Month: November 2006

By Tyson Vandament

What do you think of bringing gender-neutral washrooms to the U of C?

By Lisa Huang

This Holiday Season’s spirit of giving will kick-off with the 18th annual Students’ Union Holiday Food Drive, Nov. 22-24. “This is a very important drive for the food bank,” said SU vice-president external Julie Labonte. “We raise thousands of dollars [during the drive] and it helps sustain the food bank for the rest of the… Continue reading Food for a cause

By Sarah Malik

It isn’t very often there are soldiers sitting at the front of a university classroom. But, for Dr. Anne Irwin’s presentation on Canadian soldiers’ lives ‘outside the Wire,’ there they were, swiveling in their seats, still slightly sunburnt from their tour in Afghanistan, their berets respectfully set aside. An anthropology professor at the University of… Continue reading A soldier’s life, outside the wire

By Interviews by Sara Hanson, Andrew Kuzma and Emily Senger.

The next leader of the Alberta Progressive Conservative Party–and the premier of Alberta– will be decided upon at the Tory party convention Sat., Nov. 25. With much of the last few months’ debate focusing on healthcare and the environment, post-secondary education got lost along the way. To give students an idea of their new premier’s… Continue reading And, the next Alberta premier is…

By Katy Anderson

The Olympic Oval at the University of Calgary will get some major renovations after an Alberta government announcement of $69 million in funding to improve facilities for winter Olympic sporting events, Mon. Nov. 20. “The facilities that we have here are nearing 20 years of age,” said Alberta Minister of Community Development Denis Duscharme. “They… Continue reading $69 million to update facilities, train future Olympians

By Emily Senger

Perogies, pornography, sex toys and an old lady talking about orgasms slid into MacEwan Student Centre during the Students’ Union’s third annual Sexual Awareness Week. The week ran Nov. 27-29 and featured “Perogies and Porn,” a free food and documentary screening Monday, speaker Sue Johanson Tuesday and a sexual education trade show Wednesday. While the… Continue reading Sexual Awareness Week educates students

By Natalie Vacha

It’s hard enough trying to find a washroom between classes, running cross-legged across campus, regretting that extra-large coffee, but it’s harder not knowing which one to use once you get there. For transgender or gender-ambiguous people, this is an everyday reality, and a group of students at the University of Alberta are addressing it by… Continue reading U of A considers gender-neutral washrooms

By Victoria Lee

MacEwan Student Center was transformed into a stage for budding artists last week as the Students’ Union opened up the university to the world of fine arts, during Fine Arts Awareness Week. From Nov. 6-10 the MSC north courtyard and other places around campus became a bridge between artists and the university community as students… Continue reading Online Exclusive: Inside Fine Arts Awareness Week