By Вen Li
Students can both help the United Way and have a chance to win $3,000 toward tuition in a campus-wide fundraiser.“It’s a tuition lottery with all proceeds going to the United Way,” said Students’ Union Events Commissioner Brett Pearce, who represented students on the U of C United Way Tuition Lottery Committee.Tickets are $5 and can… Continue reading Tuition lottery
September was a very eventful month for Campus Security, who responded to numerous eventful calls. A particularly troublesome spot was the Den, where a number of attacks occurred. Around 10:30 p.m. on Sept. 27, a Den staff member was attacked by an off-campus person with a beer bottle. This attack was unprovoked, and came as… Continue reading September crime on Campus
By Ina Sidhu
“Would you want to go to a university that only gave ‘A’s?” asks University of Calgary Economics professor Curtis Eaton.Historically, grades given in any university were much lower than those now, according to Eaton who studies grade inflation. To him, the consequence is that grades convey less information than they used to.“[In the past,] 10-15… Continue reading A+ makes room at the top
By Eric Fung
As one audience member put it, this was “replacing provincial propaganda with federal facts.”The evening of Wed., Oct. 16, Federal Minister of the Environment Honourable David Anderson delivered a talk entitled “Why Canada should ratify Kyoto,” part of a six-lecture series put on by the University of Calgary. He highlighted the fact that any action… Continue reading Kyoto comes to Calgary
After many years of excessive beer drinking, U of C students may be looking to replace their over-imbibed Canadian and Corona with something new and unique. Dr. Lidio Valdez, adjunct professor of Archaeology at the University of Alberta, suggested Wednesday at a Department of Anthropology colloquium, that chicha may be the answer to North American… Continue reading When research meets beer
Starting Fri., Oct. 18 and running to Oct. 25, CJSW will hold its eighteenth annual funding drive. Last year the station raised $150,000 through the funding drive and has a goal of $125,000 this year.“The funding drive is a way for CJSW to meet its expenses that are not covered by Students’ Union fees,” said… Continue reading CJSW drives the distance
Heading towards a hurricane. Involving himself fully, emotionally and physically in all things he aspired to. Never wanting to miss out on the action this world provided. This had been an excellent man, I thought, as Education professor Bill Goding’s daughter Lois Uptigrove related a story about an intense hurricane, when Goding jumped into his… Continue reading Prof. Goding remembered
By Nicole Kobie
How does a four-minute meeting turn into a four-hour long discussion? Simple: mention the words “Den” and “closure” in the first meeting, and involve the Students’ Union in the second.Last Wed., Oct. 9, members of the SU briefly met with University of Calgary Vice-President Finance and Services Phyllis Heaphy concerning recent violent incidents at the… Continue reading Den security serious
By Natalie Sit
Will Ferguson stole an idea from Preston Manning. It all began when Manning invited Ferguson out for lunch after a series of articles in the Ottawa Citizen which ridiculed Manning and Joe Clark. It should be noted Clark has not invited Ferguson out for lunch. “Preston Manning invited me out and I got a free… Continue reading Funny Mr. Ferguson
By Slothman