By Вen Li
A new Object Oriented Software Technology program promises to combat Canada’s shortage of information technology professionals. The program, offered at the University of Calgary, Saint Mary’s University and the University of Regina, will work with local IT companies to train much needed computer programmers. "Basically, we’re a program at the U of C in partnership… Continue reading Programmers come home to OOST
A University of Calgary researcher is studying a drug that may do for osteoporosis what insulin did for diabetes. The bones of osteoporosis sufferers become brittle and tend to break very easily. Dr. David Hanley, an oncologist in the Faculty of Medicine, is preparing to research the use of Parathyroid Hormone (PTH) in the treatment… Continue reading Osteoporosis treatment builds new bones
Time stopped for York University’s 30,000 undergraduate students at 9:00 a.m. on Oct. 26, 2000. Picket lines went up, and the classrooms shut down for the second time since 1997. An agreement reached Jan. 11 between striking graduate and teaching assistants and contract faculty returned students to class to complete their fall semester. Major bones… Continue reading York students return to classrooms
By Rafael Ford
Your abandoned junk is the Recycling Board’s gold. The fifth annual Campus Recycling Board garage sale took place over the weekend in the MacEwan Hall Ballroom. "People look forward to it," said perennial volunteer Nadine Yurack, who, based on previous years, expected turnout for the event to be nearly 400 people. The event, which has… Continue reading Thrifty SU deals
By Вen Li
Six hundred delegates representing 1.3 million Canadian post-secondary students will attend a national conference of student associations this summer. The U of C and Mount Royal College will host the conference at the Telus Convention Centre from June 7-12. "This conference is a first," said Students’ Union VP External Duncan Wojtaszek. "It made sense for… Continue reading Mini News Stories
A recent investigation into Students’ Union bylaws by Academic Commissioner Nic Porco revealed the fact that, contrary to common practice, commissioners are permitted to attend confidential human resources performance reviews of SU staff members. This discrepancy between theory and practice has several commissioners up in arms. Commissioners have historically been excluded from the regular performance… Continue reading Staff review process questioned
There’s plenty of hot air to be found at the University of Calgary, which may be why the rising cost of gas shouldn’t affect tuition consultation this year. "The university isn’t raising tuition to cover utility costs," stated Students’ Union Vice-president External Duncan Wojtaszek. "The SU really doesn’t want to link the tuition decision to… Continue reading U of C covered for utility costs
By Andrew Ross
"You don’t have to like poetry to like this show," says playwright Linda Griffiths of Alien Creature. The play escaped the extreme gravity at the centre of the universe (Toronto) to emerge as part of One Yellow Rabbit’s High Performance Rodeo. A biography of the late Canadian poet Gwendolyn MacEwen, the play won Griffiths, who… Continue reading Poetic Alien Creature invades Calgary
There are certain phrases a movie reviewer simply never expects to write. "A fine performance by Keanu Reeves" is a prime example of one such phrase. However, such a phrase must be employed to describe Reeve’s performance in The Gift. For the first time in his career, Reeves succeeds in making the audience forget they… Continue reading The Gift best left unopened
Steve Nunoda has worn many hats in the Fine Arts Department. From instructor to technician to sometime artist, he has become a well-known, if often sawdusted, face among students and faculty. Nunoda graduated with an MFA from the U of C in 1989 and has been "teaching and teaching ever since." Over the whine of… Continue reading Invisible look at culture worth seeing