Bad hairdos befell the U of C campus this week as a few unlucky students turned their tussles into “Mullets Against Tuition,” Mon., Mar. 17 in MacEwan Student Centre. The event marks yet another phase of the Students’ Union’s “Tuition Awareness” campaign against the university’s proposal of 7 per cent maximum tuition increase for all… Continue reading Mullet madness
Month: March 2003
Explosive February
Firecrackers startled students inside residence in February. On Feb. 1, two “sonic booms” (bottle rockets) where lit in a laundry room in Kananaskis Hall. Fortunately, they were set off inside one of the dryers that did not operate by natural gas. It was subsequently taken out of service until repaired. Then on Feb. 15, smoke… Continue reading Explosive February
SU General Election report
The Students’ Union’s Chief Returning Officer delivered a post-mortem speech to members of the Students’ Legislative Council on Tue., Mar 18. In his discourse, aptly titled “Democracy is not a Spectator Sport”, CRO Shuv Majumdar reflected on the election and offered both words of advice and words of warning to the campus politicians, especially those… Continue reading SU General Election report
Tuition fear
Crickets, climbing walls, and happy meals. What do they all have in common? They were all part of the Students’ Union’s Tuition Fear Factor held Tue., Mar. 19 in front of MacEwan Hall. SU Commissioner Richard “Krafty” Bergen hosted the event, and was pleased with the outcome. “It was our first time doing something like… Continue reading Tuition fear
Our own Tent City
By Вen Li
“It’s the new hippie movement.”Students’ Union President Matt Stambaugh proudly eyed just one corner of his temporary kingdom in front of MacEwan Student Centre as he described the almost one-hundred tents erected since Monday. Students from almost every faculty united against proposed tuition increases in the soggy pre-spring bog.“It’s good that most students at least… Continue reading Our own Tent City
RSA gets flamed
By Dale Miller
Relationships are on the line as the Residence Students’ Association and the Calgary Flames try to resolve a ticket sales misunderstanding.RSA President Sarah Wilson claims that she had a verbal agreement with Flames Account Executive Jeff Stewart about ticket sales to residence students. She claims that Stewart agreed to sell tickets at a price of… Continue reading RSA gets flamed
Bentley loses to nemesis
By GNS
Dinos wrestler Joe Bentley (above) faced an old nemesis last weekend at the 2003 Junior National Freestyle Championships in Fredericton N.B.Bentley lost the 66kg final to Montreal Wrestling Club’s Tim Wadsworth by a score of 6–1-a repeat of last year’s final where Wadsworth defeated Bentley as well. University of Calgary’s Justin Reis finished one spot… Continue reading Bentley loses to nemesis
I choo choo choose you
Well kids, it’s that time again, everyone’s favourite time of the year: tournament time, March Madness. As much as I am a hockey fan first and foremost, nothing, aside from the World Cup of Soccer, is more exciting or invigorating than the NCAA Men’s Basketball tournament.The tournament is a time when “illegal” betting on college… Continue reading I choo choo choose you
Reflecting on her time as a Dino
If we were talking about the ‘ins’ and ‘outs’ of the fashion world, than what’s going out may be a blessing. Like those crazy fluorescent outfits, big hoop earrings and huge bangs, that I’m sure Sarah Dunlop used to wear back in the ’80s.But we’re not talking about fashion. Were talking about soccer, and the… Continue reading Reflecting on her time as a Dino
Good to hear
By Dale Miller
If one word could be used to sum up the track team’s performance at the CIS Championships it would be a resounding “good.”“We did good, we are really happy with our performance,” said Head Coach Doug Lamont. “The women placed second with 48 points, that was better than the expected 43 points. We just came… Continue reading Good to hear