 p.m. Monday afternoon, prompting the evacuation of MacEwan Hall and Student Centre and the closure of the smoking lounge for the rest of the day. "We had a small fire that was smouldering in a chesterfield," said Campus Security Manager Lanny Fritz. "The… Continue reading Black Lung Burns

Oberg, White Break ground on new building

By Mary Chan

Computer science and engineering received a further boost last Thursday as sod was turned for the new Information and Communications Technology building. Alberta Learning Minister Lyle Oberg was on campus to break ground for the $32.5 million building, which will house computer science, and electrical and computer engineering programs. Oberg said the project will greatly… Continue reading Oberg, White Break ground on new building