By Вen Li
Students were recognised for their extra-curricular achievements on Fri., Apr. 4 and they may be again if the winners of the President’s Challenge 2003 Contest get their way. Sarah Wilson and Alyson Kenward will split almost $2,200 for proposing their winning idea, entitled “Co-curricular Transcript And Enhanced Documents: Recognizing Student Excellence At The University Of… Continue reading Students’ bright ideas honoured
By Вen Li
Twenty-one brave Management students and faculty members shed their locks on Wed., Apr. 9 raising over $30,000 for cancer research.“I lost my mom to cancer. On Sunday, it will be two years ago,” said the event coordinator, and Commerce Undergraduate Society member Irfaan Sorathia. “This is something I wanted to do to raise some money… Continue reading Students raise over $30,000 for cancer
By Вen Li
Campus Security hopes to keep drivers safe this Bermuda Shorts Day. Electronic signs indicating the speed of passing vehicles will be erected prior to the festivities on Thu., Apr. 17.“This year we will be putting a great deal of effort into having a campaign prior to BSD,” said Traffic Awareness Program coordinator Scott Donselaar. “We… Continue reading Drive safe on campus
By Вen Li
The Student Legal Assistance program came under examination by the Students’ Legislative Council on Tue., Apr. 8. Officials took a renewed interest in the program after hearing that on the week prior, the SLA Board of Directors during an emergency meeting had voted to open a clinic in Red Deer, despite opposition from the SLC.“After… Continue reading SLC questions Student Legal Assistance levy
By GNS
The epic battle between Gavin Preston and Brett Pearce over the 2003 Students’ Union General Election will conclude again on Bermuda Shorts Day.In February, Preston defeated Pearce in the race for the SU vice-president operations and finance position.In March, Pearce requested that the SU Review Board examine the VP Op-Fi race. Pearce contended that Preston… Continue reading Pearce vs. Prestion: Round 2
By Вen Li
More than 100 students and other members of the campus community attended the Red Pill Forum’s discussion on Canada’s involvement in the war with Iraq on Wed., Apr. 9.“The main purpose is to get people informed, to allow people to speak out,” said Rowena Gordon-Brown, President of the U of C Red Pill club. “The… Continue reading Students speak on Iraq
Distinguished University of Calgary alumnus and local writer Carin Perron passed away on March 28, at the age of 45 years. Best known for her poetry, she was also the creator of the extensive 28,000 page numismatic Celtic Coin Index and of innumerable works of visual art.“She was a renaissance woman,” stated husband John Hooker.At… Continue reading U of C poet remembered
Dr. Linda Henderson, winner of three University of Calgary Students’ Union Teaching Excellence Awards, will not be teaching at the university next year. The university instructor’s contract will not be renewed, amidst speculation that her views conflict with those of administration.This has enraged numerous students in many faculties, who do not understand why a professor… Continue reading Good instructors leaving
By Kyle Young
By the time we’d reached the entrance to the club we were already an hour behind our timetable. This was bad, since our escape route depended on a well-timed rendezvous with an accomplice in an SUV. My cell phone rang on cue. “Kyle? I’m just leaving now, I should be there in about 45 minutes.”… Continue reading Club Culture
By Kyle Young
Some sort of background should be provided to explain why I set out to test the waters of Protest culture. It begins with an amusing video, Protesting the protesters, put out by a group known as the Devil’s Advocate. The reporter in the video asked many poignant questions of the protestors at a New York… Continue reading Talking to protestors