Month: March 2006

By Sean Nyilassy

The Dinos on various sports teams are more than just athletes. Yes, they do provide us with unsurpassed entertainment as they throttle their Canada West competition. Yes, their sweat does steadily drip onto the hardwood of the Jack Simpson Gymnasium, the green blades of grass of the West Varsity Soccer Pitch, the turf of McMahon… Continue reading Dinos mentor disadvantaged children

By Katy Anderson

Haiti is the poorest country in the western hemisphere with 80 per cent of its citizens living below the poverty line of two dollars a day and five per cent of people controlling 65 per cent of the national wealth. Its democratically elected government was overthrown in 1991 and again in 2004 with the help… Continue reading Haiti: Canada’s black eye

By Chris Beauchamp

Student leaders across the province are pissed off over what they claim is a slight by the province’s four big universities. According to University of Calgary Students’ Union president Bryan West, the universities’ sent a letter to Alberta Advanced Education Minister Dave Hancock outlining recommendations for a proposed affordability framework for post-secondary education. West and… Continue reading U of C stabs SU in back

By Ændrew Rininsland

Bald has never been more beautiful as volunteers prepare to donate their shiny locks in the fourth annual Kick-Off to Cancer Month Head-shave, which takes place Thu., Mar. 30 in MacEwan Student Centre’s north courtyard. The events will raise money for the Alberta Cancer Foundation. Along with cash donations, the group plans to donate long,… Continue reading Shave yourself bald for cancer

By Stephanie Shewchuk

A massive line snaked through MacEwan Student Centre, winding around deserted tables as the eager audience waited nearly an hour for retired lieutenant general Romeo Dallaire to take the stage. Dallaire was greeted by a welcome fit for a rock star, as the sold-out crowd of approximately 1,000 rose to their feet to give him… Continue reading Dallaire says Canada should lead

By Simon Jackson

If Simon and Garfunkel were to build a bridge over the troubled waters at Laurentian University, it would have to be a sizeable one.On Nov. 9 a group of students attending LU in Sudbury were locked out of their labs during an argument with university administration concerning standards in its animal testing facility. Following a… Continue reading Laurentian students still locked out of labs

By Chris Beauchamp

Performing arts programs at the University of Calgary are set to receive a cash injection from the Students’ Union quality money. The SU Students’ Academic Assembly voted near-unanimously this week to approve $30,000 for facility improvements to the departments of dance, drama and music. The planned upgrades include new paint, mirrors and soundproofing in music… Continue reading Arts faculty to get face-lift

By R. Kraulis

Dear fellow scientists,If you are anything like me, I am sure you will have noticed a change in the air. Each day, we scientists enter our laboratories, fill our beakers and test tubes with our chemicals, fire up our bunsen burners as dramatically as safety concerns allow, and settle into an observational rut. Granted, we… Continue reading An open letter to science