Palin’s hard week

By Jesse Hamonic

In the span of two and a half weeks, the 2008 U.S. presidential election has earned a major page in the history books. The Democratic Party has elected the first ever black presidential nominee, Barack Obama, and the Republican Party, a few days later in Minneapolis, Minnesota, put forward a woman as their vice-presidential nominee,… Continue reading Palin’s hard week

SU View: the word

Hi-di-ho! We are your Students’ Union executives and we’ll be working diligently to make sure you have an amazing time this year. Luke, your VP Events, will be throwing sweet events for you like Cinemania, That Empty Space and Bermuda Shorts Day; Pam, your VP Academic, will make certain you have the resources and support… Continue reading SU View: the word

Campus security report: adventures with pantless men

By Cam Cotton-O\’Brien

Making great strides to undermine the notion that human beings are rational creatures, two separate men forced Campus Security to deal with them when they proved incapable of wearing their pants properly– if at all. In August, CS officers found a man wandering around lot 32 in only his underwear. When confronted, the man claimed… Continue reading Campus security report: adventures with pantless men

News for the unnewsed: elections and employment

By Julie Phillips

Four years is plenty First-year students in the faculties of Communications and Culture, Humanities, Science and Social Sciences may now qualify for the 2012 graduation guarantee. The guarantee, the first of its kind in Canada, enables students to enter into an agreement with the U of C where students are guaranteed to graduate within four… Continue reading News for the unnewsed: elections and employment

Electrifying educational exhibits

By Elyse Merriman

Local students are stepping up to raise awareness of energy consumption in Calgary. Ola Kowalewski and Jordan Dozzi-Perry have created an art exhibit which highlights the issue of electricity consumption within the city in a visual form. For the past four months, University of Calgary environmental design student Kowalewski, along with her friend Alberta College… Continue reading Electrifying educational exhibits

Quest for clean energy kills bats

By Daniel Pagan

University of Calgary researchers solved the mysterious deaths of migratory bats near Pincher Creek. Over the last two years, researchers studied hundreds of bat carcasses found under wind turbines and dissected them to determine the cause of death. Supervised by U of C biology professor Robert Barclay, the researchers determined the majority of bats killed… Continue reading Quest for clean energy kills bats

Grad students not being heard

By Sarelle Azuelos

Graduate Students’ Association leaders are feeling unrepresented by Canada’s largest student federal lobby group. The GSA hopes to get enough students to sign a petition to end their membership in the Canadian Federation of Students. GSA President Rithesh Ram said there were many reasons for the petition, the main one being a lack of focus… Continue reading Grad students not being heard