By Вen Li
A crowd of 30 Calgarians listened to stakeholders discuss the future of post-secondary education at on Thu., Mar. 6. Panelists included lobbyists and stakeholders in post-secondary education.Parent Joanne Cuthbertson, representing Albertans Promoting Public Education and Learning, felt that discussion about tuition issues has not sufficiently involved parents.“As parents, we have been under some assumptions about… Continue reading CAUS forum on post-secondary education
The University of Calgary’s $30 million deficit leaves students feeling the pinch in academic programs and student services. Faculties are looking at a seven per cent reduction over two years, while administration faces 15 per cent. Programs such as Co-op will face restructuring with the risk of disappearing under cutback pressures.“What’s left needs to be… Continue reading Co-op awaits budget guillotine
By Вen Li
U of C students discussed post-secondary education with Jane Stewart on Tue., Mar. 12. The Minister of Human Resources Development Canada was in Calgary to announce funding for seven new skills and learning projects in the city, and discussed recommendations by the Canadian Alliance of Student Association at the university.“One of the reasons we are… Continue reading Federal minister on education
By Dale Miller
MacEwan Hall hosted the third annual Women’s Career Day on Wed., Mar. 12.“It’s all about promoting diversity and showcasing women in leadership roles,” said Program Director of the Women in Leadership Foundation David Mossman. “The fair also provides opportunities for employment for women, aboriginals and visible minorities.”The focus of this year’s fair was the aboriginal… Continue reading Women’s Career Day
Faced with the prospect of being forced back to work, striking workers at the University of British Columbia are taking firm action.On the afternoon of Wed., March 12, the BC provincial government passed legislation sending two striking UBC unions back to work for a 20-day “cooling-off period.”Canadian Union of Public Employees Local 2278, representing teaching… Continue reading UBC strikers back to work
By Jeff Kubik
The Students’ Union Election may be finished and the new vice presidents all but sitting in their shiny new chairs, but for one VP-elect, the battle is far from over.On March 20, incoming Students’ Union VP Operations and Finance Gavin Preston will be challenged on the legitimacy of his February election campaign and his right… Continue reading SU Election appealed
Being a huge Lord of the Rings and J. R.R. Tolkien fan, I will be the first to agree, with both hands clapping, that the Lord of the Rings movies released thus far are visual masterpieces. With amazing dialogue, casting, production, effects, and direction, both films should be held highly in the world of Oscar… Continue reading A lesson to be learned
By Вen Li
As many readers will have guessed by now, I am among the 13 per cent of undergraduates who do not oppose differential tuition. This is difficult to proclaim on a campus where the message from student leaders is decidedly against this particular perspective. Even at our open-minded university, we are continuously bombarded by official Students’… Continue reading A voice in the darkness
After listening to this CD a few times, I can honestly say that I would rather shoot myself in the face than to have to listen to it again. It is just that painful. I began listening to Antifolk Vol. 1 laughing until I realized these guys were serious. Then it wasn’t so funny. It… Continue reading Antifolk Vol. 1
By Adam Koch
It’s a Friday, and you’re at, gasp, some shitty rock bar in southern Alberta. Maybe David Usher, or maybe The Headstones should be coming on stage after you get through some unknown, unsigned Vancouver act with second-hand, ripped jeans and bad leather jackets. Wait, hold on. It could very well be the Jack Daniel’s talking,… Continue reading John Ford, Bullets for Dreamers