By Ben Hoffman
CJSW has asked the Graduate Students’ Association for financial help to continue operation amidst plans to relocate. The station has brought a referendum question before the GSA to ask graduate students whether they would accept a levy of $4 per student per year. The levy would go towards the station’s operating budget. “We’ve never had… Continue reading CJSW seeks graduate levy
Some people look at world issues with detachment, but Calgary’s chapter of “Engineers Without Borders,” aware of HIV/AIDS and world hunger. On Thu., Mar. 4, Calgary celebrated EWB Day with an event in the North Courtyard of MacEwan Student Centre titled “Bridging the Gap.” The event involved constructing a bridge and gave students the opportunity… Continue reading Engineers fight HIV/AIDS and world hunger
By Emily Senger
What do you get when you take a head of lettuce and cover it with layer upon layer of gesso (acrylic paint)? You get a “Thick Painting,” a highly unique artistic expression created by University of Calgary art professor Eric Cameron, who will receive a Governor General’s Award in Visual and Media Arts for his… Continue reading U of C prof wins prestigious award
By Josh Smith
A college student in Grande Prairie was recently awarded $21,470 as a result of incorrect advice she received from a college advisor, setting an important precedent for student advising. Heather Crerar successfully sued the Grande Prairie Regional College in March after she received news from the University of Lethbridge that she had been denied admission… Continue reading Student wins legal advising fight
By Natalie Sit
In another election development, Chief Returning Officer Shuvaloy Majumdar is in danger of breaking Students’ Union bylaws when a resolution allowing him to extend the deadline to report to SLC about the general election failed. If he does not submit his summary of the election and expenses by Fri., Mar. 12, Majumdar could contravene election… Continue reading Late CRO report may break bylaws
By Allie Smyth
EDMONTON–A first-year University of Alberta student was beaten and then stabbed repeatedly while he studied in the crowded Cameron Library, a popular study area at the U of A.The 18-year-old student was attacked by three people the afternoon of Tue., Mar. 9 on the second floor of the library. The attack left him bleeding from… Continue reading Library stabbing at U of A