By James Keller
Former Chief Executive Officer of Magna International Belinda Stronach spoke at a Calgary Chamber of Commerce event Fri., Jan. 23, addressing a wide range of issues from senate reform to universal health care to post-secondary education. Stronach, who announced her candidacy in the race to lead the new Conservative Party of Canada, spoke to a… Continue reading Meeting Belinda
By Natalie Sit
Despite two discussions, the Students’ Union has not determined whether to stay with their current federal lobby group or not. However, student councilors have indicated a decision may be reached at their next meeting, one in favour of continuing membership. A question to council from former SU Vice-President External Oliver Bladek suggested a majority of… Continue reading Closer to CASA decision
By Ben Hoffman
Two Calgary MLAs formed a committee to address the existence of basement suites across Alberta. The committee, co-chaired by Calgary Currie MLA Jon Lord and Calgary East MLA Moe Amery, is proposing a new set of building codes, which basement suites do not have.Currently, basement suites are built according to the duplex and apartment building… Continue reading Basement suites getting safer
If you don’t know what Positive Space or GLASS are, then they are here to educate you. The Positive Space initiative and the Gay and Lesbian Academic Students and Staff are both actively campaigning to shed light on sexual diversity on the University of Calgary campus. "The goal of the campaign is to increase awareness,… Continue reading Increasing acceptance for gay students
By James Keller
After refusing to hand in his assignments through an online service meant to detect plagiarism, a McGill University student’s story is raising questions about electronic anti-plagiarism initiatives. In December, McGill concluded a two-term trial of anti-plagiarism service Turnitin.com which involved 1,400 students. The site is a California-based, for-profit service that collects assignments on behalf of… Continue reading Anti-plagiarism service sparks fight
By Ben Hoffman
Recent infractions have brought the University of Calgary to the attention of Calgary Transit. U of C students repeatedly parking at the Brentwood Station Park’n’Ride have caused the city’s transit service to consider punishing the offence. Calgary Transit Communications Coordinator Ron Collins said observations in recent weeks have led Calgary Transit to believe students are… Continue reading Transit fines students
By Ben Li
Computers all over the University of Calgary campus were infected with the most recent e-mail virus to hit the Internet on Mon., Jan. 26. After campus e-mail servers were updated to detect the virus, 52,817 copies were intercepted. By 4 p.m., around 100 infected computers on campus, which were attempting to infect other computers, were… Continue reading Mydoom trouble
A stinging wind rips through the downtown core, and Marc groans irritably as his crumpled body trembles with bitter cold. An empty coffee cup catches the occasional flying nickel from sympathizers who briskly rush past the grungy looking man rocking himself against a concrete wall. His fingers and toes have numbed long ago, and his… Continue reading Change a life with action
By Andrew Ross
Dr. Zeno Vendler, a renowned philosopher and linguist who was one of the founding members of the U of C Department of Philosophy, passed away this month. Dr. Vendler died of kidney failure Jan. 13, while visiting family in his native Hungary. "I had encountered Zeno at a philosophy conference," said then-Dean of Arts and… Continue reading Former prof passes on
By Alan Cho