Month: December 2004

By Darlene Seto

The monetary fiasco at Mount Royal College has left students, staff and members of the community-at-large furious and with heads shaking in disbelief. The situation has left observers at the University of Calgary wondering if such under the counter transactions could be occurring here without notice. Three administrative vice-presidents at MRC were given bonuses of… Continue reading U of C not sharing in MRC’s bonus problems

By Kyle Francis

Last week, the University of Calgary’s continuing education department placed an ad in the Calgary Herald bearing the headline “Learning that get you there.” Students expressed concern about the typo. “I think that it’s a shame that whoever is responsible for this print advertisement was not conscientious enough to spot the mistake prior to its… Continue reading Contining Educatoin get you their

By Stephanie Shewchuk

Communications Studies 363, Professional and Technical Communication, is still a headache for many on campus. The revamped COMS 363 replaced the specialized communications courses previously offered by many faculties as a requirement. This semester marks the second year of the program, which saw a striking number of complaints from students who are now required to… Continue reading COMS 363 troubles

By Diana Lyuber

Campus Security had their hands full this November, with incidents ranging from drunken bar fights to public (drunken) urination, to a Peeping Tom creeping around Cascade Hall. A Peeping Tom was tracked down after the residents of Cascade Hall complained of a male culprit peering into the windows of their rooms. Calgary police were called… Continue reading November Campus Security report

By Darlene Seto

Approximately 100 members of the campus community escaped the cold weather to attend a ceremony on December 6 as part of a national day of remembrance and action for violence against women.The date coincides with the 15th anniversary of the deaths of 14 female engineering students in a Montreal school who were killed simply because… Continue reading Ceremony remembers slain women

By Kyle Francis

At the dawn of humanity, if we got sick or hurt, we relied upon Mother Nature and her plants to make us well again. Countless ages later, even with the invention of such drugs as Tylenol 3 and NyQuil, humanity still relies upon the earth to provide us with some of our most essential pharmaceuticals.… Continue reading He’s the one they call Dr. Feelgood

By Darlene Seto

Two schools, each with approximately 30,000 students, comparable levels of provincial funding, and located within the same province, a mere 300 kilometres away from each other. The two schools, despite their amazing similarities, display a remarkable disparity on budget funding for student awards, scholarships, and bursaries. These two schools are the University of Calgary and… Continue reading U of A gets three times U of C’s award money

By Jeff Kubik

“The fact that in a rich province there should be any deficit at all from the provincial grant is already very serious and scandalous.” University of Calgary Faculty Association President Anton Colijn doesn’t mince words when it comes to the current levels of provincial funding for the U of C. Along with university administration and… Continue reading Equal funding?