Month: October 2005

By Ændrew Rininsland

Students and the public left out of the government’s advanced education review had a chance to speak up this week. In response to the invitation-only nature of the provincial government’s A Learning Alberta post-secondary education consultations, Public Interest Alberta and the University of Calgary Students’ Union held an open forum Wed., Oct. 5 in MacEwan… Continue reading The Left comes out in force

By Emily Senger

The second time is always sweeter. After their debut at the North American Solar Challenge, the University of Calgary solar car team came first in their class at the Panasonic World Solar Challenge. The WSC cleaved the Australian continent in half during the 3,000 km coast-to-coast race.Team Soleon took first place in the production class… Continue reading Team Soleon takes home gold

By Emily Senger

A suspicious envelope and a staff member’s sudden unexplained illness in the Biological Sciences building prompted a mandatory evacuation Thu., Sept. 29. City emergency services, including the hazardous materials team, were also called to the scene to quarantine the building.Three hundred students and staff were evacuated from Biological Sciences and eight others were decontaminated for… Continue reading Biohazard scare rocks Bio Science