Month: September 2005

By John Leung Chung-Yin

After a slow summer, the MacEwan Student Centre third-floor redevelopment is finally back on track. Despite a promising start in April, the project was delayed by the removal of hazardous asbestos, a saturated construction market, and specific issues to the new occupants–CJSW, NUTV and the Multi-Faith Prayer Room and Chapel. According to Students’ Union Project… Continue reading CJSW, NUTV relocation delayed, again

By Erin Ludwig

In the hustle of campus life, it can be easy to forget there are those less privileged than most students. The organizers of Calgary’s Homeless Awareness Week are hoping to change this forgetfulness, with a number of events scheduled to highlight just how serious the situation is for some Calgarians. Organized by local businesses, the… Continue reading Out in the cold

By Vianne Fung

Former US President Bill Clinton will be in Ottawa to inaugurate the gala launch of Professeurs de la liberte, a non-profit organization seeking to empower and educate Africa’s youth via e-learning at the grassroots level. Pioneered by Canada, this initiative will see the transfer of technology and educational textbooks to help bridge the technological divide… Continue reading Clinton edumacates Africa

By Diana Lyuber

The patio in MacEwan Student Centre is deserted for the majority of the school year, with its snow smothered cement tables and concrete floors. The Students’ Union plans to change all that, utilizing this mostly dead space for a posh new Student Commons. “The Student Commons is one of a series of projects that the… Continue reading SU a stately pleasure dome decree

By Chris Beauchamp

The University of Calgary is hoping ethical concerns don’t take a backseat to profit margins with the creation of the first Chair in Business Ethics.Working in collaboration with the Haskayne School of Business and the Department of Philosophy, Dr. Gregory Daneke will occupy the new Faculty of Humanities chair. “The chair’s designed to be sort… Continue reading New chair gives Haskayne a conscience

By Ashley Spinella

A recent government decision stands to increase the post-secondary options available to Alberta students. Edmonton’s Grant MacEwan College was given the necessary approval to offer degrees, making the institution the first public college to offer Bachelor of Arts programs since the Post Secondary Learning Act was passed. According to David Beharry, Media Relations Advisor for… Continue reading Grant MacEwan to offer degrees

By Natalie Vacha

The Students’ Union is considering a project that will make the Students’ Academic Assembly more effective and improve the flow of information between faculties and the SU. The Campus Core Project, which is still in its preliminary stages, would see SAA adopt a structure similar to the Engineering Students’ Society. “Faculty by faculty, we’re going… Continue reading SU to restructure faculty representation

By Darlene Seto

Picture walking into a barren classroom where the schoolchildren have been massacred. The image of their skulls left on a table and their clothes left hanging on a clothesline are their only remains. In 1994, some of the worst atrocities in the history of mankind occurred in Rwanda. In only three months, over 800,000 people… Continue reading Justice for Rwanda

By Emily Senger

Through the adversity of driving rain, wind, and chilly temperatures, the Faculty of Engineering reigned dominant over long time rivals the Haskayne School of Business to take the first place trophy at the first annual Interfaculty Games.The games organized by the Students’ Union were held Fri., Sept. 9 to wrap up U of C 101.… Continue reading ‘Geers dominate first Interfaculty Games

By Emily Senger

Porn links and promises of a bigger penis aren’t the only things filling University of Calgary students’ inboxes this fall. Beginning Mon., Sept. 12, the Student Life Office launched the new Student Life E-Zine. The monthly email newsletter provides students with information about Student Services and events going on around campus.“We’re doing this to help… Continue reading Info in your inbox