Month: March 2006

By Katherine Fletcher

The seventh annual Lafontaine-Baldwin Symposium welcomes thinker and award-winning author George Elliott Clarke to Calgary to put fire in the bellies of the city’s political activists, especially those milling about campus. Founded by John Ralston Saul and the Dominion Institute, the symposium travels to a different city each year to discuss the future of our… Continue reading Democracy: the stimulant of the masses

By Ændrew Rininsland

The University of Calgary’s Engineers Without Borders club released 308 balloons in front of the MacEwan Student Centre Thu., Mar. 2 to commemorate Engineers Without Borders Day and to advocate loosening conditions on federal aid to developing countries.Each year, chapters from across Canada use EWB Day to raise awareness of social and economic issues facing… Continue reading EWB Day good for third-world, bad for sea birds

By Sara Hanson

University students are definitely doing more than just chatting over MSN. A new survey conducted by CampusKiss.com, an online dating service for Canadian university and college students, found that of the 2,484 students who completed the survey, 87 per cent are having virtual sex. CampusKiss co-founder Noah Gurza explained the two primary motives behind the… Continue reading You dirty, dirty sluts

By Andrew Barbero

After months of waiting and guessing, the provincial government finally released their “third-way” healthcare reforms on Tue., Feb. 28. The plan calls for some privatization of health services and will encourage the use of secondary insurance to cover certain procedures. Debate began almost immediately on the merits of the proposal, and the province wants Albertans… Continue reading Klein’s ‘third-way’ under microscope

By Rene Bodack

The University of Calgary Bookstore no longer pays cash for used books from students; the money is instead transferred to the student’s account making it necessary for students to bring a debit card when selling books.Bookstore manager Brent Beatty said the change is a reproduction of the system at other Canadian universities and is meant… Continue reading Bookstore rewrites cash policy

By Chris Beauchamp

University of Calgary support staff ratified a tentative bargaining agreement last week, prompting hope that months of contract negotiations with the university may finally be at an end. The agreement offers 3.5 per cent wage increases for each of the next three years, as well as increases to employees’ health and wellness benefits. “If you… Continue reading University and union seal deal

By Stephanie Shewchuk

New podcasting technology will be added to several University of Calgary classes during the summer session. About 700 students will eventually have the option of enrolling in four courses that will use podcasting in conjunction with weekly tutorials.Podcasting allows people to download audio or video files to an MP3 player or computer for future playback.… Continue reading U of C pioneers podcasting

By Emily Senger

Electric and magnetic fields keep us connected to the world through wireless internet, cell phones and radio. But as these waves connect us, chronic exposure could pose long-term health hazards, according to one Northern Ontario university. As colleges and universities across the country scramble to go wireless, Lakehead University in Thunder Bay, Ontario has placed… Continue reading A lethal dose with your studies?