Month: November 2006

By Robin Ianson

By Katy Anderson

The University of Calgary finished low in the Maclean’s rankings despite releasing an internal survey last week claiming a number of improvements. Maclean’s magazine published its 16th annual University Rankings issue Thur., Nov. 2 and the U of C remained near the bottom, inching up a spot to 13th out of 15 in the medical… Continue reading U of C disputes Maclean’s Rankings

By Kris Schmidt

Thanks to a generous donation, NUTV has spruced up MacEwan Student Centre with shiny new LCD-screen television monitors. NUTV recently approached the Telus Calgary Community Board, a community initiative to support technology and youth, for a donation to upgrade their equipment. Telus responded with a donation of $10,000 “It’s exciting to know there are funds… Continue reading LCD screens bring new view to Mac Hall

By Darlene Seto

The University of Calgary’s new Office of the Student Experience is looking to reinvigorate campus life by helping students manage their transition to university. Formed from a merger between the Student Life Office and U of C 101 program, the office’s mandate is to provide academic and social support to better engage students and help… Continue reading Students learn to lead at Office of the Student Experience

By Rachel Betts-Wilmott

If action movies have taught us anything, it’s that award galas are crashed by bad guys threatening to blow up the guest of honour. However, Thur., Nov. 2 the first annual Calgary Peace Awards was a quiet affair, attended by Calgarians eager to honour Mayor Tadatatoshi Akiba of Hiroshima and support the Consortium for Peace… Continue reading Hiroshima mayor honoured with peace prize

By Sarelle Azuelos

Thanks to a budget miscalculation, the University of Calgary Students’ Union is planning to renovate the MacEwan Student Centre south courtyard. The fortunate blunder occurred when the SU discovered an unused portion of the quality money they had previously received. “We have $86,000 put away from the quality money,” said SU president Emily Wyatt. With… Continue reading Money found for Mac Hall reno

By Andrew Barbero

An important creative voice for students is in danger of being snuffed out for lack of funding. NoD–an undergraduate literary magazine initiated by the University of Calgary English Literature Student Society–owes close to $500 in fees to its publisher for the cost of printing the most recent issue. Without the money, the publication could fold,… Continue reading English magazine needs cash

By Emily Senger

Intoxicated, rowdy, g-string clad business students ran amok in the usually upscale Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise last weekend, resulting in several RCMP and Emergency Medical Services visits and the arrest of a University of Calgary student. The festivities were part of the Western Business Games, an annual business-networking event which ran Nov. 3-4. The event,… Continue reading Western Business Games gone wild!

By Sarah Malik

Four days after D-Day in February 1945, Joe Rosenthal climbed the volcano on the Pacific island of Iwo Jima with his camera. Rosenthal’s photograph of Allied troops raising the American flag, taken at the peak of the mountain, became an enduring symbol of the Second World War, immortalizing the mixture of feelings during that triumphant… Continue reading Remembering in the 21st century

By Amanda Hu

Half of patients who recover from depression are likely to fall into another depressive episode within the first year of recovery, and researchers from the University of Calgary Depression Research Laboratory are conducting a study on relapse of the illness. The study, divided into three parts, works by inducing a negative mind-state in people who… Continue reading Profs study depression