Scheduling an annual breast check-up is no fun task, especially when most women find mammograms to be uncomfortable and painful procedures. University of Calgary electrical engineering associate professor Dr. Elise Fear is trying to eliminate this common barrier by creating a safer diagnostic tool for breast cancer. Her 10-year project involves scanning the entire breast… Continue reading Fear, a breast’s best friend
Month: November 2008
University rises in Maclean’s survey
The University of Calgary has problems with the university ranking processes of Maclean’s magazine. According to the 18th annual university rankings publication, the U of C placed seventh in the medical doctoral universities category, an improvement from 10th place last year and up from 13th in 2006, but to U of C administration, the ranking… Continue reading University rises in Maclean’s survey
Pro-lifers face fines and misconduct
The University of Calgary faced criticism from students and media the last few days after initially threatening the Campus Pro-Life group with arrest, fines and/or non-academic misconduct for their controversial Genocide Awareness Project display. The university called for the group to face its images inwards, allowing passersby the option of not seeing the display. CPL… Continue reading Pro-lifers face fines and misconduct
Online Only: Babies and sex: not what you’re expecting
On a recent visit with my partner’s family, I wrapped my arms around their sister who is seven-months pregnant– at this moment I realized that in some cases size really does matter. Sex in the traditional missionary position is an impossibility when you are that far along, it takes creativity and patience to achieve the… Continue reading Online Only: Babies and sex: not what you’re expecting
Online Only: Reproductive rights: bound and gagged no longer
By Deepa Sury
The much-anticipated result of the Nov. 4 U.S. presidential election brought to many a great sense of hope, most notably for an end to the divisive, reactionary policies of outgoing President George W. Bush. The transitional team of President-elect Barack Obama compiled a list of several of these policies dealing with various issues with the… Continue reading Online Only: Reproductive rights: bound and gagged no longer
Online Only: A frightening failure in Chile
Recently reported in the New York Times, at least 1,800 people in Chile were not notified that they tested HIV positive. The public health system failed to advise at least 512 people that they had tested positive for the virus, while the private-sector did not notify another 1,364. In about half of the cases, according… Continue reading Online Only: A frightening failure in Chile
SU View: Post-Election Philosophizing
Election season has come to an end. In the last year, we have gone to the polls and elected new (the same) municipal, provincial and federal governments. By and large, Calgarians, Albertans and Canadians have opted for the status quo. Reflecting on the events of the last twelve months, I take satisfaction in knowing that… Continue reading SU View: Post-Election Philosophizing
Feminism and the church
By Roman Auriti
We can look back with nostalgia to only a few decades ago when gender equity was a growing ideal. The proliferation of gender equality was a great success during the ’80s. In an age of technological advances, why not also advance social statuses as well? According to the U.S. Department of Labour, approximately 70 per… Continue reading Feminism and the church
Mind Fights: Should winter tires be mandatory?
YayI am not a psychic, nor a time traveler from the future. I don’t own a crystal ball or know anyone who does. And yet, I am 100 per cent certain in the prophecy I am about to share with you: on the morning after the temperature drops substantially and the first good dump of… Continue reading Mind Fights: Should winter tires be mandatory?
Blasphemy: a victimless crime
The University of Alberta hosted Salman Rushdie last Thursday for its “Festival of Ideas,” marking the institution’s centennial. Making a symbol of an individual, as has been done by the media with Rushdie, obscures inquiry into the individual’s situational circumstances, relegating them to a mere superficiality. On this ground, Rushdie is right to resist any… Continue reading Blasphemy: a victimless crime